Marc Burkhardt leitet das Investor-Relations-Team für Real Assets innerhalb der Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) Gruppe von UBS Asset Management. In seiner aktuellen Rolle arbeitet er eng mit den Sales-Spezialisten und Investment-Experten der Gruppe zusammen, um starke Beziehungen zu bestehenden und potenziellen institutionellen Investoren sowie Privatkunden aufzubauen und zu pflegen. Zu seinen Aufgaben gehören die Kommunikation von Fondsperformance, Strategie und Marktausblick, die Beantwortung von Investorenanfragen sowie die Koordination von Due-Diligence-Prozessen. Darüber hinaus umfasst die Position die Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Fundraising-Strategien, die Erstellung von Marketingmaterialien, eine transparente und zeitnahe Berichterstattung sowie die enge Zusammenarbeit mit dem Senior Management, um die Investorenkommunikation mit den Anlagezielen abzustimmen.

In seiner vorherigen Position bei UBS war er sowohl in Zürich als auch in Hongkong tätig, wo er an der Entwicklung einer skalierbaren Beratungslösung auf Basis modernster Cloud-Technologie mitwirkte und Investment-Algorithmen zur Unterstützung von Private-Banking-Kunden entwarf. Während seiner Zeit in Hongkong baute er ein Team auf und leitete dieses, das für die Steuerung der regionalen Kundenservice-Funktion in der APAC-Region verantwortlich war.

Er ist CFA- und CAIA-Charterholder und hat einen Masterabschluss in Banking & Finance von der Universität St. Gallen (HSG).

Claudius is a Managing Director in Ardian’s Infrastructure team, based in Frankfurt. Prior to joining Ardian in 2024, Claudius served as Executive Director in UBS Investment Bank. At UBS, Claudius was involved in the origination and execution of strategic M&A transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors for clients and targets in Germany and Austria. Prior to UBS, Claudius served in group corporate finance and new business development at Wintershall Holding, then a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF. At Wintershall, he advised executive management on cross-border M&A transactions, organic investments and the group’s capital allocation strategy. He started his career as Analyst in the Investment Banking department of Credit Suisse in 2009.

Education: University of Mannheim

Raphael is Head of the Private Markets Investment Specialists team at Allianz Global Investors. He has 20 years of investment industry experience with a particular emphasis on private markets and alternative investments. Before joining AllianzGI in April 2017, Raphael was the senior product specialist based in New York for a global equity long/short hedge fund within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and responsible for investor relations, marketing and product development. Prior to that role, Raphael was a product specialist for the full range of alternative investments offered by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Raphael earned the degree "Diplom-Kaufmann" in 2006, having studied Business Administration at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (Germany), University of Valparaíso (Chile) and University of Regensburg (Germany). Prior to his studies, Raphael completed a two-year training program with HypoVereinsbank in Munich (Germany). Raphael holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 2009.

- Over 15 years of experience in the financial industry
- With Aquila Capital since 2019
- Responsible for the wholesale business in Switzerland, in particular support for banks and independent wealth managers
- Within Aquila, significantly responsible for making private markets investments in sustainable infrastructure available to qualified private clients. Active involvement in the first ELTIF 2.0 on the market.
- Before joining Aquila Capital, he worked in client advisory at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG in northern Germany
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration at the Universities of Bremen (DE) and Trento (IT)