Lajla Aganovic
Head of Investissements, Swisscom Ventures
Lajla graduated from the EPFL with a MSc in cryptography and security of systems, but her passion for interacting with people around the world diverted her from the pure scientific career to embrace the world of asset management and venture capital. She first started her career in Lombard Odier (equities portfolio management) for 9 years, obtained the CFA certification, then moved to private investments in Freemont Management (focus on VC strategy, direct investments at growth stage and later-stage co-investments ) for 2+ years and finally joined Swisscom Ventures in June 2019 in order to fully use her technological and financial skills in a field that she is absolutely passionate about.
Carine Hermon
Head of Asset Management Solutions, CA Indosuez Switzerland
Carine Hermon joined the Crédit Agricole Group in 1998. Her career at the Crédit Agricole Group began at Banque Crédit Lyonnais in Paris as part of Financial Expert on M&A transactions before becoming Financial and Structuring Specialist on Corporate Finance Department. In 2006, she joined Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Geneva, where she actively managed and developed a portfolio of internationals companies. In 2012, she shiftet to Wealth Management. Today, as Head of Asset Management Solutions, she is responsible for the deployment of the Asset Management offering, including client relationships management and client servicing in Switzerland. She advises private clients and family offices on their Asset Management allocation, with a specific expertise on Private Equity. Her expertise is in the fields of Corporate Finance and Private Equity. Ms Carine Hermon holds a Master degree on Financial Engineering from the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires of the University of Val de Marne.
Rikke C Nielsen
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, BEO Therapeutics
Rikke C Nielsen has 15 years of experience with pharmaceutical R&D from Novo Nordisk, Chr-Hansen and Limmatech Biologics. This includes managing R&D programs to develop drugs and food-supplements for therapeutic applications from idea to implementation in a factory. The last two years, Rikke has served as CEO and Founder of Beo Therapeutics AG - a company founded in Zürich that strives to develop oral treatments to fight arthritis and metabolic diseases by modulating the gut microbiome.
Adrienne Perramond-Wagnière
President, Business Angels Switzerland
Born 1965 – BSc, Honors in Business Studies, University of Buckingham – Mediator SDM-FSM. Adrienne has worked in marketing in the consumer goods industry and later on in the luxury goods sector of the watchmaking industry. In 1997, the Company "Transfer Solutions", a relocation service agency in Neuchâtel, was founded by her and sold in 2001. For thirteen years, Adrienne was active in local politics. She was also president of the Neuchâtel Club of Soroptimist International. Since 2013 she has been active as an angel investor at Business Angels Switzerland (BAS) where she has conducted and managed 18 due diligences and made 10 investments, one pending. She is past National President, Board and Jury member. Adrienne has an international background as she has lived in Basel, the USA and England. She has four children and lives in Neuchâtel. BAS is the largest business angels association in Switzerland. It supports startup companies through capital financing. Members also share expertise, know-how and personal contacts with the companies they invest in. BAS members invest their own time and money, and have financed more than 120 startups within the framework of the association.
Isabelle Cohen Solal
Senior Consultant, COHerence&SOLutions
Isabelle Cohen Solal is a Business Consultant for Swiss and international institutions. After business studies in the UK and a Master's degree in Finance in France, Ms Cohen Solal was a Fund Manager in Paris (France). She launched the first ethical mutual fund in 1998. In 2000, she moved to Geneva and joined a Private Bank as a fund manager. In 2006, she took over the Fund Selection team of a foreign private bank. She then joined Swisscanto to manage the French-speaking part of Switzerland and to look after institutional clients. Following the takeover by Zürcher Kantonalbank, she became Vice-President, Head of Banking Relations for French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. Since 2019, she has been carrying out specific assignments for institutional clients in the areas of sustainable finance, real estate and strategic business development. She is member of several Boards of Directors and of 100 Women in Finance since 2009, now Chair of the Geneva Committee.
