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Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd (“CSILS”) is a stock company incorporated under Swiss law and authorized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as asset manager of collective investment schemes. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG.

Executive Board
Investment Team Leaders

Niklaus Hilti, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Niklaus Hilti has more than 17 years of experience in the reinsurance and ILS industry and has been with the team since the beginning at Bank Leu in 2003. Prior to joining Bank Leu and later Credit Suisse, he spent two years at Helvetia Insurance, where he was Head of the Non-Life Reinsurance team. Prior to Helvetia, he served as Head of the Natural Catastrophe Pricing team at Converium Ltd.
Catherine Graf, Chief Operating Officer

Catherine Graf has more than 18 years of experience in the financial industry and has been with the team since 2013. Prior to joining the ILS team, she held several positions as Senior Compliance Officer within the Credit Suisse Group (which has included ILS since 2009). Before joining Credit Suisse in 2002, she served as Head of Distressed Mortgages at Swiss Life.
Daniel Burkhard, Head of ILS Business Strategy and Development

Daniel Burkhard has more than 28 years of experience in the financial industry and has been with the team since 2010. Prior to joining the ILS team, he worked for the Business Development and Management Group at Credit Suisse Investment Banking for nine years. Before joining Credit Suisse, he held several positions at financial institutions, mostly in trading and controlling departments.

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Niklaus Hilti – Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Niklaus Hilti has more than 17 years of experience in the reinsurance and ILS industry and has been with the team since the beginning at Bank Leu in 2003. Prior to joining Bank Leu and later Credit Suisse, he spent two years at Helvetia Insurance, where he was Head of the Non-Life Reinsurance team. Prior to Helvetia, he served as Head of the Natural Catastrophe Pricing team at Converium Ltd.

Niklaus Hilti holds a master’s degree in Mathematical Physics and Meteorology from the University of Basel, Switzerland. He also conducted research into climate modeling at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Dr. Marcel Grandi – Head of Underwriting

Marcel Grandi has more than 27 years of experience in the reinsurance or ILS industry and has been with the team since 2008. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was a senior manager and underwriter in the risk trading unit at Munich Re Group. Prior to Munich Re Group, he was an assistant manager in the corporate and markets unit at Bayerische Vereinsbank AG. Prior to Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, he was an assistant manager at Frankona Rückversicherungs-AG.

Marcel Grandi holds a PhD in Law from the University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Fabian Wochele – Head of Portfolio Management

Fabian Wochele has more than 10 years of experience in the financial or ILS industry and has been with the team since 2010. Prior to joining the Credit Suisse ILS team, he spent three years working in Credit Suisse’s Economic Risk Capital and Credit Loss Reporting department and the Market Risk Management for Alternative Investments department.

Fabian Wochele holds a master's degree in Quantitative Economics and Finance from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Georges Bolli – Head of Modeling & Analytics

Georges Bolli has more than 15 years of experience in the reinsurance or ILS industry and has been with the team since 2007. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was a non-life risk modeler at Swiss Re. Prior to Swiss Re, he was a non-life actuary at Zurich Insurance Company.

Georges Bolli holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Ralph Läuppi – Head of Cat Bond Trading & FX Hedging

Ralph Läuppi has more than 24 years of experience in the financial or ILS industry and has been with the team since the beginning at Bank Leu in 2003. Prior to joining Bank Leu and later Credit Suisse ILS, he was portfolio manager and deputy team head responsible for traditional discretionary mandates in the private bank division of Credit Suisse. Prior to Credit Suisse PB, he worked in the Sales department of Zurich Insurance Company.

Ralph Läuppi holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich.
Robert Bolli – ILS Special Projects & Reinsurance

Robert Bolli has more than 16 years of experience in the reinsurance or ILS industry and has been with the team since 2014. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was portfolio manager and risk modeling specialist in the ILS team at Clardien Leu, later LGT Capital Management. Prior to Clariden Leu and LGT, he held positions as P&C pricing actuary at Axis Re and as P&C risk modeler and pricing actuary at Swiss Re. He started his career as an IT consultant with Bauer & Partner.

Robert Bolli holds a Master of Science in Physics from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

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Niklaus Hilti, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Catherine Graf, Chief Operating Officer

Daniel Burkhard, Head of ILS Business Strategy and Development

Niklaus Hilti – Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Dr. Marcel Grandi – Head of Underwriting

Fabian Wochele – Head of Portfolio Management

Georges Bolli – Head of Modeling & Analytics

Ralph Läuppi – Head of Cat Bond Trading & FX Hedging

Robert Bolli – ILS Special Projects & Reinsurance

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