Adrian Schatzmann became CEO of the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) in January 2021. He is also a board member of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and a member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Fund Data AG. Adrian Schatzmann has been working in the asset management industry for almost 30 years, including numerous management positions at UBS in Switzerland and Asia, including Head of Global Sales for investment funds and ETFs. He studied economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Adrian Schatzmann has four children and enjoys spending his free time in the mountains, whether on his bike or on ski.

Dimitri Senik, CFA, leads the Investor Trust Services at PwC Switzerland. With 27 years of professional experience, he provides assurance services to investment managers and investors with respect to investment process and governance, investment performance and risk management, compliance with the GIPS standards, and ESG Investing. 

Dimitri Senik is also a member of the Investment Committee of the Pension Funds of PwC Switzerland. He has been a long-standing volunteer in the global standard-setting bodies of CFA Institute and currently chairs the GIPS Technical Committee and the ESG Examination Subcommittee of CFA Institute and also the ESG Committee of CFA Society Switzerland. 

Dimitri is a CFA Charterholder, Chartered Certified Accountant and a holder of the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing.

Agnes Neher is Head of Responsible Investment at Baloise Asset Management. In her role, she is further expanding responsible investment in asset management across all asset classes and deepening the understanding and concept of responsible investment. Baloise Asset Management is responsible for managing the Baloise Group’s assets on the one hand and third-party assets on the other hand.

Agnes Neher previously worked at Bank J. Safra Sarasin as an ESG analyst and Corporate Sustainability Manager. Agnes Neher completed her doctorate at the German University of Hohenheim on the materiality of non-financial risks in the financial markets.

Beat Wüst, CIO, leads the Asset Management department at GastroSocial Pension Fund.  
He began his role in 2016, after leading the securities team since 2014.  

Before joining, Mr. Wüst was Head of Finance for the Swiss subsidiaries of Rockwell Automation. He held various management positions at Rockwell Automation in Europe and the US for 14 years. 

Beat Wüst holds a degree in Economics from the University of Zurich. 

Michael Haene, CFA, FRM, is a Member of the Investment Team of the City of Zurich Pension Fund. His main responsibilities include listed corporate investments, the Fund’s sustainability and climate strategy as well as projects related to strategic asset allocation. 

He has been working in the industry for more than 25 years and previously worked with Deutsche Asset Management as a Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager, with Credit Suisse as Strategist, Investment Risk Analyst and Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager and with Neue Aargauer Bank as a Foreign Exchange Trader. 

Michael Haene has an MAS in Pension Fund Management from the University of Lucerne, a BA in Philosophy and Social Anthropology from the University of Fribourg, and a Diploma in Business Administration. He is both a CFA Charterholder and a Financial Risk Manager certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals. During 2019-2020 he completed in the Advanced Sustainability Executive Program of University of St. Gallen (HSG) & Mission Possible Foundation.

Serge Ledermann

Founder (in 2016) and manager of 1959 Advisors SA, legal entity that groups all independent director mandates (in banks and asset management companies) as well as investment advisory (families, foundations, pension funds). Previously in charge of the asset management at Safra Sarasin in Switzerland (2015-16), deputy-CEO of Retraites Populaires in Lausanne (2012-15). Backed by more than thirty years of experience of banking, essentially in asset management activities for private and institutional clients, he has held several management positions, in particular at Banque Heritage, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and Lombard Odier Darier and Hentsch & Cie (Partner in charge of Asset Management).

Serge Ledermann is a graduate of the HEC School of the University of Lausanne and of the International School for Banking Studies of Geneva and also chaired the Swiss Association of Financial Analysts and Asset Managers (SFAA) from 1997 to 2001. He is currently a member of various Advisory Boards for asset allocation.

Dr. Nils Herold studierte und promovierte in Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Basel. Er hat sich viele Jahre im Bereich der nachhaltigen und wirkungsorientierten Finanzanlagen engagiert – bei einer Grossbank, einer Kantonalbank, einer Nachhaltigkeits-Ratingagentur sowie im Rahmen eines eigenen Anlageberatungs-Unternehmens.

Seit 2023 arbeitet Nils Herold in der Fachstelle Wertschriften bei der Stiftung Abendrot und gestaltet die Vermögensanlagen der Pensionskasse mit.