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Christoph Bianchet has been Chief Investment Officer at Suva since July 2019 and is responsible for the investments of the insurance company and Suva's pension fund. Previously, he was Head of Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation. He joined Suva in 2013 from Arecon, a boutique asset management company in Zurich that he co-founded in 2007. Previously, he spent 13 years at Credit Suisse in various roles, including two years in New York as a U.S. economist and the last four years as Head External Investment Mandates at Winterthur Insurance, the insurance arm of Credit Suisse.

He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Zurich and is a CFA Charterholder.

Andreas is the Head of Investment Research and Senior Investment Consultant at Complementa in Zurich. In his current role he advises Swiss and German institutional investors on their strategic asset allocation and manager selection. In addition, he is one of the co-authors of the annual Complementa Risk Check-Up pension study. He is also the author of various articles and publications. Andreas is a Chapter Executive of the CAIA Zurich Chapter and a member of the CFA Swiss Pensions Conference Committee.

Roger Rüegg has taken over responsibility for all Multi-Asset Solutions in Asset Management at Zürcher Kantonalbank as of December 2025. In this role, he successfully implements the motto "Stay active!" Together with his teams, he manages over CHF 40 billion in mixed investment and pension solutions and is a recognized expert with more than 14 years of experience across the entire value chain of the investment business.

Roger Rüegg holds a doctorate in Banking and Finance as well as a Master of Science in Quantitative Finance from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. His doctoral thesis on active and passive investing was published in the renowned journal Review of Finance.

Christine Schmid is the Chief Investment Officer at Servisa, a collective pension foundation. Prior to joining Servisa, she acted as Deputy CEO and Member of the Executive Board at additiv, a global provider of wealth technology solutions. Previously she worked at Credit Suisse for more than two decades.

Most recently, she was Head Investment Solutions Switzerland, with responsibility for investment revenues across advisory and pension solutions, as well as sustainability offerings for private and institutional clients. Earlier in her career, she served as Global Head of Equity and Credit Research and held additional senior leadership roles in research and asset management.

She holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich and is a CFA charterholder. She is active as a guest lecturer at the University of Zurich and was a faculty member in the EMBL program at the University of St. Gallen from 2012 – 2019.

Peter Steffen joined Vontobel in November 2017 as a senior portfolio manager and head of equity strategy. Since March 2025 he leads the portfolio management team for institutional clients in the Multi Asset Boutique. Currently, his team of 18 portfolio managers based in Zurich, Milan and Munich oversees more than 20bn CHF in assets for more than 150 clients globally.

Prior to joining Vontobel he was portfolio manager and a member of the investment committee at Ethenea Independent Investors from 2015. From 2007 until 2014 he worked at DWS (Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management) as a portfolio manager in the US & Global Equities team.

Peter holds a diploma in Finance and Asset Management from the International School of Management Dortmund and completed undergraduate programs at the Université de Neuchâtel and the University of Colorado. He is a CFA® charterholder.