NS Partners people

“We must never forget that behind a portfolio’s figures and statistics, there is always an individual or a family.”

Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee
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“If you want peace, prepare for war. The same goes with risk management.”

Romain Pidoux, CAIA Head of Risk Management
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“Nothing great is created by following the herd. Whoever has heard of Alexander the Average?”

Abir Oreibi Board Director
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“The challenge is to have the right agenda to orient the business, its transformation and the appropriate use of data. ”

Antonio Mira Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee
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“It’s all about finding the right balance between making money, capital preservation and liquidity.”

Sébastien Poiret Deputy Head of Wealth Management
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Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee

Angel Sanz joined NS Partners in 2012. He is Chief Investment Officer and heads the Asset Management division. As such, he leads the Group’s Asset Allocation department and oversees the Long Only Investments and Alternative Investments teams. He is also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee.

Angel has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held three CIO positions at Bankia, BBVA Asset Management and M&B Capital. Before starting his financial career in 1991, he worked for 4 years as a software engineer at AT&T Bell Labs (USA).

Angel holds an MBA from Lehigh University (USA) and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain), for which he received a national academic-achievement award.

We must never forget that behind a portfolio’s figures and statistics, there is always an individual or a family.
Romain Pidoux, CAIA Head of Risk Management

Romain Pidoux joined NS Partners in 2011 and heads the Group’s Risk Management.
He started his financial career in 2005 as Head of Quantitative Analysis for a Swiss Family Office, selecting funds and managing portfolio allocation. In 2008, he switched to the alternative world and joined Peak Partners as hedge funds analyst.
He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and holds a Master’s degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva University.

If you want peace, prepare for war. The same goes with risk management.
Abir Oreibi Board Director

Abir Oreibi joined the Board of the NS Partners Group in 2018, where she brings her truly international perspective and rich experience.
Among many other ventures, Abir set up Alibaba.com’s first European office. After living and working in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and London, she now lives in Geneva, where she is CEO of Lift Events, an organization that identifies technology trends, their business and social impact through the organization of events and open innovation programs. Issues related to the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies as well as the strategic responses from organizations are at the heart of Lift's activities.
Abir holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Geneva. She is an investor, and member of advisory and innovation boards.

Nothing great is created by following the herd. Whoever has heard of Alexander the Average?
Antonio Mira Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee

Antonio Mira joined NS Partners in 2006 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He heads the corporate functions and is involved in coordinating and implementing the decisions of the Executive Committee.
An experienced bank auditor, Antonio started his career in 1995 with Arthur Andersen, where he worked for some 7 years before joining Ernst & Young in 2002 as a Senior Manager.
Antonio is a Swiss chartered accountant and a Business graduate of Lausanne University (HEC).

The challenge is to have the right agenda to orient the business, its transformation and the appropriate use of data.
Sébastien Poiret Deputy Head of Wealth Management

Sébastien Poiret joined NS Partners in 2008 and manages funds of hedge funds and private client mandates. He also oversees the development of the Group’s offices in Mauritius.

Prior to joining NS Partners, he served as a Trader, Head of Manager research and Portfolio Manager in the USA and Switzerland for a single hedge fund (1998-2004) and for Optimal (2004-2008), Grupo Santander’s fund-of-hedge funds operations.

Sébastien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance from the ESPEME Business School (EDHEC Group) and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Institute of Business Administration, both in Nice.

It’s all about finding the right balance between making money, capital preservation and liquidity.

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Magali Gomel Compliance Officer Geneva
Magali Gomel Compliance Officer

Magali Gomel joined NS Partners in 2022 as Compliance Officer.

She worked for more than ten years in the Banking sector, mainly with International Institutions such as CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA, Société Générale Private Banking (Switzerland) SA and Mirabaud &CIE SA, where she specialized in Regulatory and AML topics.

Magali studied Political Science and Law (Master degrees) at the University of Geneva, with a specific focus in Ethics. She holds a Certificate of advanced studies (CAS) “Compliance in financial services” since 2013 and is co-manaer of the GT1 of the Groupement des Compliance Officers “GCO”

Felicio Goncalo Senior Relationship Manager Geneva
Felicio Goncalo Senior Relationship Manager

Goncalo Felicio joined NS Partners in 2022 as Senior Relationship Manager for UHNW clients.

Prior joining the firm, he worked for 11 years at Banque Pictet & Cie SA in the Wealth management department as Private Banker for Middle East, South Africa, Moroccan and Israeli UHNW families. Before that, he worked for Merrill Lynch Banque Suisse for 6 years as European Regional Service Officer – UHNW segment in Geneva.

Goncalo holds a Master of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Geneva.

Partnership, trust and availability is key to understand clients' needs and build investment solutions to help growing and preserving their wealth through generations.
Maximilien Mestelan Risk Officer Geneva
Maximilien Mestelan Risk Officer

Maximilien Mestelan joined NS Partners in 2021 as a Risk Officer.

Prior to joining NS Partners, Maximilien completed internships as a relationship manager assistant for the Russian clientele at Julius Baer (Switzerland) and as an assistant at Hachiko Financial, an Financial Advisory Firm (Antigua & Barbuda).

Maximilien holds a Bachelor's degree in Management from G.I.H.E (Switzerland) and a Master’s degree in Management with a specialization in International Business from IE University (Spain).

David Maffeis Relationship Manager Zurich
David Maffeis Relationship Manager

David joined our NS Partners Zurich Office as a Relationship Manager in 2021.

After spending 25 years of his international career in banking industry, he reached the level of Senior Private Banker with sound international experience in the Wealth Management of key Wealth Family Offices / high net worth individuals and financial engineering.

David is graduated in Economics from ISEC/UMH  - Haute Ecole Commerciale de la Province du Hainaut - Belgium.

Cédric Dingens, CAIA Head of Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Cédric Dingens, CAIA Head of Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients, Member of the Executive Committee

Cédric Dingens joined NS Partners (formerly Notz Stucki) in 2002 and heads the Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients department. He also oversees the Alternative Investments activity and is a member of the Portfolio Management & Hedge Fund Selection team and of the Asset Allocation Committee.
Cédric started his career in Banque du Luxembourg (BIL) in 2001. In 2002, he joined NS Partners in Luxembourg as a portfolio manager. He has developed the internal quantitative risk management framework before being appointed Head of risk management in Geneva in 2010, and then being promoted to his current position in 2016.
He holds a degree in quantitative finance from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Nancy (France) and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

The best way to win is to avoid to lose.
Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee

Angel Sanz joined NS Partners in 2012. He is Chief Investment Officer and heads the Asset Management division. As such, he leads the Group’s Asset Allocation department and oversees the Long Only Investments and Alternative Investments teams. He is also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee.

Angel has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held three CIO positions at Bankia, BBVA Asset Management and M&B Capital. Before starting his financial career in 1991, he worked for 4 years as a software engineer at AT&T Bell Labs (USA).

Angel holds an MBA from Lehigh University (USA) and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain), for which he received a national academic-achievement award.

We must never forget that behind a portfolio’s figures and statistics, there is always an individual or a family.
Frédéric de Poix Head of Wealth Management, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Frédéric de Poix Head of Wealth Management, Member of the Executive Committee

Frédéric de Poix joined NS Partners in 2013. He now heads the wealth management business line.
After starting his career in 1985 as a coffee trader at Sucres et Denrées and as a regional manager at Finagrain, a subsidiary of the Continental Grain Company, he worked in private wealth management at Morgan Stanley and Hyposwiss for 15 years.
Frédéric is a graduate of the Bachelor of Business Administration program of EPSCI/ESSEC GROUP (France).

Listening always should come before investing.
Antonio Mira Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Antonio Mira Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee

Antonio Mira joined NS Partners in 2006 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He heads the corporate functions and is involved in coordinating and implementing the decisions of the Executive Committee.
An experienced bank auditor, Antonio started his career in 1995 with Arthur Andersen, where he worked for some 7 years before joining Ernst & Young in 2002 as a Senior Manager.
Antonio is a Swiss chartered accountant and a Business graduate of Lausanne University (HEC).

The challenge is to have the right agenda to orient the business, its transformation and the appropriate use of data.

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