Matthieu BERGER

Chief Investment Officer

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Background
Matthieu Berger spent a year at Credit Suisse First Boston, in Frankfurt, and then joined Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie in Geneva, where he worked as a financial analyst. He took part in the development of sectorial analysis at that firm and specialised in energy and chemicals. In 2000 he began working in LODH’s institutional asset management department, where his duties were focused on international equity mandates. He left LODH in 2001 to join BvB & Cie. Mr. Berger is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has been a managing partner at BvB & Cie since 2002.

Education

• Degree in economics from the University of Geneva (1992)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2000

Julie WERMELINGER

Reception - Administrative assistant

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Background

Julie Wermelinger has been working successively since 1999 as a secretary in a trading company and a major trust company.
She joined BvB & Cie SA in June 2011 as a receptionist and administrative assistant.
She is fluent in French, English and Russian.

She studied literature at Geneva University.

Alan HUGHES

Non exec. Board Member

Background

Alan Hughes is a lawyer who is mostly active in the field of taxation, whether domestic or international. Alan Hughes also deals with contracts, estate planning and private international law matters in particular.
He advises private individuals and families but also middle-size companies. He is also involved in administrative proceedings carried out under the provisions of double tax agreements.

Alan Hughes works both in French and in English.

Key stages in his career:

• Deputy to the Head of the Canton of Vaud Revenue.
• Senior Manager at KPMG in Lausanne.
• Head of the Tax Planning Service of Lombard Odier in Geneva.
• Partner Sarrau Thomas Couderc international law firm.

Guillaume VAN BERCHEM

Board Member

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Background
Guillaume van Berchem began his career as a financial analyst at SBS in Basel and New York. He joined Ferrier Lullin & Cie S.A. in 1988 as a client portfolio manager, and was subsequently promoted assistant director in charge of a wealth management group.
He joined Jean-Michel Berger & Cie in 1996 and became a partner in 1997, leading to the creation of Berger van Berchem & Cie.

Education

• Degree in economics from the University of Geneva; degree from the University of San Francisco School of Business and Management; former member of the Business School Advisory Board.
• Degree from the New York Institute of Finance.

Dominique Fiaux

Asset Manager

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After a degree in Economics Sciences from the University of Geneva she joined Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas in 1983. In 1989 she started at Lombard Odier Geneva as Manager in charge of a Management team during 10 years. In 2009 she joined Julius Baer as Manager and finally started at BvB & Cie in June 2013 as Director.

KAIKENT PHO

Assistant Portfolio Manager

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Background

After graduating from HEC Geneva in Business Administration in 2012, Kaikent took a gap year to improve his chinese (mandarin) at the National Taiwan Normal University. In 2015, he earned his master’s degree in Finance from University of Lausanne. He has gained his first experience in portfolio management by investing his own savings while he was a student. In the beginning of 2016, he joined BvB and Cie as an Assistant Portfolio Manager.

Sylvie RICCI

Assistant Manager

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Background
Sylvie Privat trained as a banker and then worked for four years at Swiss Bank Corporation as a management assistant in a department that provided services to finance professionals, lawyers and fiduciaries.
She joined BvB & Cie in 1995 as assistant to Jean-Michel Berger, founder.

As management assistant, she also handles our personnel administration.

Education

• Swiss baccalaureate (commerce)
• Bank Formation at SBS
• Personal Management Assistant Certificate

Esther ABBURRA

Asset Manager

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Background

Esther Abbura joined Berger van Berchem in Mai 2016 after 15 years spent with KBL (Switzerland) Ltd as a Wealth Manager in their Lausanne and Geneva offices. Esther began her banking career in 1992 in the Wealth Management division of Swiss Bank Corporation in Lausanne. Esther previously held various management roles in the administrative and financial  departments of Swiss and International companies for nearly 14 years before entering the wealth management industry.

Willem Muraydem

Analyst and Manager

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After a degree in Economics from the University of Geneva in 1993, he joined Banque SCS Alliance in 1994 as CIO assistant and acquired experience as a trader on the advisory desk for equities, structured products and dérivatives. He headed the Advisory desk for private clientele in 2001 for 2 years before taking responsibilities as portfolio manager in charge of the team managing Eastern Europe and Middle East clients in 2003. In 2008 he joined ING Private Bank as senior portfolio manager.

In 2010 he joined Julius Baer as senior asset manager in charge of Special mandates for the High Net Worth clients. He left Julius Baer in 2013 to join BvB & Cie as a global asset manager.

Jean-Blaise Rivier

Chief Executive Officer

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Background
Mr. Rivier spent ten years with Swiss Bank Corporation, working in Lausanne, New York and Basel within the legal and financial sectors. He joined Credit Suisse Lausanne in 1994 as a member of management in charge of the domestic private banking sector.
He joined BvB & Cie in 1997 to run the new Lausanne office.

Education

• Law degree from the University of Lausanne (1984).
• Degree from the Swiss Banking School, Zurich (1997).

Stéphanie GRÜNENWALD

Management Assistant

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Background
After obtaining her CFC, Stéphanie Grünenwald worked for six years at Société de Banque Suisse. She was a management assistant in a department which specialised in fiduciary and legal clients. She then worked at LODH & Cie for one year before joining BvB & Cie in 1998. Ms. Grünenwald is assistant to Jean-Michel Berger, Mathieu Berger and Nicolas Stepczynski.

Education

• Swiss Federal Certificate (CFC).

François RUMPF

Non exec. Board Member

Dr es Economics sciences HEC Lausanne, Mr Rumpf began his career at Swiss Bank Corporation in Switzerland and all around the world,  in a very high level of Management. In 2014 he became Head of a Family office and consultant.

Board Member of Berger, van Berchem & Cie SA since 2013.

Francis WALDVOGEL

President non exec. Board Member

Background
Francis Waldvogel was head of the Infectious Diseases Division and the Bacteriology Lab at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG) before becoming Head of Internal Medicine at the same institution. From 1990 until 2000 he was Director of the Internal Medicine Department at the HUG.

Mr. Waldvogel is President of the Advisory Board (ETH Board) of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institutes, Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Trnava-Bratislava, and co-founder of the World Knowledge Dialogue Foundation. He also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Pro Victimis Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Symbiotics and, since January 2008, Chairman of the Novartis Venture Fund in Basel.

Eric Morf

Asset Manager

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Background
Eric Morf spent 31 years in the financial world in Switzerland, starting his career in bonds and stock trading. After an experience in trade finance and institutional sales, he spent 18 years in Wealth management, working successively for Lloyds TSB Bank for 11 years and Barclays Wealth for 7 years. In both institutions, he successfully took part of the development of the Bank and opened new markets.He joined BVB & CIE SA in June 2011.

Education

• University of Lausanne, Ecole des HEC (Economics)

Louis PIPOZ

Asset Manager

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Background
Louis Pipoz benefits from 15 years of experience as a fortune manager with Crédit Suisse and UBS in Lausanne and Montreux. He has also for 10 years looked after overall advice for private clients and insurance advice for company and private clients with two leaders in the filed of insurance in Switzerland. He completed his approach to overall advice by holding, for 3 years, the responsible position with the sales service of the Prologis property company.

Oleksandra Borysova

Reception - Administrative assistant

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Francine LAKHDAR

Management Assistant

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Background
Francine Lakhdar obtained her CFC in 1973 and joined UBS, where she worked in administration in the Investment Bank department. In 1978 she moved to the Wealth Management department as a management assistant.
In 1999 Ms. Lakhdar joined BvB & Cie, where she was assistant to Heinz Wirz and Jean-Michel Berger, until 2005, and then Mathieu Berger.

Education

• Swiss Federal Certificate (CFC).

Evelyne Menoud

Management Assistant

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Background
Ms. Menoud decided to work as a management assistant in 1988, at which point she joined Lombard, Odier & Cie. She worked at that firm for 20 years, of which 17 were spent with the Middle East group. In 2008 Ms. Menoud decided to make a career change and joined UBS’s Wealth Management & Business Banking Switzerland unit, where she worked on the FIM (financial intermediaries) team.
In September 2008 she joined us at BvB & Cie as assistant to Guillaume van Berchem.

Education

• Swiss Federal Certificate (CFC)
• First Certificate of English.

MIRELLA AEBI

Management Assistant

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Background
Ms. Aebi worked for ten years at Midland ITS SA (Suisse) in Lausanne in the forfaiting sector. From 1990 to 1994 she was a wealth management assistant at Banque Indosuez in Lausanne, and then worked for two years for a Geneva-based wealth manager.
She joined BvB & Cie Lausanne SA when it opened its doors in 1997 in the role of management assistant.

Education

• Swiss Federal Certificate (CFC)

Audrey Dixon

Management Assistant

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Background

Audrey Dixon worked during 3 years at Lombard Odier, before joining Julius Baer as Management Assistant. She joined BvB & Cie SA in June 2013 as Dominique Fiaux’s assistant.

Education

• Professional Baccalaureate
• Certificate Private Banking ISFB.

YVES DUBOIS

Asset Manager

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Background
Mr. Dubois worked for a decade at Swiss Bank Corporation in various financial roles before joining a regional bank in 1997, where he was a member of management and head of wealth management for French-speaking Switzerland. At BvB & Cie he is Deputy Director of the Lausanne Office.

Education

• University degree in business (1996).

Vincent de KERCHOVE

Asset Manager

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Background

Vincent de Kerchove benefits from 30 years of experience as a banker, more than 20 years as Asset Manager. In charge of the team Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg he joined the Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA in 2006 and in 2011 took responsability of the team.
In January 2016 he joined BvB as Asset Manager.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree HEC

Jacopo REDI

Managing Director of BVB Advisory UK

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Background
Jacopo Redi has spent 20 years in the financial world in London, starting his career at Lombard Odier where he became a Senior Portfolio Manager in Fixed Income. In 2004 he became a Partner of a Fund of Hedge Funds Boutique that was Investment Advisor to Funds of Société Générale Lyxor and BNP Paribas with a successful 13 year top quartile track record. Jacopo joined BVB & Cie in 2016 and is responsible for the London subsidiary, BVB Advisory UK.

Education

• Universitá Luigi Bocconi in Milan Master of Science degree in Business Administration,
  Investment Management Certificate (IMC) Level 3

Michelle Follet

Compliance Officer

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Background
Michelle Follet began her career with a Geneva-based independent portfolio manager. She then went into the banking sector, first with a large establishment (Credit Suisse) and then with a private bank (Mirabaud & Cie), gaining a solid knowledge of the field.
She spent 15 years developing services offered to independent portfolio managers, and then decided to cross back over and joined BvB & Cie.

Education

• Swiss baccalaureate (commerce)
• “Swiss Fund Officer”  diploma of International Fund Business School / Fund Academy SA

Olivier BERGER

Asset Manager

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Mr Olivier Berger worked for many years at Swiss Bank Corporation in differents Wealth Management Departments. In 2001 he joined an external asset manager, Norfinance Gestion SA, as an Asset Manager. After termination in business of Norfinance, the clients have been transfered to BvB & Cie and Mr Berger joined the Company in January 2016.

Nicolas Stepczynski

Asset Manager

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Background
Nicolas Stepczynski’s first professional experience was as a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross, first in Iraq and then in Thailand.
After receiving certification as a financial analyst, he joined Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie in 1989 and worked for that firm in Geneva, Montreal and London until 2007. He also spent time in Bermuda on several occasions, where he helped set up the portfolio management control systems used by LODH’s “Trust Cie” structure. He joined BvB & Cie in 2007 as a partner.

Education

• Law degree from the University of Geneva.
• Master in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
• Certified Financial Analyst (CEFA/CFPI).