Emmanuel Hauptmann is CIO and Head of Systematic at RAM AI. He co-founded the company in 2007 and has led the development of the firm’s systematic investment and AI platform since.

Emmanuel started his quant career within Morgan Stanley’s London Institutional Equities Division in 2002, then joined Citigroup in 2004 where he was a Director in the Quantitative Research department.

Emmanuel holds an MSc in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris, an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Economics from Sorbonne university.

Fabio Vanerio joined RAM AI in 2021 and is Lead Fund Manager for the RAM Strata Credit Fund.

Fabio has more than 20 years of investment experience and previously worked at Cairn Capital, Hermes and Moody's.

Fabio graduated from Milan's Bocconi University.

Hasan Aslan joined RAM Active Investments in 2017 as a Portfolio Manager specializing in Multi-Asset solutions. He leads strategic and tactical asset allocation for cross-asset investment vehicles, leveraging his extensive experience across market cycles and RAM’s deep expertise in equity and credit markets. The investment solutions he oversees include UCITS formats, as well as Advisory and Discretionary mandates, tailored to meet a diverse range of client needs.

Throughout his career, Hasan has developed extensive expertise in traditional and alternative investments, risk management, and operations. Before joining RAM, he served as co-Head of the Alternative Investment Department at Reyl & Cie, where he was instrumental in launching and managing several funds. Previously, he worked as a Portfolio Manager at Santander Asset Management, where he specialized in hedge fund portfolio management for advisory and discretionary accounts tailored to select institutional investors. Hasan began his career at UBS in the Commercial Clients Department, gaining valuable experience in client relations.

Hasan Aslan holds a Master’s degree in Monetary and Financial Economics, as well as a 'Diplôme d’Études Approfondies' (DEA) in Economics and Finance, both from the University of Geneva. He also earned a Minor in Information Systems and is a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD).

Léopold Coupet joined RAM Active Investments in April 2022 and currently works as a quantitative analyst in the Systematic team.

Since joining RAM, he has been dedicated to quantitative research and development, making a significant contribution to the company's advancements in systematic interest rate investments.

Léopold graduated from the financial engineering program at EPFL.

Louis-Alexandre Piquet joined RAM Active Investments in October 2019 and is a Quantitative Researcher in the Systematic Equities team.

Louis-Alexandre completed an internship at M Prime Energy before joining RAM AI for his Master Thesis Internship in 2019.

He graduated from Centrale Supélec with a degree in Applied Mathematics in 2018 and earned a Master’s in Financial Engineering from EPFL in 2019.

Nicolas Jamet is Senior Fund Manager at RAM AI’s Systematic team since 2016. He co-manages the systematic equity funds, working on the development of low-frequency systematic investment strategies. He is involved in enhancing AI infrastructure, incorporating sustainability into the fund range and contributes as a member of the Responsible Investment Committee.

Nicolas started his career as Portfolio Manager at Société Générale Hong Kong in 2006 and joined Macquarie Group to run a global fundamental quantitative book in 2011. In 2012, Nicolas co-founded Fundamental Dynamics, a hedge fund managing long/short global equity strategies for an institutional mandate.

Nicolas graduated in 2005 as a Business Engineer from the ICHEC Brussels Management School and in 2015, he became a CFA Charterholder.

Tian collaborates closely with Equity Portfolio Managers to design and implement innovative investment strategies. His primary focus lies in developing advanced Machine Learning models that integrate diverse structured and unstructured datasets to enhance alpha prediction. Recently, his efforts have concentrated on fine-tuning Large Language Models for feature extraction and return forecasting. Beyond his research, Tian contributes to the broader Machine Learning community as a reviewer for prestigious conferences such as ICLR, NeurIPS, and ICML.

Tian joined RAM AI in August 2019, bringing a strong academic background from his tenure at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, where he served as a post-doctoral Scientist from 2017 to 2019. During this time, his research focused on interpretable Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, automated Machine Learning, multi-task learning and transfer learning. Earlier, from 2012 to 2017, Tian pursued his doctoral studies as a Research Assistant at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he worked on neural networks for temporal data, streaming data mining, and distributed Machine Learning. In 2015, he further broadened his expertise by contributing to NEC Laboratories Europe as a member of the Network Data Analytics Research Group.

Tian holds PhD in Computer Science from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Tian graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). Tian has an impressive publication record, with contributions to some of the most prestigious conferences in Machine Learning and Data Mining.

Valentin Betrix is Senior Fund Manager at RAM AI’s Systematic team since 2013. He co-manages the various equity funds, focusing on developing systematic investment strategies across both low-frequency and mid-frequency approaches. He also contributes to trading analytics, rebalancing methodology and execution enhancement.

Valentin started his career at BNP Paribas as Corporate Finance Analyst and joined Alpstar Capital as Quantitative Analyst/Trader in 2007.

Valentin graduated as an Engineer from École des Mines and as an Actuary from Institut de Science Financière et d'Assurances in 2006.

Vincent Ollivier joined RAM Active Investments in June 2021 and is currently Credit Portfolio Manager for all credit strategies.

Vincent previously worked as a Fixed Income Junior Portfolio Manager for Groupe Financier de Gestion (GFG), an asset manager based in Monaco and worked in Portfolio Management at UBS AG in Monaco and at BNP Paribas in Paris.

Vincent obtained a Master in Management and an MSc in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School in Nice in 2016.

Alexandre Wolf is Senior Business Development Director responsible for the distribution of RAM AI funds in Germany, Austria, and the Benelux region. He is part of Mediobanca Management Company SA and is based in Luxembourg.

Alexandre started his career in the Asset Management industry in 2001 at Candriam (formely Dexia Asset Management) as an institutional sales manager and has since always been active in business development for specialist asset management companies. Before joining us, Alexandre was head of sales at Greiff Capital Management AG in Germany.

Alexandre holds a Master’s degree in Finance - Business Engineering in Banking, Finance, Insurance from Paris X University.

Clare’s role at RAM AI developed into Head of Product Management in June 2023 having originally been employed in October 2021 in a Client Services role. As Head of Product Management, Clare chairs the regular Product Management meetings and liaises with the key stakeholders and service providers to coordinate and manage the firm’s existing fund range and project manage upcoming launches.

Clare has over 20 years of experience in the industry, having worked for both small specialist boutiques and multi-billion dollar fund managers. Starting her career in 2001, Clare joined a small fund of funds in a Client Services role. Clare then joined Armajaro Asset Management in 2004 to Head their Investor Service department. In 2010, she joined Winton Capital Management as senior vice president of Investor Services. Clare’s role expanded as Head of Investor Service Operations at Winton Fund Management Limited before taking a short career break and consulting contract for Perspective Investments in 2019.

Clare graduated from the University of Central England with a BA(Hons) in Business and Finance.

Within RAM AI and Mediobanca Management Company, Cyrille oversees the distribution of RAM funds in France and Switzerland to professional and institutional investors. He also oversees the Investor Relations department.

He started his career in 2006 as an RFP writer and business development support at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the UK and in Switzerland. He joined RAM AI in 2011.

Cyrille graduated from the University of Geneva and holds a MA in Computational Linguistics and in Arabic Studies. He is a holder of the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and of the CIWM (Certified International Wealth Manager).

Within RAM AI and Mediobanca Management Company, Eleonora Biella is currently the Head of Institutional and Wholesale Italy for RAM AI products.

Eleonora has gained experience in previous roles at Goldman Sachs in London as a sales representative for structured products and at Prysmian Group in Milan in the Finance & Controlling area.

Eleonora holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (2004) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.

Frank Goasguen joined RAM AI's Board in 2018 and assumed the role of CEO in February 2023. He leads the firm's Executive Committee and is directly responsible for overseeing its infrastructure and commercial activities.

Frank Goasguen has had an international career, beginning at BNP Paribas, where he specialised in Asset Management around the turn of the century. He later became Global Head of Sales at ABN AMRO Asset Management, before taking on the role of Partner & COO at TT International in London. In 2017, he joined the Mediobanca Group as Head of Alternative Asset Management.

Frank Goasguen holds a dual master’s degree in Technology and Business Administration from Université Paris-Dauphine - PSL.

As Executive Director at RAM AI, Gaetano Russo leads the distribution and strategic growth of Mediobanca Certificates across German and Italian-speaking Switzerland.

In his role as Head of the Zurich office, he is responsible for cultivating direct trading relationships with institutional investors, private banks, family offices, and asset managers.

Gaetano’s career, which includes a tenure of over 14 years at Credit Suisse in Private Banking and EAM coverage, is marked by deep expertise in the financial sector.

He further specialised in structured products at renowned European brokerage firms, focusing on bespoke investment solutions and process optimisation for professional asset managers.

Gaetano holds a CAS in Investments and Derivatives and an Advanced Certificate in Structured Products from the University of Zurich, and is a certified Structured Products Expert from Zurich’s Swiss Derivative Institute.

Gianluca is Head of Retail Sales Italy and is responsible for sales activities for the retail channel in Italy.

Gianluca started his career at DWS Investments (Deutsche Bank Group) in 2010 initially within the Sales & Marketing Support team, moving then to the sales team for the retail channel in Italy. Gianluca then moved to Invesco Asset Management as Sales & Relationship Manager Retail for Italy, contributing to the growth of the Retail channel. In 2015 Gianluca moved to Pictet Asset Management as Sales Manager with responsibility for the Italian Retail market. Before joining RAM AI, Gianluca was Head of Business Development for Italy for Sempione SIM, a small boutique active in asset management and investment consulting. Gianluca joined RAM Active Investments in February 2019.

Gianluca holds a degree in Business Management with a specialization in Corporate Finance from the University of Pavia. Gianluca speaks Italian and English.

Kristen Pinner joined RAM Active Investments in July 2022 and is currently Marketing & Communications Officer.

She has previously worked in Scientific Communications as part of the R&D team at H&H Group in Geneva and as Digital Content & Account Executive at Digital Messaging Company in London.

In 2019, she obtained a BMus in Music Performance and Music Management from the University of West London and an MSc in Digital Marketing Leadership from the University of Aberdeen in 2023.

Peter Stiefel joined RAM Active Investments in November 2023 and is responsible for the distribution of RAM funds in Switzerland.

He began his career undertaking several roles at the UBS Investment Bank in New York and Geneva for 22 years, then was responsible for fund distribution in Switzerland and Liechtenstein at Alliance-Bernstein for 11 years. He later became the Country Head for Switzerland at Gonet La Française Advisors, followed by his position as senior sales at Muzinich & Co.

He is a certified board member of the Rochester-Bern University, a graduate of the Swiss Finance Institute’s Executive Program and the CAS in Asset Management.

Ramzy Chahboun joined RAM Active Investments in June 2024 as Client Services Officer, managing client queries, creating detailed fund presentations, computing financial statistics, and preparing tailored, specific reports for clients to meet their unique requirements.

Ramzy started his career as an Assistant Portfolio Manager intern at Barclays, where he gained experience in portfolio analysis and investment management.

Ramzy graduated with a Master's degree in Finance, specialising in Data Science, from HEC Lausanne.