Board of directors and leadership team

Schuyler has more than a decade of experience in leading digital banking transformation, as the Chief Digital Officer at REYL, as a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, and as a Senior Consultant at IBM. He holds an MBA from IMD and a BA in Economics- Mathematics from Colby College.
Schuyler is a Tesla fan.

Marion is an experienced professional in leading digital transformation projects for the wealth management industry. She holds a BSc in Business Management from the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, an Executive MBA from IMD, certifications from MIT in Artificial Intelligence and from Cambridge University in Sustainable Finance.

Gianmarco has advised companies, including financial institutions in both banking and insurance, on defining new business models, creating business plans, launching new services while working at Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from IMD and an MSc in International Management from Bocconi University.
Gianmarco is passionate about skiing and cooking.

Alessandro has worked extensively on advising companies on technology development projects and digital transformation initiatives, both at Boston Consulting Group and Alkemy. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma from IIMA and a MSc in International Management from Bocconi University.
Alessandro is a football fan.

With an engineering background, Mathieu started his career in asset management in Paris in 2007 as a specialised Consultant. He developed platforms for major French banks such as Amundi, Natixis, BNP and others before moving to Luxembourg in 2012 where he joined Öhman’s Private Bank as a Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Manager. He was appointed Head of Portfolio Management in 2019.
Mathieu has a passion for cars, books, philosophy and cycling.

Caroline is a Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting (Diplôme Fédéral en Finance et Controlling, member of EXPERTsuisse, holding a MSc in Finance from HEC Montreal and Master in Management from the Institute of Mines – Telecom Business School. She started her career in the Commercial and investment banking sector as an Internal Auditor for Crédit Agricole CIB, before being moving to Risk and Finance positions in Switzerland’s retail and private banking sectors. Caroline is fond of old movies.

Nathalie Zaharna began her career at KPMG Luxembourg where she trained before moving to Dubai. In recent years she has been Chief Compliance Officer at several Wealth Management firms and Head of financial crime compliance at Standard Chartered Bank DIFC. She joined REYL Finance (MEA) Ltd. as a DFSA authorized Chief Compliance Officer and a member of the Executive Committee in 208, before joining Alpian SA in August of 2022. Nathalie Zaharna graduated from John F. Welch College of Business Sacred Heart University (MBA, ‘03) and School of International Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE), Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin (LLM in European Law, ‘20).

Roman holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen HSG. He is an experienced brand- & marketing strategist and defines himself as a “crazy-creative-thinker”. He started his career at the ‘IFJ Institute for Young Entrepreneurs / Venturelab.ch‘ as Senior Project Manager before co-founding Suxedoo.ch. He later joining Google as Programs Lead for the Employer Brand Marketing in EMEA. In 2018 he was recruited by Lime, the US-based scooter giant, supporting the launch of the company’s first European market, Switzerland, after which he led Lime’s EMEA Marketing & Brand efforts before joining Alpian.
Roman loves hiking so much that in 2009 he walked 2300km on the Camino de Santiago with his dog Nelson. He walked all the way from St. Gallen to Santiago de Compostela in Western Spain.

Victor has more than 13 years of experience in wealth management. He has assisted many individuals, families, and institutions in their financial journey throughout his career, either by providing tailored advice on their investments or by managing assets on their behalf. He occupied a number of key position within the investment divisions of CA Indosuez, Lombard Odier, and Citi Private Bank. He holds an Engineer’s degree in Bioinformatics and Modeling from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées of Lyon, and he is a certified FRM. In his free time, Victor loves scientific readings and collecting rare books.

Laura Gasser is a Swiss professional with extensive experience in human resources, essentially acquired in private industries. She holds a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), an Executive MBA in Human Resources from the university of Geneva (UNIGE) where she is currently pursuing a certification in self-leadership as a professional coach

Wenceslao holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Geneva College of Business as well as several management certifications. He has a vast experience in the international banking and financial industry, as well as global and cross-functional expertise in operations, risk management, credits, compliance and fund administration.
Wenceslao is fond of golf.

Ashish brings more than a decade of multi-faceted experience at Fortune 500 firms across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. As the program manager for Alpian, he thrives on crafting curated strategies and implementing them, in order to help launch and scale one of the most promising fintechs in Switzerland. He is well versed in galvanizing diverse, multinational teams to make the impossible possible, and cares deeply about people, planet and purpose-driven/sustainable business models. He is an alumnus of globally renowned universities: IMD Switzerland and IIT Roorkee, and lives by the mantra of ‘paying it forward’ through mentoring individuals and startups. Outside of work, Ashish is an avid enthusiast of badminton, tennis, astrophotography and science.

Amandine began her career in the Finance department of Porsche France in 2015 before joining the banking industry. She occupied various positions within trading arms of established institutions in Geneva. First, as a FX Sales assistant at Société Générale CIB and then as a Fixed Income Trader for Valcourt. She holds a Master in Management (PGE) of Toulouse Business School, as well as a MSc in Finance of EBS Universität in Germany. Amandine has a passion for Porsche and loves playing golf, and dancing Argentine Tango.