Arthur Arzoumanidis, CFA

Arthur is the Product Owner of Data Feeds at RepRisk. He joined the company in 2022, and is responsible for enabling technological capabilities in transferring data to RepRisk’s clients and partners. Arthur has extensive experience as a business analyst within data-centric functions in the finance industry. Before joining RepRisk, he worked at institutions with global reach including Bloomberg, M&G, and UBS, within a broad range of domains including equity research, valuation control, and financial accounting.
 Arthur holds a First Class (Hons) Bachelor’s degree in Financial & Business Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London.
 

Angela de Wolff

Angela is a Managing Partner of Conser – ESG independent verifier. Angela de Wolff has been active in the financial sector since 28 years, with a focus on Responsible Investment (RI). Among others she has been leading the sustainability team at Lombard Odier bank. In 2007, she capitalized on her experience to create www.conser.ch an independent firm specialized on sustainable investment and ESG verification. Angela is co-founder of Sustainable Finance Geneva. She sits on the Board of various financial institutions as well as on the Board of “SIFEM” the Swiss investment fund for emerging markets. Angela has been also Vice-President of the platform « Swiss Sustainable Finance » from 2016 to 2020. Ms. de Wolff obtained a Master in economics from the Lausanne University in 1989. She became a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) in 2000.

Sabine Döbeli

Sabine has worked in the field of sustainable finance for over 20 years in different roles. She is the CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF), an organization that was established under her lead in 2014 with the objective of making Switzerland a leading voice and actor in sustainable finance. Previously, she was Head of Corporate Sustainability Management at Vontobel where she was responsible for the sustainability strategy at group level and sustainable investment services in asset management. At Zürcher Kantonalbank she built up the sustainability research unit within the financial research department and contributed to the launch of various sustainable investment products.
Sabine holds a Masters in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and a post-graduate degree in business administration and marketing at the University of Basel. She is a member of the Advisory Committee on International Cooperation of the SwissFederal Council (BK IZA) to the Swiss Government, of the Research Advisory Council of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and of the advisory councils of the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance (SDFA) as well as of Stiftung Drittes Millenium.

Benjamin Haltinner, CFA

Benjamin is the Vice President of Finance at RepRisk. He joined the company in 2019, and is responsible for managing the globally distributed finance teams which support RepRisk’s growth agenda.
Benjamin has extensive experience in financial research and investment management. Before joining RepRisk, he worked as a financial analyst at the Australian Bond Exchange in Sydney, Australia. Prior to this, Benjamin headed fixed income research at Notenstein La Roche Private Bank in Zurich. He had earlier been a portfolio manager for cross-asset mandates at the bank.
Benjamin holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Stephan Kellenberger 

Stephan is deputy head of sustainable finance at WWF Switzerland where he is responsible for the regulatory and policy related work. Prior to his current function, he served as a Swiss diplomat and was involved in international climate change negotiations. He has a background in politics and economics and has taken advanced training in sustainable finance.

Paul Moody

Paul is Managing Director, Global Partnerships & Client Solutions, at CFA Institute. He oversees all customer outreach in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions, as well as guiding relationships with 160 societies globally. His role focuses on ensuring the voice of the customer is embedded into day-to-day operations at CFA Institute.

Prior to joining CFA Institute in early 2022, Paul worked at Aviva Investors for 21 years, with his last role being Client Solutions Director. In that capacity, he led a global team, developing relationships and partnering with Aviva’s global businesses to benefit both shareholder and policyholder funds, including pathways to Net Zero. Paul has deep experience in product and business development in the asset management industry and was one of the pioneers of the UK’s first ESG fund products. Paul holds the Alternative Investment Analyst Charter (CAIA) and a degree in economics from the University of Wolverhampton. Paul is based in London and is married with two children.

Prof. Markus Leippold

Markus is a professor at the University of Zurich, where he holds the Chair in Financial Engineering. Before joining the University of Zurich in 2009, Markus was an associate professor in quantitative finance at Imperial College Business School, London. In 2005, he was a visiting professor at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Markus obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, in 1999, and after some years in the financial industry, he started as an assistant professor at the University of Zurich in 2002. Markus published in top academic journals like the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and Annals of Statistics. His work was awarded best paper prizes from the European Management Association, Inquire Europe, RISK Magazine, and the German Finance Association. Most recently, in 2019, Markus spent a research semester at Google, digging deeper into research on natural language processing.

Kenneth Robertson

Kenneth is Client Portfolio Manager at Robeco, covering Robeco’s offering in the areas of sustainable investing, with a focus on active ownership. Previously, he worked within Robeco’s Active Ownership team as an Engagement Specialist and Analyst. He started his career at Robeco  in 2014.

Kenneth holds a Master's in Sustainable Business and Innovation from Utrecht University and a Bachelor's in Sustainable Development from the University of St. Andrews.
 

Adrian Schatzmann

Adrian became CEO of the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) in January 2021. Prior to that, he held various consulting positions, including with the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), and was founder and Managing Director of Clear Minds Investment AG. Adrian worked for UBS for more than 20 years in Switzerland and Asia in roles such as head of global fund and ETF distribution. He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Patrick Schirmann

Patrick started his career in the wealth management industry in Zurich before working for 15 years on the trading floors of multinationals in London and Geneva. From these experiences came his conviction that technology should be used to promote a more personalized approach to sustainable finance. This belief is the starting point of Norsia an early stage start-up based in Geneva and currently hosted at F10, the FinTech incubator in Zürich. Patrick studied Economics at HEC Lausanne and Market Finance at Paris Dauphine University, and holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Finance from HEG Genève. He is a member of Sustainable Finance Geneva and of the "Acteurs de la Finance Responsible" in France.

Markus Schmid

Markus is working as an expert within the supervision team in the Asset Management Division of FINMA. He joined FINMA in 2016. Previously he worked for more than 20 years at Pricewaterhouse Coopers as lead auditor in the financial services area with an asset management focus. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified financial analyst (CFA).

Dr. Stephan Skaanes, CFA

Stephan is a partner and member of the Executive Board of PPCmetrics. He earned a doctoral degree at the University of Zurich, specialising in banking and finance. He has been certified as a “Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)”, “Financial Risk Manager (FRM)” and “Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) “. He is also a lecturer at the University of Zurich.

Mirjam Staub-Bisang

Mirjam is Country Head of BlackRock Switzerland and a member of the EMEA Executive Committee as well as a Senior Advisor to BlackRock Sustainable Investing. Prior to BlackRock, Mirjam led an investment management firm focusing on sustainable investing based inZurich. Mirjam also served as a non-executive director on the boards of public and private companies and as chair the investment committees of several asset owners such as pension funds and endowments. Prior to these roles she held senior positions in asset management and private equity investing at Commerzbank and Swiss Life and worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch in London and Zurich. Today she serves on the board of the global shoe retailer Bata as a non-executive director.
Mirjam holds a PhD in Law from the University of Zurich and an MBA from INSEAD. She authored the standard work ‘Sustainable Investing for Institutional Investors: Risks, Regulations, Strategies’ and co-authored the second edition of ‘Infrastructure as an Asset Class’. In 2009 she was elected a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
 

Jürg Tobler
 

Jürg is Head of Investments at the Pension Fund City of Zurich since 2011. He joined the investment department in 2006. Before this, he was with Cantonal Bank of Zurich as Head of Fixed Income Research and in the Asset Management. Jürg Tobler is member of the "Kommission für Anlagefragen" of ASIP.

Patrick Uelfeti, CFA

Patrick is Deputy Head of Asset Management at the Federal Pension Fund PUBLICA. His responsibilities include portfolio management, selection and monitoring of external monitoring of external managers, as well as the further development and implementation of the investment strategy. Patrick Uelfeti has been working in Asset Management at PUBLICA since 2010. He was previously with the Swiss private bank Clariden Leu (formerly Bank Leu) in various research functions. Most recently as Head of Equity and Fund Research. He began his professional career as an economist at the American Embassy in Bern.
He completed his education as an economist at the University of Geneva with a Bachelor's degree and at the HEC Lausanne with a Master of Science in Economics. From the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), he holds a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering and -management. He is a CFA charterholder and guest lecturer at the FHNW.