DAA CAPITAL PARTNERS - Key Persons
Alain is a Founding Partner of DAA Capital Partners SA. He h...Read More
Alexandra joined DAA Capital Partners' Real Estate team as an Investment Analyst. Transitioning from her six-month internship, she brings a wealth of ...Read More
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Member of the Venture Capital Investment Committee
Mr. Raphaël is a member of the venture capital investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. He is an acknowledged expert in the financial service...Read More
Mr. Raphaël is a member of the venture capital investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. He is an acknowledged expert in the financial services sector. He has over 30 years' experience as a senior bank executive with regional and international banks in Canada, Switzerland and the Middle East. He has demonstrated skills in strategy, business development, asset management, turnaround management, organization, governance, cost optimization, digitization, governance and risk management. Antoine has successfully planned and led a regional bank-wide restructuring across all its operations in the EMEA region. He also sat on the Board of several investment funds in the UK and Netherlands.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Member of the Venture Capital Investment Committee
Dr Leleux is a member of the venture capital investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. He is the Stephan Schmidheiny Professor of Entrepreneurs...Read More
Dr Leleux is a member of the venture capital investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. He is the Stephan Schmidheiny Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at IMD in Lausanne (Switzerland) since 1999, where he has been director of the MBA program, director of Research and Development and Vice-President of the Pension Foundation. He was previously Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD (France) and Associate (Tenured) Professor and Zubillaga Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship at Babson College (MA, USA).
He obtained his Ph.D. at INSEAD, specializing in Corporate and Venture Finance. He is a leading specialist in entrepreneurship, venture capital, private equity and corporate venturing. He is the author of several books, including "Nurturing Science-Based Startups: An International Case Perspective" (Springer Verlag, 2008), "Private Equity 4.0: Reinventing Value Creation" (Wiley, 2015) and "Winning Sustainability Strategies" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
Dr Leleux earned a MSc. in Agricultural Engineering and an MEd. in Natural Sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and an MBA from Virginia Tech (USA). His teaching cases have earned 20+ European case writing awards and he has been running executive educations programs and consulting assignments for more than 50 leading global corporations, family firms and investment funds.
He is also involved with private equity and venture capital funds as well as numerous startup companies in various capacities. His research articles have been published in top academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ET&P), Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), Journal of Private Equity (JPE) and Venture Capital (VC).
Bertrand is a Founding Partner of DAA Capital Partners. He boasts over 25 years' experience in asset management, with a focus on technology investments and an extensive proven track record in equity management.
Previously, Bertrand was a Senior Investment Manager at Pictet Asset Management, responsible for large institutional accounts (CHF 1 billion) as well as for the World Equity portfolio. Prior to that, Bertrand was a Senior Fund manager at UBP Asset Management where he started and successfully managed the UBAM Technology Fund and established a new sectorial management team.
Bertrand holds an M.Sc. Engineering in Computer Science from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and an MBA from IMD Business School.
Bertrand is a Founding Partner of DAA Capital Partners. He b...Read More
With prior experience in the banking sector at Société Générale, and other diverse industries, Chloe joined DAA as an Operations Coordinator. She ...Read More
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Executive
- Professor
Dr. Turpin is currently serving as President (Europe) of the "China Europe International Business School" (CEIBS), the leading business school in ...Read More
Dr. Turpin is currently serving as President (Europe) of the "China Europe International Business School" (CEIBS), the leading business school in Asia, with campuses in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Zürich and Accra. He is also Emeritus Professor in Marketing at IMD (Switzerland and Singapore). Previously he was Dean and President of IMD from 2010 to 2016.
Professor Turpin served as Director of the IMD MBA (« Master of Business Administration "Program for Executive Development »), OWP ("Orchestrating Winning Performance") and directed various customized programs for Fortune 500 international companies. He has extensive teaching, consulting and research experience in the areas of marketing and international strategy in Europe, Asia, and the Americas particularly in the area of brand management, customer orientation and communications strategy.
He has worked as a consultant and management educator with a large number of international companies including Coca Cola, CPW, Danone, DSM, Jardine Matheson, Nestlé, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Uponor. He also served as a board member for ITOCHU Europe, a leading Japanese trading company, the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, ECAL, the Stockholm School of Economics, Waseda Business School among others.
Dr. Dominique Turpin has widespread executive seminar and consulting experience for clients in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining IMD, he spent several years in Tokyo as a representative of a French firm in Japan. He also served as Visiting Professor at the Keio Graduate School of Business Administration, Japan.
Professor Turpin received his master's degree from ESSCA in France. He earned a doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. He has also been a regular contributor to the « Nihon Sangyo Shimbun » (« The Japan Industrial Journal »), one of the leading business dailies in Japan. Professor Turpin has also served as the continental European editor for the « Long Range Planning Journal », the « International Journal of Strategic Management » and as editorial advisor for the « Singapore Management Review ».
His current research focuses on brand management, and he has been widely published in more than 100 books, articles and case studies including the Financial Times, European Business Forum and MIT Sloan Management Review. His most recent publication is « The Essential Book of Business and Life Quotations" (Anthem Press, 2023).
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Chief Procurement Officer for Firmenich
- Member of the Real Estate Investment Committee
Gianluca Colombo is an Advisor and a member of the real estate investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. Having worked for over 20 years in fas...Read More
Gianluca Colombo is an Advisor and a member of the real estate investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. Having worked for over 20 years in fast-moving consumer goods, Gianluca has a recognized successful track record in leading the transformation of Procurement and Supply Chain in large companies, people, organization and supplier development, and driving complex projects in multicultural environments.
Gianluca is Chief Procurement Officer for Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and flavor company.
Gianluca has previously worked for Coty as Chief Procurement Officer, following 11 years at Ferrero, where he served, among others, as Head of Group Supply Chain and SVP Procurement. Prior to this, he covered various global roles in Marketing and Procurement with Danone and Procter & Gamble.
Gianluca holds an M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Milan, and is an IMD HPL alumnus.
Job Titles:
- a Venture Capital Investment Analyst
- Engineer from the Federal Institute of Technology
- Operating Partner
Lucas joined DAA Capital Partners as a Venture Capital Investment Analyst. During his studies at EPFL, he already built experience in engineering and management as the leader of the school's Racing team. He was mainly involved in the creation of the very first EPFL electric racing car, Orion. In addition, Lucas worked on a project related to professional e-sport gears as an engineering intern at Logitech.
Lucas is a graduate engineer from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) . He holds an M.Sc. in Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Mechanical Engineering as well as a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Control Systems and Automation.
Lucas joined DAA Capital Partners as a Venture Capital Inves...Read More
Ludovic commenced his professional journey as an Investment Analyst Intern at DAA Capital Partners, specializing in the Venture Capital sector.
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Nathalie's role covers a wide spectrum of responsibilities including employee relations and finance operations. In addition to her role at DAA Capit...Read More
Philippe is a Founding Partner of DAA Capital Partners. He has over 28 years of experience in investment banking and alternative asset management.
Previously, Philippe was co-founder and Managing Partner at Jabre Capital Partners, setting up the alternative asset manager in 2007 which subsequently reached $6 billion of assets under management at its peak.
Prior to Jabre Capital Partners, Philippe was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & co and co-head of Global Prime Brokerage Risk Management. Philippe began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1991 where he spent the five years as a Convertible Bonds research analyst.
Philippe graduated with a degree in Economics from Concordia University, Canada, in 1990.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Member of the Real Estate Investment Committee
Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen is an Advisor and a member of the real estate investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. Having held various roles in...Read More