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Abdulmohsin Al Omran is the founder, Non-executive President, and a voting member of the investment committee of Petiole Asset Management AG. Abdulmohsin is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Family Office Co. BSC (C). Previously, Abdulmohsin was with Goldman Sachs as part of the private wealth management team in London and served as a member of Investcorp’s senior management team. In addition, he held management roles at Gulf International Bank, Saudi International Bank, and Riyadh Bank. Abdulmohsin holds an MBA from City University in London and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and Finance from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals.

Holger Demuth is an independent advisor to international financial services firms, investment companies and private capital. Previously he has spent 30 years at Credit Suisse in various Senior Management positions in Zurich, London, Chicago and New York. He was the Chief Risk Officer of Clariden Leu Ltd, Zurich from 2008 to 2012, where he was responsible for Credit, Market and Operational Risk and a Member of the Executive Board. He was also a permanent member of the Investment Committee. Before joining Clariden Leu Ltd, Holger was the Global Head of Risk Management for the Asset Management Division of Credit Suisse. As the former Head of Corporate Development and Finance reporting to the CFO, he has broad experience in Corporate Finance, M&A, Corporate Development and Strategy. He holds and MBA from the University of Rochester/NY, an Executive MBA from the University of Berne and is an alumni of the AMP of Harvard Business School in Boston.

Massimo Calderan is a Partner at Altenburger since 1999, focusing on commercial and corporate law matters, M&A, banking and financial services, cross border questions, and labour law and immigration. After graduating from Zurich Law School in 1986, Massimo began his career at the District Court of Zurich, then the Commercial Registry of the Canton of Zurich, followed by positions in Swiss and US Law Firms. For more than two decades, Massimo has been a board member in private and public companies from different business sectors, both in Switzerland and abroad. Since 1992, Massimo regularly publishes in German, English, and Italian on corporate, commercial, and M&A issues.

Pierre Andre Genillard is born in 1971 and is a Swiss citizen. After graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1993, he began his investment management career with Credit Suisse in Geneva and Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. From 1995 to 1998 he was a Managing Director at Craig Drill Capital Inc., a New York based hedge fund organization. He returned to Switzerland to join the Fundamental Analytics Group, a hedge fund advisory and management firm based in Geneva. Since November 2002, he founded with Prisminvest SA three funds of hedge funds: ESM Fund Ltd, Prism Select Fund Ltd. and Prism Asia Fund Ltd. In 2012, he founded Prisminvest Partners Pte Ltd, a Singapore based Wealth Management Company. Mr. Genillard served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Cumber International Ltd, a member of Cumberland Associates, one of the oldest U.S. hedge fund organizations founded in 1970. Mr. Genillard also served as a Director of Artemis International Ltd, a hedge fund of the New York based Artemis Advisors LLC, as well as Director of hedge fund Craig Drill Capital Ltd. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Family Office CO. (TFO).

Mr. Genillard was a former Member of the USC tennis team, Member of the Swiss National Junior tennis team and Swiss National Junior Champion under 14 and under 16 categories.

John Webley retired from Morgan Stanley where he was a Managing Director, administrative head of all the Morgan Stanley entities in the European region outside London for many years and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley’s regulated bank in London from 1999. He served on the boards of a number of the firm’s banks in Europe and was based in Zurich from 1990-1994, in Morgan Stanley’s Swiss bank. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, John spent eleven years with Price Waterhouse, primarily in Paris, San Francisco and London. Since leaving Morgan Stanley, John has taken a number of non-executive roles including acting as Chairman of PME Infrastructure Managers Limited, a company managing infrastructure investments in sub-Saharan Africa, and MHS Homes Limited, a social housing company.

Axel Hörger is the Chief Executive Officer of Petiole Asset Management AG and a voting member of the executive committee. Axel has nearly three decades of experience in the financial industry, including previous roles as Chairman and Co-Founder of American International Bank Acquisition Corp., CEO for Lombard International Assurance (Europe) and CEO at UBS Deutschland AG. Prior to these, he worked at Goldman Sachs for 16 years with his last role as Managing Director for Asset Management (EMEA). He remains in advisory and board member roles in a few companies such as Siemens, Atlantik-Brücke e.V., and Wild@Life e.V. Axel holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration – International Economics and Finance – from Goethe University. He speaks two languages: German and English.

Naji Nehme is the Chief Investment Officer of Petiole Asset Management AG and is a voting member of the investment committee. Naji has almost 20 years of experience in investment and wealth management. Prior to joining Petiole in 2019, Naji was head of investments for The Family Office Co. in Bahrain. Previously, Naji held a senior position in a multi-family office in Montreal, Ernst & Young Investment Advisory Services in Montreal and the Caisse de Depot and Placement du Quebec. Naji holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from Concordia University, a Master of Science degree in Financial Engineering from École des Hautes Études Commerciales and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter. Naji speaks three languages: English, French and Arabic.

David Edman is the Chief Operating Officer of Petiole Asset Management AG and a voting member of the executive committee. David has over 30 years experience in Wealth Management. Prior to joining Petiole, he was Head of Client Service at The Family Office Co. Bahrain. Previously, David held senior positions with Morgan Stanley for over 20 years, where he was an Executive Director. David holds a Bachelors degree from Utah State University and a Master of International Management in Finance from the American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird. David speaks two languages: German and English.

Paolo Trecarichi Bianco is the Head of Risk at Petiole Asset Management AG and is a member of the investment committee. Paolo has over 11 years of experience in risk management and investment. Prior to joining Petiole in 2019, Paolo was Risk Manager for The Family Office Co. in Bahrain. Previously, Paolo held a senior position in Quantyx Advisors in Milan and he was auditor in financial services division at Ernst & Young in Milan. Paolo holds a Bachelor degree in Law from Bocconi University, a Master of Science degree in Finance from Bocconi University, and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter. Paolo speaks two languages: English and Italian.

Julia Holzgreve is the Head of Client Strategy at Petiole Asset Management AG. She was previously the Director / Deputy CEO at Keen Innovation AG, a fintech innovation lab in Basel. Prior to that, she had gained experience at UBS, eBay and Accenture. Julia holds an Executive MBA degree from London Business School.

Mercedes Nieto is the Head of Legal at Petiole Asset Management AG, and has over ten years of experience in law. Prior to joining Petiole, she held a senior position at AXA Investment Managers. Previously, Mercedes gained experience at Credit Suisse as well as at leading Swiss business law firms. She holds a Master's degree in Law from the University of Zurich, is admitted to the Swiss bar and absolved a doctoral program at the University of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Triesen. Mercedes speaks six languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.

Latif Kigouk is Director of Petiole Asset Management AG and leads the Institutional Solutions group. Latif has more than 19 years of experience in Wealth Management. He spent the first 9 years of his career at UBS in Geneva where he served as an HNWI Relationship Manager. Latif then joined The Family Office Co. in Bahrain where, as a Senior Relationship Manager, he advised and managed the wealth of UHNWI clients of the GCC countries for six years. Prior to joining Petiole in 2019, he worked as an independent consultant. Latif holds the title of “Swiss-certified banking specialist with Federal Diploma of Higher Education”. Latif speaks three languages: French, English, and Arabic.

Mathias Peter Niederhauser is Head of Growth, Digital Solutions at Petiole Asset Management AG, where he leads the digital acquisition and marketing initiatives. He has over 12 years of experience in marketing across various industries. Prior to joining Petiole, Mathias was Director of Digital Marketing and Acquisition at The Family Office Co. in Bahrain. He also held senior roles in marketing for Vontobel, Six Payments and ABB. Mathias holds a Master's degree in Customer Relationship Management from Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Jon Hedley is head of Petiole USA Limited and co-heads the Private Equity Co-Investment Program and the Real Estate Co-Investment Program. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, Jon co-founded and led OneCapital Management Partners, an alternative investment firm in New York, for seven years. Previously, Jon was a member of Investcorp's Management Committee where he helped establish the fund of hedge funds platform. He has also held senior investment banking and private equity positions with Bankers Trust Company and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Jon holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and an AB from Dartmouth College.

Drago Kolev is Managing Director of Petiole USA Limited and leads the Financial Institutions Group. Drago has over 20 years of experience as an investor, senior bank executive and investment banker. In 2009, he was a founding partner and Head of Acquisitions for Community USA HoldCo, an investment company specializing in distressed bank investments. Prior to that, he was Head of Portfolio Strategy for Merrill Lynch Bank USA. Drago started his career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch where he was last a Director in the Corporate Finance Group. Drago holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Merrill Lynch Institute of Investment Banking at the Wharton Business School and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.

Philip Ng is a member of Petiole's investment committee and the Managing Director of Petiole Management (Hong Kong) Limited. With more than 25 years of experience, he oversees Petiole's private equity and hedge fund investments in Asia. In addition, he coordinates Petiole’s responsible and sustainable investment initiatives. Philip served ten years as the Investment Director of an HSBC Group company before joining The Family Office in 2010. Philip is a Certified Artificial Intelligence Engineer with Microsoft Azure, a Certified Big Data Architect with IBM, a Certified Responsible Investment Professional with the Responsible Investment Association of Canada, a Climate Change Ambassador with the Green Building Research Institute, and a Fellow Member of CPA Australia. Philip holds a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University in Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Wollongong. He speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

John Jaskowiak is a Principal of Petiole USA Limited. He has 13 years of experience in the financial services industry covering global financial companies in asset management and investment banking. He worked as a Vice President, Specialty Finance Research, at Jacobs Asset Management before joining TFO USA Limited (now Petiole USA Limited) as a Principal in 2018. Previously, he covered global financials as a research associate with William Blair Investment Management from 2013 to 2017. Before William Blair, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the Diversified Financials Group at Keefe, Bruyette and Woods from 2010 to 2013. John graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with honors from Indiana University and is a CFA charterholder.

Jessie Jiao is Vice President at Petiole Management (Hong Kong) Limited. Prior to joining TFO Management (Hong Kong) Limited (now Petiole Management (Hong Kong) Limited) in 2016, Jessie worked at Hamilton Lane as a Senior Analyst in the Relationship Management

Team. Prior to that she was a Senior Consultant in the Risk Advisory Department at Ernst & Young. Jessie holds a Dual Degree in Electronic & Computer Engineering and General Business Management from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and is a

Certified Public Accountant. Jessie speaks Mandarin, English and Cantonese.

Sami Favre is the Vice President of the Investment Team at Petiole USA Limited. Sami holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Cameron School of Business at the University of St. Thomas. Sami speaks three languages: English, French and Arabic.

Bill Wei is an Investment Associate at Petiole Management (Hong Kong) Limited, specializing on real estate transactions. Prior to joining Petiole, Bill was an Associate at HSBC Global Banking where he worked alongside leading regional and global sponsors on real estate credit investments in Greater China. Before HSBC, he worked as an Investment Analyst for cross-border mezzanine investments at an SOE trust platform in China. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St.Louis, Missouri. He speaks English and Mandarin.

Constantin Wagner is an Investment Analyst in Petiole Asset Management AG focusing on private equity and private credit. Prior to joining Petiole in 2021, he was a Private Equity Analyst at the direct investment team of Energy Infrastructure Partners AG, structuring and executing private equity transactions in the energy infrastructure industry in Europe and overseas. Constantin holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Management from International School of Management, and a Master of Science degree in International Finance from NOVA School of Business and Economics.

Marwan works as an investment analyst supporting Petiole Asset Management AG through its sister company The Family Office Co. He holds a master's degree in investment management from Cass Business School.

Ali Zeitoun is an investment analyst supporting Petiole Asset Management AG through its sister company, The Family Office Co. Prior to joining, he was an analyst at Excelsa where he worked on U.S. Real Estate acquisitions and asset management. Ali holds a master's in finance degree from the American University of Beirut.