Speakers
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Daniel Seile Managing Director Daniel Seiler is Head of Vescore, the quantitative investing boutique of Vontobel Asset Management. He is responsible for the entire investment process, driving innovation in product development and research as well as managing the investment team. Since 2009, when Daniel Seiler joined Vescore Solutions AG as Chief Investment Officer, he has been instrumental in operating the company’s portfolio and investment management division. Prior to this, he ran the hedge fund platform of Swiss Capital Investment AG where he oversaw the investment activities of various funds of hedge funds, allocating 1.5 billion US dollars to a broad range of hedge funds. Daniel Seiler started his career as an analyst in the field of sustainable investments.
Daniel Seiler’s educational background includes a PhD (Dr. oec. HSG) and a Master’s degree in Financial and Capital Markets Theory from the University of St. Gallen (lic. oec. HSG). In his doctoral thesis, he focused on asset pricing and asset allocation. In addition, he holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zurich (dipl. natw. ETH).
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Sheridan Bowers Head of UK & Ireland Executive Director Sheridan joined Vontobel Asset Management, London Branch, in July 2011 as a Relationship Manager for our UK/Ireland Institutional Business and he was appointed Head of UK & Ireland in September 2015.
Sheridan has 21 years investment experience, across consultant relations and client relationship management. He started his career at Fidelity Investments in 1997, working with retail, wholesale and institutional clients. In 2003 Sheridan moved to Threadneedle Asset Management (now Columbia Threadneedle) as Institutional Client Account Manager where he was the first point of contact for pension schemes and their advisers.
Prior to joining Vontobel, Sheridan worked at Hermes Investment Management Limited from 2004 and was responsible for developing UK client and consultant relationships. In this role he also was involved in several strategic projects. Sheridan holds a BA (honours) in International Studies from the University of Leeds and the Investment Management Certificate.
