Meet The Team

Knut Giersch - CEO

Knut is a seasoned financial professional with 27+ years of experience, including work with reputable banks and private bankers. He is deeply passionate about decarbonizing investment portfolios and manages with conviction the Swiss Occupational Fund Abeloo 2+. He now leads Abeloo towards their goal of impacting change through wealth.

Paul Hegraeus - CIO

Paul spent 25 years in private banking and family office management. Having had the opportunity to work for, and with, several of Europe's largest family offices in senior roles at Merrill Lynch, UBS Ultra and hedge funds. With his extensive knowledge and expertise he strives for company growth and service.

Barbara Lenhardy - Director & Risk Officer

With more than 15 years in business development and project management, it is Barbara's responsibility to control the operations and the risk & compliance management of the company. With her execution skills, she continually seeks to improve the position of the company to make it evolve successfully.

Yves Carnazzola - External CFO

With many years of experience Yves has developed proprietary ESG analytical tools for sustainable investing. His expertise in financial modeling and his overall ethical approach to investing creates true impact which we are proud to offer to our customers.

Alfonso Julio - Portfolio Manager

Alfonso has over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry. He is Co-manager of the ESG fund and portfolios, of all asset classes, for Abeloo's private clients. His main responsibilities are underlying asset selection and sustainable finance investments.

Alecia Almena - Client Relationship Manager

With over 24 years of experience in the banking field as assistant Relationship Manager, Alicia's main objective is to optimize customer relationship to make them feel valued and to build long-term loyalty. Her professionalism drives her to seek the best solutions for the company to be recognized and to expand.

Herman Bergman - Business Analyst

Herman has a rigorous educational background with a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management with a masters in Quantitative Finance from Linköping's University in Sweden. He aims to assist his co-workers at Abeloo to create mutual success.

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