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Speakers 2011

André Keller

André Keller, 41, joined Saxo Bank (Schweiz) AG in 2006 where he is currently Director of Client Trading Services team in Zurich. As a driving force for the whole sales team, his role is to develop acquisition and retention strategies targeting customers in the High Net Worth...

  • Title: Head of Client Trading Services
  • Company: Saxo Bank (Schweiz) AG

Axel Mielke

Axel Mielke became the Head of the Client Solutions & Derivatives team in May 2008 with 16 years of experience in trading and portfolio management of equity derivatives as well as structured equity and fund solutions. After joining DRKW’s Derivatives Sales Trading Team...

  • Title: Managing Director, Head of Client Solutions & Derivatives
  • Company: WestLB

Clare Franklin

Clare has worked in International tax with Deloitte for 12 years, in both London and Zurich. She has worked extensively with UK and Swiss High Net Worth clients and has significant experience with the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility. Clare is a UK qualified...

  • Title: Director, International Tax
  • Company: Deloitte Switzerland

Daniel Stillhart

Currently Chief Technical Strategist with Frankfurter Bankgesellschaft Zurich since 2006. Chairman Swiss Association of Market Technicians SAMT since 2008, 8 years experiance as Foreign Exchange Trader with UBS and Bank Leu, 5 years Private Banker...

Eendren Venchard

Eendren is a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales since 1992. He completed his post qualification specialization in offshore and financial...

  • Title: Managing Director
  • Company: MauriTrust Consulting & Management Limited (Part of Axys Group)

Erik Schafhauser

Erik Schafhauser has been in the financial markets for more than 15 years with KBC, Dresdner Bank, Reuters and since 2005 with Saxo Bank. In Client Trading Services he supports HNW and institutional clients in their trading, ranging from market discussions, trade...

  • Title: Vice President Client Trading Services
  • Company: Saxo Bank A/S

Heiko Kubaile

Director, KPMG AG Zurich
Certified German Tax Advisor, MBA (International Taxation)
Extensive experience with international taxation focusing on cross-border transactions between Germany and Switzerland, controlled foreign company rules...

  • Title: Head of German Tax & Legal Center, Director
  • Company: KPMG AG Zurich

Ivan Le Jeune

Ivan has been working in the field of international tax & wealth structuring for over 16 years, having started his career at Ernst & Young in London. He moved to Switzerland in 1999 where he successfully built up the U.S. financial services tax department...

  • Title: Head of Wealth Structuring Solutions EMEA
  • Company: Lloyds TSB Private Banking

Jacques Leuba

Jacques Leuba is a family office consultant specialised in structuring advice for entrepreneurs and their families. Formerly a private banker with Banque Heritage, Clariden Leu and UBS, with whom he worked in the wealth intermediaries sector world wide...

Juerg Birri

Juerg joined KPMG recently and is the head of the Private Client practice in the Zurich office. Prior to joining KPMG, Juerg Birri headed the Wealth & Tax Planning department of a Swiss private bank, where he was involved in a number of complex international tax planning...

  • Title: Partner International Private Client Services
  • Company: KPMG AG, Zurich

Kevin Horrocks

Prior to joining Lloyds in 2010, Kevin was Chief Trust Officer and Head of International Trust and Wealth Structuring at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. He moved to Geneva to assume this role in 2004, having previously worked in Zurich as Director...

  • Title: Wealth Structuring Director
  • Company: Lloyds TSB Private Banking

Lee Freeman-Shor

Lee Freeman-Shor – Lead Portfolio Manager , AA rated by Citywire, A rated by S&P At Skandia Investment Group since October 2005. Having previously been co-Head of Equity Research, Lee currently manages over $1bn in High Alpha portfolios including the Skandia European...

Madeleine Lee

Madeleine Lee has 25 years experience in investment management, having worked with GIC, Chase, Morgan Grenfell and Commerzbank Asset Management. Awarded Fund Manager of the Year in 1996, she went on to become Managing Director....

Mamun Rashid

Before joining SwissPro Invest as Vice-Chairman, Mamun Rashid was the Citi Country Officer-Bangladesh and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank N.A., Bangladesh from 1st July 2001 until 31st March 2011. He joined Citibank as the Chief Operating Officer in 2001...

Marc Spaelti

Marc Spaelti has a 20 years exposure to investment banking with a focus on Foreign Exchange Trading. In his career he has worked in different International Banks around the world. He is now a Vice President at the Brokerage Department of Dukascopy Bank...

Marcus Grubb

Marcus Grubb joined the World Gold Council in June 2008. He leads investment research, marketing gold as an asset class with partners such as ETF Securities and has overall responsibility for product innovation including the development of BullionVault...

  • Title: Managing Director, Investment
  • Company: World Gold Council

Nicholas Brooks

Nicholas is head of research and investment strategy for the ETF Securities group of companies. Nicholas has over 15 years experience as a global economist and strategist, covering a wide range of markets and asset classes. Prior to joining ETF Securities, Nicholas was...

Steffen Orben

Managing Director of Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH Steffen Orben started his career in the Foreign Exchange market in 1992 at JP Morgan London. He started as a USD/DEM spot trader, moved to the Short-Term-Interest Trading desk and was part of the team which launched...

Steve Cook

Mr. Cook joined the firm in 2007 as a Senior Corporate Portfolio Manager responsible for managing Emerging Market corporate credit, focussing on all aspects of portfolio management for Emerging Market corporate credit. Prior to joining PineBridge Investments...

  • Title: Managing Director, Senior Corporate Portfolio Manager
  • Company: PineBridge Investments

Sven Richter

Sven runs the UCITS Africa Funds. He has been working in Emerging Markets for 16 years, he was previously with Templeton Asset Management and launched the first Templeton Frontier Funds. He has also co-managed Global Emerging Markets Funds and has been....

  • Title: Portfolio Manager & Head of Frontier Markets
  • Company: Renaissance Asset Managers

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