OUR TEAM

<p>Joakim founded Octogone Gestion SA in 1995 with Gilles Lambotte and Urs Hodler, whom he met while working with Bearbull, after two years with Ferrier Lullin &amp; Cie as Portfolio Manager. Previously he had moved to Norway to work for the Investment Department of Orkla Borregaard, a major Norwegian financial and industrial corporation, after spending five years in New York, where he trained with Brown Brothers Harriman.</p>

<p>Joakim is an Economics graduate from the University of Colorado in Boulder.</p>

<p>Gilles founded Octogone Gestion SA in 1995 with Joakim Lehmkuhl and Urs Hodler. From 1981 to 1995, he worked at Bearbull as Portfolio Manager, then became member of the Investment Product Committee before joining the company’s board.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he spent several years in the USA with U.M.C. Industries as Assistant Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department, after a year with Paribas and two years with the French Foreign Service in the Middle East.</p>

<p>Gilles is an Economics graduate from the University of Geneva.</p>

<p>Christophe joined Octogone Gestion SA as a partner in 2006 from Notz, Stucki &amp; Cie, where he was also a partner. From 1986 to 2000, he worked for Lombard Odier in Geneva, where he co-founded the Department of Alternative Investments before moving to the Private Portfolio Management Division in 1994. Prior to this, he spent five years with Dow Chemical Mideast Africa in Geneva and Dow Chemical Europe in Zurich.</p>

<p>Christophe is &nbsp;a Chemical Engineering graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne and an Economics graduate from the University of Geneva.</p>

<p>Mark joined Octogone Gestion SA as a partner in 2004, from Marcuard Cook &amp; Cie, (which became Anglo Irish Bank in 2001) where he spent seven years as a portfolio manager acquiring new clients, servicing existing clients and taking an active role in the asset allocation process. He had additional responsibilities in researching and selecting funds for the bank as well. Prior to that, he worked as a fund manager in Switzerland with Gerifonds SA, the fund management arm of Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, and as an analyst with Paribas Capital Markets in London.</p>

<p>Mark is an Economics and Sociology graduate from the University of Kent, UK.</p>

<p>Manuel Echeverria Falla has over 30 years of experience providing advisory, portfolio management and fund management services to institutions, family offices and HNWI.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Manuel joined Octogone Gestion SA first as a consultant in 2010, before becoming a partner in 2013. Prior to joining the Octogone Group, he spent 1 year as a partner of Notz, Stucki &amp; Cie, a Geneva based independent asset manager. Previously he worked for 19 years for the Santander Group where he was first responsible for building the portfolio management activity for the Private Banking (International division). In 2001 he created and managed the hedge fund activity for the Santander Group. This business unit of Santander, led and managed by Manuel, was managing over $11 billion with 75 professionals in Geneva, London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Madrid, when he left in mid-2008. Prior to joining the Santander Group, he was a fixed income trader and portfolio manager in JP Morgan in Geneva, after completing JP Morgan’s training program in NY and working there for 2 years. He began his career in JP Morgan in NY, in 1985.</p>

<p>Manuel Echeverria Falla holds a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (Evanston, Illinois), and a Bachelor of Science from the School of Management of Babson College (Wellesley, Massachusetts).</p>

<p>Jean-Marc joined Octogone in September 2013 as Managing Director. Prior to that, he spent five years as a member of the Executive Committee of the Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion, a subsidiary of the UBI Banca di Banche Italiane Group, where he held various leadership roles, particularly finance and relations with regulators. He previously worked as manager of a Family Office in Geneva, after spending six years with Schindler and several years at KPMG in Geneva and Zurich.</p>

<p>Jean-Marc holds a Master of Science (MSc) from the University of Lausanne (Faculty of Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and a Bachelor of Law in Swiss Law (Blaw).</p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB">Luc Argand&nbsp;is an Associate Lawyer from Kellerhals Carrard cabinet in Geneva. Prior to that, since 1982, he was a Partner of De Pfyffer|Avocats in Geneva. From 1996 to 1998 he was President of the Geneva Bar Association (Bâtonnier). His main fields of professional activities are Banking law, Corporate Law (Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration Law Sport), Sports Law.</span></p>

<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span><span>Luc graduate from the Geneva University and hold a master degree of business and administration from the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD). </span></span></span></p>

<p>Alfonso joined Octogone Gestion (Geneva) in June 2012 as a partner, after the combination of Octogone Gestion and Independent Financial Managers SA (Geneva), which he had co-founded in 2003.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he spent two years at Ferrier Lullin &amp; Cie and two years at Banque Notz &amp; Stucki as a Deputy Head of Relationship Management for the Private Banking, before both banks merged eventually.</p>

<p>Previously, he had worked several years at Banco Santander (Switzerland) in management positions with the International Private Banking division and had started his career at UBS.</p>

<p>Alfonso graduated from the University of Geneva in Economics.</p>

<p>Master en Administración de Empresas en Columbia Business School, USA y graduado en Estadísticas de la PUC de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Trabajó nueve años como Economista Asesor del Banco Central de Chile antes de integrarse al Grupo Santander. En 1992 funda FIT Research, empresa líder en Chile en la Gestión de Activos Financieros para clientes de alto patrimonio, que vende en el 2007 para fundar WAC Research y se retira en noviembre de 2011. Columnista de los medios escritos más prestigiosos de Chile, panelista del programa Economía Global de Radio Infinita y profesor visitante desde 1996 de la Escuela de Negocios de la Universidad de Notre Dame, USA. Se incorpora a Octogone en diciembre de 2011 a cargo de la oficina para Latino América.</p>

<p>Manuel joined Octogone Gestion (Geneva) in June 2012 as a partner, after the combination of Octogone Gestion and Independent Financial Managers SA (Geneva), which he had co-founded in 2003.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he spent two years at Ferrier Lullin &amp; Cie and two years at Banque Notz &amp; Stucki as a Deputy Head of Relationship Management for the Private Banking, before both banks merged eventually.</p>

<p>Previously, he had worked several years at Banco Santander (Switzerland) in management positions with the International Private Banking division and had started his career at Credit Suisse.</p>

<p>Manuel graduated from the University of Geneva in Economics.</p>

<p>Pierre joined Octogone Gestion (Geneva) in 2012 as a Senior Portfolio Manager, after the combination of Octogone Gestion and Independent Financial Managers SA (Geneva), where he worked before.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he spent seven years at Mirabaud Gestion Privée SAM (part of Mirabaud Group) in Monaco, as the Managing Director.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Previously, he held for eleven years, various management positions within the Private Banking department of CFM Monaco (part of Crédit Agricole Group) and had begun his career with Ecuador’s Banco de Crédito in Ecuador as director of personal and commercial banking.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Pierre holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia).</p>

<p>Carlos joined Octogone Gestion (Geneva) in August 2011 as a partner, prior to the combination of Octogone Gestion and Independent Financial Managers SA (Geneva), which he had co-founded in 2003.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he spent eleven years at Banco Santander (Geneva and Miami) with various management positions within the Private Banking Units and as a Deputy General Manager of the Front-Office desk.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Previously, he had worked as a Relationship Manager at Union Bancaire Privée (formerly TDB American Express Bank) in Geneva and New York, and had started his career at Tradition Financial Services (Lausanne).</p>

<p>Carlos graduated from the University of Lausanne (Faculty of Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in Economic Sciences.</p>

<p>Master en Finanzas de la Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile y graduado en Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Trabajó siete años en el mercado de bonos internacionales. Trabajó en Munita, Cruzat &amp; Claro, Compañía de Servicios Financieros en Chile; WAC Research y como Gerente de Trading de Renta Fija Internacional en el Banco Penta, Chile. Se incorpora a Octogone en 2011.</p>

<p>Miguel Gonzalez joined the Octogone Group in 2019 through a strategic alliance between Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc., which he founded in 2014, and the Octogone Group.</p>

<p>Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. changed its name to Firmus-Octogone Inc to reflect this alliance and develops Private Banking, Corporate and Institutional solutions from Panama with the Octogone Group.</p>

<p>Prior to that, Miguel spent 14 years as Managing Director of Syz &amp; Co Bank and Trust Ltd, in Nassau, Bahamas, growing the AuM of the Bank as well as its team.</p>

<p>Previously, he has worked several years for Pictet Bank &amp; Trust Ltd in Nassau as Client Relationship Manager and in Management.</p>

<p><span><span>Miguel graduated from the University of Geneva in Economics and Law.</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr">Ana Maria Jadid-Gonzalez, co-founder of Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. in 2014, joined the Octogone Group through an alliance between the Octogone Group &nbsp;and Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. in 2019.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. changed its name to Firmus-Octogone Inc to reflect this alliance and develops Private Banking, Corporate and Institutional solutions from Panama with the Octogone Group.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Ana Maria Jadid-Gonzalez holds the position of Director-Chairman of the Board of Firmus-Octogone Inc. and is a certified broker by the SMV (regulator) in Panamá.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Ana Maria obtained a Marine Biology University degree (Bogotá-Colombia) and a Master Sc. from Geneva University (Switzerland).</p>

<p><span lang="EN-US">Justin is one of the Board Members of Octogone North America since May 2018.<br />
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He is the Founder and Managing Director of Moorea Investments. Moorea is a family investment vehicle active in alternative investments. He is also the Chairman of Avenir Private Advisors, a registered investment advisor serving private clients both in the US and internationally. The firm maintains offices in Miami and New York City as well as 8 other offices on the East Coast.<br />
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Justin also acts as a member of the Investment Committee Highmore Group Advisors. In February 2019 he and his partner, Amanda Haynes-Dale, merged their alternative investment firm they co-founded, Pan Reliance Capital Advisors, with Highmore. The combined firm advises on over $1.7 billion of alternative investments, particularly hedge funds. Pan Reliance was widely considered to have one of the longest track records in the space and has been nominated for numerous awards, including Sustained Excellence in Funds of Hedge Funds Management in 2014 and Fund of Hedge Funds Adviser of the year in 2013 and 2017. The combined firm is based in New York, London and Los Angeles.<br />
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Prior to his current activities, Justin worked at Broadview International, Ltd, a private equity and Investment Banking Firm focus on the IT industry, where he focused on the structuring and execution of M&amp;A investment banking, private equity and private placement transactions in the IT industry. He started his career as a consultant for Bain &amp; Company where he served in the Geneva, Paris, London and Munich offices.<br />
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Justin also serves as CIO of Benjamin Parker Wine, a private equity firm investing in the Wine sector. He is also on the board of the Surfrider Foundation, Miami Chapter, a non-profit focused on clean oceans.<br />
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Mr. Lowe received an MBA from Columbia University School of Business and a B. Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.</span></p>

<p>Master Finanzas de la Universidad Adolfo Ibañez de Chile y graduado en Ingeniería Comercial de la misma universidad. Trabajó seis años en Wealth Management en Larraín Vial hasta el año 2016, fecha en que se incorporó a Octogone Chile. “Aresty Scholar” de la Universidad de Pensilvania, The Wharton School. Egresado de los programas “Private Weath Management” y “Private Equity” de la misma universidad.</p>

<p>Alain joined Octogone Fund Management Ltd. as Managing Director in November 2017. He has been living and working in the Bahamas since 1998 where he established a wealth management firm and subsequently set-up and managed a bank for a Bahamian Trust company. Prior to that, he had worked for the Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) in Switzerland, in the Private Banking department.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Alain is a Graduate in International Relations from the Institute of International Studies of Geneva.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Mikkel worked as a currency dealer and proprietary trader from 1993-2001 for Credit Suisse and CS First Boston in New York. He has been with Octogone since 2001, first as an advisor on currency hedging strategies and later managing internally seeded funds. He opened the Miami office in 2016 and brings 25 years of experience successfully managing risk and delivering consistent returns for private clients. Licensed Series 65.</p>

<p>Mikkel is a Graduate of Yale University (BA) and Boston University (MA).</p>

<p>Uilma has over 25 years of experience in the financial markets. After graduating with a bachelor degree in finance and accounting in Brazil, she moved to Switzerland.</p>

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<p>She started her career in Switzerland at American Express in Geneva, before joining Merrill Lynch Private Bank (Suisse) SA. She later joined HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA and subsequently worked as a senior relationship manager at BNP Paribas.</p>

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<p>Before joining Octogone Gestion, she worked as Portfolio Manager for Sartus Capital in Geneva. Uilma has lived in Geneva for 25 years.</p>

<p>Kristian Kwiecinski joined the Octogone Group in 2019 through a strategic alliance between Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc., which he joined in 2012 as a Director, and the Octogone Group.</p>

<p><span>Economics graduate from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His professional career began in 1995 with Swiss Bank Corporation in Panama (now UBS) as an officer in the Trade Finance unit and moved to the Private Banking unit for Latin America in 1997. </span></p>

<p><span>In 1998 he joined Pictet Bank &amp; Trust in Nassau, Bahamas, where he was appointed head of the Latin American desk, specializing in personal and family wealth management. </span></p>

<p><span><span lang="EN">David joined Octogone Gestion SA in 2018, from Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) SA – Private Banking, were he held the position of Director between 2004 and 2018. Prior to that, he was an equity broker for six years at Global Equities Paris. He began his career as Financial Analyst at ABN AMRO in Paris and Société Générale in New-York. </span></span></p>

<p><span><span lang="EN">David holds a major in finance BA &amp; MBA from Pace University, New York. </span></span></p>

<p>Santiago co-founded in 2003 Independent Financial Managers SA. in Geneva, whose activities were combined with the ones of Octogone Gestion in 2012. Prior to that, he joined Banco Santander (Switzerland) first as an account manager in the International Private Banking division in 1992 and then spent two years in Buenos Aires as Deputy Representative, after managing private clients for several years at Paribas and Credit Suisse in Geneva.</p>

<p>Santiago is a Commercial and Industrial Sciences graduate from the University of Geneva.</p>

<p><span lang="EN-US"><span>George Maillis joined Octogone Fund Management Limited in January 2019, after spending 5 years with Andbank Bahamas as Relationship Manager and Deputy Managing Director. Prior to that, between 2006 and 2014 he was a Relationship Manager and a Director of UBS (Bahamas) Limited in Nassau. From 2000 to 2006 he was an Associate Director at Banca del Gottardo’s Bahamas branch. </span></span></p>

<p><span lang="EN-US"><span>George holds a BA in economics from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Massachusetts, USA, the International Diploma in Compliance and Anti Money Laundering from ICA, and a Wealth Management MBA from Manchester University in the UK. </span></span></p>

<p>Felipe joined Octogone in October 2017. Previously he spent five years at Edmond de Rothschild in Geneva where he actively worked developing the LATAM private wealth management department. Prior to that he spent seven years at Safra Group, first in Miami as a Vice President in wealth management and later in Geneva as a portfolio manager for the LATAM region. Earlier he worked for 2 years at BSI Investment Advisory in Miami as a portfolio manager and member of the investment committee. Before that he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he worked for three years at SOTEP SA, a company involved in the oil sector, as new business developments. He started his professional career working for eight years at ABN AMRO Bank in Miami as a relationship manager within the private banking department.</p>

<p>Felipe holds a Bachelor degree in Business Management and Organization from the University of Miami.</p>

<p>Alexis joined Octogone Gestion SA in 2013, from Pictet &amp; Cie SA in Geneva, where he had held various positions since 2004. He acted first as a Senior Sales Executive for the Global Market Sales team and then worked as a trader for the Equity Derivatives team before transferring to Pictet Alternative Investments, where he worked as a Hedge Fund advisor. In 2010, Alexis joined Pictet Asset Management to co-launch and co-manage a Global Long/Short Equity Fund called Kronos and held these responsibilities until July 2013. Prior to that, he was an Institutional Sales executive for global equities with an independent equity broker in Paris and a Junior Sales Trader on European markets for ABN AMRO in Paris.</p>

<p>Alexis is an International Affairs graduate from the American University of Paris.</p>

<p>Grégory joined Octogone in 2016, after advising private individuals and family offices on cross assets investments for several years. Prior to that he worked as a physical and paper oil trader between 2002 and 2011 in a major oil trading company, after spending a few years with Deutsche Bank in corporate finance and Chase Bank in London in the Debt Capital Markets department as an analyst.</p>

<p>Gregory is a graduate from EBS London with a BA (major in Economics).</p>

<p>Andrea joined Octogone in January 2019. She has over 25 years of experience in Financial Markets, 10 years in Investment Banking and 15 years in Private Banking.</p>

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<p>Andrea has been living in Geneva for 13 years, where she has worked as Senior Banker at UBS, Morgan Stanley and J.P Morgan, covering high and ultra-high net worth private clients. Before joining Octogone she was working at Sartus Capital in Geneva as a Portfolio Manager.</p>

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<p>Andrea holds a Bachelor degree in Economics at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and a MBA in Finance at IBMEC São Paulo.</p>

<p>Fernando Mantovani Pinilla joined the Octogone Group through an alliance between the Octogone Group and Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. in 2019.</p>

<p>Fernando holds the position of Client Manager of Firmus-Octogone Inc. and is a certified principal executive and broker by the SMV (regulator) in Panamá since 1996.</p>

<p>Fernando worked as Executive Director of Julius Baer Investments (Panama S.A.) during the last 7 years. Prior to that, he held various positions for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Panama and in Miami.</p>

<p>Fernando graduated from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) in Economics.</p>

<p>Ezequiel Caballero joined the Octogone Group through an alliance between the Octogone Group and Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. in 2019.</p>

<p>Ezequiel is an experienced professional working in banking industry (Lombard Odier Panama, UBS Asesores SA Panama, and UBS AG Zurich) since 2006.</p>

<p>He hold a Master of Business Administration – MBA focused on Business Administration, Management and Operations from Nova Sotheastern University. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Oscar has been a Junior Relationship Manager at Octogone Gestion SA since 2013. Prior to that, he worked for the UHNWI Latam’s department at HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA and five years with Independent Financial Managers SA in Geneva.</p>

<p>Oscar is a graduate in Business Economics from the University of Applied Sciences of Economics in Lausanne.</p>

<p>Master of Science in Finance de la Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile y graduado en Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Trabajó siete años en el mercado financiero en renta variable y renta fija. Trabajó en Celfín Capital, corredores de bolsa; y como Analista Senior de Estudios en Penta Vida Compaía de Seguros Vida, Chile. se incorpora a Octogone Chile en 2012.</p>

<p>Daniel joined the Octogone Group in 2012 as consultant/analyst for the long only fund selection activity. In 2009, he founded Palladion Advisor, a consulting company specializing in mutual fund selection and portfolio construction. Prior to that, he worked with IFM Independent Financial Managers SA with responsibility for the investment department. Between 2001 and 2007, Daniel worked as an investment fund analyst at the Cantonal Bank of Geneva (BCGE), where he developed a mutual fund selection process, following a quantitative and qualitative process. In addition, he initiated the highly successful “BCGE Best of” investment portfolios. He started his professional career at Capital International SA as fund administrator.</p>

<p>Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Lausanne (Faculty of Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and is a Certifified International Investment Analyst (AZEK).</p>

<p>Florent joined the Octogone Group in 2015 and became a junior analyst in 2016.&nbsp; Prior to joining the Octogone Group, he was a member of the Junior Entreprise HEC in Lausanne, where he managed mandates between businesses and students. Previously he did an internship with Genesis Burson-Marsteller in Gurgaon in India, a Public Relation consulting firm, where he assisted the Client Servicing team.</p>

<p>Florent holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Lausanne (HEC).</p>

<p>Maria joined Octogone in January 2013. Previously, she spent twenty years in Banco Santander (Suisse), Geneva, where she held various functions: head of human resources, head of marketing and publications for the Santander Private Banking (International division). She started in Santander as a junior portfolio manager.</p>

<p>Maria holds a Certified Public Accounting degree, from the Faculty for Economic Sciences of the University of Cordoba, Argentina.</p>

<p>Régis Muletier has over 30 years of experience providing advisory services and discretionary portfolio management to institutions, family offices and HNWI.</p>

<p>Régis joined Octogone in 2017. After his friendly departure from J.P. Morgan (« JPM »), he set up his own company, which was taken over by Notz Stucki, where he was Co-CIO of alternative investments in charge of the advisory business and a member of the investment committee. While at JPM he started the advisory business and founded JPM’s Absolute Return Products Group, which he managed for eleven years until 2000. As Global Head, he was responsible for all hedge fund advisory services provided to international and institutional clients at JPM. He also served as CIO, Head of Research and Chairman of the Investment Committee of J.P. Morgan’s Luxembourg funds of hedge funds. Previously, he was a client advisor and trader at Unigestion SA and a currency trader at Chase Manhattan Bank.</p>

<p>Julien joined Octogone Europe SA in January 2018 as a Portfolio Manager Junior.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he worked as an Investment Advisor at BGL BNP PARIBAS Wealth Management in Luxembourg, where he contributed to financial markets’ coverage and portfolio management.</p>

<p>Previously, he worked with the fund management teams of CM-CIC Asset Management and Turgot Asset Management in Paris.</p>

<p>Julien holds a Master’s degree from the “Centre d’Etudes Franco-Américain de Management" and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Temple University (Philadelphia).</p>

<p><span lang="ES-CL">Trabajó en Citibank/Citicorp 30 años ocupando diversos cargos en Chile, Japón y Estados Unidos. Entre ellos Gerente de Finanzas de Citibank Chile y Director Regional de Mercados para Latinoamérica con base en EEUU y Comité Ejecutivo de Dirección para la Región. A su regreso a Chile, entre el 2012 y 2015 fue el Gerente de la Banca Corporativa e Inversiones del Banco de Chile. Durante su carrera en estas dos instituciones formó parte del directorio de distintas filiales y subsidiarias. En la actualidad se desempeña como asesor financiero en Inversiones y Finanzas Corporativas, incluyendo la participación en directorios de Family y Multifamily Offices.</span></p>

<p><span lang="ES-CL">Ingeniero Civil Industrial de la Universidad de Chile con cursos de especialización en EEUU, Europea y Asia, incluyendo el Financial Management Program de la Universidad de Stanford.</span></p>

<p>Sibilla joined Octogone Gestion S.A. in January 2019, after working for&nbsp;three years as a freelance Communications Adviser. Prior to that, she worked for more than&nbsp;fifteen years as Communications and Project Manager for various Geneva based foundations, active in the field of finance.</p>

<p>Sibilla holds a Master in Arts (Languages and Literature) from the University of Geneva, and a <em>Brevet fédéral</em> in Public Relations.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Veronica joined Octogone Family Office SA in 2017. Prior to that, she worked as a Senior Trust Officer for Butterfield Trust (Switzerland) Ltd. in Geneva for nearly three years and spent seven years in Zurich, where she worked for Quilvest (Switzerland) Ltd. and Cititrust (Switzerland) Ltd. as a Senior Trust Officer. Veronica started her carreer in trust with Barclaytrust (Switzerland) Ltd. in Geneva, where she stayed three years.</p>

<p>Veronica holds a Master in Law from the University of Lausanne and Zurich.</p>

<p>Gabriela worked in private banking (Citibank) and money transfer (Intermex) as a department head. She is currently responsible for all client due diligence and onboarding, as well as all regulatory and compliance matters and liaison with custodians and clientele for reporting, documentation and KYC.</p>

<p>Gabriela is a Graduate of Florida International University (BS, MS Finance) and licensed Series 65.</p>

<p>Ricardo Enrique Galvez Restrepo joined the Octogone Group in 2019, through a strategic alliance between Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. and the Octogone Group.</p>

<p>Firmus Broker &amp; Asset Management Inc. changed its name to Firmus-Octogone Inc to reflect this alliance and develops Private Banking, Corporate and Institutional solutions from Panama with the Octogone Group.</p>

<p>Ricardo holds the position of Compliance officer.</p>

<p>Prior to that, he worked for York &amp; Kassing Investments Inc, in various positions, as well as independent lawyer.</p>

<p><span><span>Ricardo Enrique graduated from the ISAE University of Panama in Law and Political Sciences.</span></span></p>

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