Senior Partner, Capital Markets 

Mr. John d'Abo is a Senior Partner and responsible for Capital Markets with Strategic Swiss Partners. Mr. d’Abo has over 25 years of experience in Investment Banking in various positions around the world. He has worked in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York over this period for institutions such as HSBC, Credit Suisse, Daiwa, RBS and CLSA. Mr. d’Abo has specialized in raising equity in both the public and private markets, on deals ranging from $5m for private companies to multi-billion dollar government privatizations. He has specialized in matching the capital requirements of companies around the globe with international investors, across many sectors, but in Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors in particular. In addition to his knowledge of global investors, John has amassed a network of global corporate contacts, which have proven to be equally useful for assistance with M&A mandates. 

Partner, Private Equity

Mr. Florian Wegmann is a Partner and responsible for Private Equity with Strategic Swiss Partners. Based in Switzerland Mr. Wegmann is a multilingual investment professional, with over 10 years’ industry experience. He has shown a proven track record in executing various investment strategies, with experience in valuing, originating, negotiating, and closing various deals. His experience across numerous markets is underpinned by a sense of analytical rigor that makes him a proactive working force.

Mr. Wegmann has been responsible for a range of crucial business developments, from raising funds, to managing investor relations and multi-asset experience. Mr. Wegmann also has extensive skills in people leadership, end-to-end deal management, and more.

Mr. Wegmann has earned his Master’s of science degree in management, technology and economics.

Partner, Investments ( Middle-East )

Hashim Omran is a Partner who brings a long track record spent in Investment Management to Strategic Swiss Partners. Hashim has spent 15 years allocating capital across the Middle East and Africa in both public and private markets. He spent more than 12 years with EFG-Hermes - the largest investment bank in the Middle East and Africa - as a fund manager.  Throughout his tenure with the firm, he managed various funds and portfolios for some of the world's largest SWFs and endowments.  In his last role as a Managing Director, he was managing the platform's largest fund that invested across both public and private markets. It was in this role that he served as a board member for some of the region's most innovative and fastest growing companies across various industries. His experience in public markets and private equity brings a host of many synergies to SSP's global platform.

Partner, Finance & Investments

Datin Maznah Mahbob is Partner (Asia) for Finance and Investments at Strategic Swiss Partners.

Formerly she was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AmInvest, a multiple award-winning fund management house from Malaysia with global funds management expertise and a 35-year proven track record. Datin Maznah has been in the funds management industry for 28 years, initially in a fund management role before assuming the responsibility of CEO 14 years ago. Prior to this, she was in the Corporate Finance Department of AmInvestment Bank for 3 years. She is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK) and holds the Capital Markets Services Representative’s License. She has also attended various postgraduate executive management programs including the Investment Management Program at Harvard Business School. Datin Maznah regularly speaks at domestic and international investment conferences covering both Shariah-compliant and conventional investment strategies. Among the subjects she has covered, are intelligent investment solutions and products, and distribution strategies of funds globally. Other than being a regular speaker at reputable conferences, she also contributes articles to publications such as “Investing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region”, published by Euromoney Books. Datin Maznah was recently named in the TOP 50 among the Islamic 500 (in collaboration with Forbes) list of the most influential people in the World Halal Economy.

Partner, Investments 

Mr. Tuck Weng Low is a Partner with Strategic Swiss Partners and his main career has been in corporate & investment banking. This was for a span of 19 years when he covered project finance, debt capital markets, and FICC (forex, fixed income, & commodity) derivatives for sovereign & institutional clients. He spent a further 6 years in private banking & investment management, structuring in all asset classes before moving into a single family office for a further 6 years. He served for several famous institutions, such as:  Goldman Sachs, Nomura, SBC Warburg, JP Morgan, HSBC in London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. Mr. Tuck Weng, aside from his finance career, has been involved in fintech (trading software) in Palo Alto (1990s) as well as biotech in Singapore.

Partner, Investments 

Mr. Steven Morales de Medrano is a Partner with Strategic Swiss Partners and contributes expertise in M&A & Private Equity with an active presence in Switzerland, Monaco and Dubai.  
His current professional area of focus is alternative investing: Private Equity, Commercial Real Estate (Luxury hotels), Art Investments, and Absolute Return portfolios.  In Dubai, he is a member of a team of experts in luxury supporting an INSEAD sponsored accelerator for start-ups in disruptive technology. Prior he spent 15 years as a Director and U.S. Equity Portfolio Manager at one of Spain's largest banks, managing Sicavs and investment funds, and developing and coding models for forecasting and trading a broad range of asset classes.
Previous roles include: fixed income sales & trading, institutional equity brokerage, and private banking.  He has provided a seminar course for the M.S. in Quantitative Finance at ETH in Zurich.  He is originally from Pasadena, California and holds: B.A. in Economics (U.C. Berkeley), MBA (INSEAD)

Partner, China and Asia

Yunsong is a professional and seasoned China market consultant with over 20 years of demonstrable track record on a truly global scene. Born and raised in Beijing, educated in Australia and having worked in Switzerland, China and Singapore, her life and career have taken her to diverse corners of the world. Yunsong cemented her extensive knowledge in Private Banking (Strategy and Sales & Marketing) during her earlier roles in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore. She was consequently seconded to China for almost 5 years and played an instrumental role in building the first two domestic private banks in China through the strategic partnership between RBS and Bank of China. Building on her deep understanding of the culture, her strength and interest today her focus lies on China related business development - from relationship building, to network connections, to business introductions and operational support. After living many years in Switzerland and with her access to the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, she has the network and capability to connect companies with in-bound and out-bound opportunities. Yunsong has a bachelor’s degree in Information Management from the University of Melbourne, a degree in CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) and an EMBA from both INSEAD and Tsinghua.

Partner, Head of Institutional Sales

Wolfgang Maenner is a Partner and Head of Institutional Sales with Strategic Swiss Partners. Wolfgang served as Global Institutional Advisor for the Asset Management arm of a large Swiss Private Bank. He was Global Head of Sales for two alternative investment managers in San Francisco and Zurich. Before that he worked as Family Office Advisor for two well-known Swiss Banks.

Wolfgang Maenner completed a banking apprenticeship at Commerzbank in Stuttgart, earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Heidelberg and a Master in finance from the University of Basel. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

Partner, Asset Management

Richard Kleinbauer is a Partner and contributes his asset management expertise and experience to Strategic Swiss Partners Rich has spent nearly three decades in the field of financial management, managing pension fund assets governed by the Swiss occupational benefits program, UCITS-regulated bond and equity funds, and large institutional portfolio mandates. He has run teams of money managers, was CIO at two financial institutions in Geneva, and has won several awards for performance managing both equity and bond funds. Rich has been instrumental in the development of several innovative, leading edge investment products, and in 2005, Rich Kleinbauer established RMK Research & Markets Sàrl, a provider of investment council, strategic advice and research to institutional asset managers in Europe. Rich is a Swiss and American national; his first language is English but he also speaks French and German fluently and regularly.

Partner, FMCG and Retail

Mr. Remco Verwoerd is a Partner with Strategic Swiss Partners. He operated in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) business for the past 30 years. In Europe he worked for companies such as Unilever, Cadbury and Nestlé and became an expert on emerging Central and Eastern European markets. In his capacity as Managing Director he led the development of the various businesses he was responsible for and acquired, merged and divested several businesses. In late 2009 he started to work in Asia, first for Tesco Stores in Malaysia and afterwards as a consultant, working both independently, as well as working for the BIG 4 consultancy firms on a regular basis.
Mr. Verwoerd has extensive skills in people leadership, strategy and business development, turn-around management and raising funds. He holds a Master’s of science degree in Economic Geography from The University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. On a personal mote, Remco is curious by nature, likes to explore new opportunities and speaks English, German, French and Dutch.

Partner

Zahir Khan - With over 25 years of international commercial finance and business strategy expertise, Zahir has worked with international corporations with regard to restructuring, advising, coaching and consulting senior leaders and implementing growth strategies. He has advised and raised more than $850m in various forms of debt and equity finance for SME’s within sectors such as: digital & technology, software, SaaS, energy, manufacturing, marine, real estate & leisure, infrastructure, development projects and has extensive network of private equity and venture capital clients. Zahir has an MBA and BSc from a top UK university in Business Strategy and Finance.