Anthony Acampora – CEO
Prior to launching Altaira in 2008, Tony had extensive experience in the global investment business, based in the USA, Paris, France and Geneva, Switzerland. Before setting up AWM he worked closely with David Tendler and Hal Beretz, respectively Chairman and President of Phibro-Salomon. Subsequently, he was General Manager of Russell Investments’ Swiss business as well as Senior International Advisor to the Office of the Chairman of Russell Investments. In that capacity, he assisted Mike Phillips, Chairman of Russell Investments when he chaired the Financial and Economic Working Group of APEC’s Business Advisory Council. Tony was also Assistant to Mike Philips in his role as Chairman of the 20-20 Investment Association, the premier emerging markets investment focus group founded by George Russell. He is a founding member of AWM, as well as Altaira Ltd.
Amber Ali – Head of Family Office
Amber is an accomplished professional with 18 years of experience in International Business. Prior to joining Altaira in 2015, he worked for Orange/France Telecom, France Telecom Mobile & Satellite Communications (Vizada) and GE Capital. Amber has a comprehensive experience in Key Account Management, Project & Team Management and developing business domestically as well as internationally in European, Asian, North African and Middle Eastern markets. Currently he is Altaira’s Head of Family Office in Geneva. Amber has an Executive Master in Strategy & Management of International Business from a prestigious Business School (ESSEC) ranked in the world’s Top 5 by Financial Times.
Asma Ali – Head of Marketing and Client Services
Asma joined Altaira in 2019. She has over 15 years of work experience spanning 3 continents: Europe, North America and Africa. Asma has worked for the United Nations in New York, Citibank as well as immigration offices and ESSEC Business School in Paris. She comes from a dynamic multicultural background with a vast knowledge of several languages. Asma has extensive experience in business, communications and marketing strategies. She has received education from world-renowned universities, getting her Bachelor’s degree from HEC and an Executive Master’s (with honors) from ESSEC Business School.
Stuart Clarvis – Head of Operations
Stuart has over 15 years of operational and back office management experience with global investment firms including UBS and Credit Suisse before coming to Altaira. A certified expert by the CISI in regulatory and governance oversight, Stuart oversees all operational aspects of AWM’s advisory business. He is a member of Altaira’s investment advisory committee.
Anthony Everard Acampora – Client Relationship Manager
Anthony Everard Acampora is Client Relationship Manager for Altaira Wealth Management SA (AWM). He is a graduate of the International School of Geneva, with an International Baccalaureate (IB), and of Webster University, Geneva, with a BA in International Relations. At Altaira, he focuses on client relations with family office clients, working closely with his colleagues to deliver quality family office services to Altaira’s high net worth clients. This includes focusing on family office structures to maximize generational wealth preservation as well as delivering services ranging from the mundane to sophisticated asset management solutions. In that context, he works closely with AWM’s Investment Committee (IC), made up of internationally known experts in wealth management. In addition, he works with third party experts in the private wealth business to fashion tailor made solutions in the Alternative Asset sector. Prior to joining Altaira, Anthony had successful careers in boutique wine imports and distribution as well as hospitality management and asset management in Washington D.C. At Altaira, he is forging opportunities for the family office in the growing market for investment into the wine sector.
Carla Manioglu – Office Manager
Carla joined Altaira in 2008. She brings over 35 years of administrative experience in Office Management and Accounting. Carla has worked for Barclays Bank Crédit Commercial de France and Russell Investments in Switzerland and she has been the Assistant to Mr. Anthony Acampora since 2000. Carla completed her studies in Geneva and at Oxford, UK with a degree in Commerce. She is fluent in English, French, Italian and Turkish.
Dr. Michael Rossbach – Expert Advisor in Biotech, Life Sciences and Healthcare
Dr. Michael Rossbach is a seasoned life and health sciences professional, with expertise in immunology, diagnostics, cell-based therapeutics, and genomics. For Altaira, he serves as an advisor in biotech, life sciences and healthcare investments. Michael is the Founder of Ikxinta – Advisers in Health and Life Sciences in Singapore, Associate of the Biotech Developpement Conseils (Paris), Partner of the Höppner Life Sciences Management Group (Berlin), and serves on Advisory Boards and Boards of several biotech companies in the US, Europe and Asia. In August 2019, Michael joined the Eppendorf Group as the Head of Technology Scouting. Prior to his appointment at Eppendorf, Michael was the VP Global Pharma Partnering of Vela Diagnostics (Singapore/Germany/USA) and he served as the Director for Strategic Alliances at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) for many years. Michael studied biochemistry and received a PhD in immunology from University of Bonn (Germany), he also attended the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), the University of Witten/Herdecke (Witten, Germany), the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology (Dortmund, Germany) and Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA). Michael holds academic appointments at the National University of Singapore (NUS), at the Technical University of Munich (TUM Asia) in Singapore, at INSEAD Management School (Entrepreneur-in-Residence) and he is Prof. and a member of the Faculty of the Witten School of Management (Witten Group, Germany).
Ash Sonah – London Director
Ash has been in public practice in the UK for 27 years and has been exposed to a number of business sectors from retail, manufacturing, service, asset management, hospitality, technology, transport, among others. He became a partner in the Practice he was working in 2001, and has over the years, acquired a wealth of experience dealing with a large number of high profile clients with respect to their business development, compliance and taxation to enable them to meet all the challenges in their business environment. Besides his practice, he was also a major shareholder and the finance director of a company operating in the healthcare sector. He joined the board of Courts Mammouth in August 2015 and has served as a Non-Executive Director till 30th September 2017, before being appointed as Executive Director as from that date. In February 2019 he became the CFO of the Group and has contributed substantially in the company's improved performance and the adoption of the National Code of Corporate Governance.
Christian Tamisier – Head of Legal Counsel
Christian is a Swiss attorney and Founding Partner of the law firm of Tamisier Charbonnet & Associates, Geneva, Switzerland.
After a double graduation with distinction from the University of Geneva in Economics and Law, Christian worked at the largest private bank in Switzerland: Pictet & Cie, in their Private Portfolio Management department. He left Pictet and found his own law firm, specializing in Corporate Law and Litigation. Christian is a Director at Altaira Wealth Management SA, handling regulatory and governance matters, notably managing issues related to Swiss FINMA regulations.
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