About us

Guido has more than 25 years of experience in managing and developing systematic investment strategies. He is joining from SYZ AM, where he held multiple roles as Chief Investment Architect and Head of Quantitative Strategies. Prior to that, Guido served as CEO of the Olympia Capital Alternative Investment Fund. Guido is the Chief Investment Officer of Asteria Obviam, managing the Asteria Funds – Planet Impact Global Equities and Asteria Funds – People Impact Global Equities and is one of the members of the Executive Committee.

Natacha is a founding partner of Asteria IM and member of the Executive Committee. She also chairs Asteria IM’s impact committee. With more than 20 years of experience in sustainable and impact investing, Natacha is considered as a pioneer of this field. She started her career at Lombard-Odier in 2001 as financial and ESG analyst before becoming thematic and sustainability portfolio manager. In this position, she was also instrumental in developing the bank’s sustainable investment offering. She joined Asteria in 2019 from Conser Invest in Geneva, a specialized consultant and asset manager entirely dedicated to sustainable finance and responsible investment, where she acted as founding partner and head of asset management. Natacha is a founding member of Sustainable Finance Geneva, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable finance in Switzerland. She holds a master’s degree in international Relations from the Geneva Graduate Institute. Natacha is one of the members of the Executive Committee of Asteria Obviam.

Dajana holds a Master’s degree in Business Law from the University of Paris II Assas, as well as a degree from the ESSEC Business School, and was a member of the Paris Bar. She is an experienced Lawyer with more than 10 years of experience in finance and asset management. Her background combines both legal and financial experience. She worked as a Capital Markets lawyer for Gide Loyrette Nouel – Paris, where she advised issuers (banks, listed corporates, public institutions), arrangers and dealers in relation with debt securities and structured finance. In 2015, she joined UCAP (Union Capital Group/ UCAP Wealth Management) in Geneva as Head of Legal and Compliance and was in charge of legal, compliance and operational aspects relating to investment funds as well as other financial products or private equity transactions. Dajana is one of the members of the Executive Committee of Asteria Obviam.

Dries has 5 years of experience in quant-driven investing. He is currently portfolio manager for the listed equity products where he manages the investment strategies from a return, risk and impact perspective. Dries leads the end-to-end data and analytics workflow for liquid assets. Prior to joining Asteria in 2020, he was a Quantitative Analyst at SYZ Asset Management, where the team managed a global long-short equity fund and a multi-asset fund with a protection overlay. He started his professional career at ING Belgium and a research collaboration with Degroof Petercam Asset Management. Dries holds a PhD in Mathematics from KU Leuven and a PhD in Business Economics from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has published in leading journals such as Journal of Econometrics and Journal of Financial Econometrics. Since December 2020 he is a CAIA Charter holder.

Luca joined Asteria Investment Managers in 2020 to help support and launch the fixed income capabilities of the firm and is currently managing the Asteria Funds – Climate Bonds. Prior to joining Asteria Investment Managers, he was based in London as investment analyst in the fixed income team of Mirabaud Asset Management, helping to manage high conviction institutional fixed income strategies. The strategies ranged from short-term credit to global high-yield and he has built an extensive sector and geographic coverage in credit investing. Luca started his career in investment banking at Lazard in Milan. Luca holds a Bachelor degree from Bocconi University, a Masters in Finance and is a CFA.

Wenceslas holds a Master’s degree in Management & Information Systems from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom as well as an Advanced Master’s degree in Strategy and Management of International Business from ESSEC Business School in Paris. He began his career at Rothschild & Co Bank, before joining Alpha FMC as consultant in management and organization specialized in the financial sector. In this role, he participated in and led transformation projects for Wealth and Asset managers.

Silvia holds a Master’s degree in Mass Media Communication and Advertisement Studies, a Post-Master’s degree in Business Management from SciencesPo de Paris as well as a Diploma in Luxury Marketing from CREA Genève. She has 15 years of international work experience in Marketing and her expertise includes, among others, event management, coordination of marketing campaigns, maintaining and developing client relationships, preparation and monitoring of budgets, development of marketing strategies. She gained her professional experience while working for Air Liquide, Groupama, Renaissance Asset Managers, Unigestion and before joining Asteria, for Aston Martin.

Céline holds a BSc in International Hospitality Management from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne with a major in finance. Céline started her career at Ernst & Young SA’s Audit department. Before joining Asteria, she was employed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development where she held two different positions. She started as Finance Associate, overseeing the day-to-day accounting, recurrent closings, financial monitoring and reporting to cost centers, budget and forecasting as well as supporting in grants expenditure management. She was then promoted to Finance and Payroll Manager, reporting directly to the CFO.