Karin Van Baardwijk
COO of Robeco and, Vice Chair of RobecoSAM
Karin joined the Executive Committee of Robeco in November 2015 and became COO a year later. She is responsible for Information Technology and Operations. Effective 1 May 2018, Karin has been appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of the Erasmus University Rotterdam Holding BV.
Karin has held various positions at Robeco, where she has worked since June 2006. Starting in 2009, she headed the operational Risk Management Department, followed by the Global Information Services Department from 2014.
She started her career in the financial services industry in 2004 at Atos Consulting. Karin graduated from Utrecht University and holds a Master's degree in Business Economics and a Master's degree in Corporate Law.
Eftychia (La) Fischer
Professional Non-Executive Director
Eftychia (La) Fischer is currently non-executive director of Union Bancaire Privée, UBP, and of Vaudoise Assurance, where she also serves as Chair of the Investment Committee. She was previously CEO of Investment Management and Treasury Divisions at UBP.
She has gained experience in finance over 30 years with firms such as Societe Generale, JP Morgan, Lazard Freres and Bank Julius Baer, in Zurich, London and Paris. Holding various roles, including Group Treasurer, Group Chief Risk Officer and Head of Investment Management, she has acquired experience in finance, asset and wealth management, risk management and control, cross-cultural, cross-border management, as well as regulatory affairs.
During her career, she has been a member of Executive Boards for over a decade at Julius Baer, EFG International and UBP, and has served, as independent director of Certasig, a European insurer and ELLA, a specialized mortgage lender, as well as the Swiss CFA Society.
Born in Athens, she holds both Greek and Swiss citizenship and started in finance in 1986. She holds a BSc in Physics from Imperial College, London, UK and a BSc in Mathematics from the Open University, UK. She also holds the CFA designation, the FRM designation, an AMP from The Wharton School.
Fiona Frick
CEO, Unigestion
Fiona Frick has been the Group CEO of Unigestion since 2011. She started her career at Unigestion in 1990 as a fundamental analyst covering traditional asset classes and subsequently as investment manager for bond funds. In 1995, she led the creation of the company’s equity activity and developed an investment process based on the Minimum Variance anomaly. Fiona holds a Master in Business Administration from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris and a degree in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Dijon. Fiona is a regular speaker at conferences and serves on the Board of Sustainable Finance Geneva.
Adrian Nösberger
CEO, Schroder & Co Bank, Switzerland
Adrian Nöberger is CEO of Schroder & Co Bank AG in Zurich and Member of Schroders Wealth Management Executive Committee in London. Previous to joining Schroders, Adrian founded a start-up after working over a decade at two Swiss Private Banks. He was the Head of Private Banking Switzerland and Member of the Executive Board at Bank Clariden Leu Ltd., Zurich after also being Member of the Executive Board Private Banking and Head Private Banking Switzerland at Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd, where he had started as Head Business Development Private Banking. Earlier roles outside of Private Banking were as Manager at Swiss Capital Group, Zurich and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co., Zurich.
In addition, he is Vice President of the Board of the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland, Member of the Foundation Board of the Swiss Finance Institute, and Member of the Board of the Swiss Bankers Association. Adrian graduated with a Masters in Manufacturing and Process Engineering from the ETH in 1996.
Eelco Fiole
Managing Partner, AlphaGovernancePartners
Dr. Eelco Fiole CFA, CDir, is Co-Founder (2015) and Managing Partner of Alpha Governance Partners (AGP). Eelco gained 8 years of fiduciary COO- and CFO-experience in alternative investments, emerging markets and wealth management, incl. at Credit Suisse Asset Management with operational responsibility for USD 17 bn in alternative strategies, (Zurich/New York). He was a consultant for 5 years incl. with PwC Zurich and started his career in finance as an institutional banker with ABN AMRO in Amsterdam, after spending early years as an engineer in the oil- and chemical industry. Since 1 January 2019 Eelco is the CFO of Tezos, the blockchain firm, which innovated on-chain governance, which so far enjoyed the 3rd largest ICO globally. Eelco is Adjunct Professor in Finance Ethics at HEC Lausanne, lectures Risk Management & Governance at a.o. the Swiss Finance Institute and chairs the Annual Conference Advisory Group for the CFA Institute. He previously was Program Director APAC for the CIFD Institute and a volunteer at PRI and the CAIA Association and is a regular speaker on risk governance. He is editor of the book “Governing Complex Investments” (Wiley, 2019). He completed degrees in Economics (PhD, Basel), Laws (London), Leadership (Madrid), Business and Engineering (both Rotterdam). A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Director (CDir), Eelco holds various other finance and management designations. As a Dutchman, he is based in Zurich and Singapore, and is fluent in English, German and Dutch with a base in French, Spanish.
