Philipp is Chief Executive Officer of BlueOrchard. As CEO, he leads the executive and extended management team and has executive oversight of the firm’s client and business areas, including strategy and resource management. Prior to that, Philipp held the position of Head Investment Solutions, heading the Global Investment Committee, and overseeing the portfolio management and asset allocation of all funds and mandates. Philipp joined BlueOrchard in 2018 from Partners Group, where he worked for ten years in Switzerland and the UK, most recently as Senior Vice President of Investment Solutions.

Philipp holds an MBA from ETH Zurich and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Zurich.

Maria Teresa is responsible for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) funds under BlueOrchard’s management and impact practice. Maria Teresa joined BlueOrchard in 2008 as Chief Investment Officer. Previously Maria Teresa worked as Senior Banker in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development financial institution team both in London and Central Asia. Prior to that she worked for the Asian Development Bank in Manila and was an ODI Fellow in Africa.

Maria Teresa holds a M.Phil degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Florence.

Georg joined Schroders in May 2019 assuming the newly-created role of Global Head of Private Assets. He is responsible for developing the firm’s private assets expertise on a global scale, drawing on over 20 years of experience. He is also a member of the Group Management Committee.

Most recently Georg was the Chief Executive Officer of HQ Capital, a private equity and real estate investment group based in Frankfurt and New York. Previously, Georg was at UBS and The Boston Consulting Group.

Georg studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen and Stockholm School of Economics and holds a PhD and a master’s degree from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Karin joined Schroders Greencoat (then Greencoat Capital) in 2014 and has since made more than €1.5bn of equity investments into the renewables sector. She was the original member of Schroders Greencoat’s UK Solar team which she has successfully co-led to be one of the top two owners of solar assets in the UK.

Karin is now based in Germany and is leading Schroders Greencoat’s European private markets team. She is responsible for managing the firm’s European investment strategies across institutional funds, mandates, and wealth products.

She joined from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she was part of the M&A and Corporate Finance Team, structuring equity and debt financing solutions for European clients.

Veronika has over 20 years of experience in emerging markets and impact finance. She was appointed Head of Impact Management in 2022. Previously, she was Head of Risk Management and member of the investment origination team, responsible for the regions in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, as well as other countries in Africa and Asia. She has been a voting member of various BlueOrchard committees, including the Risk, Investment, and Impact Committees.

Prior to joining BlueOrchard, Veronika worked at an international credit rating institution in Latin America and at a European bank on the derivatives pricing project team.

Veronika is an economist and holds an MSc in Economic Development from the University of Glasgow.

Felix is responsible for BlueOrchard’s private equity and sustainable infrastructure practices. Prior to joining BlueOrchard as Chief Operating Officer in 2016, Felix was an Executive Director of Corporate Business Development at Bank Vontobel. He has over 20 years of experience in shaping asset managers and financial services organizations as consultant and member of management.

Felix holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Before joining BlueOrchard, Sébastien worked in Paris for nine years for Réunica, a major French institutional investor. He was responsible for portfolio management, asset-liability management, asset allocation and mutual fund selection in multiple asset classes.

Prior to this, he held various roles at Caisse d’Epargne des Alpes in Grenoble for two years in the asset management team. Sébastien travelled by bicycle for two years on the American continent from Alaska to Patagonia to meet MFIs and microfinance customers on the way.

Sébastien holds a Masters Degree in Management from Grenoble Graduate Business School and is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA).

Evariste is head of public debt portfolio management at BlueOrchard. Before joining BlueOrchard in 2017, Evariste worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) in London from 2004 to 2016, where he managed active investment strategies across fixed income. Evariste holds an MSc in Financial Markets and Investments from Skema Business School and a Master’s degree from Paris Graduate School Of Management.

Michael is the Chief Executive Officer at BlueOrchard. In this capacity, he leads the firm’s strategic direction and execution of its mission to drive sustainable investment solutions. He leads the executive and extended management teams and has overall executive responsibility for the firm’s client and business operations. In his prior role, he was the Head Investment Solutions & Private Equity, overseeing the portfolio management and asset allocation of BlueOrchard’s funds and mandates as well as the development of product solutions. He chaired several investment committees in private debt and private equity. He has over 20 years of in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in public and private markets investment management and design and development of product and investment solutions. Prior to joining BlueOrchard, Michael held several management positions at Partners Group in Switzerland and the UK.

Michael is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Master in Banking & Finance from the University of Zurich.

Ashwin is responsible for BlueOrchard’s sustainable infrastructure investment practice. Prior to joining BlueOrchard in 2021, he was an Investment Director at African Infrastructure Investment Managers, deploying equity into infrastructure investments across the African continent, with an energy sector focus.  He has over 20 years of experience across the full infrastructure project lifecycle (project development, equity and debt investments, asset management).

Ashwin holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa.