Our management 

Veit de Maddalena is lic. rer. pol. (Economics) from the University of Berne and holds an MSc/Master in Finance from the London Business School. He has many years of leadership experience in the financial industry and is now exclusively active as an independent director on the boards of several family-owned companies. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group in 2018 and has served as its chairman since 2019. Since June 2025, he has held the position of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group. Earlier in his career Veit de Maddalena was a Global Partner and Executive Board member with Rothschild & Co Group, where he was responsible for its global private banking business. He concurrently acted as CEO of Rothschild & Co Bank AG, Switzerland. He began his professional career at Credit Suisse.

Barbara Angehrn Pavik holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the international biopharmaceutical industry in Europe and the United States. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Numab Therapeutics AG. Previously, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Asceneuron, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative diseases, where she was responsible for the strategic expansion and advancement of the pipeline. Prior to that, she was Chief Business Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Vifor Pharma Group, with responsibility for global commercial and corporate functions. She has also held senior positions at Amgen, Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Exelixis, and was co-founder of Stepstone Pharma, focusing on in-licensing activities outside the United States. Barbara Angehrn Pavik has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group since 2023.

Urs Schenker holds a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich (Dr. iur.) and Harvard (LLM). He is a titular professor at the University of St. Gallen and an attorney at Walder Wyss in Zurich, where he specializes in corporate, finance and capital markets law. Prior to that he worked for approx. 20 years as a lawyer (14 years as a partner) for Baker & McKenzie in Zurich. Urs Schenker has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2019 and has served as Lead Independent Director of Bellevue Group since June 2025.

Katrin Wehr-Seiter holds a degree in engineering from the Technical University of Chemnitz/DE as well as an MBA from INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau/FR. Katrin Wehr-Seiter is Partner and CEO of BIP Capital Partners, Luxembourg. Previously, she was a Principal at the international private equity firm Permira and worked as an independent advisor for medium-sized companies and as a Senior Advisor for the financial investor Bridgepoint. She started her professional career at Siemens AG. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group.

Veit de Maddalena is lic.rer.pol. (Economics) from the University of Berne and MSc/Master in Finance from the London Business School. He has many years of leadership experience in the financial industry and is now active as an independent director on the boards of several family-owned companies. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group in 2018 and has served as its chairman since 2019. In June 2025 he has been appointed Executive Chairman of Bellevue Group. Earlier in his career Veit de Maddalena was a Global Partner and Executive Board member with Rothschild & Co Group, where he was responsible for its global private banking business. He concurrently acted as CEO of Rothschild & Co Bank AG, Switzerland. He began his professional career at Credit Suisse.

Markus Peter was appointed CEO of Bellevue Asset Management in June 2025. He has been Head Investments at Bellevue Asset Management since 2009 and a member of the Group Executive Board since 2024. He previously held several management positions during his 10 years with Julius Baer Group, including head product management and development, investment advisory as well as a product specialist for absolute return products. Prior to joining Julius Baer he was employed by IBM, treasury and project finance, as well as by Swiss Bank Corporation, equity and equity derivative trading. Markus Peter holds a master in business economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

Stefano Montalbano joined Bellevue Group in 2014 as Head of Finance & Controlling and has held the position of CFO and CRO since 2024. Prior to this, he worked for over 3 years as an auditor at KPMG, where he worked in the Audit Financial Services division. Prior to that, he gained extensive experience in accounting and controlling at various Swiss banks. He holds a federal diploma in accounting and controlling.