At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Switzerland based CFO’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michel Hirschi
Managing Partner / CFO of Blue Horizon
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About Blue Horizon: Blue Horizon is an investment firm that invests in companies and businesses in the agriculture and food processing sector.
Panagiotis Spiliopoulos
Chief Financial Officer of Temenos
Takis Spiliopoulos is the Chief Financial Officer of Temenos.
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About Temenos: Temenos Group is a market leading provider of banking software systems.
Rudolf Sigg
Executive Board & CFO of Zürcher Kantonal Bank
Rudolf Sigg has been elected as Head of the Finance and member of the executive board in November 2008. He has been Head of Controlling & Accounting since 2007. Prior to that, Rudolf Sigg had overall responsibility over a period of 12 years for controlling, which was integrated into central risk controlling in 2000. Rudolf Sigg has been with Zürcher Kantonalbank since 1980.
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About Zürcher Kantonal Bank: Zürcher Kantonalbank – as an independent, incorporated public-law institution – is wholly owned by the canton of Zurich.
Nicolas Guillaud
CFO of eWise
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About eWise: eWise is a financial services company that offers personal financial management and account aggregation solutions.
Richard McNamara
Chief Financial Officer of GAM Investments
Before joining GAM as group CFO and a member of the Group Management Board on 1 October 2015, Richard McNamara was managing director, finance, at Henderson Group, a role he held since 2013. He joined Henderson in 2009 as head of group finance, focussing on the finance’s and financial operations of the group, including its M&A activity. In December 2013, he took on the new responsibility for finance and treasury, tax, investor relations, facilities and procurement. Prior to his roles at Henderson Group, Richard McNamara held senior finance roles at Western Asset Management, Legg Mason and Citigroup Asset Management. Richard McNamara is a chartered accountant and started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was a senior manager in the investment management industry group. He was born in 1968 and is a British citizen.
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About GAM Investments: GAM Investments is an independent global asset management firm delivering excellent investment performance for clients.
Andreas Socin
CFO, Founder of Greenmatch
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About Greenmatch: Greenmatch is the leading web-based investment application for renewable energies.
Jacques Fournier
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Trillium SA
Member of management, Jacques has over 25 years of experience in the financial and prudential auditing, as well as advising, in the banking, asset managers and financial institutions. Beforehand, he was a partner of audit companies and also CEO of an international fiduciary with 80 employees in Switzerland. He holds a Federal Public Accountant’s degree and a master in economic sciences, business management.
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About Trillium SA: Trillium is independent asset management company based in Geneva.
Nicole Steinemann
CFO of 3circlefunding
Joining 3circlefunding at the early start-up phase, Nicole has been instrumental in the liaison with the banking, legal and regulatory authorities. Day-to-day responsibilities include the 3CF business operational finance and accounting and member loan detail facts and figures. Closely working alongside the operations and processing includes focusing on the financial aspects of business crowd lending and invoice outlet requests together with associated credit items. As a partner in a successful accounting company focusing on accounts, audit and tax, Nicole brings many years of experience working alongside SME clients.
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About 3circlefunding: 3circlefunding allows borrowers to set loan interest rates and investors to sell loan parts in its secondary market.