Frithjof has over 10 years of experience in the investment management industry. Frithjof started his career with eVestment, a global provider of institutional investment manager data and analytics. Frithjof held numerous roles at eVestment, which included opening and managing their offices in Australia and Hong Kong from 2009-2014. Frithjof joined bfinance in March 2016 as a Director of the Australian office. Frithjof holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Edinburgh, and is a CFA charterholder.

Les possède une expérience de plus de 30 ans dans le domaine financier, en plus de 20 ans dans la gestion d’actifs. Avant de se joindre à bfinance en 2017, il a assumé plusieurs rôles au sein de la haute direction de la Banque de la Nouvelle-Écosse (Directeur général, en charge de la consultance de l’intro au Capital et des fonds spéculatifs, gestionnaire du groupe de gestion globale alternative et Scotia Capital (Directeur Général). Sa carrière a débuté à la Banque Royale du Canada et RBC Marchés Capitaux. Les est détenteur d’un MBA de l’université de York ainsi qu’un baccalauréat ès lettres de l’université de Toronto, Trinity College.

Philip Coté est Directeur chez bfinance Canada. Il possède plus de 16 ans d’expérience en consultation, recherche de gestionnaires et développement de produits. Avant de se joindre à bfinance Philip a évolué pendant 8 ans au sein de l’équipe de recherche de gestionnaires en placements alternatifs chez Pavilion Alternatives Group. Auparavant, Philip a travaillé chez Gestion d’actifs CIBC et Courtage Direct Banque Nationale. Philip possède les titres de CFA et FRM et détient un baccalauréat en finance de l’Université Concordia ainsi qu’un certificat d’études de cycles supérieurs de l’Université McGill.

Olivier is in charge of business development with European and North-African French-speaking Institutional Investors. Prior to joining bfinance in 2006, Olivier was Institutional Key Accounts Manager with the French asset manager OFI Asset Management, where he started in 1999. Before, he held Product Specialist and Marketing roles within the asset management division of Banque Worms. He graduated with a Master in Management from Toulouse Business School in 1992 and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

Ori Gotfrid oversees the bfinance operations in Germany and in German speaking Switzerland and Austria. Ori has over 20 years experience in banking and fund management advisory gained prior to joining bfinance with Adam Unternehmensberatung and Metzler Consulting. He joined bfinance in 2001 where he has build up the bfinance German business. Ori holds an MBA from European Business School and was a Research fellow at the Kyoto School of economics.

Marco is a client consulting director based in bfinance’s Munich office covering clients in the DACH and CEE region. Prior to joining bfinance, he was a Vice President and Account Manager for PIMCO, focusing on client servicing for DACH and CEE region. He has also held internship roles at Deutsche Bank Asset and Wealth Management in Frankfurt and Credit Suisse in Zurich. Marco is a CFA charterholder, holds a CEMS Master’s in International Management and has a master's degree in finance from Copenhagen Business School. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maastricht.

Ottavia is responsible for advisory services for Italian institutional clients and has been part of the advisory team of bfinance since 2007 based first in London and then in Rome. Ottavia previously worked for Goldman Sachs in London for Italian institutional clients and began her career as an analyst in the Private Wealth Management division of Morgan Stanley in Milan. Ottavia also has experience in the hotel industry. She holds a BA (Hons) from University College London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics.

Alex is a Managing Director at bfinance focused on developing relationships in the Middle East and Africa. Previously, Alex worked with Robeco Middle East in Bahrain and was responsible for relationships in Central Asia and Africa. Alex holds a BA in Modern Languages from Bristol University.

Amir Saleem is a client consulting Director serving institutions across Asia and the Middle East. He joined bfinance in 2015 and has a decade of experience working with institutional investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, development funds, insurers, endowments and more. Formerly he was Associate Director of the Sovereign Investor Institute at Euromoney Institutional Investor, where he developed roundtables, research and published content for government fund members. Amir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from King’s College London.

Janessa joined bfinance in February 2020 as part of the Client Consulting team. She was previously Deputy Director of Investor Relations at Institutional Investor. She works with clients in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark.

Frans joined bfinance's London office in early 2007 as part of the research and development team where he worked with institutional investors from around the world to deliver their manager search and selection mandates. At the beginning of 2009, Frans moved across to business development side in order to focus on the Dutch and Belgian institutional Investor market. Frans joined bfinance from ING in The Hague where he had been based since 2001, latterly in their Fixed Income and Corporate Treasury department managing liquidity, foreign exchange and interest rate risks for ING Insurance Holding. Prior to that, Frans worked as a portfolio manager for institutional clients with ING Investment Management. Frans is a CFA, CAIA and FRM charterholder and holds an MScBA from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Sam Gervaise-Jones is head of client consulting for the UK and Ireland. Sam has over 15 years of experience in financial markets. He joined bfinance in 2004. As a Senior Associate in the research team, Sam advised clients on manager selection in a wide range of asset classes. Since 2007 Sam has been responsible for relationships with many of bfinance’s largest Corporate and Local Authority Pension clients in the UK. Sam is also leading the expansion of bfinance in to the US. Prior to bfinance, Sam spent 4 years with Standard & Poor’s in their fund rating business. Sam holds the CFA charter, IMC and Series 7, 24, 62 and 79 designations in addition to an MA (Oxon) in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.

David is a senior director and client consultant for bfinance US. With over 20 years of investment management and financial services history, he brings a wealth of experience to the client consulting position at bfinance.

Prior to joining the team at bfinance, he launched the institutional business line for Crescent Grove Advisors where he also was a member of the model portfolio and investment committees. David served in several investment roles within BMO Global Asset Management and M&I Investment Management Corp. With BMO/M&I, he held positions as an institutional portfolio manager, financial analyst, and interim Treasurer of the Marshall Funds. David began his career with Waterhouse Securities where he held roles as an investment consultant and advisor.

David earned his MBA from Marquette University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay in Economics. David is a member of the CFA Society of Milwaukee.

Guy is a Director within the client consulting team having moved to Chicago to assist in the growth of our US business. He was previously in the Private Markets research team based in London where he focused on infrastructure, real estate and other real asset strategies such as agriculture and timber. He joined from JLT Investment Consulting, where he was an Investment Consultant and Head of Alternatives Manager Research, advising clients on portfolio construction and manager selection across alternative asset classes. Guy graduated with an Economics degree from Rollins College having also spent part of his course studying in Shanghai, China.