Jetfin

JetFin is an investment advisory firm, providing advisory to institutional and private investors, investing in Emerging Markets. Founded in 2002, the firm is devoted to selecting funds in Emerging Markets. The firm helps also talented emerging markets hedge fund managers to raise capital. In addition, JetFin organizes, since 2005, regional specific hedge funds conferences for qualified investors. JetFin's office is in Switzerland.

People

Pierre Lavaud, founder of JetFin was head of sales and marketing for Capital Fund Management (CFM) from 1999 to 2002. CFM is the largest private hedge fund in France with close to $ 4 Billion under management. CFM manages quantitative funds in Long/Short arbitrage, CTA and volatility arbitrage. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Lavaud worked as European Sales Manager for UBITRADE. A leader in derivative capital markets (futures and options), UBITRADE provide cutting-edge software for the capital market industry. From 1992 to 1996, he worked as Sales Engineer in the Industrial Automation department of BOSCH, one of the 10 largest German industrial conglomerates, in Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. Mr. Lavaud is fluent in French, English, Italian and German. He graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Sophie Lavaud, is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at JetFin. Sophie Lavaud is also Member of the Geneva Committee of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, a global association of more than 6,000 professional women. 100WHF offers unique educational programming, professional development initiatives and philanthropy.
Prior to joining Jetfin, Mrs Lavaud worked 12 years in the Deluxe hotel industry as Sales, Marketing and Public Relations including 3 years as head of sales at Hotel "Le Richemond" in Geneva. Ms Lavaud has also worked several years in sales and distribution of Luxury goods with brands like L'Occitane, Hermès and Clarins. Sophie Lavaud is past-Chair of the "Advertising and Communication Club of Geneva" (CPG) since 2008 and organisation Board member since 1997.

Fanny Guerreiro, Marketing Executive. In charge of office and marketing coordination. Graduated from Business School Lausanne. Bilingual English and French.

Anastasia Sikacheva, Sales Executive, in charge of clients relationship. Graduated from Geneva Business School. Russian Native.

Advisory Board

Jetfin Advisory Board consists of representatives from leading firms of the alternative investment industry. As a steering board they work with JetFin to make sure that Jetfin strategy is right and that the conference agenda are pertinent, in-depth and meets all quality standards.

Paolo Cristofolini is external advisor to Jetfin. Mr. Cristofolini is a private investor with extensive experience in the field of alternative asset management, spanning two decades. Mr. Cristofolini is currently a managing partner of OWC Asset Management Ltd, a specialist manager running a highly successful fund investing in fine wines. Up to December 2003, Paolo Cristofolini was the President of Agora Capital Management, a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Bermuda, London, and Geneva. Prior to founding Agora, Mr. Cristofolini headed European Funds Management at Commodities Corporation for five years, and since 1997 ran simultaneously the European Private Asset Management group of Goldman Sachs. From 1987 to 1992 Mr. Cristofolini founded and ran one of the first dedicated European Funds of Hedge Funds managers, and prior to that he worked as a private banker with JP Morgan in Paris, New York, and Geneva. Mr. Cristofolini holds a Maîtrise de Gestion from Dauphine University in Paris. Mr. Cristofolini, is a Swiss and Italian national and lives in Monaco.

Olivier Neau is external advisor to Jetfin. Mr. Neau is currently Managing Director of Lcf Edmond de Rothschild in Paris. Until October 2005, he was Chairman of the Executive Board of Equalt, the hedge fund management division of Calyon. He was a managing director of Banque CPR between 1998 and 2000. He joined Banque CPR in 1989 and since has served in a number of capacities. He worked in the quantitative research department between 1989 and 1991, in the fixed income trading and arbitrage department as senior trader in Italian fixed income securities until 1995 and as head of emerging markets until September 1999. Between September 1999 and March 2000 he worked in the alternative asset management department of Banque CPR. He received a diploma from Ecole Polytechnique in 1987 and from ENSAE in 1989.

Vincent Kuhn is managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer of Eurogestion & Partners S.A. in Geneva which specializes in alternative asset management and wealth management. Mr. Kuhn was before a partner with Brian Barnier Asset Management in Paris. Until October 2005, Mr. Kuhn was International Director of Equalt Alternative Asset Management, the alternative specialist of Calyon, Crédit Agricole's corporate & investment bank. Mr. Kuhn joined Equalt in early 2002 to lead the firm's global marketing efforts and international business sales. He had held similar responsibilities, with a particular focus on North America and the Middle East, since 1998 at BAREP Asset Management, Société Générale's alternative asset management unit. He is a member of the Marketing Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the industry's leading association. Mr. Kuhn holds a Master's Degree in Law from the Sorbonne University in Paris and is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Science.