Carmen Dahl
Director of Marketing & Communications
Kaiser Ritter Partner Group

Carmen Dahl (born 1965) has been a member of the Managing Board of the Kaiser Ritter Partner Group as the Director of Marketing & Communications since 1 January 2009. In this role, she is responsible for marketing and corporate communications within the Group.

The Business Administration graduate has over 15 years professional experience in the marketing and communication departments of global companies. Most recently, she held managerial roles at Hilti Aktiengesellschaft in Schaan, at Telefónica O2 Germany in Munich and at Deloitte in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich. After graduating from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration with a degree in Business Administration, she began her career as a marketing manager at the Swedish SCA Group in Vienna and Zurich.

Languages: German, English, Spanish, French

Michel Guignard
Managing Director
Kaiser Ritter Partner Financial Advisors AG

Michel Guignard (born 1961) has been Managing Director of Kaiser Ritter Partner Financial Advisors Ltd. since July 2009. The wholly owned subsidiary of Kaiser Ritter Partner Group specializes in wealth planning and investment management for US clients. The firm adheres to regulations set out by both Swiss and US authorities (Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC).

Michel Guignard has more than 30 years of experience in international wealth management at leading financial services firms across Europe. He offers sound management expertise that comes from building and leading SEC-registered investment firms both in Switzerland and in UK. In recent years he has focused his expertise on managing high net worth clients, in particular US clients with complex international wealth management needs.

Michel Guignard has a degree in Business Administration and holds the title of Chartered Financial Analyst and Planner (CFA/CFP).

Languages: German, English, French, Spanish

lic. oec. HSG Reto Hadorn
Market Head Institutional Clients - Banks & Asset Managers
Präsidial-Anstalt

Reto Hadorn (born 1975) is Market Head of Präsidial-Anstalt. In this position, he and his team are responsible for institutional clients, primarily banks, in all language regions of Switzerland. He also supports the Kaiser Ritter Partner Group in its implementation of strategic initiatives.

Reto Hadorn has held leading positions in our enterprises since 2004. In 2004, he began as associate managing director at Syndikus Treuhandanstalt, where he was primarily responsible for Eastern European clients. After the successful reintegration of Syndikus Treuhandanstalt into Präsidial-Anstalt, he moved to the department responsible for financial intermediaries in the Swiss market as department head.

Reto Hadorn studied Economics at the University of St. Gallen (lic. oec. HSG). Starting in 2001, he directed the Foundation ?Wirtschaftsforum Graubünden?, where he was an advocate for economic promotion and development in the canton of Graubünden. He then switched to the trustee sector in Liechtenstein, where he worked as Compliance Assistant at ?Allgemeines Treuunternehmen? in Vaduz. In parallel, he pursued continuing studies in trust services.

In his private life, Reto Hadorn is primarily a family man with two children. He engages himself also in relevant professional associations and networks.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian

lic. oec. HSG Alain Jehle
Chief Financial Officer
Kaiser Ritter Partner Group

Alain Jehle (born 1969) is a graduated in economics from the University of St. Gallen / Switzerland. After his studies he joined Price Waterhouse in Zurich as an external auditor. He later worked with Cementia Trading in Zurich (a subsidiary of the French Lafarge Group), where he held various managing positions.

Alain Jehle is Chief Financial Officer of the Kaiser Ritter Partner Group since 1 April 2006.

Languages: German, English, French

Mag. iur. Christian Jenny
Trust Advisor
Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services Anstalt

Christian Jenny (born 1969) studied law in Innsbruck and Cardiff (Mag. iur., 1996), European law in Schlosshofen (expert on European law, 1999) and financial services, trust and fiduciary management in Vaduz (post-graduate diploma, 2001).

Since 2004 Christian Jenny is admitted as professional trustee in Liechtenstein.

He is market head within our group and administrates with his team mainly trusts and related products. During 2004, 2005 and 2006 he was as well due diligence officer of CorTrust. He is engaged in the training of apprentices and of our employees and is responsible for an internal knowledge platform for trust officers. From 1997 until 2003 he was trust officer with Dr. iur et lic. oec. Norbert Seeger.

Christian Jenny is author of tax and trust oriented publications.

Memberships: Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), International Tax Planning Association (ITPA)

Languages: German, Englisch

lic. iur. et oec. Juerg Kaempfer, MBA
Market Head Asia, South America & Middle East
Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services

Juerg Kaempfer (born 1971) has been Market Head for Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia at Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services since November 2008. In this position, he plays a significant role in expanding and advising the wealthy individual and corporate client base in these regions.

Juerg Kaempfer can look back on an impressive international career in a wide range of financial services. After studying law and finance in Switzerland and the United States (lic.iur., University of Berne; lic.oec., University of Geneva; MBA, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business), he first worked as a lawyer in New York and Zurich. He then switched to a renowned asset management company, where he was responsible for entrepreneurs, with a focus on structuring of assets. Most recently, Juerg Kaempfer worked for several years at an internationally operating family office, where he was responsible for alternative investments and their structuring.

Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese (basic knowledge)

Dr. iur. Simon Keckeis, LL.M.
Head Front Office CEE & Russia
Kaiser Ritter Partner (Schweiz) AG

Simon Keckeis (born 1974) has been Market Head of Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services since 1 November 2008. In this capacity, he is responsible for client advisory services with a focus on Eastern Europe.

Simon Keckeis has a distinguished record of professional experience in the financial industry. After completing his two law degrees in Innsbruck and Australia, he first worked as a lawyer in Liechtenstein. He then switched to Wealth Management at Credit Suisse Trust, where he advised partner banks on questions of civil law, including foundation law and general civil law, and on questions of trust law. In 2006, he moved to a similar position at Bank Julius Bär, where he was primarily responsible for the Eastern Europe market.

Language: German, English

lic. oec. HSG Jürg Keller
Member of the Executive Board
Präsidial-Anstalt

Jürg Keller (born 1950) completed his degree in economics at the University of St. Gallen in 1976 as lic. oec. HSG, and has since amassed 30 years of experience in wealth management.
During the period 1976-1982, Jürg Keller was head of Department at Präsidial-Anstalt. 
Between 1982 - 1986, he occupied the position of Managing Director of a small trust office in Vaduz.
He subsequently rejoined Präsidial-Anstalt - a member of Kaiser Ritter Partner Group - and effective  from July 1, 2004 has been Chairman.

Memberships: IFA, ITPA

Languages: German, English, French

Peter Meyer, TEP
Market Head Anglo-Saxon Countries
Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services Anstalt

After completing his apprenticeship at Praesidial-Anstalt in 1978, Peter Meyer (born 1958) spent several years abroad before joining CorTrust reg. in August 1983. His specialist areas include private client services, mainly involving trust structures. He is responsible for a broad range of client activities including trust and company management for wealthy families.

He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) as well as The Offshore Institute.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian

lic. iur. Werner Meyer, TEP
Market Head Institutional Clients - Law Firms
Präsidial-Anstalt

Werner Meyer (born 1959) graduated in law (lic. iur.) at the University of Zurich in 1986 and has been a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) since 1994.

Werner Meyer joined Kaiser Ritter Partner as Market Head in March 2007 from LGT Schweizerische Treuhandgesellschaft, where he had acted since 2004 as branch manager of the Zurich office and had been a member of the executive board of the company.  Prior to this engagement he served in total more than 16 years for UBS respectively its predecessor banks, Swiss Bank Corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland. Before and after the merger of these two banks in 1998, he held until his departure different senior management roles in the area of Financial Planning for international clients. In between, Werner Meyer worked in the early nineties also during two years for Société Internationale de Finance (SIF), an international family office, responsible for restructuring various legal structures.

Languages: German, English, French

Dr. iur. Stephan Ochsner, LL.M.
Chief Executive Officer
Kaiser Ritter Partner Group - Trust Services Division

Stephan Ochsner (born 1967) has been Executive Director of the Trust Services Division in Liechtenstein since January 2009. In this capacity, he is responsible for expanding the trust services business for private and institutional clients. He also serves as Member of the Board of Directors of Kaiser Ritter Privatbank AG.

The doctor of law (University of Zurich) with Swiss legal training also completed post-graduate studies in international business law. He already served as CEO of the Management Services Division of the Kaiser Ritter Partner Group from May 2008.

Stephan Ochsner can look back on 15 years of professional experience in financial services. From 1994 to 2002, he worked in Legal & Compliance at two Swiss banks, from 1996 in a management position. He became Director of the Due Diligence Unit in Vaduz in 2002. From 2005 to the end of January 2008, Stephan Ochsner served as CEO of the Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein and contributed substantially to its successful establishment. Stephan Ochsner was responsible on the Liechtenstein side for the Offshore Financial Center Assessments by the International Monetary Fund in 2002 and 2007. From 2002 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2007, he served as Liechtenstein head of delegation to the Moneyval subcommittee of the Council of Europe, which deals with anti-money-laundering measures. Since 2003, he has also taken part as an expert in several money laundering country assessments by the Council of Europe (Albania and Cyprus) and the FATF (Russia) and participated as a trainer in events hosted by the International Monetary Fund and the Council of Europe.

Stephan Ochsner combines entrepreneurial thinking and action with strategic vision and a sense of what is feasible. Strong professional commitment and service orientation are as important to him as a high level of staff motivation. With his openness and sense of humour, he relies primarily on the power of persuasion.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian

Andreas Price, Executive MBA
Chief Operation Officer
Kaiser Ritter Partner Group - Trust Services Division

Andreas Price (born 1963) holds an Executive MBA with a specialisation in service management from the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen and a Bachelor Degree in Organisation.

He joined Kaiser Ritter Partner in June 2008 as Chief Operations Officer for the division Trust Services.

Prior to this role, Andreas Price holds the position as Chief Operations Officer and was responsible for Project Management, Operations and SW-Development from an IT company for social security governance. Before that, he was a member of the senior management as head of Programme- and Application Services within an international group company.

Languages: German, English

Dr. oec. HSG Ingeborg Schumacher-Hummel
Director Business Development Responsible Investing
Kaiser Ritter Partner (Switzerland) AG

Ingeborg Schumacher (born 1968) has been Director Business Development Responsible Investing at Kaiser Ritter Partner since June 2009. In this function, she is responsible for various projects involving implementation of Responsible Investing at Kaiser Ritter Partner.

With 14 years of experience in this young industry, Ingeborg Schumacher is a pioneer in the field of Responsible Investing in Switzerland. Most recently, she worked in the Institutional Asset Management division of UBS in Zurich, where she was mainly responsible for the establishment of a Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Competence Center. As part of this work, she participated substantially in the development of a methodology for the ecological and social evaluation of companies. She also was responsible for the communication and marketing of SRI funds and for the development and market introduction of a water certificate at UBS.

The doctor of business administration (University of St. Gallen) also completed studies in environment at Lüneburg and Avignon. Her doctoral thesis entitled "Socially Responsible Investments: Pension Schemes as Active Shareholders" was published by the leading German business publisher Gabler in 2005 and is considered a trend-setting paper in this field.

Ingeborg Schumacher is a member of various national and international expert bodies and investment committees in the field of Socially Responsible Investing.

Languages: German, English, French

Dr. Thomas Trauth
Chief Executive Officer
Kaiser Ritter Partner Privatbank AG

Thomas Trauth (born 1965) is Chief Executive Officer of the Kaiser Ritter Partner Privatbank AG. As Chief Investment Officer he also heads the bank's Investment Competence Center.

The doctor of economics has sound professional experience in international financial services, both at home and abroad. He started his career at Swiss Re and held various management positions at Credit Suisse including head of fixed income research of Credit Suisse Private Banking. His most recent position was as managing director of alternative investments in Asset Management of Credit Suisse. In this position he was responsible for a global team with offices in Zurich, London, New York, Sydney and Tokyo, providing professional support for the distribution of sophisticated alternative investment products in the institutional and HNWI segments.

Thomas Trauth has extensive experience in the areas of private banking, portfolio management, financial markets as well as risk management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

Languages: German, English, Spanish

lic. iur. Domenic Zinsli
Market Head Northern Europe
Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services Anstalt

Domenic Zinsli (born 1974) has served in an executive position as the Market Head at Kaiser Ritter Partner Trust Services since May 1, 2009. In this function, he and his team are responsible for servicing private clients in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Northern Europe.

Domenic Zinsli joined our company in 2005. During his first two years, he was a client relationship manager in the international market for the trust companies Präsidial-Anstalt und CorTrust. From 2007 until 2009 he worked as a trust officer, addressing the needs of private clients in Switzerland and Germany, and he also served at times as the assistant market head of various departments. Already in this role he made a significant contribution to the implementation of our Group strategy. In addition, during this time he successfully completed his professional training as a certified fiduciary expert in Liechtenstein. Following his law studies in Bern, Mr. Zinsli worked for several years at a renowned legal firm in Switzerland.

In addition to his professional career, Domenic Zinsli is also active in the Swiss Armed Forces. He currently serves in the role of deputy commander and chief of staff of a mountain infantry battalion. As an experienced manager and executive, he considers performance-related thinking and high operational readiness within the team to be of key importance.

Publications: various trade publications in the area of foundations and establishments

Languages: German, English, French and Italian