His research has been published in leading academic journals and has significantly influenced the debate on how private market returns and valuations are measured and interpreted. Ludovic regularly advises institutional investors, regulators, and asset managers, and is a frequent speaker at international academic and practitioner conferences.

Before launching Tamarix, Andrea spent 8 years at Pantheon – a private markets investor with $93bn assets under management, where he led the research team. 

Andrea completed a Finance PhD at Imperial College covering a range of asset pricing and monetary policy topics. He also holds a MSc in Financial Engineering from Imperial College and a BS in Economics from Bocconi.

Prior to joining Sofina, Frédéric was actively involved in the valuation and M&A fields.

Frédéric holds a Master of Science in Management (Finance) and is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA). Additionally, Frédéric is a member of the Luxembourg Valuation Professionals Association (LVPA).

Before pursuing his passion for teaching, Dennis spent 20 years in banking of which the last 12 years at UBS where he was European Head, UBS Valuation & Accounting Research.

He is also a co-author of www.footnotesanalyst.com, a blog that aims to inform and educate investors, analysts and other interested users of financial statements on topical accounting and valuation issues. The Footnotes Analyst is also involved in training for both graduates and experienced analysts at for example ABN AMRO, Berenberg, ING and Jefferies. 

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Peter was elected Chairman and CEO of Prague Stock Exchange in September 2004. He is also Chairman of the Central Securities Depository Prague and Power Exchange Central Europe. On group level he is Member of the Board of Vienna Stock Exchange.

Peter was elected the President of FESE in 2018. In 2019 he was selected as a member of the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union.

During his career he was a member of the Board of the Czech Broker Dealer Association, President of Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Member of the Board of Budapest Stock Exchange, and he was the Chairman of Czech Investor Compensation Fund.

Education: Rafaël Graduated from Universidad Adolfo Ibanez from Santiago, Chile. He is a CFA Charterholder, CAIA Charterholder, Chartered Financial Modeller, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified Valuation Professional, certified Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst and Accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA.

Jan is also a court-appointed expert specializing in business valuation. He was the first President of the European Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and previously served as a member of the IVSC Business Valuation Board, which issues the International Valuation Standards. He also leads the Czech translation of the International Valuation Standards.

He has lectured at valuation conferences as well as at Charles University, the University of Economics in Prague, and the Judicial Academy.

Today, she is an Investment Manager at ARX Equity Partners, focusing on acquisitions and the development of Central European companies across the investment cycle, from term sheet to exit. Her most recent transaction was the acquisition of HLB PROXY, a tax, accounting, audit, and payroll firm and member of the international network HLB International.

Chairholder Chair of Financial Management and Banking at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management since 1995.

Doctorate and habilitation at the University of Regensburg. Visiting professorships at the University of Eichstätt/Ingolstadt (call, declined), EADA Barcelona, Waikato School of Management, Hamilton NZ and at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal. Research stays at Purdue University, West Lafayette, In., USA and at INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

Prof. Schwetzler is Member Chairman of the expert groups "Fairness Opinion" and "Corporate Transaction and Valuation“ of the Society of Investment Professionals in Germany (DVFA); Co-Founder and member of the board of the European Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (EACVA e.V.); Member of the editorial board of the magazine CORPORATE FINANCE, Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) He has written numerous publications about company valuation and also acts as an expert witness for courts.

He teaches courses and seminars in corporate finance, private equity and corporate valuation for international firms like ValueTrust Advisors, ProSiebenSat1 Media AG, Metzler Corporate Finance, Verbundnetz Gas AG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, KPMG, Jenoptik, Association of German Asset Managers, German CFA Institute.

Wolfgang has a cross-sector experience in the analysis and valuation of listed and non-listed, national, and international companies. As an independent consultant and Certified Valuation Analyst Wolfgang Kniest has more than 20 years of consulting in business analysis and valuation. 

Wolfgang also teaches and develops seminars and webinars (e.g. Current Update in Valuations, Financial Modelling, Business Valuation Industry Standards, and advanced topics relating to business valuation) and is one of the main instructors at the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) training classes. 

He is co-author of the book "Henselmann / Kniest: Business valuation: Practical cases with solution (nearly 200 exercises)", Publisher: NWB, 5th edition 2015 (in German) and of numerous articles relevant to his areas of expertise.

Jiří has more than 20 years of international experience in forensic and dispute advisory services. His primary areas of expertise include the quantification of damages in litigation and arbitration, competition economics, and other matters involving complex financial analysis. Jiří has been recognized with the Client Choice Award by Lexology for his work in the field of damages.