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Daniel has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector, and over 20
years in asset management. Having always worked on the buy-side, he was involved
in the setting up and management of several equity and multi-asset funds. Daniel
worked in the functions of Equity Analyst, Technical Analyst, Senior Portfolio
Manager, and later as Chief Strategist and Chief Investment Officer (CIO). As CIO of
Zurich based private bank Maerki Baumann, he was chairing the Investment
Committee and responsible for the investment strategy of several different asset
class-specific investment modules. He started his investment career at Bank
Hofmann in Zurich, and held positions at Clariden Leu, Centrum Bank, Credit Suisse,
Maerki Baumann, and Falcon Private Bank. Daniel holds a MA in General History
and Economics at the University of Zurich (UZH) and is both a CFA and CMT
charterholder.

Stefan Bollhalder has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector. His previous
extensive experience includes working in various industries, such as renowned banks, family
offices, and hedge funds. To specify, he managed funds for various investment styles with a
focus on risk/return and developed and managed successful investment strategies with
above-average returns. As Chief Investment Officer of a Swiss private bank, he was overall
accountable for the management of discretionary mandates and pension funds of several
billion. He obtained a global network, having worked in the major financial centres of New
York and London for more than five years. Stefan Bollhalder is a CFA® charterholder and a
member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Switzerland.

Mounir Khouzami is Co-founder & President of the Swiss Arab Network and Trustee of the
Responsible Finance & Investment (RFI) Foundation. He is also Founder and Managing
Partner of Zurich Champions, a luxury ecosystem that provides highly discerning clients with
unparalleled access to the very best Swiss luxury businesses in Zurich. He was awarded
and included into the prestigious circle of the ISLAMICA 500, the “world’s most prominent
and influential personalities in the Islamic world and economy” and is an Oxford, Rochester
and Berne University alumni.

After several years in corporate strategy at the BMW Group in the area of sustainability and
as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, Miki led the Startup Accelerator formats at
UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship centre, from 2018-2021. In addition to
the in-house accelerator “TechFounders”, it also runs the impact accelerator “RESPOND” of
the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and the accelerator of the SAP.iO Foundry Munich.
Since June 2021, she has been a venture partner in the family office of Fabian and Ferry
Heilemann for impact investments and represents UnternehmerTUM on the board of the
Circular Economy Initiative of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). Miki holds a
degree in Communication Studies from LMU Munich and a Master’s in Communication and
International Relations from Boston University.

Alexander is co-founder and managing partner of Black Manta Capital Partners, a regulated
financial service institute with focus on digital assets. As legal investment and corporate
finance expert, Alexander is also a board member of the European Super Angels Club and
Associate Partner of the Vienna based Venture Capital firm Venionaire Capital. Furthermore,
he is an independent advisor for “Horizon Europe” program of the European Commission
and lecturer at the Business Angel Institute.

Erich Sieber is a Co-Founder and General Partner of PeakBridge, a global FoodTech funds manager.
Erich has 18 years of experience as Partner with Nestlé’s strategic venture fund manager. Formerly,
Erich was an executive at Nestlé, the World Economic Forum, and the German Finance Ministry.
Erich holds a B.A. in business, economics and law from HSG University of St Gallen, Switzerland, a tri-
lingual MBA of EAP-ESCP (Paris-Oxford-Berlin), and an L.LM. in financial law of Geneva University,
Switzerland.

20+ years backed by family office and private capital partners for direct real estate
investments, growth equity and proptech venture building across Europe.

Regine Wiedmann, Head of Distribution for Austria and Germany, has been with Edmond de
Rothschild Asset Management since June 2021. Wiedmann brings over 15 years of experience in
asset management and sales.
Before joining EdRAM, she was Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and
was responsible for wholesale customers in Germany for three and a half years. Before that,
Wiedmann, together with other partners, founded Vicenda Asset Management in Zug, Switzerland,
where he was responsible for sales development in Germany and Austria.
From 2007 to 2013, as Head of Marketing, she was responsible for key account management for
Germany at the investment boutique Tiberius Asset Management, also in Zug, Switzerland.
Wiedmann began her professional career in Knowledge Management / Marketing at Ernst & Young
in Stuttgart.

Regine Wiedmann holds a degree in business administration and graduated from the European
Business School, Reutlingen.

Cornelia Meyer is a business consultant, macro-economist and energy expert as well as a media
commentator. She is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MRL Corporation and Chairman
and Chief Economist of LBV Asset Management. MRL provides et altera the Chief Economist and CIO
services to the (European Family Office) EFO-Alliance, Europe’s premier platform for family offices.
The company also advises a multitude of multilateral organisations and multinational corporations
on a wide range of geo-economic issues. Ms Meyer’s experience stretches over five continents on a
vast range of assignments and projects as an economist, a financier, adviser, regulator,
manufacturer and principal in the energy and other industries. Her particular focus are emerging
markets.

Claus is an experienced entrepreneur with a strong passion for sustainability. With 12 years of
experience in CEE developing sustainable business solutions he is now on a mission to tackle one of
the biggest issues facing the world today – overproduction in fashion.