OUR APPROACH
Our Expertise
At Spheric Capital, we are pioneering a new type of Multi-Family Office.​
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We combine the personalized touch of an independent investment advisor with the public & private market expertise of a larger institution.
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Our clients benefit from independent insights, as well as access to cutting-edge investment opportunities fostering innovation in our world.
TEAM
Meet Our Experts
Gerassimos Spyridakis
CEO
Gerassimos has over 25 years of experience in wealth management. He has served as Global Head for Bank Julius Baer & Citi Private Bank overseeing +60 countries, including Greece, Israel, Monaco, Turkey and the African continent. He is currently Chairman of the Swiss Alpine Chapter of the Young President Organization (YPO), Chairman of the MIT StartSmart Southern Europe start-up accelerator program and a co-founder, investor & mentor in several tech startups with an emphasis in AI and the MedTech space.
Gerassimos Spyridakis
CEO & Founder
Gerassimos has over 25 years of experience in wealth management as Global Head for Bank Julius Baer & Citi Private Bank and overseeing +60 countries, including Greece, Israel, Monaco, Turkey and the African continent . He is the Chairman of the MIT University's StartSmart Southern Europe start-up accelerator program and ex Chairman of the Swiss Chapter of the Young President Organization (YPO) and Member of the Board of YPO Europe. Gerassimos is a Harvard Business School alumnus and a co-founder, investor & mentor in several tech startups with an emphasis in AI and the MedTech space.
Our team has a diverse background in various financial and FMCG sectors including Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Venture Capital and Private Equity with over 150 years of collective experience and 80 countries serviced.
Dirk Weidmann
CIO
Dirk has over 30 years of experience in investment, transaction and portfolio management at several prestigious financial institutions. Prior to joining Spheric, Dirk served as the Global Chief Investment Officer for Rothschild Bank & Trust. He has also acted in several top management positions at SBC (UBS) and as Global Head of Research & Advisory for Bank Julius Baer. Dirk is an active board member for MAN Investments in Switzerland AG and Duxton Water Ltd in Australia.
Amir Banifatemi
Chief Innovation Officer
Amir is a leading authority on technology investments, having founded, managed and exited several companies and venture capital funds in the space. He is the ex-Chief Innovation Officer for Singularity University and Xprize. He has served as the European CEO for Xprize and the European Space Agency on NASA projects. Amir is the founder of the AI for Good Global Summit in partnership with the UN, lead curator at TED Conferences and a guest lecturer and adjunct MBA professor at several prestigious universities, including HEC Paris & UC Berkeley.
Paul Botje
Investment Associate
Paul is an Investment Associate at Spheric Capital. He graduated from the University of Bristol with First Class Honors and has worked at several leading financial institutions across the globe, including J.P. Morgan, HSBC Private Bank, and Decisive Capital Management. In addition to his valuable experience in corporate finance, UHNW investment advisory and portfolio management, Paul also brings specialized expertise in Private Markets (direct Venture Capital & Private Equity), having structured and advised on several multi-million dollar transactions across early-stage, growth & pre-IPO markets.
Farouk Alimohamed
Project Management
Farouk has over 20 years of experience in wealth management at leading firms including Citigroup, Barclays, and Coutts. He has served as a Portfolio Manager, Wealth Planner, and Investment Officer to institutional trustees. He has also worked in product management, compliance, and legal cross-border. Farouk was raised in nine countries, and attended Brown, UBC/McGill, and Columbia University. He completed studies in Economics and in Law, and he is a CFA charter holder.
Yannis Sardis, PhD
Investment Specialist
Yannis has 28 years of experience in global financial markets, with an expertise in Asset Management and Quantitative Finance. He was previously a VP in the Fixed Income Arbitrage Proprietary Desk of Salomon Brothers, London and a founding member & Director of Investment Strategies at Citi Global Markets, EMEA. Yannis founded a Systematic Trading Strategies Hedge Fund in London and operated as a Partner at several MFOs in Switzerland. He is a founder of independent advisory firms in Greece & Monaco and a Board Advisor for European FinTech companies.
Rémi Berthon
Investment Advisor
Rémi has over 20 years of experience in Investment Banking. After holding key positions in multi-asset derivatives sales at Credit Agricole, RBS and Royal Bank of Canada, he founded two consulting firms, offering Investment & ALM advices to Multi- Family offices. He also worked as Head of Sales for a Swiss Real Estate Investment boutique. Today, Rémi serves several mandates for Swiss based wealth managers, building in-house asset allocation from public to private markets with a special focus on private debt and venture capital.
Mann-Tchi Dang
Investment Analyst
Mann-Tchi is an Investment Analyst at Spheric Capital. He joined Spheric from Vontobel Asset Management where he worked in Fixed Income as an Analyst. Prior to Vontobel, he worked as a Business Analyst in the real estate fund industry at Procimmo SA. Mann-Tchi holds a Master's degree in Finance from the University of Zurich and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Lausanne. He brings expertise in portfolio modeling, options pricing and quantitative finance. Mann-Tchi speaks English, French, German, Mandarin and Cantonese.