Fella Khelifi-Arnulphy

Spear’s Review

The forward-thinking Fella Khelifi-Arnulphy is an impressive operator. Her career has spanned portfolio management and advisory roles in the UK and Switzerland, with stints at UBP, Citi Private Bank and, now, EFG Private Bank, where she is head of advisory solutions for Monaco and the Middle East. 

With a cosmopolitan background – she speaks Arabic, French and English – Khelifi-Arnulphy is well placed to advise UHNWs, family offices and institutional clients with interests spanning the globe.

She tells Spear’s that she ‘services [her] clients’ investment needs with passion and energy’ while remaining ‘a relentless advocate for diversity.’ Khelifi-Arnulphy founded and chairs the EFG International Women’s Network. 

Adviser Profile

Fella has almost 20 years’ experience working with UHNW, family offices and institutional clients from all over the world.

She has established the investment advisory arm of EFG Private Bank in the UK and leads with passion and energy to service her clients’ investment needs.

The growth of the investment advisory business at EFG UK in recent years can largely be attributed to Fella’s relentless focus on clients and her desire to support colleagues with her technical knowledge. She has a deep understanding of financial markets which, through her strong interpersonal and communication skills, she manages to convey convincingly to a sophisticated, professional clientele. Fella’s ability to identify and then address the needs of high net worth investors from all over the world makes her a highly valuable resource in today’s fast-moving and occasionally turbulent markets.

As wealth transitions to a new generation, and a new breed of UHNW is created through disrupted industries, she comments. “Being close to clients means truly listening, building solutions that meet a fast-changing world with their fast-changing needs.”

Before joining EFG in 2015 she held various roles at Citi Private Bank including an Investment Counsellor in the UK and led the alternatives managed investment sales for EMEA in Switzerland. Prior to this, Fella was an alternatives portfolio manager at Union Bancaire Privee where she serviced institutional clients. She started her career as analyst with Ansbacher & Co Ltd, in London.

She grew up in Algeria but has worked internationally and speaks fluent French and Arabic. A relentless advocate for diversity, she supports women in the industry to promote themselves and reach their leadership potential. She created and chairs the EFG International’s Women Network. Fella regularly contributes to wealth and diversity publications and talks.