Brigitte Baumann
Founder and Chair, Go-Beyond
Brigitte Baumann is the Founder and Chairwoman of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing (
www.go-beyond.biz
,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jJ4eA0Q2ts
). In May 2015 EBAN (the European trade association for Business Angels and Seed Funds) named her European Investor of the Year. She is President Emeritus of EBAN and Chairs the Young Presidents Organization’s global Angel Investing group. She has been recognized as one of the leading Business Angels that are rocking Europe with expertise in FinTech and active angel investing.
Brigitte has 20+ years experience in bringing new technologies to market in the US and Europe. She was the CEO and Director of iWORLD Group, a VC backed, global developer of mobile content. She was Senior Vice President and General Manager Internet at American Express (Amex) Corporate Services. Prior to that, Brigitte spent three years as President for US/Canada of Gemalto, a world leader in smart card technology. She also worked at McKinsey & Company as Senior Engagement Manager.
Brigitte has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, Boston and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, Philadelphia.
Born in France, Brigitte and her family live in Zurich.
Françoise Birnholz
Go Beyond Early Stage Investing, Board Member, Attorney-at-Law
Françoise joined the board of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing after being a member of the platform since 2012 and investing in companies that it presented for a couple of years. A trained international and multi-lingual attorney, qualified in both civil and common law, she helps guide the company through the regulatory maze of regulations covering Go Beyond such as investment advice and management, data privacy and more in multiple jurisdictions. She has conducted due diligence on start-ups in various fields of technology, engineering and lifestyle. She is also an adviser to the Board of a VC fund specializing in FoodTech.
She has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, mostly in private Banking, where she has occupied various senior legal and business positions (HSBC, Credit Suisse, Julius Bär, Citibank). She has worked in the US, Switzerland and has had responsibility for the APAC and EMEA regions. She established, with another person, the 100 Women in Finance Education Committee in Zurich several years ago and organized the founding event.
Françoise has been admitted to the New York and Geneva bar, she also holds a Master degree in Communications and will teach International Financial Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy – Tufts University (Boston).
Born in France and raised in France, Switzerland and the US, Françoise and her husband now live in Zurich.
