Our Team

Professional experience:
With more than 20 years of experience in the Swiss finance and wealth management industry, Marco Fiorini has built an impressive track record in sales, business development, and management positions. His expertise in negotiations, international and legal know-how, as well as in the development of long-term business partnerships, has enabled him to build a stable network of clients in Switzerland, including family offices, distribution platforms, banks, and wealth managers.

Key competencies & experience:
Marco Fiorini is an experienced Global Key Account Manager active in the financial industry. His skills cover sales and business development, where he has successfully managed complex relationships with various stakeholders, particularly major Swiss banks and international platforms. In doing so, he has consistently taken into account the individual needs of his clients and achieved their objectives. In addition, Marco has extensive expertise in investment strategies, including long-term equity and fixed-income strategies, absolute-return strategies, and alternative investments. This enables him to adapt flexibly to the requirements of different clients and meet their financial objectives. Through his results-oriented approach and strong team spirit, Marco has built strong and lasting client relationships. His continuous interest in financial markets and wealth management drives him to identify new opportunities for growth and to maintain long-standing relationships with his clients.

Professional experience:
J.-D. Bütikofer, CFA, is an experienced board member and investment advisor with an impressive career spanning more than three decades in the financial industry. He currently holds a mandate at Bonafide Wealth Management AG and serves on the Board of Directors of Atlantic Forfaiting Company Ltd, a Swiss asset manager specialising in emerging markets and private debt markets. His extensive experience includes senior positions at regulated asset managers and banks in Switzerland, the EU, and the United States. From 2014 to 2022, he was Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at Voya Investment Management in Atlanta, USA. In autumn 2022, he joined Atlantic Forfaiting, followed by Bonafide in spring 2024. In addition, he advises mid-sized financial companies, SMEs, investment funds, and multi-family offices on investment strategies and capital-raising solutions.

Key competencies & experience:
Jean-Dominique Bütikofer holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and is a CFA charterholder. He speaks fluent English, French, German, and Spanish, which complements his ability to operate effectively in international financial markets. His expertise lies in emerging markets, global fixed-income securities, currencies, as well as public and private credit markets, with a proven track record in investment management and advisory roles. His strategic insights and advisory capabilities have helped numerous financial institutions achieve their investment objectives and optimise their capital-raising efforts.

Professional experience:
Marco Berweger is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Bonafide Wealth Management AG and is responsible for Operations, Marketing, and Sales. He combines strategic thinking with strong execution capabilities and makes a significant contribution to the further development of Bonafide’s market positioning, internal processes, and growth. He began his professional career at a Swiss regional bank, where he gained broad experience from 2014 to 2020 in client advisory, investment advisory, marketing, compliance, executive management assistance, and junior talent development. Marco Berweger holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance with a focus on Capital Markets and Data Science from the ZHAW School of Management and Law, as well as a degree as Business Economist FH.

Key competencies & experience:
Marco is an ambitious finance expert with a strong entrepreneurial mindset, excellent communication skills, and a clear sales orientation. His strengths lie in the development of effective marketing and sales strategies, the establishment of professional client relationships, and the leadership and development of teams. With analytical precision, strong personal initiative, and consistent execution capabilities, he makes an important contribution to Bonafide’s long-term value creation and successful growth.

Professional experience:
Philipp Hämmerli is the managing director responsible for the portfolio management and research team. Before joining Bonafide in spring 2018, he worked for Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) in the institutional clients business for five years. His main activities included advising fund clients on banking, stock market and fund-related topics. His entry into finance began in 2007 with a classical banking apprenticeship. His affinity for the world markets intensified as a junior trader for a Swiss regional bank, where he dedicated himself to the execution of stock exchange and foreign exchange transactions, refinancing and liquidity management, among other things. He holds a bachelor's degree in banking & finance from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Key competencies & experience:
Expert in financial analysis of companies, especially in the fish & seafood universe. Several years of experience with fund structures, especially the versatile duties of fund custodianship. Broad specialist knowledge in trading in securities, foreign exchange and money market transactions.

Professional experience:
Christoph Baldegger is the initiator and founder of Bonafide. From 2004 to 2008, he was a member of the executive management team of a private equity company and jointly responsible for developing real asset investments in the areas of fish farming, farmland, and timber. From 1998 to 2004, he contributed his expertise in research, corporate development and advisory, as well as fund management, at various Swiss private banks. From 1990 to 1998, he worked as an investment banker in Switzerland and London. He subsequently took the step into self-employment and founded Bonafide. For many years, he worked in sales and was also part of the Investment Committee. Christoph Baldegger is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA).

Key competencies & experience:
Experience in aquaculture and fisheries; participation in the FBA aquaculture course for fish farmers; holder of his own fishing licence; international industry experience; development of aquaculture in South America; leadership skills and marketing experience; development of Bonafide and launch of the Bonafide Global Fish Fund.