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Department of Economics, University of Bern

Aymo Brunetti is a full professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Bern. He is also Managing Director of the Institute of Economics at the same university. Previously, he worked in various positions at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, most recently as Head of the Economic Policy Directorate. Since joining the university, he has continued to work in economic policy consulting, particularly in the area of financial market regulation, where he has chaired various federal expert groups in recent years.

Chief Strategist and Head of Multi Asset at Pictet Asset Management

Anastassios Frangulidis has been Chief Strategist and Head of Multi Asset at Pictet Asset Management in Zurich since October 2016. Prior to joining Pictet, he was Head of Multi Asset Research at Zürcher Kantonalbank as Chief Economist and Chief Strategist. He joined the bank in 1999 and was appointed Chief Economist International in 2002. He started his career at UBS in Portfolio Management in 1997. Anastassios Frangulidis is a board member of the "Clara Millenet-Schild Foundation" within the "Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society. He was for many years a member of the Chief Economists Association of European State Banks in Brussels.  

Head Multi Asset Solutions, ZKB

Since January 1, 2020, Dr. Anja Hochberg has headed the Multi Asset Solutions division for Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank and, together with her teams, manages around CHF 40 billion in mixed investment and pension solutions.  With 25 years of experience along the entire value chain of the investment business, Dr. Hochberg is a proven expert.  Before joining Zürcher Kantonalbank, she worked for Credit Suisse since 2001 in responsible management positions, e.g. as Head of the Economics Department or as Chief Investment Officer Europe incl. Switzerland. Dr. Anja Hochberg received her PhD from the University of Wales, where she spent four years as a lecturer in economics with a focus on international financial markets. She studied economic history and economics in Berlin and successfully completed postgraduate studies in "European Economic Studies" at the Collège d`Europe Brugge.

Chief Strategist and Global Head of Research, Bank Julius Baer

Christian Gattiker-Ericsson, CFA, CAIA is Chief Strategist and Global Head of Research at Bank Julius Baer. Previously, he worked as a global equity strategist, equity analyst and economist at various Swiss banks, and at an independent investor relations agency as a consultant for listed companies in Switzerland and abroad. He was particularly involved in the analysis of individual companies, equity strategy as well as investment policy across different asset classes. Christian Gattiker completed his studies as lic. rer. pol in economics and political science at the University of Bern.

Head Group Treasury & Investor Relations, Swiss Prime Site

Florian Hauber has been Head of Investor Relations and Treasury at Swiss Prime Site since 2022; he is responsible for investor dialog and the Group's financing. Previously, he worked for Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking division in Zurich, London and Frankfurt from 2008. There, Mr. Hauber was responsible for financing and advising corporate and private equity investors. Among other things, he developed capital market financing for the real estate sector and positioned Swiss companies on the capital market with numerous transactions.

Head Macroeconomics, Wüest Partner

As Head of Macroeconomics at Wüest Partner, Jörg Schläpfer has been analyzing the economic and regulatory environment of the real estate market since 2015. He organizes the Wüest Academy, a continuing education program for real estate knowledge, and is a guest lecturer at various universities. He holds a PhD from the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich and previously studied economics in St. Gallen, London and Melbourne.

Chief Economist, Raiffeisen

Martin Neff has been Chief Economist of Raiffeisen Switzerland since April 2013. He studied economics at the University of Constance. He joined Economic Research at Credit Suisse at the end of 1992 and was appointed Chief Economist in 2008. In addition to his broad economic expertise, Martin Neff is a proven expert on the Swiss real estate markets. He is also an expert advisor and lecturer at the Institute of Financial Services at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and has taught real estate economics at Danube University in Krems, Austria.

Head Investment Products & Real Estate Switzerland, UBS

Urs Fäs has headed the Investment Products team of Real Estate Switzerland (RE-CH), a business area of Real Estate & Private Markets within UBS Asset Management, since April 2014. As Head of Real Estate Funds at UBS Fund Management AG, his responsibilities include UBS Sima, the largest Swiss real estate fund. Prior to his current role, he was Fund Manager and Head of Portfolio Management at RE-CH (2003-2014), where he was instrumental in establishing and continuously developing the product offering.

CEO, True Wealth AG

In 2013, Felix Niederer co-founded True Wealth, a Swiss robo advisor and one of the first fintech companies in Switzerland. Before that, Felix worked as a quantitative portfolio manager at  Swiss Re and later at LGT Capital Partners. He studied physics and math at ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne and has a M.Sc. in Physics from ETH. 

Deputy Head iShares, Head Wealth Investment Managers & Head Digital Wealth Switzerland, BlackRock

Mark Vallon, CAIA, Director, is Deputy Head for iShares & Wealth, Head Wealth Investment Managers and Head Digital Wealth in Switzerland. He leads the coverage agenda for CIO and portfolio construction/management functions by engaging with leading private banks, independent wealth managers, family offices and digital investment platforms.

He started his career in 1999 at UBS Wealth Management & Business Banking where he spent 11 years in client facing and sales management roles for Private, HNW and UHNW clients in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Thereafter, Mark held senior business development roles at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Source - the ETF joint venture originally founded by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and later acquired by Invesco - and lastly Bellevue Asset Management, having worked in Zurich and London throughout his career.

Mark is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich and is a Master's degree candidate in Entrepreneurship at University of Cambridge Judge Business School.

Senior Sales Executive, Vanguard

Ramon Vogt, CFA is a Senior Sales Executive with responsibility in wholesale distribution and key accounts in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He joined Vanguard in 2018. Prior to joining Vanguard, Ramon worked for 16 years at Credit Suisse across London, New York, and Zurich. He held different roles including investment specialist in the field of derivatives and most recently head of structured asset solutions coverage.

Ramon holds a BA in Business Administration, Banking and Finance from the University of Applied Sciences, Lucerne, and took part in the international exchange programme in Antwerp. He is also is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Society Switzerland. Ramon also holds the certificate in ESG investing by CFA.

Partner, Law and Digital Law Leader Financial Services, EY

Darko Stefanoski is a partner at EY in Zurich and leads the innovative Digital Law team for EY Switzerland. In his role, he advises SMEs and large companies in Switzerland and abroad on the legal and regulatory implications of emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies, digital assets, blockchain and metaverse. Furthermore, he also lectures on these topics at the University of Zurich as part of the CAS Financial Market Law and Banking & Finance.

Co-Head Crypto Assets, BEKB

Andreas Langenegger is Senior Salestrader and Co-Head Crypto Assets at BEKB. He is a business economist and has held various positions at BEKB. For more than 10 years, his field of activity has been the trading business with a main focus on the operation of the small cap trading platform OTC-X. Therefore he has a profound knowledge of technical and legal issues related to trading systems. In recent years, he has been instrumental in building an ecosystem for digital assets and the SME|X trading platform for digital equities.

Head Web 3 Services, SIX Digital Exchange

Stephan joined SIX Digital Exchange in early 2021 and leads the Web3 division. Stephan has more than 20 years of experience in leadership positions at companies such as McKinsey&Co, UBS and Notenstein. Stephan has been focused on crypto since 2019 and built Sygnum's operating platform as COO.

Founder & CEO Wyden

As Partner and Head of Algorithmic Trading at Swiss hedge fund Linard Capital, Andy was responsible for quantitative trading strategies. Previously, he was a senior project manager and software architect at Siemens Switzerland. He managed projects at the Swiss Intelligence Service and at several major banks and insurance companies, among others. Andy holds a Master's degree in Industrial Management and Manufacturing Engineering from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from HSG St. Gallen.

TV Host and Financial Expert

Business journalist and independent financial expert with columns in the SonntagsZeitung, a daily money blog on Tages-Anzeiger, Berner Zeitung, Basler Zeitung and Berner Bund, host of the successful TV show CEO Talk with top guests such as Paul Bulcke, Christoph Franz or Jörg Reinhardt as well as other TV shows on several channels, guest lecturer at ETH and consultant and board member at companies and institutions.

CEO & Owner payoff.ch

Serge Nussbaumer has been Editor-in-Chief at payoff magazine since September 2018. Since 2023, he has also been the founder and owner of payoff Media AG as publisher of the trade magazine payoff. In 1994, he joined the former Schweizerische Kreditanstalt as a career changer and held various positions before joining the product management team at St. Galler Kantonalbank in 2005. In 2009, he took over the buy-side of structured products at St. Galler Kantonalbank. Between 2011 and 2014 he was additionally managing director and trainer at the Swiss Derivative Institute (SDI). In 2010, he successfully completed the MAS Bank Management at the Institute of Financial Services IFZ in Zug. Before returning to the structured products industry, he worked at MoneyPark until August 2018, where he helped to build it up as Head of Partner Sales.

CEO Scarossa, Fintech & Crypto Expert

Rino Borini is Founder and CEO of Scarossa, an independent strategy-, consulting and media company in Zurich, Switzerland. The company focuses on digital transformation of the finance industry as well as “Next Generation Finance”  and is the organizer of Switzerland's leading digital finance platform “Finance 2.0”. Rino is one of Switzerland's leading experts in the field of digital finance. In the fall of 2020, the business magazine BILANZ named him one of the Digital Shapers 2020, i.e. the 100 most important minds driving digitalization in the country. Borini is also Co-Founder of Switzerland’s leading Crypto Finance Academy - CCFE, Certified Crypto Finance Expert. Furthermore, Rino is head of studies and lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, HWZ Zurich, and leads the courses CAS Digital Finance and CAS Digital Insurance.

Moderator & Journalist

Caroline started her career in 2007 at CNBC - the world's leading business broadcaster - first as a producer, then as a reporter. She was responsible for Swiss coverage, and increasingly covered Germany and Europe. Since 2013, she was a permanent anchor for CNBC, based in London, and hosted programs such as "Squawk Box Europe" and "Street Signs." She reported live from the WEF for several years, from numerous elections (Germany, Greece, Italy, UK etc) and interviewed business leaders like Elon Musk. Carolin is originally from Germany, but has spent most of her life abroad in the USA, UK, Netherlands and Switzerland. She holds a Master of Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich and moderates conferences and events, mainly in the financial sector such as Swiss Economic Forum, ImpactGstaad as well as NZZ Impact Finance.

Head Global Sales & Relationship Management, SIX Swiss Exchange

As Global Head Sales & Relationship Management, André Buck is responsible for the distribution of services and products for the Swiss Stock Exchange, which is part of the Exchanges division. He is also Executive Board Member of SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. In addition, he is responsible for the relationship management and acquisition of exchange participants. Furthermore, André Buck also manages the distribution and further development of the CONNEXOR reference data as well as the data business of the exchange. In mid-2009, he joined the exchange for structured products (formerly Scoach) as Head of Sales & Marketing. Since 2016, he has applied his professional knowledge as Chairman of the Structured Products. His experience has also brought him to Hong Kong, where he has been a member of the board of directors of an international structured products company since 2018. He underwent various training programs, among them the International Bank Management Program of the Swiss Finance Institute SFRI in autumn 2014 and the SIX Executive Development Program in 2015/6. He is married and has two adult children.