Michael Gruener is Co-CEO of private markets infrastructure platform, Titanbay and brings more than 20 years of experience in global asset management and wealth distribution, with a strong focus on the European private wealth market.
Prior to joining Titanbay, Michael spent over a decade at BlackRock, where he was most recently Head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Retail business and a member of BlackRock’s European Executive Committee. During his tenure, he held multiple senior leadership roles with responsibility for European wealth clients and played a key role in building BlackRock’s ETF and private markets distribution strategy with Swiss private banks and wealth managers.
Earlier in his career, Michael spent ten years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in senior distribution roles across Chicago, London and Frankfurt.
Michael holds a German Banker qualification and a BA (Hons) degree in Finance and Controlling from Cambridge Polytechnic University. He also holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from the Berlin School of Economics.

Stephanie Bilgin ist seit drei Jahren Senior Advisor Private Markets bei der LGT Bank Schweiz. In dieser Funktion berät sie Vermögende und ihre Berater wie auch institutionelle Kunden an den LGT Standorten der Region Europa zu diesem Thema. Zuvor war sie sechs Jahre lang beim Multi-Family Office Cape Capital AG tätig. Davon leitete sie von 2019 bis 2023 den Bereich Private Markets. Zwischen 2014 und 2017 sammelte sie zudem Investment-Erfahrung in zwei Venture Capital Fonds in der Schweiz und in den USA sowie in der Strategie Beratung. Frau Bilgin hat einen Master in Accounting & Finance von der Universität St. Gallen (HSG), sowie einen Master in International Management von der National University of Singapore (NUS). Sie ist ein Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder seit 2022.

Thomas Erdmann is Global Head of Asset Management Sales & Relationship at Clearstream Fund Services (Deutsche Börse Group) and a Member of the Management Board of Clearstream Fund Centre AG in Switzerland. He leads global segment coverage and teams in Zurich, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. With nearly 20 years in financial services, Thomas held senior roles in Business Development and Strategy within Asset and Wealth Management. Previously, he was Managing Director, Head of Wealth Solutions at Credit Suisse (later UBS). He is a CAIA charterholder and holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the University of Basel.

Lulu Wang, PhD leads the Research and Strategy function for the Private Markets Solutions team at Aberdeen. Her responsibilities include analysing the key drivers of private markets and applying macroeconomic forecasts, thematic insights, trading signals, and market analysis to inform portfolio strategies. She is responsible for the production of the Private Markets House View and thought-leadership projects, working closely with research teams across the Aberdeen private markets platform, the global macro research team, and the sustainability team to deliver strategic and tactical asset allocation. Lulu is also a Board member of the Global Private Markets Fund ICAV and an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Risk Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. She started her career with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in 1999 and joined the firm in 2014, where she led the research function for the real estate business. She holds a first-class bachelors from Qingdao University China and a postgraduate degree in international banking and finance and a PhD in international real estate portfolio diversification.