Board of Directors
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Urs WietlisbachCo-founder & Chairman PG Impact Investments AG
Urs Wietlisbach co-founded Partners Group in 1996 and PG Impact Investments in 2015. He is a member of Partners Group Holding AG’s board of directors and chairman of the markets committee, based in Zug. He has 30 years of industry experience and is an active impact investor since 2014. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse. He holds a Masters of Arts from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Urs BaumannCo-founder, CEO & Chairman of the Investment Committee
Urs Baumann is co-founder and CEO of PG Impact Investments. He has been active in impact investing since 2012 and has 27 years of experience as founder, CEO & Non-Executive Director of leading Swiss and international financial institutions in the area of credit and asset management. His areas of expertise include: managing growth, restructurings & turnarounds, M&A, organizational development. Prior work experience includes Bellevue Group, Lindorff Group, Swisscard and McKinsey & Company. He holds a Master of Arts from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and a MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, USA.
Justin SykesMember of the Board of Directors PG Impact Investment Management Ltd.
Justin Sykes is Founder and Managing Director of Innovest Advisory. Justin Sykes has over 15 years’ experience in the structuring, financing and implementation of innovative and large-scale impact investments for private wealth clients which have positively impacted thousands of lives. He serves as a board member and adviser to a number of impact focused endeavors including social businesses, charities and local grassroots financial institutions engaged in supporting the livelihoods of low income communities around the world.
John HallamMember of the Board of Directors PG Impact Investments Management Ltd.
John Hallam, aged 67 and resident in Guernsey, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and qualified as an accountant in 1971. He is a former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers having retired in 1999 after 27 years with the firm both in Guernsey and in other countries. He is the Chairman of NB Distressed Debt Investments Ltd as well as being a director of a number of financial services companies, some of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange. He served for many years as a member of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission from which he retired in 2006 having been its Chairman for the previous three years.
Andreas R. KirchschlägerMember the Board of Directors PG Impact Investments AG
Andreas Kirchschläger is CEO of the elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization. He serves as president of the board of trustees of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation and as a member of the board of directors of GCA Altium AG. Prior to joining elea, he was Managing Director and President of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies. He graduated from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, where he studied law and economics.
Robert BrimeyerMember of the Board of Directors PG Impact Investments Management Ltd.
Robert Brimeyer has more than 15 years of experience in alternative assets fund administration and has been working in financial services for more than 20 years.
At Alter Domus Robert has had different roles over the past 10 years, including Global Head of Fund Services and Group Chief Operating Officer. As Director for Strategic Projects, reporting into the Group CEO, his main focus now is delivering innovation and build delivery infrastructure of the future. He is also instrumental in onboarding strategic clients globally. Robert is acting as board member on a number of Private Equity, Real Estate and Private Debt funds. He holds a Master in IT and Economics of University of Nancy, France and an MBA (EuroMBA) delivered jointly by 6 leading European universities.
Claude NoesenMember of the Board of Directors PG Impact Investments Management Ltd.
Claude Noesen has more than 30 years' experience in the financial markets and services industry. A former Head of Treasury and Trading Europe at The Bank of Bermuda, prior to becoming a Certified Independent Director, he was responsible for Fund Administration and Custody Sales at HSBC Securities Services and became the CEO of ABN AMRO’s (FORTIS) Prime Fund Solutions in Luxembourg. His trading, operational, compliance and risk experience covers all asset classes including Private Funds, Private Equity, Real Estate, Equity, Bonds, Derivatives and Credit. Additionally, Mr. Claude Noesen is a director for several Luxembourg companies.
Member of the Board of Directors PG Impact Investments Management Ltd.
Mr Dorey has 35 years of experience in financial markets. Mr Dorey was at CSFB for 17 years from 1988 to 2005 where he specialised in credit related products in the areas of debt distribution, origination and trading, covering all types of debt from investment grade to high yield and distressed debt. . He held a number of positions at CSFB, including establishing CSFB's high yield debt distribution business in Europe, fixed income credit product coordinator for European offices and head of UK Credit and Rates Sales. Since 2005 he has been acting in a Non-Executive Directorship capacity for a number of Hedge Funds, Private Equity & Infrastructure Funds, for both listed and unlisted vehicles. He is former President of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
Urs BaumannCo-founder, CEO & Chairman of the Investment Committee
Urs Baumann is co-founder and CEO of PG Impact Investments. He has been active in impact investing since 2012 and has 27 years of experience as founder, CEO & Non-Executive Director of leading Swiss and international financial institutions in the area of credit and asset management. His areas of expertise include: managing growth, restructurings & turnarounds, M&A, organizational development. Prior work experience includes Bellevue Group, Lindorff Group, Swisscard and McKinsey & Company. He holds a Master of Arts from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and a MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, USA.
Tilmann TrommsdorffMember of the Investment Committee
Tilmann Trommsdorff is a private investor and entrepreneur with 35 years of experience in finance overall and 20 years in private markets investments in particular. As a co-founder of PG Impact (Verein) in 2006, he is one of the early pioneers in impact investing. Before founding his own management and consulting company in 2012 Tilmann worked for more than twelve years at Partners Group. In his last position he was responsible for the Portfolio & Risk Management Department and a member of Partners Group’s Executive Board. Prior to joining Partners Group he held various management positions at Swiss and international banks. Tilmann hold a MAS in Coaching, Supervision and Change Management from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and a Diploma in Banking from the Swiss Finance Institute, Zurich.
Melissa CheongMember of the Investment Committee
Melissa Cheong is a Managing Partner of Blackhorn Ventures, an investment firm focused on redefining industrial resource efficiency, where she balances her time between managing the firm’s strategic goals, procedures and policies, creating partnerships and working with talented and inspiring company founders, and developing the firm’s investment strategy for current and future funds. Melissa has 19 years of industry experience, with her most recent roles focused on social impact investing. Prior to Blackhorn Ventures Melissa was Chief Investment Officer at Zoma Capital, the private family office of Ben and Lucy Ana Walton, and held various positions at Treehouse Investments, Imprint Capital (now Goldman Sachs-Imprint), Plainfield Asset Management and Deutsche Bank. Melissa holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago, where she was a recipient of the Richter Grant. She received an MBA from Columbia Business School, with a concentration in Finance and International Development.
Partners Group seconded Real Estate/Affordable Housing Expert
Member of the Investment Committee
Baylor Miller is Co-Head of the Integrated Private Real Estate business unit, based in Denver, and a member of the Private Real Estate Investment Committee. She sits on the boards of 12 Advisory Boards on behalf of Partners Group. She has been with Partners Group since 2009 and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at the Carlyle Group in the real estate team focused on risk and portfolio management and at Cambridge Associates focused on private markets investments. She holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and psychology from the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA. She is also a CFA charterholder.
Dimiter TschawowPartners Group seconded Private Equity Integrated Expert
Member of the Investment Committee
Dimiter Tschawow is Senior Vice President at Partners Group and a member of the Private Equity Integrated Investments business unit based in Zug.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Amann Girrbach 2018 and Rioglass Group. He has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Darby Private Equity, BC Partners and Ardian.
He holds a master's degree in financial economics from the University of Nottingham, UK.
Joel LiebiPartners Group seconded Private Equity Expert
Member of the Investment Committee
Joel Liebi is Vice President at Partners Group and a member of the Private Equity Real Estate Investments team in Asia-Pacific and is based in Singapore. He has 10 years of industry experience and 3 years of impact investing experience. He has been with Partners Group since 2011. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Nomura and had assignments at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Alstom and Infineon. He holds a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland and has passed all three levels of the CFA Program.
Henri LusaPartners Group seconded Private Debt Expert
Member of the Investment Committee
Henri Lusa is Senior Vice President at Partners Group and member of the European Private Debt business unit, based in Zug. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UniCredit Leveraged Finance and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a master’s degree in economics and business administration from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland and a Master in Corporate Finance from SDA Bocconi, Italy. He is also a chartered alternative investment analyst.
Athos StaubImpact & Value Creation
Athos Staub joined PG Impact Investments in 2019 and has over 30years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments he worked at McKinsey & Company, Swisscard, Aduno Group, Sanacare and as an independent consultant. He holds a Master Degree in Management from the University of St. Gallen and has held C-level positions in the Consumer Finance and Healthcare industries.
Head Client Solutions, Member of the Executive Commitee
David joined PG Impact Investments in 2020 and has over 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments he was Head of Business Development and a Member of the Executive Management at BlueOrchard, a leading microfinance manager. Prior to that, David worked for several large asset managers including BlueBay, Lyxor and Barclays Capital as Head of Sales Switzerland. From 2002 - 2011, David worked for Zurich based fund of hedge funds and commodity specialist Harcourt where he acted as Managing Partner and Head of Business Development. David has started his career in financial markets at Merrill Lynch in Zurich.
David is both a CFA and CAIA Chartholder, and holds a master's degree in Law from the University of Fribourg (1997), Switzerland.
Client Solutions
Julia joined PG Impact Investments in May 2020 and has 10 years of impact industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments she held various positions at responsAbility Investments AG, a leading asset manager in the field of development investments, offering investment solutions to private and institutional clients. Her roles included Co-Heading Sales for Distribution Partners in Switzerland and Heading Sales Germany for Banks & Institutional clients. From 2007-2010 Julia worked for Partners Group AG.
Julia holds a master’s degree in European Business Berlin / Madrid from the ESCP-EAP.
Amy WangHead of Private Debt
Amy Wang joined PG Impact Investments in 2016 and has 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments she worked as an Assistant Vice President for Deutsche Bank's Global Social Finance group where she led the group's clean energy and South/Southeast Asian financial services social enterprise investing activities. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Amy worked as an Investment Associate at Grassroots Business Fund and Centinela Capital Partners and an Analyst at Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank. Amy has worked across Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Affairs from the Lauder Institute from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Head of Private Equity
Sara Scaramella is responsible for Primary Investments at PG Impact Investments. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments in 2016 she worked in the Private Equity Primaries Investment team of Partners Group and in the Strategic Projects team of the UBS Chief Investment Office. She holds a Master of Science in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Milan.
Investment Manager Direct Equity / Asia
Shanaz Rauff joined PG Impact Investments in 2020 and has 12 years of private equity experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments, she was at EpiCure, a chronic disease startup; and worked in private equity at LCP Partners in Singapore, RHJ International in London, and Ripplewood and McKinsey and Company in New York. She holds a BSc in Economics and a BAS in Biomedical Science from the University of Pennsylvania and was a Biodesign Fellow at Stanford University.
Leszek WójtowiczInvestment Manager Integrated Equity
Leszek Wójtowicz joined PG Impact Investments in 2017 and has 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments he worked as Investment Associate for Partners Group and Abris Capital Partners and as Financial Analyst for IEG Investment Banking. He also interned at Advent International and A.T. Kearney. He holds a Master of Science in Finance and Banking of Warsaw School of EconomicsLeszek Wójtowicz joined PG Impact Investments in 2017 and has 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments he worked as Investment Associate for Partners Group and Abris Capital Partners and as Financial Analyst for IEG Investment Banking. He also interned at Advent International and A.T. Kearney. He holds a Master of Science in Finance and Banking of Warsaw School of Economics.
Daniel EkpeInvestment Manager Direct Debt / Africa
Daniel Ekpe joined PG Impact Investments in 2016 after serving as a private equity Associate at 8 Miles LLP and as an Analyst on Citigroup's equities origination team, both in London. A dual British / Nigerian national, he has completed deals across EMEA. Daniel earned his MBA at INSEAD, where he focused on finance, development and emerging markets, and holds an MA (Cantab) in French and Spanish literature from the University of Cambridge.
Clara SanchezInvestment Manager Direct Debt / Latin America
Clara Sanchez joined PG Impact Investments in 2019 and has 9 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments, she worked on the Sustainable Investments team at Deutsche Asset Management, where she was primarily responsible for managing private debt transactions in Latin America. She has deal experience across financial services, healthcare, fintech, and education. Previously, she also worked at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and at HSBC’s Private Bank in various investment research and advisory roles. She is a CFA charterholder and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPA from the London School of Economics.
Investment Manager Direct Debt / Asia
Alex Roe joined PG Impact Investments in 2020 and has 11 years of industry experience. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments, he worked as a Senior Investment Officer at BlueOrchard, where he led private debt investments in financial institutions that supported underserved populations across South and South East Asia. Previously, he also worked in the Leveraged Finance Investment Banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and in the Fixed Income Private Banking team as an Emerging Markets trader at Credit Suisse. Alex is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a BS in Accounting from Johnson and Wales University.
Investment Associate Direct Debt / Latin America
Andoni Piña Sigg joined PG Impact Investments in 2016 after having worked as an Analyst at Landis+Gyr, focusing on market analysis, strategy and portfolio management. Prior to this, Andoni interned in the finance and controlling department of Schurter AG. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Management from Deusto University in Bilbao, Spain.
Nadya MenshikovaInvestment Associate Direct Debt / Africa
Nadya Menshikova joined PG Impact Investments in 2018. Previously, she was an Associate in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs in London, where she worked across M&A and capital markets transactions in the EMEA financial institutions space. Prior to that, she did several internships in impact investing and asset management in South-East Asia. Nadya has experience with the non-profit sector having volunteered with NGOs in Vietnam and Thailand and worked as an external consultant for ActionAid International. Nadya holds an MSc in Development Management and Anthropology and a BSc in Management from the London School of Economics.
Charles FeutrayInvestment Associate / Latin America
Charles Feutray joined PG Impact Investments in 2019. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Associate at the Global Development Incubator (GDI) in New York, where he supported the creation and scale-up of social enterprises and non-profits in emerging countries. Prior to GDI, he was a Senior M&A Analyst at Solocal in Paris, where he conducted direct equity investments in digital companies. Charles has worked across Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe, in sectors that include healthcare, clean cooking and anti-modern slavery. A French-American national, he holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montreal.
Sohna JawaraInvestment Associate Integrated Equity / Africa
Sohna Jawara re-joined PG Impact Investments in February 2019, after spending eleven months with the team in 2017 as PG Impact Investments' first Investment Fellow. In the interim, she spent 2018 in Dakar, Senegal, where she worked with Francophone Africa impact fund, Investisseurs et Partenaires. Prior to her Fellowship, Sohna worked as an Associate in the Debt Capital Markets team at Deutsche Bank in London, executing public and private debt transactions for UK multi-nationals, before serving as a volunteer for a healthcare NGO In Dakar, Senegal. Sohna holds an MA (Oxon) In Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford and is a dual Gambian / British national.
Financial Analyst
Michael Gaemperli joined PG Impact Investments in 2019.
Prior to joining PG Impact Investments, he worked as an intern at KPMG in the Deal Advisory team, at JDE Switzerland and at Evoco, a private equity firm, in the Investment team.
He holds a Master's degree in Banking and Finance and Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Rory ShepardFinancial Analyst
Rory Shepard joined PG Impact Investments in 2019. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments, he worked at Impact Amplifier in South Africa, where he advised large foundations on investment selection of social enterprises. Prior to Impact Amplifier, Rory was an Analyst with Lazard's Global Power, Energy & Infrastructure group, where he advised on over $35 billion of transactions across the regulated utility, merchant generation and renewable energy verticals. He holds a BSBA in Finance and Management from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
Claudia HunterExecutive Assistant to Senior Management
Claudia Hunter is supporting the Seniors Managements' office. She joined the team in March 2019 having come over from Partners Group where she worked in logistics. Prior to that she spent 10 years at golf club Küssnacht am Rigi heading up event organization and client relations.
Executive Assistant to Senior Management
Lena Kulac is supporting the Senior Managements' office.
Prior to joining PG Impact Investments in 2017 she worked as a team assistant in the Client Solutions Europe department at Partners Group AG in Zug and holds a Diploma in Events Management from KV Zurich Business School.
Junior Investment Operations Professional
Joelle Niederberger is responsible for communications and internal operations of PG Impact Investments. Prior to joining PG Impact Investments she worked at Integrity Life Australia as a Marketing Assistant.
