Richard Vogel

• Founding Partner of Alatus, as well as CEO / CIO since the firm’s inception in 2007; oversees the firm’s investment and portfolio management activities
• Over 20 years experience as Portfolio Manager in International equities
• Until 1997 at Vontobel Asset Management. Head of the European Equity research team, sole manager of institutional European and global equity portfolios with assets in excess of $400m. Member of Vontobel Group investment policy committee
• Prior to his career in asset management, he was at Boston Consulting Group in London, advising European corporates on restructuring and business strategy
• Harvard Business School MBA, University of St. Gallen BA

Patrick McNeill

• Partner and Investment Director since 2008, co-leads activities of the investment team
• Over 20 years experience in valuing, buying and selling businesses, via experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate banking
• Until 2007, Associate Director at Terra Firma Capital Partners in London
• Previously, Vice President in M&A department at Morgan Stanley (London, New York), Account Officer in Corporate Banking at Paribas (Paris, Geneva)
• Formerly, Adjunct Professor in Finance at University of Lausanne, HEC
• Columbia Business School MBA (Dean’s List and Beta Gamma Sigma), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Master’s degree in Physics

Marcus Hanreich

• Investment Principal since 2010
• 12 years experience in asset management and financial analysis
• Before joining Alatus, gained experience at Swisscanto Asset Management, where he was involved in research and investment strategies for Swiss Pension Funds
• Completed Master’s thesis under the tutelage of Prof. Danthine (former Governor of the Swiss National Bank)
• University of Lausanne HEC Master’s degree in Financial Engineering & Risk Management, University of Basel Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics

Edouard Broutin

• Investment Principal since 2012
• 10 years experience in asset management and financial analysis
• Joined Alatus after his studies at HEC Lausanne, where he studied under Mr. McNeill and excelled in his financial statements analysis and valuation class
• In the last two years of his studies, taught financial accounting to groups of 30+ HEC students completing their first year
• University of Lausanne HEC B.Sc in Economics, with specialization in finance, accounting and valuation

Francesco Di Carlo

• Investment Principal since 2019
• 10 years experience in asset management and management consulting
• Previously Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he was member of the Private Equity global task force, focusing on commercial due diligence for leading buyout funds (15+ commercial due diligence across verticals and geographies)
• Before his career in management consulting, gained experience in Rothschild (M&A, London) and Merrill Lynch (Credit Derivatives, New York)
• Columbia Business School MBA, London School of Economics (LSE) Master’s degree in Management

Ginevra Bruno

• Investment Associate since 2023
• 4 years experience in management consulting
• Previously at Roland Berger (sell-side due diligence experience), Price Waterhouse Cooper (fiscal policy and economics group)
• Before her career in management consulting, completed internships in KPMG Advisory (financial services group), PerMicro (microcredit) and Lavazza (finance)
• INSEAD MBA, Brown University BA in International Relations, Political Economy & Society

Marie Yamaguchi

• Investment Principal since 2024
• 19 years of experience in asset management, investment banking and consulting
• Previously portfolio manager investing in pan-Asian equities at Polymer Capital and Point 72 Asset Management with a focus on TMT and industrial sectors
• Started career in consulting (KPMG) and investment banking (ECM, corporate coverage) at Credit Suisse, in Tokyo, Japan
• Tufts University, BA in Economics and BA in International Relations

Antoine Firmenich

• Founding Partner of Alatus with Mr. Vogel; not involved in daily portfolio management, leveraged for subject matter expertise and responsible for Alatus’ philanthropic and impact activities
• Active in investment and portfolio management since 1993, actively investing with Mr. Vogel for over 20 years
• Currently Director of DSM-Firmenich (Audit and Risk Committee; Head of Sustainability Committee)
• Previously Director of Firmenich International (Audit, Governance and Compensation Committees, prior: Nomination Committee)
• Previously Chairman of Sentarom (Firmenich group holding company), held multiple executive management positions within the Firmenich group
• Past Member of Advisory Council Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Director of Nobel Biocare (implant & digital dentistry firm)
• Stanford University MBA, Stanford Medical School Ph.D in Biochemistry (HHMI fellow), MIT B.Sc. Life Sciences (John Asinari award winner, Scholastic All American, Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa)

Jérôme Haag

• COO, CFO and Head of Compliance at Alatus since 2007, responsible for the firm’s operations, compliance, finance and risk management
• Over 20 years of experience in operations, finance and risk management activities
• Previously VP and CFO at FinLab SA, a hedge-fund specialist advising over 130 clients worldwide, responsible for specification and design of the platform which included risk management, hedging, hedge funds accounting and valuation
• Formerly, lecturer on hedge funds risk management and quantitative analysis at Geneva’s Haute Ecole de Gestion
• University of Lausanne Master’s degree in Banking and Finance, University of Neuchâtel BA with honors (Henry Grandjean prize winner)

Kenivea P Gravilliers

• Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Alatus since 2018, responsible for supporting the business on regulatory intelligence at national and international level
• Over 14 years of experience in Finance & Compliance within Financial Intermediaries, Asset Management and Wealth Management
• Previously Head of Legal & Compliance at Plane Saver Credit Union, multiple positions in Finance & Compliance at New Sparta Asset Management and Mercuria Energy Trading
• University of Law LPC LL.M in Professional Legal Practice, Middlesex University Master of Laws LL.M, Southbank University Master’s degree in Legal Studies and Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), Middlesex University Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources & Accounting

Gregory Caron

• Director of Marketing and Client Services, Managing Director of Alatus Capital USA LLC since 2021; located in the United States and responsible for the firm’s institutional business development and client service
• 20 years of experience working with institutional plan sponsors and investment consultants
• Previously at Brown Advisory, where he was responsible for the institutional business development and consultant relations effort primarily in North America
• Earlier in his career worked as institutional investment consultant at Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, as research analyst at a US alternative investment firm, and in sales at Bear, Stearns, & Company and UBS

Jennifer Wu

• Director of Marketing and Client Services, Managing Director of Alatus Capital UK Ltd since 2024; London-based and responsible for the firm’s institutional business development and client service
• 18 years of experience working with global institutional investors in the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland and APAC
• Previously at Ecofin, a thematic equity long short and long only manager and other buy-side hedge funds
• Started her career at Goldman Sachs in New York and worked at Deutsche Bank in both New York and London