About

Christian Bernasconi graduated with BA in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from UC Berkeley. Christian held positions at UBS, Paribas Asia Equity and Yamaichi Securities with almost 30 years of Asian equity experience before co-founding B&I Capital. Christian was involved in many of the first transactions in the Asian REIT market as an Asian Real Estate specialist at UBS. Currently, Christian is responsible for running B&I Capital’s Singapore research office. He also holds a rotating board membership with Charles Isaac.

Charles Isaac, CFA, is one of the founding partners and a 50% shareholder in B&I Capital. He also holds a rotating board membership with Christian Bernasconi. He runs the Zurich office and is co-fund manager. He has over 25 years of direct equity experience and has been a fund manager since 1999. Charles is a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds an MSc in Investment Management from City University Business School, a BA in Psychology from Newcastle University and attended Oundle School. He also holds a rotating board membership with Christian Bernasconi.

Sanjay Jhaveri is an experienced buyside analyst covering US REITs with more than 30 years industry experience. Sanjay focuses on bottom-up fundamental analysis to discover long-term opportunities. Sanjay is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an MBA.

Andre von Rohr covers Europe, Canada, and the self-storage and industrial sector in the US as a Senior Analyst. He previously worked for seven years as sell-side analyst at UBS covering Swiss real estate and small and midcap stocks. He holds a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Matthew Schmidt has more than 20 years of analyst and sales experience in Asian and Japanese equities. Matthew holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and has been with B&I Capital since 2010.

Tian Li has been with B&I Capital since November 2015 covering the Japanese REIT market. Prior joining B&I Capital, he was a design engineer with Xilinx Asia Pacific for 6 years before obtaining a MSc in Wealth Management at the Singapore Management University and starting his career in asset management. Tian Li is an FRM and CAIA Charterholder, and also has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California and a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Tomáš Hlavatý works as Junior Analyst with B&I Capital since 2019 and is responsible for the development and management of ESG on both company and investment level, and a variety of data analytics works. Prior B&I Capital, he worked with Generali Investments CEE. Tomáš holds a MSc in Finance from ISCTE Business School in Lisbon where he graduated in 2018. He is enthusiastic about financial markets, investments, and portfolio management to which he dedicated a significant portion of his academic years. When not busy with the numbers, he enjoys the outdoors in the Swiss mountains.

Desmond Lim has over 10 years of trading experience in Asia. Prior to joining B&I Capital, he worked in both the asset management business and investment banks, leading trading teams specializing in the Japanese and Hong Kong/China markets. At B&I Capital, Desmond manages all the trading and execution in Asia Pacific. His personal interests include Dark Pools and algorithm trading. He holds a BA degree in Economics from Wesleyan University.

Manuel Zahn manages US & European executions, including FX-hedging and portfolio reconciliation. He joined B&I Capital in 2015 as a member of the Middle Office team and has continuously deepened his knowledge in asset management ever since. Following a banking apprenticeship at one of Switzerland’s leading global banks, Manuel held various positions within operations since 2006, mainly for equity and structured-products. In 2015, he expanded his resume with a Professional Bachelor ODEC in BA.

Götz-Bodo Druschke has worked in the financial industry his entire career starting 1995 in the trading room of SüdwestLB, Stuttgart. He moved to the asset management side in 2001 having senior client facing roles at AIG Global Investment Corp., Citco and Credit Suisse. In 2012 he joined B&I Capital and is responsible for all client related activities.

Stefano has worked in finance for over 10 years, joined B&I Capital in its start-up phase while graduating from ETH Zurich, later worked in commodity and derivatives trading, and re-joined B&I Capital in 2013 as Chief Operating and Risk Officer after an MBA at IESE Business School in Barcelona.

Marion holds a master in European law and economics from the university of Stockholm as well as a master’s in economics (Diplomökonomin Univ.) from the university of Augsburg. She has over 15 years’ experience working in legal departments for the financial industry.

Aldo Tobler joined B&I Capital in 2018 after completing his BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich. His master thesis was awarded the Electrosuisse ETH Student Prize on the merit of its novel analytical methods. His tasks involve the development of automation tools for Back Office processes and Front Office analyses. Concurrently, he oversees the operation and improvement of B&I Capital’s information technology infrastructure.

Over the past 25 + years, Peter Hirt has worked for Asset Management and Fund Management Companies in the operational area. He was able to gain a lot of experience in these years. He joined B&I Capital AG in 2013. Since then Peter Hirt is working in the back and middle office and is responsible for the operative compliance.