Key People
Pendo S Löfgren
CIO and Co-Founder
Successful trader and investment professional since 2003 employing quantitative and discretionary strategies.
CIO since original establishment of Arnova investment strategies in 2003.
Advanced high-level programmer with successful previous consultancy career.
Dr Christian H Kälin
Principal and Co-Founder
Long-standing expertise in international business, investment and risk management.
Investment migration pioneer, lawyer and serial entrepreneur with years of experience and an eye for both opportunistic and systematic investing.
Holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Law.
Joachim Wegmann
Member of the Board
Expert in alternative investments and fintech.
More than 20 years of professional experience in the financial industry as senior relationship manager with Rothschild Bank, independent investment advisor and manager in a fintech company.
Holds a UBS Wealth Management Diploma.
Daniel Huber
Member of the Board
Expert in derivatives and the development of complex financial products for institutional clients.
Previously a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, responsible for the Equity Derivatives Sales Desk in Switzerland.
Holds a master’s degree from the business, economics and informatics faculty of the University of Zurich.
Stephan Kamer
Chairman of the Board
Extensive experience in finance and business law. Senior Partner at Weber Kamer, a leading boutique law firm in Zug.
Independent lawyer with significant domestic and international clientele and over 30 years of practice.
Holds a MLaw degree of the University of Zurich and is licensed as an Attorney and Notary Public in the Canton of Zug.
Dr Günther Dobrauz
Member of Advisory Committee
Former partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland where he also heads the Legal Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance Services practice.
Former member of PwC’s Global Legal Leadership Team directing the firm’s global legal practice in 90+ countries as well as PwC‘s Global Financial Services Legal Leader and former Global LegalTech Leader.
Holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Law as well as an MBA.
Dr Jürg Diemand
Member of Advisory Committee
Computational physicist, machine learning expert, and experienced quantitative trader. Award-winning investment strategy developer using an automated machine learning strategy trading volatility futures.
Holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Zurich and was awarded a NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship.
Prof Dr Martin Schweizer
Member of Advisory Committee
Professor of mathematical finance, probability theory and actuarial mathematics at ETH Zurich, with a particular focus on incomplete financial markets.
Editor of the journal "Finance and Stochastics" and associate editor of "Mathematical Finance", and member of the Stochastic Finance Group at ETH.
Max J H Weiland
Member of Advisory Committee
Formerly CEO and Chairman of Swiss technology company listed in Paris and Frankfurt.
Strong background in consulting and tech, advising B2B clients and organizations from retail, hospitality, media and banking including strategic relationship and shareholder management.