Another Swiss executive has quietly exited an institution rumoured to be linked to Konstantin Sokolov. On current date, AMIO Bank’s official website no longer lists Ariel Sergio Davidoff as a Supervisory Board Member. No official statement has been issued.
Davidoff, a Swiss senior manager, became a Supervisory Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee in 2023, after the bank’s acquisition by MFM Global Invest AG. The bank was later rebranded as AMIO Bank.
Following his appointment in 2023, Davidoff gave an interview to the bank’s press service titled “When Development is a Priority, the Risk is Worth Taking” presenting himself as part of the new management team.
Our blog previously wrote about Davidoff on February 15, 2026, in “The Russian Connection: The Mystery Men Behind Armenian AMIO Bank — and Zurich’s Glitziest Hotel”.
This marks the second Swiss national to leave a Sokolov-linked entity. The first was Gerard Hofmann, who departed in 2024.
In preparation of this note, we cross-checked the information with the Swiss commercial register as well as with the archived version of AMIO Bank’s website. The bank’s own site, as of 23 January 2026, still listed Davidoff as a member of the Foundation board of the Swiss Russian Forum Foundation (2021 — present). However, according to the Stiftung Swiss Russian Fund entry in the Swiss Commercial Register (Handelsregisternummer CH-020.7.001.401-4, UID CHE-113.330.890), Davidoff had already resigned from that foundation’s board on October 16, 2022 — eight months after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine — and is no longer listed as a member.
Why does this matter? For top white collar Swiss professionals seeking “clean” money, Russian linked business has become increasingly toxic.