Sébastien Poiret joined Notz Stucki in 2008 and manages funds of hedge funds and private client mandates. He also oversees the development of the Group’s offices in Mauritius.
Prior to joining Notz, he served as a Trader, Head of Manager research and Portfolio Manager in the USA and Switzerland for a single hedge fund (1998-2004) and for Optimal (2004-2008), Grupo Santander’s fund-of-hedge funds operations.
Sébastien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance from the ESPEME Business School (EDHEC Group) and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Institute of Business Administration, both in Nice.
Grégoire Notz joined Notz Stucki in 1997, the Board of the Notz Stucki Group in 2008, the Executive Committe in 2017 and now also heads the Strategy and Development department.
Before joining the company, he held various positions at Permal Asset Management in New York, SBC Warburg in Zurich and Banco Santander in New York. He also founded Arowana Asset Management, Pterois SA, and sits on the Board of Notz (Metall) Holding.
Grégoire holds a BS with a double Major in Finance and in MIS from Northeastern University in Boston (USA) and is a graduate of Harvard Business School OPM in Boston (USA).
Frédéric de Poix joined Notz Stucki in 2013. He now heads the wealth management business line.
After starting his career in 1985 as a coffee trader at Sucres et Denrées and as a regional manager at Finagrain, a subsidiary of the Continental Grain Company, he worked in private wealth management at Morgan Stanley and Hyposwiss for 15 years.
Frédéric is a graduate of the Bachelor of Business Administration program of EPSCI/ESSEC GROUP (France).
Cédric Dingens joined Notz Stucki in 2002 and heads the Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients department. He also oversees the Alternative Investments activity and is a member of the Portfolio Management & Hedge Fund Selection team and of the Asset Allocation Committee.
Cédric started his career in Banque du Luxembourg (BIL) in 2001. In 2002, he joined Notz Stucki in Luxembourg as a portfolio manager. He has developed the internal quantitative risk management framework before being appointed Head of risk management in Geneva in 2010, and then being promoted to his current position in 2016.
He holds a degree in quantitative finance from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Nancy (France) and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
Antonio Mira joined Notz Stucki in 2006 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He heads the corporate functions and is involved in coordinating and implementing the decisions of the Executive Committee.
An experienced bank auditor, Antonio started his career in 1995 with Arthur Andersen, where he worked for some 7 years before joining Ernst & Young in 2002 as a Senior Manager.
Antonio is a Swiss chartered accountant and a Business graduate of Lausanne University (HEC).
Maya Page-Feuz joined Notz Stucki in 2000 and is the Group’s Chief Legal Counsel and Compliance Officer. In addition, she is Head of Human Resources and a permanent guest of the Group’s Executive Committee
After a few years in legal practice in the US and Geneva, Maya started her financial career in 1989, first at the Legal department of Republic National Bank of New York, then as a Senior Relationship Manager and Legal Counsel at Credit Suisse Trust.
She holds a Master’s degree in Comparative Law and is a licensed lawyer in both New York and Geneva.
Abir Oreibi joined the Board of the Notz Stucki Group in 2018, where she brings her truly international perspective and rich experience.
Among many other ventures, Abir set up Alibaba.com’s first European office. After living and working in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and London, she now lives in Geneva, where she is CEO of Lift Events, an organization that identifies technology trends, their business and social impact through the organization of events and open innovation programs. Issues related to the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies as well as the strategic responses from organizations are at the heart of Lift's activities.
Abir holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Geneva. She is an investor, and member of advisory and innovation boards.
Gauthier Ismail joined the Group’s Board of Directors in 2018, where he brings his 15-year expertise in entrepreneurship and change management.
After starting his career at PwC Corporate Finance in France, he joined his family-owned Groupe Socota in 2004 where he has been involved in the set-up of the world very first organic gambas farming operation in Madagascar. Under Gauthier and his brother’s leadership, this division turned in less than 5 years from a EUR 13-million company to a EUR 275-million group fully integrated from production to distribution in Europe which is today the largest seafood company in the French market. Over the last 15 years, Gauthier has been involved in around 20 M&A operations among them the MBO of Speedy France in 2011. In 2013, he founded Origins, a Mauritius-based financial services firm encouraging entrepreneurs in the region to reinvest a portion of their assets in their home countries.
He graduated in finance from Lyon Graduate School of Management (EM Lyon, France) and holds an aircraft fixed wing pilot certificate (FAA, USA).
Christophe Verbaere joined Notz Stucki in 2021 as Group Chief Operating Officer, in charge of technology and operations.
He started his career in 1994 with the French Space Agency as a rocket scientist for European Ariane space launchers family and moved to Switzerland in 1998 to start an IT career applied to finance going through different roles for major Geneva based Private Banks and Asset Managers. With a passion for data and digital, he added Portfolio Management, Risk management, Quantitative analysis and Data science education to his background in order to better help organizations in their Front to Back digitalization strategy.
He is graduate of an Aeronautics and Astronautics engineer diploma from ESTACA (Paris), a Risk Management and Quantitative analysis diploma from HEC (Geneva), a Financial Market and Portfolio Management certificate from ISFB (Geneva) and followed a Data Science certificate from ENSAI (Paris).
Damiano Paternó Castello joined Notz Stucki in 2009 to become a Partner and Director.
Prior to joining the firm, he was an executive director at Morgan Stanley for over a decade. Before that, he was a portfolio manager for high-net worth clients at JP Morgan and HSBC Guyerzeller Bank.
He holds a Political Sciences degree from the Lausanne University.
Julien first joined Notz Stucki as a Middle Officer in 2019 and became an analyst for the Macro and Fixed Income strategies at the beginning of 2021.
Prior to joining Notz Stucki, Julien started his career in 2014 as a Middle Office Analyst at Jabre Capital Partners and then served as a Portfolio Management Support Specialist for a multi-family office in Geneva.
Julien holds a MSc. in Management from the University of Geneva, having completed his final semester at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Julien is also a CFA level III candidate.
Mert Atanısay joined our Notz Stucki Zurich office as a relationship manager in 2021. He is a dynamic private banking professional specialised on Turkish clients.
Mert started his career at Citibank Turkey in 2004 before joining the Deutsche Bank private banking branch in Istanbul. He has led a dedicated career in private banking at Garanti BBVA since 2007, last 9 years of which he was a Senior VP as a member of the Turkish desk in BBVA Suiza. He graduated from Istanbul University holding an Economics degree
Christophe Verbaere joined Notz Stucki in 2021 as Group Chief Operating Officer, in charge of technology and operations.
He started his career in 1994 with the French Space Agency as a rocket scientist for European Ariane space launchers family and moved to Switzerland in 1998 to start an IT career applied to finance going through different roles for major Geneva based Private Banks and Asset Managers. With a passion for data and digital, he added Portfolio Management, Risk management, Quantitative analysis and Data science education to his background in order to better help organizations in their Front to Back digitalization strategy.
He is graduate of an Aeronautics and Astronautics engineer diploma from ESTACA (Paris), a Risk Management and Quantitative analysis diploma from HEC (Geneva), a Financial Market and Portfolio Management certificate from ISFB (Geneva) and followed a Data Science certificate from ENSAI (Paris).
Elisa Mailhos joins Notz Stucki in 2021. She has over 30 years' experience in the financial industry and the international corporate world.
Elisa started her career in 1990, at the opening of Merrill Lynch Bank (Suisse) S.A.’s Representative Office in Montevideo, Uruguay, her native country.
In 1997 she was invited to join the Bank's Headquarters in Geneva. After holding several positions , in 2001 she decided to focus on serving a vast Latin American HNW client base as a Private Banker.
Elisa is a graduate from the Commercial Institute, Colegio del Plata in Uruguay. She was formerly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Series 7 & 8 licenses and is presently a Certified Wealth Management Advisor (CWMA) by the Swiss Quality Association (SAQ).
Gabriel Garcia joined Notz Stucki in 2021, where he provides Family Office Services and Investment Strategies to High-Net-Worth individuals.
Before joining Notz Stucki, he spent 10 years with Bank Julius Baer AG in different functions before becoming a Relationship Manager in 2019. Prior to that, Gabriel spent over 6 years with Bank Vontobel AG providing Investment and Management Support to group of Relationship Managers.
Mario Stefania joined Notz Stucki in 2016. Before that he has worked as a proprietary trader and adviser for various standing institutions such as Société Générale, ABB, UBS and Citibank. Mario Stefania has a long lasting experience in global financial markets and trading with an extensive knowledge in FX Options and Interest Rate Derivatives.
Alexis Sautereau joined Notz Stucki in 2020.
Alexis Sautereau has more than 20 years’ experience in a variety of financial sectors. He began working in options and equities trading before moving into technology consulting and then corporate finance. In 1999, he joined Unigestion, one of the European leaders in alternative management, and became executive director, before leaving in 2002 to found Jam Research.
Patrick Sermaize joined Notz Stucki Europe in 2020 as Head of Wealth Management. He is responsible for the business development in Europe.
After beginning his career in Monaco at Victor JB Pastor Group, Patrick joined Banque Continentale du Luxembourg SA, a private bank in 1999, and then UBP Luxembourg in 2005 as member of the management. In 2010, he created his own asset management company in Luxembourg where he was executive director and partner.
Patrick holds a French business school diploma (Sup de Co) from EM Lyon Group, followed by a Master in finance and international wealth planning from CERAM-SKEMA Group in Nice and a diploma of financial analyst CEFA-EFFAS.