Who are we?

Our team - Geneva

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  Frédéric Tixier
  CEO
  Frédéric joined Capital Transmission in Geneva in early 2016 before taking over as CEO at the beginning of 2020. He has more than 10 years’ experience in Private Equity having worked for BNP Paribas Private Equity and Isatis Capital in Paris. He has invested in numerous companies mainly LBO and growth capital.
  He is a graduate of Dauphine University (Paris) and ESCP Europe, and speaks German, English and French.
  
  Tel: +41(0)22 809 21 81
  Mobile tel: +41(0)79 176 70 61
  frederic.tixier@capitaltransmission.ch
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  Shaun Hundt
  Shaun joined Capital Transmission in Geneva in January 2024. He has more than seven years of experience in business valuation, financial modelling and private equity. Previously, he worked at PwC in Geneva, where he managed various mandates in French-speaking Switzerland, and in the investment team of a family office in Lausanne.
  
  Shaun holds a Master's degree in Finance from the University of Zurich and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder. He grew up bilingual and is therefore fluent in French and English.
  
  Tel: +41(0)22 809 79 64
  Mobile tel: +41(0)79 905 75 50
  shaun.hundt@capitaltransmission.ch
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  Alvaro Rivera
  Alvaro has been working part-time at Capital Transmission in Geneva since September 2023 and previously completed an internship at the Cantonal Bank of Geneva. He already holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a specialisation in Finance from the University of St. Gallen and is currently completing a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance at the same university.
  
  Alvaro speaks French, English and Spanish fluently and understands Italian and German.
  
  Tel: +41(0)22 809 38 37
  Mobile tel: +41(0)79 904 12 43
  alvaro.rivera@capitaltransmission.ch

Our team - Zürich

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  Marc Bielik
  Marc is responsible for Capital Transmission's activities in German-speaking Switzerland, Germany and Austria (DACH). He has more than 13 years of experience in acquisitions, mergers, disposals and valuations, which he acquired mainly at Deloitte in Zurich. He has worked on numerous transactions, of which approximately 25 resulted in a successful closing.
  He joined Capital Transmission in February 2022 and holds a Masters in Finance from the University of Zürich as well as the CFA designation. He is fluent in German, Swiss German, English, French, Italian and Slovak.
  
  Tel: +41(0)44 224 65 36
  Mobile tel: +41(0)79 136 70 31
  marc.bielik@capitaltransmission.ch
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  Grégory Studer
  Grégory joined Capital Transmission in the Zurich office in 2021. He has several years of experience in accounting as well as in M&A and private equity in Switzerland and Germany. Throughout his career, Grégory has acquired knowledge in financial analysis and modelling and holds a Master in Corporate Finance from HEC Lausanne. Grégory is bilingual Swiss German/French and speaks fluent English.
  
  Tel: +41(0)44 224 65 07
  Mobile tel: +41(0)79 129 86 62
  gregory.studer@capitaltransmission.ch

Board of Directors

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  Nicolas Krügel
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
  Holder of a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Neuchâtel.
  Mr. Krügel has been serving as the President of the Executive Board of the Banque Cantonale de Genève since March 6, 2024. He began his career in 1994 at Procter & Gamble in Geneva before joining Credit Suisse in 1996, where he held various operational roles in Lausanne and New York until becoming the Chief Credit Officer at Credit Suisse (Switzerland) SA in Zurich. In 2018, he became a member of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Hypotheken AG in Zurich. In 2023, he was appointed a member, chairman of the risk committee, and chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank-now SA in Zurich.
  
  
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  Eric Bourgeaux
  Member of the Board
  Holder of a diploma from the ESCP Business School in Paris and an Advanced Diploma in Accounting (DECS).
  Mr Bourgeaux was Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of Banque Cantonale de Genève from 2000 to 2020. He started his career with KPMG in Paris before moving to Pricewaterhouse in Geneva. He then became successively Director of Asea Capital (now ABB World Treasury Center), Managing Director of Nokia Finance International BV, Administrator of Clariden Bank in Geneva and Director at André & Cie SA in Lausanne.
  
  
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  Claude Bagnoud
  Member of the Board
  Holder of a commercial maturity certificate from the Higher Commercial School in Geneva and of a diploma from IMD Lausanne (Executive Development programme).
  Mr Bagnoud is Head of Financing for SMEs & the Self-Employed at Banque Cantonale de Genève. Prior to that, he was Head of the Geneva Division and a member of the Executive Board until the end of 2017. Mr Bagnoud started his career with SIG (Services Industriels de Genève) before joining the Banque hypothécaire du canton de Genève. He sits on numerous boards of directors in Switzerland and France.
  
  
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  René-Christian Metrailler
  Member of the Board
  Holder of a Master’s degree in law and a bar exam.
  Mr Metrailler is the Chief Legal Officer of Banque Cantonale de Genève. He began his career in various law firms before working for different court registries in the canton of Valais. He afterwards joined the Generali Insurance Group before becoming a member of Banque Cantonale de Genève’s legal department in 2006.
  
  
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  Danila Mariotti
  Member of the Board
  Holder of a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Geneva.
  Mrs Mariotti has held the position of Head of a Commodity Trade Finance business group at Banque Cantonale de Genève since 2016. She is also the deputy head of the Bank’s trade finance business since 2021. Mrs Mariotti started her career at BNP Paribas in Geneva in 1990 focusing on commodity finance.