November 2019. I’m an investment banker and have been in the business for more than 30 years. I have always been passionate but I have other passions and one persistent idea, am I able to create my own business? I attend a meeting discussing changes in the organisation. Yes, this job is not getting better and the joy has disappeared. At the same time there is a voice inside me telling me that 50 is the time to manage my way out. The meeting ends and I hear myself announcing it is time for me to move on to a new life and retire. In all serenity! A few months later my new life is starting. It’s time to structure the project I have had in mind for years - combine my professional skills with my passion for the mountains and skiing. Hours of reflection later it’s decided - I will help clients find their mountain property and organize high end experiences for them. Sounds great but what do I know about real estate? Not much. The only way to look credible is to go and learn! Let’s invest and go back to school. After months of hard work and studying I get the exam’s results. I passed and will get my real estate brokerage diploma. I shed a tear. I made it!At the same time I keep building the business and get asked by a good friend if I am interested to help start the rental business of their luxury chalet complex in Chamonix. I hesitate but simultaneously realise it’s the missing piece of my project. And so we start. New experiences and more to learn. Exciting!PB & CO is born and getting experience and opportunities. Time to position the business further and be a broker again! On chalets, not bonds this time. And I will also design the experiences that go with it!The all-season broker