Executive Board

Since 2007 with Bellevue Asset Management as CEO
1996 - 2007 Walter Meier Holding, member of the group executive board and CEO, head climate business division
Assignment as president of the board of directors of Newave Energy Holding Ltd
MBA, Harvard Business School
Master’s degree in Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

Hans-Peter Diener

Since 2009 with Bellevue Asset Management as deputy CEO and head sales & marketing
1995-2008 Bank Julius Baer, member of extended management committee of Bank Julius Baer, member of management committee of asset management division, amongst others head global sales & marketing
1992 - 1995 Business consultant at a renowned international business consulting company
Master’s degree in Business Economics following studies at the University of Zurich and Columbia, New York, USA

André Rüegg

Since 2009 with Bellevue Asset Management as Head Healthcare
2008 - 2009 Bank Julius Baer, portfolio manager JB Biotech Fund
1997 - 2007 Clariden Leu, portfolio manager healthcare, biotech & generics
1995 - 1997 UBS AG, pharmaceutical analyst and portfolio manager
1993 - 1995 Credit Suisse, Bahamas, portfolio manager
Studies in Forest Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CFA charterholder

Eric Bernhardt

Head Healthcare

Since 2009 with Bellevue Asset Management as Head New Markets, responsible for the New Markets Funds
2005 - 2009 Julius Baer Asset Management, Head Emerging Markets
2002 - 2005 Swissca Portfolio Management, portfolio manager global sector funds
1998 - 2002 Lehman Brothers International, London, senior equity research analyst
1998 MBA London Business School
Master’s degree in Physics, Friendship University, Moscow

Alexander Shalash

Head New Markets

Since 2009 with Bellevue Asset Management as head product management
2000 - 2009 Julius Baer Asset Management in various functions including head product management & development, investment advisory as well as a product specialist
1995 - 2000 IBM, treasury and specialty financing
1990 - 1995 Swiss Bank Union, equity and equity derivative trading
Master’s degree in Business Economics, University of St. Gallen (HSG)

Markus Peter

Head Product Management

Since 2007 with Bellevue Asset Management as COO
2001 - 2007 Deloitte Consulting, Investment Banking, London, Senior Project Manager
1997 - 2001 KPMG Consulting Investment Banking, Frankfurt
Master’s degree in Business Economics of the University of Tubingen, Germany

Joachim Reder

COO

Since 2008 with Bellevue Asset Management as CFO of BAM and the Bellevue investment companies
1998 - 2008 PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Senior Audit Manager
Swiss Chartered Accountant
Degree in Business Economics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration

Michael Hutter

CFO