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Fusion Office Opening

by Amelie Janssens

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5TH, 2016: FUSION OPENS ITS OFFICIAL OFFICES !

On February 5th, the start-ups, mentors, corporate members and resource partners of Fusion gathered around a cocktail lunch to officially launch the new office space.

The 650 m2 area in La Praille, Geneva, welcomes six permanent residents (Investivity, WeCanFund, Scanye, Biowatch, KYC3, eINS) and hosts the offices of Community Factory (the recent spin-off of Olivier Collombin’s E-Merging platform from Lombard Odier).

Designed by Studio Banana*, the space is organized to facilitate a collaborative work within a creative atmosphere.

An open kitchen area and reception lobby, some shared tables and a brainstorming spot are here to make sure the start-ups get to talk and the visitors feel at home, while the meeting rooms, phone boxes and a closing room allow slots for one-on-one conversations.

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You can sense how the ecosystem easily picks-up in this environment!

The color palette of the office is none other than the yellow, red, green, blue, brown and purple of our iconic 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Fr Swiss bank notes. You wonder what are these curious symbols on the walls? It’s an enlarged version of the micro-patterns which authenticate the bank notes.

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As for the pictures hanging in the different rooms, they each represent a specific portion of a bank note.

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Though the architects confessed that the Swiss National Bank refused to send them the high resolution file of the bank note templates (really?!), the result is mind-boggling.

As reminded by Kim Potvin from BNP Paribas, one of the corporate members, “Fusion is the union of several atoms which releases a considerable amount of energy”… This is what is happening right here, right now!

 

*Studio Banana is specialised in shaping innovative and collaborative work spaces.
Twitter: @fintechfusion
Photos : Notz Stucki

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Antonio Mira
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Antonio Mira joined NS Partners in 2006 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He heads the corporate functions and is involved in coordinating and implementing the decisions of the Executive Committee.
An experienced bank auditor, Antonio started his career in 1995 with Arthur Andersen, where he worked for some 7 years before joining Ernst & Young in 2002 as a Senior Manager.
Antonio is a Swiss chartered accountant and a Business graduate of Lausanne University (HEC).

Sébastien Poiret
DEPUTY HEAD OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Sébastien Poiret joined NS Partners in 2008 and manages funds of hedge funds and private client mandates. He also oversees the development of the Group’s offices in Mauritius.

Prior to joining NS Partners, he served as a Trader, Head of Manager research and Portfolio Manager in the USA and Switzerland for a single hedge fund (1998-2004) and for Optimal (2004-2008), Grupo Santander’s fund-of-hedge funds operations.

Sébastien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance from the ESPEME Business School (EDHEC Group) and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Institute of Business Administration, both in Nice.

Abir Oreibi
BOARD DIRECTOR

Abir Oreibi joined the Board of the NS Partners Group in 2018, where she brings her truly international perspective and rich experience.
Among many other ventures, Abir set up Alibaba.com’s first European office. After living and working in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and London, she now lives in Geneva, where she is CEO of Lift Events, an organization that identifies technology trends, their business and social impact through the organization of events and open innovation programs. Issues related to the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies as well as the strategic responses from organizations are at the heart of Lift’s activities.
Abir holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Geneva. She is an investor, and member of advisory and innovation boards.

Romain Pidoux, CAIA

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Romain Pidoux joined NS Partners in 2011 and heads the Group’s Risk Management.
He started his financial career in 2005 as Head of Quantitative Analysis for a Swiss Family Office, selecting funds and managing portfolio allocation. In 2008, he switched to the alternative world and joined Peak Partners as hedge funds analyst.
He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and holds a Master’s degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva University.

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