Deal Maker: Davos and Orcel

deal maker: For the first time in years, the consummate deal maker will be missing the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, which kicks off this week, according to Market Watch. When he was head of the investment bank at UBS, Orcel made sure he never missed rubbing shoulders with the elite on the snowy Swiss climes, to the extent that he was dubbed Davos Man . His trademark parka led Swiss journo Katharina Bart to remark on Twitter that Orcel's black parka won Davos hands down in 2017. This week A notable Davos absentee, Gillette's razor burn and Zuckerberg uncovered... Davos departure Andrea Orcel hasn't only missed out on his dream job at Santander, after the Spanish retail bank's chair Ana Bot n abruptly yanked his job offer. This year, however, Orcel missed out as he was between jobs at UBS and Santander which he was set to join in April until the move was scuttled by a row over his 50m pay package. Capital would like to be a fly on the wall at Orcel's home as he keeps up with proceedings in Davos next week, were it not for the near certainty that we would be swatted in seconds. WEF insiders confirm that no late application was received from the Italian schmoozer, who resembles a cross between George Clooney and Irish football boss Mick McCarthy, but whose flashes of temper are more in keeping with McCarthy's sporting nemesis Roy Keane. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.