Team

Team

Our team of experienced specialists from the financial and carbon economy is continuously developing innovative solutions for tapping and monetizing the climate potential of the forestry and timber industry and for decarbonizing investment portfolios.

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Erik Reichmuth

Co-founder, Member of the Executive Board
Head of finance solutions

Erik has held a number of roles at various asset managers over the past 11 years. He worked as a portfolio manager at Multi-Family Offices and as Head of Operations at a joint venture between Julius Baer and Nomura. In addition to his wealth management background, Erik has worked as both CFO and COO in startups. Erik’s family has been managing forests sustainably for over four generations and as a result he has close ties to the forest sector. Combining his passion for forestry and finance is a dream come true. Erik Reichmuth is registered in the register of advisors of BX Swiss AG under the registration number: ER16566 and fulfills the legal requirements pursuant to Art. 29 para. 1 FIDLEG.

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Frank Vasek

CO-FOUNDER, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
HEAD OF CARBON SOLUTIONS

Frank is a business and project developer and is committed to the environment and carbon. He is an experienced project manager and has developed a keen eye for organizational structures, strategy development, climate financing and projects. Through his involvement in several projects, he has acquired excellent know-how in the field of climate investments at the interface between the forestry, timber and construction industries. Frank holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the TU Braunschweig.

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Stefano Charrey


HEAD OF INVESTMENT RESEARCH

Stefano has worked in asset management (equities and alternative investments) and in commodity trading in various roles over the last 15 years. His areas of expertise include fundamental and quant analysis, derivatives modeling, trading and risk management. He is the founder of Qortex, a research and financial education platform. Stefano is a Mechanical Engineer (ETH), holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and is a Registered Investment Advisor and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

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Samara Sicardi

Head of Marketing & Communication

Samara is a passionate communications expert with a strong interest in finance and sustainability issues. At Timber Finance, she can ideally combine these interests and enjoys creating visibility for globally unique and innovative solutions. With a bachelor degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences and an ongoing Master’s degree in Management & Economics with a focus on market-oriented management, Samara has a broad range of specialist knowledge. Before joining Timber Finance, she was able to develop her skills in various professional roles in marketing.

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Ruven Peterhans

data & relationship management

Ruven is responsible for relationship and data management, research and organizes the Timber Finance speaker system.  As an IT specialist, he is responsible for the Timber Finance CRM system and as a cand. political scientist, he is familiar with social developments and processes.

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Lukas Zöllig

Sales and Relationship Manager

Lukas is the contact person for our customers in the Finance Solutions division. After completing his banking training, Lukas spent four years advising clients on financing and financial investments at a major Swiss bank. For Lukas, future-oriented financial investments are a key instrument for achieving the climate targets. He is currently deepening his knowledge with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on banking and finance at the Bern University of Applied Sciences.

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Erik Reichmuth

Co-founder, Member of the Executive Board
Head of finance solutions

Erik has held a number of roles at various asset managers over the past 11 years. He worked as a portfolio manager at Multi-Family Offices and as Head of Operations at a joint venture between Julius Baer and Nomura. In addition to his wealth management background, Erik has worked as both CFO and COO in startups. Erik’s family has been managing forests sustainably for over four generations and as a result he has close ties to the forest sector. Combining his passion for forestry and finance is a dream come true. Erik Reichmuth is registered in the register of advisors of BX Swiss AG under the registration number: ER16566 and fulfills the legal requirements pursuant to Art. 29 para. 1 FIDLEG.

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Frank Vasek

CO-FOUNDER, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
HEAD OF CARBON SOLUTIONS

Frank is a business and project developer and is committed to the environment and carbon. He is an experienced project manager and has developed a keen eye for organizational structures, strategy development, climate financing and projects. Through his involvement in several projects, he has acquired excellent know-how in the field of climate investments at the interface between the forestry, timber and construction industries. Frank holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the TU Braunschweig.

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Stefano Charrey


HEAD OF INVESTMENT RESEARCH

Stefano has worked in asset management (equities and alternative investments) and in commodity trading in various roles over the last 15 years. His areas of expertise include fundamental and quant analysis, derivatives modeling, trading and risk management. He is the founder of Qortex, a research and financial education platform. Stefano is a Mechanical Engineer (ETH), holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and is a Registered Investment Advisor and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

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Samara Sicardi

Head of Marketing & Communication

Samara is a passionate communications expert with a strong interest in finance and sustainability issues. At Timber Finance, she can ideally combine these interests and enjoys creating visibility for globally unique and innovative solutions. With a bachelor degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences and an ongoing Master’s degree in Management & Economics with a focus on market-oriented management, Samara has a broad range of specialist knowledge. Before joining Timber Finance, she was able to develop her skills in various professional roles in marketing.

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Ruven Peterhans

data & relationship management

Ruven is responsible for relationship and data management, research and organizes the Timber Finance speaker system.  As an IT specialist, he is responsible for the Timber Finance CRM system and as a cand. political scientist, he is familiar with social developments and processes.

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Lukas Zöllig

Sales and Relationship Manager

Lukas is the contact person for our customers in the Finance Solutions division. After completing his banking training, Lukas spent four years advising clients on financing and financial investments at a major Swiss bank. For Lukas, future-oriented financial investments are a key instrument for achieving the climate targets. He is currently deepening his knowledge with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on banking and finance at the Bern University of Applied Sciences.

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Board

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Thomas Fedrizzi

Co-Founder, Board of Directors

Thomas has been active as a multi-founder and private equity investor in corporate and project development for 30 years, the last 7 years in the Swiss forestry and timber industry, where he has co-developed several innovative projects and companies in a board position, including ZürichHolz AG, Fagus Suisse SA in the hardwood sector and Ligno Carbon Schweiz AG in the biochar sector. Thomas has an engineering degree from the ETH in Zürich, as well as an Executive Master in Corporate Finance. He also has extensive experience in impact finance and in the field of renewable energies and sustainable construction from previous activities.

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Stefan Zöllig

Co-Founder, Board of Directors

Stefan has been known for over 30 years as an innovator, idea and pace-setter in the timber construction industry. With numerous products, patents and brands as well as over 4,000 timber construction projects, he is one of the most energetic entrepreneurs in the timber industry. Numerous products bear his signature, which he has developed from a vague idea to a marketable product. He has founded and managed several companies and associations. The development of the Timber Startup Incubator, which he co-founded, is particularly close to his heart.

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Senior Advisor

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Götz-Bodo Druschke

SENIOR ADVISOR - Institutional sales

Götz has been active in international financial markets for over 25 years. Since 2001, he has focused on sales and customer care in asset management. In this role, he successfully acquired clients for the asset manager of an international insurance company, hedge fund specialists, a major international bank and, most recently, for an asset management boutique over a period of ten years and managed them throughout the entire life cycle. Götz is a diplom. Business economist (BA) specializing in banking at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University.

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Dipl. Ing Hubert Rhomberg

SENIOR ADVISOR

Hubert is CEO in the fourth generation of Rhomberg Holding GmbH and leads the international business of the Rhomberg Group based in Bregenz, Austria. In 2010, he founded CREE Buildings, an international construction collective for regenerative building solutions, and has been revolutionizing the construction industry ever since. The Rhomberg name stands for sustainable construction as well as sustainable mobility and resource productivity. With a holistic approach, the three divisions of Construction, Rail Technology and Resources not only pursue sustainable principles, but also set benchmarks.

After graduating with a degree in engineering from the Vienna University of Technology, Hubert Rhomberg worked for Strabag in Linz and Vienna for three years before starting his career in the family business in 1998, heading the civil engineering department and expanding the railroad technology division. In addition, he supplemented his practical entrepreneurial knowledge with postgraduate studies in business management at the renowned HSG St. Gallen.

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Simon Tribelhorn

SENIOR ADVISOR

Simon is a Swiss lawyer with over 20 years of experience in banking, capital markets and international and European financial market regulation. He is the Managing Director of the Liechtenstein Bankers Association where he has been for more than 10 years. Simon’s passions are sustainable investments and all issues related to digitalisation. Simon is very well connected with decision-makers in politics, business and the media, particularly in Switzerland, neighbouring German-speaking countries, the UK and Brussels. He is involved in various committees of non-profit organisations on a part-time basis.

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Steve Marshall

SENIOR ADVISOR

Steve Marshall played a decisive role in the creation and growth of today’s North American mass-timber sector. He has worked closely with companies, government officials, and non-profits. Mr. Marshall’s extensive contribution was recognized in 2020 when an independent panel decided to call their growth projections for the Mass Timber sector and the resulting carbon sequestration in the built environment “The Marshall Effect”. Today, Steve is focused on work that will help the Mass Timber sector grow more broadly.

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Thomas Lüthi

SENIOR ADVISOR

As a trained sawyer and wood technology engineer, Thomas knows the wood industry from the ground up. Since 1998, he has been offering his consulting services as a self-employed professional to companies in the timber industry throughout the DACH area. He started as a freelancer for an Austrian management consultancy, for which he worked for over a decade. At the same time, he has held several mandates for organizations in the Swiss forestry and timber industry, including the “Initiative Holz BE”, the “Label Schweizer Holz” and the “Prix Lignum”. He also teaches at the BFH HAFL in Zollikofen as a lecturer.

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Stefan Vögtli

SENIOR ADVISOR

As a trained wood merchant, Stefan has more than 40 years of experience in the Swiss timber supply chain, from wood procurement to the finished building product. Including 15 years in sales in timber wholesale and 5 years as sales manager in a medium-sized softwood sawmill. His involvement centers around generating ecological, financial and economic added value for the Swiss timber industry.

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Ambassador

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Stephan Krüger

SENIOR ADVISOR

Mr. Krüger is a German businessman with more than 40 years of experience in the field of environmental and climate protection. His extensive network in politics and business extends across the German-speaking world and connects him closely with decision-makers. His expertise focuses on the areas of construction, energy and mobility. He brings sustainability, people and markets together with great passion.

Mr. Krüger actively supported the DESERTEC Foundation and is a member of the Bauhaus Erde initiative group. As a freelance head of government and business relations at Rhomberg Holding and as a consultant to the Brünninghoff Group, he is driving change. He is also involved in various organizations on a voluntary basis.

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Forestry experts

Beat Riget

Independent forestry expert

Beat Riget is trained as a forest warden and forester and has worked for many years in the Kyburg forest district. After the storm Lothar in 2000, he became head of the Canton of Zurich’s storm wood center. In 2005, together with the Zurich Forestry Department, forest owners and foresters, he founded ZürichHolz AG and took over its management. During his career, he carried out projects for ZürichHolz AG, founded other companies and held board mandates at Fagus Suisse and other companies. His constant goal was to create added value for forest owners and the forest.

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Real estate expert

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Elsbeth Kindhauser

Real estate expert

Elsbeth Kindhauser has a basic commercial education, a degree in biology and is a certified biologist. dipl. Property manager, active in the real estate business for over 30 years. Until 2015, she was Co- & Managing Director of a large housing cooperative in Zurich for 19 years, which now has a real estate portfolio of around 70 properties and 500 apartments. In her role, she was responsible for real estate acquisitions, major construction projects and property management.

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