Etienne Rougier

Mr. Etienne Rougier is a Country Head at Universal Investment Luxembourg SA. He joined Universal Investment Group as Chief Operating Officer in April 2023 and is based in Luxembourg.
He is responsible for Technology, Operations and Change Management at group level, and has been tasked with driving and transforming the business to support its overall growth strategy, with specific focus on the growth of the Luxembourg fund hub.
Mr. Rougier began his career with AXA Investment Managers, where he oversaw major corporate reorganisation projects, most notably the outsourcing of AXA IM operations in Europe.
He was named Global Head of Change Management in 2005.
He subsequently relocated to London to establish the multi-manager boutique Architas, a new asset management firm for AXA Group, where he served as COO for five years.
Etienne Rougier later joined Alliance Bernstein in 2013, where he worked for almost ten years in a variety of management positions.
He was in charge of client services, business development, and the execution of tailored services for insurers in these markets as the head of EMEA and Asia insurance.