Savex Capital AG is a private investment office, focusing on alternative investment solutions to qualified and professional investors. Headquartered in Zurich, Savex has a team of professionals fully dedicated to investment activities. Our founders and investment team have decades of experience researching, structuring, and managing alternative investments.
Our ethos diverges significantly from the conventional practices of traditional asset management firms. Rather than operating with the primary aim of generating and marketing financial products, we invest our own capital with unwavering commitment, strategically harmonizing our interests with those of our partners.
By deploying our own capital, we not only invest but lead by example, establishing a symbiotic relationship with our partners and investors. This mutual commitment empowers us to navigate the dynamic financial landscape, seize opportunities, and consistently deliver optimal outcomes.
As the Chief Executive Officer, Sabina Pernet is responsible for the overall day-to-day business and execution of the company’s business strategy.
Before founding Savex, Sabina served as Managing Director of a single-family office based in Zurich, which she founded in 2004. Before that, she was a desk head and a team leader at HSBC Republic Bank in Zurich.
Sabina holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and an executive education degree from Yale University, School of Management, New Haven, CT.
Jean-François Clément is the Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Firm’s Senior Management team. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, he is responsible for managing the Firm’s investment process, including capital allocation, trading, and research.
Prior to joining Savex in 2022, Jean-François was at Unigestion in Geneva for almost 20 years, where he was most recently Managing Director and head of Investment Solutions overseeing the development of alternative investment solutions for institutional investors. He began his career in 1999 at Lombard Odier within the Equity Portfolio Management Team.
Jean-François received an M.A. HSG in economics from the University of St. Gallen in 2002 and an EMBA from the University of St. Gallen and Vlerick Business School in 2016.
Simone Pilozzi is the Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Firm’s Senior Management team. He oversees investment, operational, business, and cybersecurity risk management.
Prior to joining Savex, Simone worked for RAM Active Investments in Geneva as the Head of Risk Management. He was responsible for the risk management and compliance with the Swiss authority (FINMA) for the entire fund range and for the management company in Luxembourg, which is under the supervision of the CSSF.
Simone holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Turin and a Master’s in Actuarial Sciences from Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Risk Manager.
As Chief Technology Officer Laurens oversees the overarching technological infrastructure to ensure the cyber security, correctness, and reliability of the trading system.
Prior to joining Savex Capital, Laurens initiated and oversaw the DevSecOps (Development, Security, and Operations) initiative for the Index team at the SIX Swiss Exchange, responsible for developing and running the 2000+ SIX indices, including the Swiss Marker Index. Previously he worked as a senior Python/Typescript developer at Simplicate, a fast-growing startup in the Netherlands, and worked as the lead developer at Diatoetsen, the second-largest student information system in the Netherlands.
Laurens graduated in 2012 from the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
Simone Trumpp is the legal counsel responsible for all legal aspects related to fund formation, investments, and transactional activities, with a focus on financial markets, commercial law, and regulatory compliance.
Before joining Savex Capital, Simone gained extensive experience as in-house legal counsel in the asset management industry at Credit Suisse and UBS, where she advised on discretionary mandates, funds structuring (both traditional and alternative), investments, corporate and regulatory matters, and led strategic projects. Most recently, she served as the principal counsel of an investment boutique within UBS Group. Prior to that, Simone worked as legal counsel for an asset manager specializing in impact investing. She began her legal career at a small private bank in Zurich.
Simone is a fully qualified lawyer in Germany.
As Portfolio Manager, Helma is responsible for sourcing and managing liquid alternatives investment opportunities across all asset classes.
Before joining Savex, Helma served as the Head of Cross Asset Structuring at Evooq (a Swiss Fintech) where she developed an advisory business on alternative investment and portfolio management solutions for institutional clients. Prior to that, she worked on Zürcher Kantonalbank’s trading desk, where she established a cross-asset structuring team. Helma started her career in 2007 as a quant in Risk Management at Depfa and Commerzbank Bank in Frankfurt.
Helma graduated in 2007 with a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Münster, Germany, after receiving her master’s degree in Mathematics from Arizona State University.
Emil Ekblom is responsible for sourcing and managing liquid alternative investment opportunities across all asset classes. He draws from a versatile quantitative and financial background to produce investment ideas and trading models.
Emil holds a master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from ETH, where he also participated in the UZH Portfolio Management Program. Here, he specialized in macro and systematic investment strategies.
Aleksi Ranta-Pere is responsible for sourcing and managing liquid alternative investment opportunities across all asset classes. He draws from a versatile quantitative and financial background to produce investment ideas and trading models.
Aleksi holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics from the University of Helsinki and a master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from ETH. At ETH, he also participated in the UZH Portfolio Management Program. Here, he specializes in quantitative investment strategies. Before joining Savex, he worked as an investment specialist at a family office in Helsinki.
As a Quant Analyst, Steven Battilana supports the investment and risk teams with quantitative research and development.
Before joining Savex, Steven played a key role at LMR Partners in enhancing their inflation forecasting and also supported the exotic derivative trading team at Julius Baer, which further solidified his expertise in the financial domain.
Steven completed his master’s degree in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, where he specialized in Data Science and Quantitative Finance. His research at ETH Zurich focused on machine learning applications in finance and culminated in a pioneering thesis on market-making using deep reinforcement learning. His master’s was further enriched by a year at Imperial College London, where he focused his studies on AI and Machine Learning.
As a quantitative analyst, Andy Tran supports the investment and technology teams. He is responsible for strategy analysis, designing and implementing backtesting frameworks, and developing internal IT infrastructure.
Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from ETH.
He is also participating in the UZH Portfolio Management Program, where he specializes in macro and volatility strategies and is responsible for the development and maintenance of technical infrastructure.
As a senior product controller, Beáta Hartai is responsible for performance reporting, with a special focus on P&L attribution, risk evaluation and mitigation. She is an integral part of the continuing financial reporting process team.
Prior to Savex, she was a senior product controller at Credit Suisse, where she oversaw the P&L reporting for various trading desks such as Collateral Trade Services, Structured Equity, FLP, Managed Lending, and Delta 1. Beáta began her career at Erste Bank in Budapest as a treasury risk controller. She holds a master’s degree in Economics from Corvinus University in Budapest.
Tal Trost Ben-Hamo organizes and coordinates office administration and procedures to ensure organizational effectiveness and efficiency. She arranges the various support services and personnel needed to ensure that the office runs smoothly.
Before joining Savex in 2019, she had overseen the office management of a single-family office based in Zurich for six years. Before her role as Office Manager, she worked for six years as a Consultant/Research Associate in the Headhunting Business in the Financial Industry after leaving the Art World, where she worked for five years in a Contemporary Art Gallery. Tal achieved her B.A. in Art History at the Tel Aviv University, followed by a Masters in Art History at Christie’s Education in New York. She majored in Modern and Contemporary Art.