About
Interaction Partners is a Swiss Investor Relations Services & Advisory firm built around the idea of ‘Capital Market Empowerment for Issuers’ as we believe:
- Issuers should be more pro-active & fully in charge when reaching out to investors. They should not only rely on broker-sponsored events, as the latter suffer from inherent conflicts of interest
- Digitalization has not been applied properly in the area of investor access events and only partially in investor relations. The two areas need to be better interlinked
- MiFID 2 - while not fully enforced yet – will support this trend in the mid-term. The underlying idea of MIFID 2, increased transparency via unbundling, is too convincing to be abolished again
Consequently, Interaction Partners has developed schedulR, a cloud based, fully mobile application to connect issuers with the right investors, efficiently organize MiFID 2 compliant investor access events like roadshows, conferences or investor days, and provide investor relations professionals with the data and tools to manage these processes.
Interaction Partners also provides IR-related advisory services, adding human intelligence to leverage and complement the schedulR platform.
Meet the team behind Interaction Partners
Our multi-lingual and multi-local team combines decades of experience in brokerage, investor relations advisory and hands-on start-up experience complemented with young energetic talent.
Operations
Kilian Maier, CFA, PhD
Co-Founder / CEO
Kilian is a co-founder and CEO of Interaction Partners. He is based in Zurich.Before co-founding Interaction Partners he spent 12 years on the sell-side (cash equities), covering Swiss & German banks and assets managers as analyst at NZB Neue Zürcher Bank and MainFirst. In addition to analyst roles, he held various management roles from head of research (NZB) to head of the Zurich office (at MainFirst). Before joining the sell-side he spent 3 years as a consultant for Accenture (Strategy, Financial Services).
He holds a Master & PhD in Business Administration (University of St. Gallen / HSG). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Yasemin Diethelm-Ersan
Co-Founder / Board of Directors
Her focus is on platform development. She is based in Zurich.In addition to her role at Interaction Partners she will remain managing director at Pinkfisch, a succesful online party accessories startup, she co-founded in 2011. Prior to Pinkfisch, Yasemin worked for 5y as a sell-side analyst (Med Tech) at Zuercher Kantonalbank, and 4y in IR advisory at Wirz / IRF communications.
She holds a Master in Business Administration (University of St. Gallen / HSG).
Joshua Levie
Associate
Joshua is an associate of Interaction Partners. He is based in Zurich.Prior to Interaction Partners, Joshua has worked at Zurich Kantonalbank as operator in settlements as well as for a swiss start-up where he was in charge for marketing and customer relation issues.
Joshua is currently finishing up his International Management Bachelors Degree at Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Thomas Baumann, CEFA
Senior IR Advisor
Thomas is a Senior IR Advisor covering Swiss companies. He is based in Zurich.Before joining Interaction Partners he spent more than two decades on the sell-side (cash equities), first in sales, then covering Swiss companies in the Industrial and Services space as analyst at Julius Baer, NZB Neue Zürcher Bank, MainFirst and Mirabaud. In addition to his analyst roles he also was a co-founder of and held management positions at Neue Zürcher Bank (NZB).
He is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA).
Sarah Baader
Sarah is a summer intern at Interaction Partners. She is based in Zurich.Prior to Interaction Partners, Sarah has worked as a mathematics tutor at an international school in Zurich where she did one-on-one tutoring sessions.
Sarah is currently finishing up her International Affairs Bachelor Degree at the University of St. Gallen.
Advisory Board
Roland Abt, PhD
Advisory Board
Roland Abt is a member of the advisory board. His focus is on ‘corporate needs’.He is a member of the board of directors at Conzzeta AG and Swisscom AG. From 1996 to 2016 he worked for Georg Fischer AG of which the last 12 years as the CFO. Previously he held various positions at the Eternit Group (1987-1995) in Switzerland and Venezuela.
He holds a Master & PhD in Business Administration (University of St. Gallen / HSG).
Marc Effgen, CFA, CPA
Advisory Board
His focus is investor access in Geneva, where he is based.He is a portfolio manager & country manager for Rouvier associes and a lecturer at the University of Lausanne. Before that he worked as senior equity sales covering Geneva & UK clients with MainFirst in London, as head of sales for the Geneva office and in equity research (insurance & specialty finance) for Helvea / Baader, as a buy-side analyst for UBS Wealth Management (Ferrier Lullin & Cie.) and as a senior auditor for PWC.
He holds a master degree in business administration from the University of Lausanne. He is Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Nils Mehr
Advisory Board
Nils Mehr is a member of the advisory board. His focus is on HR & strategy and is based in Zurich.In addition to his role at Interaction Partners he is an independent HR consultant. Previously he worked in various senior HR roles in Zurich, London and Frankfurt for MainFirst (Group Head HR, Chief of Staff), Credit Suisse (COO HR), Zurich Insurance Group (Head HR GI) as well as for UBS, Deutsche Bank and Julius Baer.
He holds a degree from the University of Zurich (phil I/ Sekundarlehrer).
Marc Possa, CFA
Advisory Board
Marc Possa is a member of the advisory board. His focus is on ‘investor needs’.He is Managing Director and Partner at VV Vermögenverwaltung AG, a successful investment manager focussing on Swiss small and mid-caps which he joined in 2009. Previously he worked in various roles in investment banking (Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Lombard Odier) and investment management (Zuercher Kantonalbank).
He holds a master in business administration (University of Zurich) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Thomas Schneckenburger, CFA, PhD
Co-Founder / Advisory Board / Board of Directors
His focus is on business development.He is a Partner at Hirzel.Neef.Schmid.Konsulenten (HNS). Prior to joining HNS in 2014, he was CEO of bluechip financial communications, an IR advisory boutique, founded in 2009. From 2005 to 2009, he worked as a SME analyst at UBS and Deutsche Bank (cash equities, sell-side). Between 2001 and 2005 he was heading investor relations at SIG.
He holds a PhD in Business Administration (University of St. Gallen / HSG), and a dual degree of Industrial Engineering & Business (University of Karlsruhe). He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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Interaction Partners AG
www.interactionpartners.ch
Phone +41 44 585 35 20Zurich office:
Nüschelerstrasse 35, 8001 Zurich, SwitzerlandZug:
An der Lorze 21, 6300 Zug, SwitzerlandRegistered in Zug
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