Meet our team

Holder of a licence to practise law in Belgium, Aurélie Anciaux began her career in corporate law at a law firm. She then worked as a Compliance Officer at a holding company of an international banking group and at private banks in Belgium and Switzerland.

Aurélie also gained experience of regulatory consult ing while working at a large audit firm and is the author of the following publications:

• Les options sur actions, l'obligation pour les associés de contribuer aux pertes et les pactes léonins, together with Olivier Clevenbergh (Revue de Droit Commercial Belge, December 2006)
• Rôle et responsabilités des Compliance Officers – Questions théoriques et pratiques (MiFID, questions spéciales, Larcier, 2010)

She was a teacher on the Belgian Compliance Officer Certification Program (CCO Certification Program) and gave a speech during a conference on MiFID organised by the Economic Law Unit of the Free University of Brussels.

At BRP, Aurélie is mainly active in the field of advice and training for financial institutions. She is also responsible for the Legal Advisors team in Geneva.

Catherine Annen comes from a commercial background and has more than 30 years of experience, having worked as a Sales Administrative Assistant for several different Swiss and international companies.

She joined BRP SA as administrative support to our Organisational department.

Axel is known for his intelligence and dedication. He began his mascot career at BRP Geneva on 1st November 2019. Thanks to him, the sofas on the premises are much more regularly used. As a sociable animal, Axel strengthens team bonds and cohesion. He is also very affectionate, but sometimes a bit clingy! Axel is always looking for the company of an employee. He constantly wants to be involved in the activities of the office, whether he is watching others work or forcing someone to take him out. If you run into him, be firm and consistent in your requests if you do not want him to take advantage of your kindness.

Axel is also the brother of two ragdolls cats...

A licensed lawyer with a doctorate in law, Alessandro has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and regulatory field, in roles such as Deputy Director of the Authorization department at the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (now FINMA), Director at PWC Switzerland, and Head of Group Compliance at an international banking group.

A former Director of the CAS in Compliance Management course and lecturer at the University of Geneva, he still teaches at HEG ARC in Neuchâtel, as well as on the CAS in Compliance Management course in Geneva and at the Centro Studi Villa Negroni in Lugano. In addition, he often facilitates seminars and gives speeches on several regulatory topics, in Switzerland and aboard.

He is also the author of several publications, including:

• Bizzozero: Le contrat de gérance de fortune (thesis, 1993)
• Collective work: Le monde et la pratique bancaires suisses (1995)
• Bizzozero: Situation juridique de la banque relativement à l’activité d’un gérant indépendant
  (Thévenoz, Journée 1996 de droit bancaire et financier, 1996)
• Bizzozero, Zufferey: Le champ d’application de la Loi fédérale sur les fonds de placement.
  (Aktuelle Juristische Praxis AJP, N°1 1996)
• Zufferey, Bizzozero, Piaget: Qui est négociant en valeurs mobilières ? (co-author, 1997)
• Bizzozero: La legge federale sulle banche
  (Bernasconi, Choppard: Novità legislative per le attività bancarie svizzere, 1997)
• Bizzozero: Investment funds with special risks (Banco News No 3, 1997)
• Bizzozero: Gli interventi della Commissione federale delle banche in merito alla gestione patrimoniale
  (Chopard: Sulla gestione patrimoniale, 1997)
• Bizzozero: Les gérants de fortune au regard de la loi fédérale sur les bourses et le commerce de valeurs mobilières (Bulletin ASG No 38, 1998)
• Bizzozero: LBVM – Dispositions transitoires pour les négociants (Der Schweizerischer Treuhänder Nos 6-7, 1998)
• Bizzozero: Les interventions urgentes de la Commission fédérale des banques (Bernasconi, Choppard: Mesures provisionnelles et judiciaires administratives, 1999)
• Bizzozero, Fehlmann: Le regole del gioco (Ticino Management, 2000)
• Bizzozero: Gestion de fortune : Risques de violation de normes prudentielles (Bernasconi, Choppard: Responsabilités légales dans la gestion de fortune, 2001)
• Collective work: Droit de la concurrence (Commentaire romand, 2002)
• Bizzozero, Berclaz: The new Swiss Ordinance on the Prevention of Money Laundering (Swiss Derivatives Review, No 24, 2004)
• Bizzozero: Le projet de circulaire CFB sur le contrôle et la surveillance internes (Journée 2005 de droit bancaire et financier, 2006)
• Gianella, Bizzozero: Obblighi di diligenza nella relazione con la clientela (Erez, Nasciutti: Compliance Management, una guida per il settore finanziario, 2009)
• Bizzozero: Directive sur les gestionnaires de fonds d’investissement alternatifs (Journée 2009 de droit bancaire et financier, 2010)
• Bizzozero, Robinson: Activités financières cross-border vers et depuis la Suisse, 2010
• Bizzozero, Maillard: Gérants indépendants – Gestion des risques par la banque dépositaire, 2013
• Bizzozero: Obligations d'éclaircir et de corroborer au regard des règles anti-blanchiment (Blanchiment d'argent, Genève, Schulthess, 2014, pages 139-152)
• Bizzozero: Le démarchage de l’établissement de relations d’affaires (Services financiers: Suisse et Union européenne, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, 2016, pages 43-79)
• Bizzozero, McGrant, Bartels: After Brexit – Cross-border financial services from the UK into the EU, Zurich, Basel, Geneva, 2017
• Bizzozero, Falletti, Meregalli Do Duc: Le mandat de gestion de fortune, Zurich, Basel, Geneva, 2017
• Bizzozero, Maillard: Organisation appropriée (Erez Giorgietti: Compliance 5.0, Vezia, Basel, 2019, page 73 et seq)

Alessandro is a member of the Boards and Audit and Risks Committees of several banks and financial institutions in Geneva, Lugano and Beirut.

Holder of a license in business administration from the University of Bern, Daria has over 20 years of experience as a manager in the Governance, Risk and Compliance domain, gained in a bank operating internationally in Private Banking.

At BRP, Daria is mainly active in creating and updating Private Banking Country Manuals.

Claire Capdevielle holds a master's degree in Management and Corporate Organisation and has strong international experience in project management. Her entrepreneurial spirit and global vision led her to join BRP as a Marketing & Communication Project Manager. Since 2024 she has been Head of Marketing and Visual Design.

Holder of a licence to practise law in Argentina and a Master’s Degree in Business Law (LLM), Luisa Dutto has more than 20 years of experience, including 15 years in the banking and regulatory field.

She first worked in two internationally renowned law firms in Argentina, where she gained general practice experience in the fields of commercial, contract and private law. Luisa then moved to Switzerland, where she worked in the legal departments of two large Swiss banks and was responsible for the legal coverage of their private banking business in Latin America.

She has also worked in the Singapore office of an Australian law firm and in a prominent international business group headquartered in Singapore. There, Luisa was responsible for compliance matters related to portfolio management of the group for investments in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Furthermore she supported the legal function in investment projects relating to those regions.

During 2005 and 2006 Luisa was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires and at Philadelphia College for Advanced Studies – ESEADE University Institute, Buenos Aires.

Luisa Dutto worked at the Singapore office of BRP before joining the Zurich office. She is currently responsible for creating and updating Country Manuals for Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, and advises and provides training on cross-border matters for clients in the jurisdictions covered.

Jean-Marc Favre is a Swiss Chartered Public Accountant with a degree from the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) of the University of Lausanne

Jean-Marc Favre has over 30 years of experience in financial audit and first-hand experience of operational and technical issues connected with taxation. He began his career with one of the ‘Big Four’, and later worked for financial institutions in Switzerland

After obtaining a Master’s Degree in Law, Patrick Genazzi began his career in the Regulatory department of a major audit firm. He then worked for six years in an international bank, where he was in charge of compliance for the Trading and Asset Management department and was responsible for the Group’s regulatory projects

Patrick is the CEO of BRP Bizzozero & Partners SA. He is in charge of the company’s Technological development and specialises in the implementation of FinSA and MiFID projects

He is a member of the Board of BPR Tax SA, a company specialising in cross-border tax issues

Patrick regularly gives public lectures/trainings on current regulatory topics, mainly on cross-border regulation, FinSA, MiFID I and IDD. He is also a member of the SFAA Expert Commission in Wealth Management

Holder of a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Geneva

Daniele started his career in a financial institution as a Trading Support Specialist before joining the Tax Operation Department of a Private Bank in Switzerland. There, he spent several years developing his skills in various tax and regulatory topics

Aline Gisiger is a chartered expert in financial and managerial accounting and reporting, and holder of a Swiss federal certification as a finance and accounting specialist.

Aline started her career working for a leading accounting firm, in charge of various audit mandate mainly in the Service industry. She then joined BRP to set up and manage the Finance department of the company, leading her to oversee the Group account and financial operations.

Aline has been appointed Partner in 2020.

In her constant willingness to develops internal expertise and competencies, as well as sharing her knowledge, she additionally acts as apprentices trainer.

Aline Gisiger is currently in charge of the accounting, finance, tax and HR issues of BRP Group.

With a commercial background and solid experience in the field of international trading in commodities (grains, pulses and coffee), Isabelle Grillard has held several positions as an Administrative and Commercial Assistant for Swiss and international companies.

She joined BRP SA as administrative support to our Organisational department.

Duleeka holds a Master of Laws and Economics from the University of Lausanne with a specialisation in financial law. In parallel to her legal studies, she worked at an internationally renowned bank in the asset management department. In addition, she also completed a legal internship in the fight against economic crime

Duleeka joined BRP in July 2024 as a member of the Private Banking team in Geneva

A Swiss-qualified lawyer, Annette Hafner started her career in an internationally renowned Geneva-based law firm in the fields of financial and business law. She then worked for the Swiss Ministry of Finance, and in both the Public Policy and the Private Banking departments of a leading Swiss bank.

Before joining BRP’s office in Zurich, Annette worked at the Swiss Secretariat of State for International Financial Matters, where she was mainly responsible for matters related to market access to the European Union and EU regulation.

In addition, Annette has extensive experience of working abroad. She worked for one of the most prestigious law firms in Montreal, Canada, and as Counsel to the Washington State Government in the United States. Annette also spent several years as a Legal Counsel and Expert in comparative law for the Chilean Parliament in Valparaiso, Chile.

At BRP, Annette Hafner’s focus lies on cross-border matters in relation to the member states of the European Union and other European countries. She provides advice as well as training, and coordinates the updating of the different Country Manuals. Annette also covers parts of Latin America and Asia. In addition, based on her qualification as a Swiss attorney, Annette provides legal advice to clients regarding Swiss law and writes opinions for BRP’s Swiss Regulatory Library.

She is also the author of several publications, including:

• Various publications issued by the Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, among others:
• Hafner: Interpelación parlamentaria. Análisis desde diferentes sistemas de gobierno
  (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, December 2018
  • Hafner: El negacionismo en la legislación comparada
    (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, March 2014)
  • Hafner: Terminología en torno a la unión civil en el mundo – Derecho comparado
    (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, May 2014)
  • Hafner: La protección de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales en la Constitución – Derecho comparado (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, June 2014)
• Hafner, David. S Geber: Optimale regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen für den Finanzplatz Schweiz – ein Überblick (Die Volkswirtschaft, November 2006)
• Hafner: Transparenz als Basis optimaler Finanzmarktregulierung (Die Volkswirtschaft 3-2005)

Holder of a licence to practise law and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Zurich, Martin Horni started his career in private and business law at an interdisciplinary law firm in Wil, in the Canton of St. Gallen. He then joined the Legal and Compliance department of a leading Swiss retail banking group, where he dealt with legal issues relating to tax compliance. His responsibilities included the group-wide implementation of processes in relation to the fulfilment of the requirements in connection with the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) and the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

At BRP, Martin Horni acts as a Legal Advisor on regulatory aspects of financial product distribution and asset management as well as creating and updating the Country Manuals.

He is also the author of the following publications:

• King, Horni, Grebe: §35 Sorgfaltspflichten in: Zweifel, Beusch, Oesterhelt (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Steuerrecht, Amtshilfe, Basel 2020
• Horni: Tax Update: Aktuelle Entwicklungen beim AIA (Online publication, Kalaidos Blog, https://www.kalaidos-fh.ch/de-CH/Blogs/Posts/2019/01/sr-1151-Tax-Update-Automatischer-Informationsaustausch-AIA-aktuelle-Entwicklungen, 14 January 2019)
• Horni, Winiger: Interview: Automatischer Informationsaustausch (online publication, Kalaidos Blog, https://www.kalaidos-fh.ch/de-CH/Blogs/Posts/2019/01/sr-1152-Interview-Automatischer-Informationsaustausch-Winiger-Horni, 21 January 2019)

Stéphane holds a Master's degree in law from the University of Fribourg, focusing on public law, mainly banking and tax law.

During his studies at the University, he completed various legal internships, in particular with law firms, notaries' offices and with the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Stéphane notably gained experience in regulatory compliance and the cross-border field during a one-year traineeship with BRP Tax, in parallel with his studies before joining BRP in June 2021. After having been active in the Private Banking team, he joined the Products and Asset Management team at the beginning of 2022.

At BRP, Stéphane works in the Products and Asset Management team. He is mainly active at creating and updating Country Manuals Products, and giving various trainings related to the subject.

Marie-Cannelle holds a Master of Law from the University of Geneva, completed by an exchange semester at the University of Zurich. In parallel to her legal studies, she worked for a few years in the Compliance department of one of the major Swiss private banks

Before joining BRP Marie-Cannelle gained further professional experience as a Junior Compliance Officer for a leading Swiss online bank

At BRP, Marie-Cannelle works in the Private Banking team creating and updating the Country Manuals, providing cross-border trainings, and managing clients’ mandates on cross-border matters

Holder of a licence to practise law from the High Court of Zurich, Benjamin Kurmann has more than fifteen years of experience in the legal industry.

He qualified as a Master of Law (lic. iur.) at the University of Zurich and as an Executive Master of European and International Business Law (E.M.B.L-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen.

He started his career in a renowned Zurich-based law firm in the fields of business law, company law, banking law and private law. He then joined the Private Banking department of a leading Swiss bank, advising clients on legal matters and succession planning in a Swiss and international environment.

At BRP, Benjamin Kurmann advises banks and financial intermediaries and provides training in cross-border matters, specialising in the cross-border regulation of Eastern countries, as well as in matters of Swiss financial law. He also heads the Zurich branch.

Benjamin gives lectures at a number of recognised educational institutions, including the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich.

He is author of the following publication:

• Chancen und Risiken der grenzüberschreitenden kollektiven Wahrnehmung von Urheberrechten in der Europäischen Union (Baudenbacher, Kokott: Aktuelle Probleme des Europäischen und Internationalen Wirtschaftsrechts, vol. 13, St. Gallen, 2011)

Geoffroy joined BRP and Indigita over three years ago to drive the development of cross-border solutions for banks and external asset managers (EAMs). His client-focused and solution-oriented mindset, combined with his enthusiasm for delivering the best solutions, now extends to promoting Aosphere offerings in the Swiss market. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance and began his career in Ireland with an international financial group. He later moved to Switzerland, to work for Multi-Family Offices.

Holder of a licence to practise law, Sophie Maillard obtained her Master of Law from the University of Fribourg, and started her career in the Compliance department of a large Swiss bank before joining the Swiss supervisory authority (the Federal Banking Commission, now FINMA). She specialises in the authorisation requirements for banks and securities dealers, and the relevant Swiss regulations.

Sophie teaches on the CAS Compliance Management course at the University of Geneva and at HEG Arc in Neuchâtel.

She is also the author of two publications:

• Bizzozero, Maillard: Gérants indépendants – Gestion des risques par la banque dépositaire, 2013
• Bizzozero, Maillard: Organisation appropriée (Erez, Giorgietti: Compliance 5.0, Vezia, Basel, 2019, page 73 et seq).

Sophie is a member of the Boards and Audit Committees of various financial intermediaries in Geneva.

Alexandra is a Spanish-qualified lawyer with a Diploma in Business Administration from ICADE – Comillas Pontifical University (Madrid, Spain). She brings over 20 years of professional experience, having held key roles in the Wealth and Tax Planning, as well as Legal departments of several prominent banks in both Switzerland and the United States.

Throughout her career, Alexandra has specialized in cross-border tax matters, with a particular focus on the taxation of individual investors in Iberia and Latin America, among other jurisdictions. Her work has consistently centered on complex, multi-jurisdictional tax issues.

She is a member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and a specialist in the field of taxation of financial products

Alexandra joined BRP Tax in September 2019 as Director and Senior Tax Lawyer. In her current role, she is primarily responsible for the creation and maintenance of a wide range of Tax Investment Manuals, as well as the tax-related content of other BRP Country Manuals, including those focused on credit and trustee matters

After studying chemistry at university, Richard McGrand became involved in financial services regulation. He worked as a Securities Regulator at the International Stock Exchange in London and at the Securities and Futures Authority for six years. Richard then moved into the industry and worked as a Compliance and AML Specialist for 17 years at a range of financial services institutions, including international banks and asset managers. He was the Compliance Lead for the UK operations of four different banks. Richard also had a three-year stint as a Regulatory Advisor specialising in conduct issues at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He has various industry qualifications including the Securities Industry Examination Diploma and the Registered Representative exam.

He has had an interest in cross-border activity since the late 1990s and was involved as an author of:

• Bizzozero, McGrand, Bartels: After Brexit – Cross-border financial services from the UK into the EU (Zurich, Basel, Geneva, 2017)

Holder of a licence to practise law, Yvar Mentha worked for a large private bank for over 20 years, first in the Legal department and then for 15 years in various executive asset management functions. Yvar was a member of the Board of the Swiss Funds Association (SFA) for 10 years and had a key role in representing Swiss private bankers on the revision of the Swiss Bankers Association’s Portfolio Management Guidelines.

At BRP, Yvar is principally in charge of providing advice in the field of collective and private asset management.

Romain Potet is a Swiss Certified Tax Expert, STEP Affiliate, and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering along with a postgraduate MBA.

With over a decade of experience in the banking industry, Romain has built deep expertise in international taxation, cross-border regulatory matters, and private banking.

Known for his client-focused approach, he has developed practical solutions to complex tax challenges, notably in response to evolving transparency regulations and digital transformation within the tax function.

Romain joined the group as CEO of BRP Tax SA in 2019, a role he held until July 2025. During this period, he oversaw the firm’s growth, including the development of an innovative cross-border lending tax solution, and led the production of specialised tax legal content for financial institutions.

Following the merger of BRP Tax SA with BRP Bizzozero & Partners SA on 1 July 2025, Romain became Partner – Head of Tax Products at BRP, where he now leads the firm’s consolidated tax offering and contributes to its strategic development within the new group organisation.

Ph.D. in Physics with 10 years of successful accomplishment in both academic research and digital consulting services. Alberto developed his career in top European research centers before focusing on innovative projects that leverage Artificial Intelligence to enhance business processes. Alberto has strong analytical skills and extensive experience handling, analyzing, and interpreting large datasets as well as leveraging a problem-solving mindset to develop innovative solutions.

Gautier obtained a Bachelor’s and a Master's degree in law at the University of Fribourg, focusing on contract and banking law. He also acted as a tutor in commercial law for Prof. Stoffel.

In parallel to his studies, he worked at a well-known notary office for five years, drafting contracts and legal acts.

Gautier joined BRP in September 2021 as a member of the Private Banking and Credits team in Geneva. He is now working part-time and pursuing a doctoral thesis on suitability in Swiss and EU Law with Prof. Zufferey at the University of Fribourg.

Diploma in international trade with more than 10 years of experience in the organization of leisures and business travels, completed by experience in multimodal transport international trade import / export.

Versatile in the administrative position and oriented customer service.

Faysal Started his professional experience as an Engineer after graduating in 2014 with a BSc. in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Loughborough University (UK) with First Class Honours. Upon graduation, Faysal worked for 3 years as Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering. In 2017, Faysal moved to Geneva to continue his studies at the University of Geneva, where he received his second BSc. in Computer Science and is now working towards MSc. in Computer Science.

Faysal specializes in developing tailored software that automates business processes, web scraping, web monitoring, and assists in BRP's Digital Transformation journey.

After obtaining a degree in Economics and German literature, Daniel Scheinmann began his career in bank auditing and risk management. He has over 20 years’ experience in the field of compliance, having worked with two large banking institutions and as Chief Compliance Officer of a foreign bank subsidiary.

At BRP, Daniel’s main task is the creation and updating of Private Banking Country Manuals.

Confirmed experience in national and multinational companies, in various activity fields, of which 12 years in the financial sector as Real Estate Specialist and Head of Transactions and Administration at two Fund Management Companies.

Holder of a Translator’s Diploma (German, French, Italian) from the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (D).

Joined BRP (50%) and Indigita (50%) in March 2021.

After reading law at the University of Sheffield, Karina Singh completed her academic qualification with a programme of advanced legal studies over two years in a large insurance company. She then continued her studies at London Law School, where she specialised as a commercial lawyer.

At BRP, Karina mainly focuses on creating and updating Private Banking Country Manuals.

Arthur is a dedicated computer science student at IDEC in Renens, Switzerland, specializing in ERP development with C# .NET Core. Initially pursuing criminal sciences at the University of Lausanne, he discovered a passion for programming through an intensive Python course. Arthur has developed practical skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Node.js, creating a client management software for his dogsitting business, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit

He currently works as a Junior Software Developer. Arthur's background includes experience in financial advisory and various internships, highlighting his technical and problem-solving abilities. Highly motivated and autonomous, he aims to advance his career at BRP as an ERP developer, contributing to innovative projects and dynamic teams

Holder of a Master's degree in Political Economy from King’s College London and a Master degree in Risk Management and Financial Regulation from Sciences Po Paris, he gained a first experience in the Risk Management Department of a Swiss bank. He then went on to work in the Private Banking Department as a Relationship Manager where he developed a strong interest in sustainable finance. In parallel, he was a lecturer in Economics and Finance at a French University.

At BRP, Jean-François is active with the Team Products and mainly focusing on Sustainable topics.