ABOUT US
SCIENTIFIC BOARD
Dr. oec. publ. Jakob Schaad – Partner at LINDEMANNLAW, former Vice-Director Avenir Suisse, former Deputy CEO Swiss Banking Association & former Economic Policy Advisor to Swiss Federal Councilor
Fabian Baumer, Vice-Director of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) and Head of the Tax Policy Division
Urs Durrer, Vorsteher Amt für Wirtschaft, Kanton Schwyz
Prof. Dr. Michael Elicker, Universität des Saarlandes
Prof. Dr. Armin Kammel LL.M. (London) MBA (CLU), Ehrenprofessor (Donau-Universität Krems), VÖIG
Dr. Andreas Risi, Head of Group Tax Switzerland & EMEA, UBS AG
Markus Fuchs, Senior Counsel at Asset Management Association Switzerland
Adj. Prof. Dr. Martin Haemmig, Global Network Partner at GLORAD (Global R&D and Innovation), former adjunct professor at CeTIM and former advisor to governments and global VC-firms, as well as Senior Advisor to Stanford University on VC/CVC & Startups and to the World Economic Forum
Christian Bretscher, Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Banking Association
Tim Stanley, Senior Partner Head Russia & CIS, Control Risk Moscow
Raoul Oliver Würgler, Secretary General at Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland
Michael Busack, Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter Absolut Research GmbH und
Vorstandsvorsitzender Hamburg Financial Research Center e.V. (HFRC), Hamburg
Bruno Schranz, Chief Executive Officer, LLB Fund Services AG
Dr. Ariel Davidoff, Multi-Verwaltungsrat und Partner bei LINDEMANNLAW
Dr. Oliver Klein, Managing Partner at Bartsch Steuerberater and Treasurer Member of the Presidium of the Deutsch-Arabischen Gesellschaft
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Dr. Alexander Lindemann
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Alexander Lindemann is President of the Swiss Capital Market Forum and Founding Partner of LINDEMANNLAW (you can explore LINDEMANNLAW journey and contributions to the legal field on our Wikipedia page). He advises investment funds, asset managers, private clients, investors and banks in legal, regulatory and tax matters. He advises in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Liechtenstein. In addition, he is a frequent speaker and publisher on capital market and tax issues.
Having grown up in Munich, Alexander studied at University of Bayreuth, Julius-Maximilian University Würzburg and W&L School of Law in Virginia /USA. Alexander has worked in leading positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers , Credit Suisse & Clifford Chance before founding Lindemann Rechtsanwälte. He has been board member of a pension fund for many years. Alexander is father of three children.
Magdalena boškić
Magdalena Boškić is Head RegTech & Crypto Compliance Services (CCS) at Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, where she together with her team supports other banks in the compliant offering of crypto assets. The RegTech & CCS offering of Sygnum encompasses crypto compliance consulting and crypto compliance educational services as well as Sygnum’s proprietary crypto asset transaction monitoring tool C-AML.
Prior to joining Sygnum Bank, Magdalena was Head of Compliance at Crypto Finance (Brokerage) AG, a FINMA regulated Securities Firm. Her interest in digital assets was triggered during her time as a Compliance officer at Credit Suisse where she was a member of the Cryptocurrencies Working Group since the end of 2017. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Compliance Working Group of the Crypto Valley Association (CVA) and since June 2022 she is a board member of the OpenVASP Association.
Magdalena studied law in Zurich, Moscow, and St. Gallen, holding a Bachelor of Law from the University of Zurich and a M.A. in Law from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Magdalena is a regular speaker at conferences and writes articles about regulatory aspects of crypto assets.
Matthias Müller
Matthias Müller is Member of the Executive Board at BX Swiss, the Swiss stock exchange focusing on SMEs and private investors, and responsible for the further development of the exchange ecosystem, including the onboarding of new issuers and trading participants. He is also in charge for the online platform Regservices.ch on which BX offers regulatory services to more than 600 banks and financial service providers.
He started his career in the financial sector with UBS and Credit Suisse and has 17 years of professional experience working for both stock exchanges in Switzerland in various roles. Before joining BX Swiss in 2018, he was responsible for the group-wide innovation management of SIX.
Matthias holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from HWZ in Zurich and an advanced Swiss Federal Diploma as an expert in financial market operations from AZEK.
Charlene Hui CONG, CFA
Charlene Cong, a member of the Swiss Capitalmarketforum’s executive board and the founder of FinFit GmbH, is a seasoned Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with over a decade of experience in finance across Asia and Europe. Her career includes a notable tenure at JPMorgan and roles in banking journalism in Hong Kong, where she delved into the investment strategies of high-net-worth individuals.
With an academic background in Chinese literature and journalism, Charlene offers a unique perspective to the financial realm. Despite the unconventional path into finance, she empathizes with those navigating the field without a formal education, drawing from her own experience. Charlene is a supportive guide for individuals new to finance, assuring them that they are not alone in their journey.