Dr. Rico Baumgartner

[from 2007 - 2009 Managing Director of Frey Family Office AG) Responsible to provide Family Office Services like wealth management (consolidated reporting, strategic asset allocation, selection and supervision of asset managers), tax, inheritance and succession planning, establishment and management of new business activities and projects (e.g. establishment of banks), M&A, organisation of family conferences, establishment and implementation of family governance, philanthropic support.

Responsible for real estate services.

Responsible for CorTrust, a unit of Präsidial-Anstalt and for the development of the Wealth Advisory activities of the Group. Prior to the merger with Ritter Partner Holding in January 2006: FKG Advisors AG, CEO Bottom-line responsibility for the multi-client family office with focus on consolidated reporting, strategic asset allocation, manager selection and supervision as well as succession, tax and estate planning. In addition the company served as a financial advisor.

Lead 3 teams in Private Banking (unit was stopped after a few months due to change in top management): Corporate Advisory Team: supported entrepreneurs and executives in areas like M&A, IPO, Going Private, tax structures, succession planning or stock option plans; Sport/Art/Entertainment and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Desk: main target was to get access to gate keepers like agents, managers, lawyers and tax advisors and to provide specific solutions for those clients

Head Project Finance. Established and led a team which provided solutions for the insurance and financial protection of international projects (most industries, >100m US$; structured finance (incl. contingent capital and structured credit), access to capital market). Head Industry Practice Construction/Engineering. Led a team which developed new approaches / solutions to protect the balance sheet of the “Fortune 500” companies in the construction / engineering industry.

NMT (now integrated into HB Bioventure) was an independent venture capital company with focus on life science; it invested in start-up companies primarily in Switzerland (Arpida eg Antibiotics). Chief Financial Officer: Responsible for all financial aspects of NMT; worked out business plan and budget; defined the strategy together with other senior partners; organized fund raising; supervised start-up companies. Manager Operations/Legal Counsel: Established infrastructure for NMT and its start-up companies

Nueva was one of the 3 holding companies of Dr. Stephan Schmidheiny; it was active in the field of construction materials, pipe and water systems, forestry, wood products and long-term agricultural projects. Nueva consisted of some 40 companies and operated in almost every country of Latin America. Before the promotion to that position, i.e. from January 1995 until June 1995: Member of the Anova Management Team (title: “Vizedirektor”) with responsibilities for Risk Management / Legal Counsel.

Asea Brown Boveri is one of the world's leading groups in power generation and electrical engineering. Responsible for mergers & acquisitions / joint venture and large supply contracts (e.g. with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. in Japan); negotiated consortium contracts and large supply and technology transfer contracts for the power generation and transportation unit.