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Extensive experience in alternative investments and risk management
EBG uniquely combines extensive experience in alternative investments and risk management with deep interdisciplinary knowledge of industry sectors, sustainability and impact – a prerequisite for understanding specific value drivers and risks. EBG is based in Switzerland, the UK, US and Asia. Our conviction and commitment to sustainable private market investments is reflected in our dedicated, closely-knit team of practitioners of the highest integrity.
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INVESTMENT TEAM

Ueli-Niederer (1)
Dr. Ulrich Niederer

Chairman of the Board and Head of Investment Committee
Zurich, Switzerland

Ralph Kretschmer

Founder & Managing Partner
Zurich, Switzerland

Duarte da Silva

Managing Partner
Lisbon, Portugal

Stephan Keller

Partner
Chicago, USA

Natalia Eisele

Investment Manager
Zurich, Switzerland

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Deepiga Vigneswaran

Sustainability & Impact Advisor
Toronto, Canada

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Andreas Berger

Due Diligence
Zurich, Switzerland

Risk Management, Compliance & Operations team

Hugh Parry

Controlling, Compliance & Risk Management
Zurich, Switzerland

Rui Duarte
Rui Duarte

Financial & Impact Reporting
Leiria, Portugal

business relations team

Thomas Kreuger

Head Business Development
Zurich, Switzerland

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Roland Truempi

Senior Relationship Manager
Zurich, Switzerland

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Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig

Senior Relationship Manager
Hamburg, Germany

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ueli-Niederer (1)
Dr. Ulrich Niederer

Chairman of the Board and Head of Investment Committee
Zurich, Switzerland

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Michel Destraz

Member of the Board
Zurich, Switzerland

Ralph Kretschmer

Founder & Managing Partner
Zurich, Switzerland

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Dr. Ulrich Niederer

Chairman of the Board
Head of Investment Committee
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • Chairman of the Board and Senior Partner at ARTICO Partners in Zurich (specialized in quantitative and fundamental stock selection)
  • 2001 until retirement in 2009 Chairman of UBS Global Asset Management Switzerland with focus on alternative investments, mainly hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure
  • 1994 – 2006 Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Pension Fund of UBS AG
  • Member of the UBS Wealth Management & Business Banking Alternative Investment Committee and the Private Equity Committee of UBS Global Asset Management for several years
  • 1996 Initiator and developer of the UBS Equity Fund Eco Performance
  • 1994 Chief Investment Officer Switzerland and Co-Head Institutional Asset Management UBS Switzerland (formerly Swiss Bank Corporation)
  • 1990 Co-Head Quantitative Investment Research at UBS Switzerland (formerly Swiss Bank Corporation)
  • 1999 – 2008 Member of the Advisory Body on Climate Change for the Swiss Government (OcCC)
  • In the course of his career, Ulrich Niederer has also acquired extensive knowledge of quantitative methods in portfolio management, including indexation, option pricing, portfolio insurance and international asset allocation
education
  • PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Basel

Ralph Kretschmer

Founder & Managing Partner
member of the management board
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 30 years of experience in Environmental/Impact finance and investment, including 15 years in due diligence and manager selection across clean economy private equity and infrastructure, sustainable timberland, green real estate, carbon and microfinance
  • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the investment committee of VERIT Investment Management AG, a real estate fund and asset management company in Switzerland
  • 2007 – 2008 Initiator and Global Co-Head of the Credit Suisse Environmental Business Group (EBG): responsible for general management, strategy, business and product development
  • 1996 – 2007 Director in Investment Banking (Corporate Finance, M&A) at Credit Suisse in Zurich and London: senior client relationship manager and project leader on numerous transactions for corporates
  • 2007 / 08 Non-executive Director of the Cleantech Group, USA
  • Founder and member of the board of trustees of a charity dedicated to the support of nature conservation projects
education
  • MBA (lic.oec.HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Duarte
da Silva

Managing Partner
Lisbon, Portugal
Professional History
  • 25 years of experience mostly as principal investor in the impact space. Executed over 30 transactions in direct equity, co- and fund investments in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia
  • 2014 – 2023 Managing Director at Asia Climate Partners (“ACP”), one of the largest climate-focused private equity funds in Asia with $450 million AuM, originally a joint venture between Credit Suisse (later replaced by ORIX Corporation and Robeco) and the Asian Development Bank (“ADB”)
  • 2011 – 2014 Senior Investment Specialist at the ADB’s private equity group, which manages a portfolio of over 80 direct equity and fund investments across agriculture, renewable energy, infrastructure, financial institutions, healthcare, education and transport sectors
  • 2007 – 2011 Vice President at the Environmental Business Group originally at Credit Suisse, later spun off as EBG Investment Solutions
  • 2005 – 2007 Principal Advisor of the Vice President for Strategy and Country Operations at African Development Bank responsible for structuring sovereign and non-sovereign climate funds
  • 2000 – 2005 Vice President at Caixa Banco de Investimentos in the M&A department, closed several transactions in Europe and South America in the clean tech, real estate, real assets and low carbon infrastructure sectors
education
  • MBA, Oxford University, UK
  • Master in Economics, University Catolica Portuguesa, Portugal
  • Public Finance Course, Harvard University, USA

Stephan
Keller

Partner
Chicago, USA
Professional History
  • Chief Operating Officer, Chicago Trading Company, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2011 – 2014 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Cole Real Estate Investments LLC, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 2004 – 2010 Member of the Group Managing Board, UBS AG
  • 2010 – 2011 Vice-Chairman Financial Institutions Group, UBS Investment Bank, London
  • 2006 – 2010 Group Treasurer, UBS AG, Zurich
  • 2004 – 2005 Chief Risk Officer, UBS Investment Bank, New York
  • 2002 – 2004 Chief Risk Officer, UBS Wealth Management USA, New York
  • 1999 – 2002 Head Market Risk Management Europe, UBS Investment Bank, London
  • 1992 – 1998 various positions in UBS's equity trading activities in Zurich, Chicago and London with a focus on listed derivative and structured products
education
  • MBA (lic.oec.HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Natalia
Eisele

Investment Manager
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 10 years of experience in finance, including 5 years in due diligence and investment management across renewable energy, clean infrastructure and private equity
  • 2016 – 2019 Investment Associate with the Energy Storage Fund at SUSI Partners AG in Zurich
  • 2014 – 2016 Investment Analyst in the M&A Division at UBS AG in Zurich and Frankfurt
  • 2010 – 2014 Investment Specialist (WM UHNWI Department) at UBS AG in Zurich and São Paulo
education
  • Master of Arts in Business and Economics (MA UZH), Specialisation Econometrics and Financial Mathematics, University of Zurich
  • Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics (BA UZH), University of Zurich

Deepiga Vigneswaran

Sustainability & Impact Advisor
Toronto, Canada
Professional History
  • 3 years of experience in finance, including investment analysis, pension asset management, real estate asset management, real estate investment and financing and due diligence across real estate and private equity investments
  • 4 years of experience in real estate development and urban planning, including research, due diligence, consulting, reporting and project management of multi-party issues in the areas of infrastructure and residential development
  • 2016 – 2018 Intermediate Planner at Region of Peel in Ontario, Canada
education
  • Master of Science in Real Estate, Specialisation in Finance, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
  • Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning (Minor in French), University of Waterloo, Canada

Andreas
Berger

Senior Due Diligence Specialist
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 14 years of experience in finance, particularly including investment, operational and legal due diligence of alternative investments
  • 2010 – 2022 Senior Analyst at aicons AG
  • 2015 – 2022 in addition Co-Portfolio Manager and Deputy COO at Swiss ALP Asset Management GmbH
  • 2008 – 2009 Senior Analyst at SG Analytics Pvt. Ltd.
  • 2007 Internship at SG Analytics Pvt. Ltd.
education
  • Bachelor of Science of the University of Bern in Economics with minor in business administration, summa cum laude
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Hugh
Parry

Controlling, Compliance & Risk Management
member of the management board
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 35+ years of experience in finance including auditing, controlling, treasury and systems (10 years of which was in Private Equity operations, reporting and consulting)
  • 2014 – Financial Systems Consultant, with a focus on systems and organizational support for Private Equity operations, Zurich and Luxembourg
  • 2008 – 2013 Chief Financial Officer of Private Equity and Managing Director, Quilvest (Switzerland) Ltd., Zurich
  • 2003 – 2008 Finance Manager at European Treasury Operations Centre, Altria/Kraft Foods Finance Europe AG, Zug
  • 1987 – 2002 Executive Director with controlling, reporting and project roles, SBC(I) / UBS AG, Zurich and London
  • 1982 – 1987 Senior Auditor / Management Consultant, Touche Ross & Co. (subsequently Deloitte), London
  • 1981 – 1982 Software Developer / Programmer of financial and non-financial applications, JRM Software Ltd., Trowbridge, UK
education
  • BSc Mathematics and Computing, University of Bath, UK
  • Chartered Accountant (ACA), London

Rui
Duarte

Financial & Impact Reporting
Leiria, Portugal
Professional History
  • Since 2005 financial consultant for numerous projects in the areas of feasibility analysis, financial reporting and financial modeling
  • 2016 – 2017 Chief Financial Officer and Partner at Zenn.pt, an IT company in Leiria specializing in web-based software
  • 2013 – 2016 Chief Financial Officer at Plurália SA, a banking and training consultant in Luanda
  • 2011 – 2013 Financial Consultant & Trainer for the African Banking Sector at Letstalkgroup SA - Training Consultant in Lisbon
  • 2006 – 2011 Senior Financial Advisor at Best Bank SA - Investment Bank in Lisbon
  • 2000 – 2006 Market analyst and operations at Fincor SA - financial broker and investor in Lisbon
education
  • Certificate for Equity and Futures Market Operations - Euronext, Lisbon
  • Certificate in Banking and Insurance - Portuguese Institute for Bank Training (IFB), Lisbon
  • Erasmus exchange student in business administration at the École Superieure du Commerce (ESC), Lille
  • Master Diploma in Business and Administration at Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã

Thomas
Kreuger

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 2014 – 2016 Independent consultant for market development and sales strategies, as well as client & product suitability
  • 2010 – 2014 Market Coverage Officer Investment Solutions and Products in Wealth Management, Credit Suisse, Zurich
  • 2008 – 2010 Independent consultant in the areas of fund marketing and real estate projects for institutional clients
  • 2006 – 2008 Head of Hottinger Asset Management AG, Zurich
  • 1988 – 2006 Relationship management of domestic and foreign institutional clients at renowned Swiss banks and foreign financial companies
education
  • Commercial education and professional development on asset classes, financial products, global regulations and risk management

Roland
Truempi

Senior Relationship Manager
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • 2011 – 2016 Senior Relationship Manager for Swiss pension funds and banks at Swiss Rock Asset Management in Zurich
  • 2005 – 2010 Senior Relationship Manager for Swiss and international institutional investors at Julius Baer in Zurich
  • 2003 – 2004 independent projects and sports manager
  • 1990 – 2002 Relationship Manager for Swiss institutional clients at Zürcher Kantonalbank in Zurich
education
  • Finance Compact, University of Basle, Switzerland (Dr. H. Zimmermann)
  • Technical college for pension funds, Olten, Switzerland
  • Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Banking, Switzerland

Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Hamburg, gERMANY
Professional History
  • 2018-2022 CEO/Partner Family Office Platform NIXDORF Kapital AG in Munich, development of investment structure for real assets as general partner
  • 2015-2018 Independent consultant and board member for market development and sales strategies, focus on institutional asset management; independent supervisory board member
  • 2006-2015 CEO/Owner strategic consulting company for institutional sales and sales communication, Kommalpha AG in Germany
  • 2002-2006 Managing Director of BHW Invest GmbH, a German capital management company with focus on pension asset management
  • 1998-2002 Managing Director and Head of Institutional Sales, Berenberg Bank, Hamburg
  • 1990-1998 Head of Institutional Sales BFG Bank AG / Credit Lyonnais, Frankfurt / Paris
  • 1985-1990 Trainee and stock exchange training at BFG Bank AG, Frankfurt / Luxembourg / London
eDUCATION
  • Graduate in Economics and Business Law – Marketing, Banking, University of Bielefeld, Germany
  • Advanced education in stock exchange trading, foreign trade financing, computer science, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet (WWU), Muenster, Germany

Michel
Destraz

member of the board
member of the investment committee
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
  • Since 2010 Founder, Chairman and CEO of Clairemont Management & Consulting Ltd, an independent Swiss asset management and consulting firm
  • 2008 – 2010 Branch Manager of IDB (Swiss) Bank Ltd., a foreign bank in Switzerland
  • 1992 – 2008 CEO of Arzi Bank Ltd, a private bank in Zurich
  • 1984 – 1992 The Chase Manhattan Bank, in New York, London, Zurich and Geneva: Vice President, Corporate Finance, responsible for client relationship with focus on risk management, structured finance and mergers & acquisitions
  • External consulting and board of directors mandates
education
  • Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems (Magna cum Laude) and Master in Business Administration and Financial Management at the National University in San Diego
  • Executive Master of European and International Business Law (M.B.L.-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen
  • Program of Instruction for Lawyers at the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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