THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors contributes their wealth of experience from a wide range of business areas.
Christof Kutscher**
German citizen
Chairman of Board of Directors since* 2019.
Adrian T. Keller
Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
Deputy Chairman and Member of Board of Directors since* 2006.
Claus G. Budelmann
German citizen / qualified Banker
Personally liable partner (1988-2008) and limited partner (2009-2014) of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG. Member
and Chairman (1999-2009) of the Board of Directors since* 1988.
Patricia Guerra**
Swiss and Ecuadorian citizen
Member of the Board of Directors since* 2019.
Michael Pieper
Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
Member of the Board of Directors since* 1993.
Dr. Andreas Jacobs
German citizen / MBA from INSEAD /
Dr jur. University Freiburg
Member of the Board of Directors since* 2019.
Sylvie Mutschler-von Specht**
German and Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
Member of the Board of Directors since* 2018.
Hendrik de Waal**
Dutch citizen / Aeronautic and Mechanical Engineering at ETH
Member of the Board of Directors since* 2021.
Bruno Chiomento**
Italian & Swiss citizen / Master of Science in General Business Administration & Economics – Basel
Member of the Board of Directors since* 2021.
* Berenberg Bank (Schweiz) AG until 2018, Bergos Berenberg AG until 2020, as of January 2021: Bergos AG
** Independent members of the Board of Directors within the definition of the provisions of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
The Shareholders
Bergos is an independent Swiss private bank.
Owners are family entrepreneurs and the Executive Board.
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24%
Diethelm Keller Holding AG, Zurich
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24%
Centinox B AG, Hergiswil
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10%
Claus G. Budelmann, Hamburg
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10%
Niantic Holding GmbH, Hamburg
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9.5%
A & S Beteiligungen AG, Zug
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7.5%
Caretina Vermögensverwaltung, Hamburg
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6%
Samum Vermögensverwaltung, Hamburg
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5%
Dr. Peter Raskin, Zurich
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4%
Other
The Shareholders
Adrian T. Keller
Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
Deputy Chairman and Member of Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 2006.
Andreas Keller
Swiss citizen / lic.iur Universität Zürich
Chairman of Diethelm Keller Holding Ltd. since 2000.
Michael Pieper
Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
President and CEO of Artemis Holding AG. Member of the Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 1993.
Claus G. Budelmann
German citizen / qualified Banker
Personally liable partner (1988-2008) and limited partner (2009-2014) of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG. Member and Chairman (1999-2009) of the Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 1988.
Dr. Andreas Jacobs
German citizen / MBA from INSEAD / Dr. jur. University Freiburg Entrepreneur since 1992
Leading positions in family businesses, additional responsibilities in Switzerland. Member of the Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 2018.
Sylvie Mutschler-von Specht**
German and Swiss citizen / lic. oec. HSG
Entrepreneur since 1989. Various consulting mandates and shareholdings. Member of the Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 2018.
Andreas von Specht
German citizen / Business in Frankfurt
Paris & London Founder and Managing Partner of AvS – International Trusted Advisors. Member of the Board of Directors at Berenberg.
Hendrik de Waal
Dutch citizen / Aeronautic and Mechanical Engineering at ETH
Founder of DWI Group. He serves as partner in charge of Real Estate Project Development, both in Germany and abroad. Member of the Board of Directors of Bergos AG* since 2021.
Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Jenckel
German citizen / Studied law in Göttingen, Geneva and Hamburg
After being a partner in an international law firm for ten years, he joined DWI in 2000 and has since then primarily focussed on all legal and contractual aspects of the DWI real estate projects.
Dr. Peter Raskin
Swiss and German citizen / studied Law in Freiburg
CEO of Bergos AG* since 2009
* Until 2018 Berenberg Bank (Schweiz) AG, until 2020 Bergos Berenberg AG
The Management
Continuity both at the top of the company and among consultants and other staff ensures a deep understanding of client needs. Bergos is led by Managing Partners Dr Peter Raskin CEO, and Markus Zwyssig . They have formed the management team for over ten years.
Dr. Peter Raskin
CEO & Partner
Born in 1968, Swiss and German citizen, married, three children. Dr. Peter Raskin joined Berenberg Bank (Schweiz) AG as CEO in 2009. In 2013, he was appointed Group Head International Private Banking and led the bank’s expansion of Private Banking in London. He was appointed Global Head Private Banking in 2014, putting him in charge of Private Banking in Germany. Since 2016 and in accordance with his wishes, he has focused on the Swiss market. In 2018, a group of shareholders around Swiss and German family entrepreneurs, together with the management, founded Bergos Berenberg AG. With the independence of the bank and the establishment of Bergos AG in 2021, Peter Raskin remains CEO and is also one of the partners. He studied law at the University of Freiburg i.Br. and in Mainz. His career began at BHF Bank (Schweiz) AG in 2000, where he held a position as Member of the Board of Managing Directors since 2005.
Markus Zwyssig
Managing Partner
Born in 1960, Swiss citizen, married, one son. Markus Zwyssig completed his studies as a banker, is a Chartered Accountant and Controller and obtained an Executive MBA from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences. From 1981 to 1988, he served at BHF-Bank (Schweiz) AG as Head of Finance and Accounting. After joining Astley & Pearce as CFO and Head of Administration from 1988 to 1989, he returned to BHF-Bank, first as CFO, then from 1995 to 2009 as Member of the Management Board, being responsible for Operations as well as Finance and Controlling. Markus Zwyssig is a Member of the Management Board since 2009 and partner of Bergos AG.
Till Christian Budelmann
Chief Investment Officer
Till Christian Budelmann is a member of the Executive Board of Bergos Private Bank where he is responsible for the Bank’s capital market opinion as Chief Investment Officer. In regular formats such as podcasts, articles and commentaries, he looks at events on the international capital markets and analyses them in the context of economic and political trends.
Since 2004, Budelmann has been responsible for various investment strategies and has been a member of the Investment Committee, which he has headed for several years now. In 2013 he was appointed Managing Director and as of 1 March 2022 Budelmann joined the Bergos Executive Board. In his early years, he was responsible for the house’s equity selection, then fund management from 2009 to 2018, and then Bergos’ capital markets strategy. Budelmann is a regular guest on internal and external interview formats (Bergos Now, Citywire, Private Banking Magazin, etc.) and has published several extensive guest articles on business, science and politics in national newspapers (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Börsen-Zeitung, etc.) over the years.