SOFISTAR - Key Persons

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• Master Degree in Physics from ETH Zurich

Max started his career at Banca della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano as equity option trader. He then worked for Societe' Generale as derivatives sales/trader. In 1993 he joined Merrill Lynch Capital Markets where he covered equity derivatives structured products marketing and sales in the Middle East and Southern Europe. In 2001 he moved to Euronext.liffe where he was responsible for Single Stock Futures and where he led the acquisition of Cscreen and the launch of Bclear. From 2006 to 2010 he was Strategic Development Director at Liquid Capital Securities. After a brief stint in 2010-11 at Deutsche Bank as a program manager for Global Equity Derivatives Sales, he joined Sofistar as a managing partner. Max is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, holds a Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and he is member of the Financial Derivatives Diploma Panel of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.