Team
Our mission
Timber Finance is an investment advisor and leading competence center for carbon-relevant timber value chain investments. To decarbonize portfolios, we unlock the climate potential of the promising forestry and timber construction industry for investors through carbon-relevant financial products.
Team

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.

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).

Thomas Fedrizzi
Co-Founder, Board of Directors
Thomas has been a multi-founder and private equity investor in corporate and project development for 30 years, the last 10 years in the Swiss forestry and timber industry, where he co-developed several innovative projects and companies as a board member, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.