Our management 

Veit de Maddalena is lic.rer.pol. (Economics) from the University of Berne and MSc/Master in Finance from the London Business School. He has many years of leadership experience in the financial industry and is now exclusively active as an independent director on the boards of several family-owned companies. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group in 2018 and has served as its chairman since 2019. Earlier in his career Veit de Maddalena was a Global Partner and Executive Board member with Rothschild & Co Group, where he was responsible for its global private banking business. He concurrently acted as CEO of Rothschild & Co Bank AG, Switzerland. He began his professional career at Credit Suisse.

Barbara Angehrn Pavik holds a Master's degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen. She has worked in the international healthcare industry for over 20 years in various management positions, currently as CEO of Asceneuron SA, Lausanne. Prior to that, she held management positions at Vifor Pharma Group, Stepstone Pharma, Exelixis Pharmaceuticals International, Onyx Pharmaceuticals International and Amgen International, among others. Since 2023, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group.

Urs Schenker holds a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich (Dr. iur.) and Harvard (LLM). He is a titular professor at the University of St. Gallen and an attorney at Walder Wyss in Zurich, where he specializes in corporate, finance and capital markets law. Prior to that he worked for approx. 20 years as a lawyer (14 years as a partner) for Baker & McKenzie in Zurich. Urs Schenker has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group since 2019.

Katrin Wehr-Seiter holds a degree in engineering from the Technical University of Chemnitz/DE as well as MBA from INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau/FR. Katrin Wehr-Seiter is Partner and Managing Director of BIP Capital Partners and BIP Investment Partners SA, Luxembourg. Previously, she was a Principal at the international private equity firm Permira and worked as an indipendent advisor for medium-sized companies and as a Senior Advisor for the financial investor Bridgepoint. She started her professional career at Siemens AG. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group.

Gebhard Giselbrecht has been CEO of Bellevue Group since 2024. He has extensive experience in asset management in the areas of strategy, sales, management/COO and in the development of new business areas. He has held key positions in asset management at Credit Suisse since 2006 and worked for McKinsey & Company for seven years. Gebhard Giselbrecht holds a degree from the University of St. Gallen and an MBA/MBI from the Rotterdam School of Management.

Patrick Fischli joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2009 and is currently Head Distribution and has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 2024. He previously held various management positions during his almost 10 years with Julius Baer Group,  where he rose to the rank of executive director and ultimately held sales responsibility for the group's investment funds in Switzerland.  He was previously responsible for sales activities in Germany. Prior to joining Julius Baer, he spent 2 years with UBS AG working on various strategic projects. Patrick Fischli has a degree in operational engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich (ETH) and is a CEFA charterholder.

Stefano Montalbano joined Bellevue Group in 2014 as Head of Finance & Controlling and has held the position of CFO and CRO since 2024. Prior to this, he worked for over 3 years as an auditor at KPMG, where he worked in the Audit Financial Services division. Prior to that, he gained extensive experience in accounting and controlling at various Swiss banks. He holds a federal diploma in accounting and controlling.

Markus Peter has been Head Products & Investments at Bellevue Asset Management since 2009 and a member of the Group Executive Board since 2024. He previously held several management positions during his 10 years with Julius Baer Group, including head product management and development, investment advisory as well as a product specialist for absolute return products. Prior to joining Julius Baer he was employed by IBM, treasury and project finance, as well as by Swiss Bank Corporation, equity and equity derivative trading. Markus Peter holds a master in business economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

Fabian Stäbler has been COO of Bellevue Group since 2024. He has many years of experience in asset management, both in strategic and operational functions. He has worked for Credit Suisse Asset Management since 2009, including as Head Business Management for the Equities business in Zurich, as COO Asset Management in Singapore and as part of the Regional Management Team for Switzerland and the EMEA region. He previously worked for Swiss Life Asset Management. Fabian Stäbler studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Dipl. Ing. FH).