Company management
Fund raising and restructuring
Large senior executive managers network
Entrepreneurship
Founded 5 companies in technology, consumer goods.
Investor in start-ups and well established industrial companies
Serial entrepreneur, Pierre has founded and managed 5 companies. He has sold one of his businesses to a large multinational firm and has divested another one through a management buy-in scheme. He is a former chairman of the association “Le Réseau” helping entrepreneurs in Switzerland and served as Chairman of the French-speaking chapter of SECA (Swiss VC and PE association). Pierre is currently the vice-chairman of the industrial holding group Adax in Switzerland and its main financial advisor. He spent 3 years with Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, Private Bankers in Geneva, initially working on the merger the bank conducted in 2002 and then setting up the bank’s Private Equity Advisory service.
Financial management and corporate finance
Strong connections within the Swiss Banking industry and Swiss banking authorities
Entrepreneurship
Investor in start-ups and well established industrial companies
Worked at senior level in banking and family-controlled and listed investment holding company
Patrick started his career in London with management consultancy Strategic Planning Associates. He then moved to the Pargesa Group, where for 13 years he was directly involved in capital raising, bond portfolio management and industrial long term investments in the FMCG and watch industries. He subsequently spent 10 years with Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, Private Bankers in Geneva, 6 of which as Group CFO.
Private Equity operations
Fund raising
International deal flow network
Entrepreneurship
Founded a consulting company.
Large experiences in cross border deals.
Sweat equity investor in several Start-Ups.
When he was 28 years old, Staffan became the CEO of a Swedish listed office furniture company and spearheaded its European expansion. He has more than 25 years of varied entrepreneurial experiences, including CEO positions as well as several board of director mandates. He established the Swiss operations of MVI (Merchant Venture Investments), an international private equity investment pool. Staffan has led a large number of private equity investments, very often with a seat on the board of investee companies. At 50, he joined Credit Suisse headquartered in Zurich as Head of Private Banking for the Nordic Countries.
