Stefan Hiestand

Stefan Hiestand has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), structuring of financing transactions and in building and managing financial services companies. During his over 40-year career, he has worked among others for Handelsbank NatWest in Zurich and London, Citicorp Investment Bank, J. Henry Schroder Bank and Jefferies, where he founded the Swiss subsidiary.

His professional career began in 1980, when he worked in equity trading for Handelsbank NatWest in Zurich, and later at Citicorp Investment Bank AG. As Vice-Director, he took on responsibility for trading Swiss, German and French shares on the SEAQ for NatWest in London in 1989/1990. Between 1990 and 1993, he worked for J. Henry Schroder Bank AG in Zurich, taking on the role of Head of Sales of Shares and Derivative Products for Institutional Customers.

In 1993, he became Director at Jefferies International Ltd. in London. Two years later, he established Jefferies (Switzerland) Ltd. in Zurich and was appointed Country Head for Switzerland. At this stage of his career, he set up convertible asset management at Jefferies International Ltd., and was in charge of of that unit until 2007 as an member of the international Board of Directors and as CEO and President of the Board of Directors in Switzerland.

Afterwards, he was the majority shareholder and President of the Board of Directors of AgaNola AG, a company dealing with the management of collective investment schemes. AgaNola AG was regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in line with the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act.

In March 2020, AgaNola AG (new: Credit Suisse Investment Partners AG) merged with Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG and Stefan Hiestand became Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Investment Partners AG. After the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, the majority of Credit Suisse Investment Partners (Switzerland) Ltd. was sold to Bantleon AG. Since October 2024, the company has been operating under the name BANTLEON Convertible Experts AG. Stefan Hiestand has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of BANTLEON Convertible Experts AG since October 2024.

He is also a partner and managing director of SH Advisory GmbH.