Urs Hiller (BA, CEFA), Director, is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi Asset Funds team and Lead Manager of Credit Suisse Asset Management’s Strategy Solutions. He has been a member of the team that manages these strategies since 1997, and has managed various mandates for Swiss pension funds since then as well. He joined the Credit Suisse Group in 1994, where, as a Portfolio Manager, he was initially responsible for the multi-asset funds of Schweizerische Volksbank. Urs holds a bachelor’s degree from KV Business School Zürich and is an EFFAS Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA).

Gerda Pfeiffer (BA, MA, CIIA, CESGA), Director, has been a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi Asset Funds team since 2007. She specializes in sustainable investments. Among other things, she manages a multi-asset fund that focuses on sustainability criteria. She has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector. Gerda holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and an Executive Master of Finance (NDS Financial Consultant FH) from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur (ZHAW). Furthermore, she is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) and a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA).

Gerhard Werginz (BA, CEFA), Director, has been a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi Asset Funds team since 2013. He joined Credit Suisse Asset Management in 2006. Initially, he was Head of the Strategy Mandates team (investment strategy funds and mandates) for four years, and for three years, he led the Manager Selection Solutions team (fund research and creation of fund-based model portfolios). After this, he was Head of the Private Mandates – Diversified team. From 2002 to 2005, Gerhard was the head of the private asset management division at Zürcher Kantonalbank, and from 1997 to 2001, he worked for the first time at Credit Suisse Asset Management as Head of the Portfolio Funds team. Gerhard holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich and is an EFFAS Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA).