About Geneva Management Group

After a rich career across several leading financial centres, Dave co-founded Geneva Management Group (GMG) in 2000. He further expanded GMG’s Swiss activity by creating companies and jobs in Geneva and Zurich. Dave has over twenty-five years of experience in deal structuring and wealth planning. Between 1994 and 2000 he served as the Executive Managing Director of an institutionally sized Family Office. Dave holds an Engineering degree and an MBA (Cum Laude) from the Solvay Business School in Brussels, Belgium (1990).

Mathieu serves as CEO for Geneva Management Group. He was previously Head of Trading at MKS, one of the leading precious metals trading and refining companies. Prior to this position, Mathieu was running BNP Paribas’s gold derivatives trading activities globally. He holds two MSc degrees in fundamental and financial mathematics.

Belal joined GMG as Chief Investment Officer in 2021. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at HSBC Private Bank Switzerland, where he held several positions including CIO (2016–2021), responsible for helping formulate the global macroeconomic outlook, tactical asset allocation positioning, investment strategies and investment themes across asset classes. Belal's expertise and extensive work experience in foreign exchange sales and commodities have taken him to many leading banks, such as Merrill (formerly Merrill Lynch Investment Bank), Royal Bank of Canada, and Bank of Tokyo, among others.

Prior to joining GMG, Timm spent 13 Years at UBS in Zurich and built the Wealth Management coverage team for Ultra High Net Worth clients in Sub Saharan Africa together with Kerstin Engler. He advised clients on their investment needs, structuring and succession planning as well as complex transactions including structured loans and global custody arrangements.

Maher previously worked at EFG Bank, where he was Group Head of Regulatory Compliance and gained in-depth experience in managing regulatory compliance risks and financial crime. Prior to this role Maher spent 5 years at Banque Heritage acting as a Chief Audit Executive, and 12 years in Big Four audit firms as Senior Manager in charge of auditing financial institutions and providing consultancy services. Maher is a seasoned professional holding a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA-CA) certification with broad and extensive international knowledge and expertise in leading, auditing and advising Compliance, Risk and Treasury functions. He holds a Specialized Graduate Diploma (DESS) from HEC, Montreal (Canada).

Valérie previously worked as a Senior Project Manager for a single Family Office in Geneva. Between 2010 and 2017, she worked for Pictet Asset Management in Geneva, then in London from 2012, where she then joined Bank of London and The Middle East and UBS in marketing management positions. She began her career in 2006 as a financial analyst at Edmond de Rothschild and then at Procter & Gamble. She holds an MSc in Actuarial Sciences from HEC Lausanne.

Jamie joined GMG in 2017 after 5 years at Fuel Online Training, where he was Head of Finance in South Africa before moving to Mauritius to set up the group's international subsidiary as the General Manager. He plays a key role in GMG's finance department, with a specific focus on the FPA (Financial, Planning and Analysis) side and is based in our Mauritian office.

Haggay Aidlin joined GMG in 2003. Over the years, he became a partner of the group, managing its Swiss office and then acting as CEO of the Fiduciary Services division. Prior to this, Haggay had served in various financial and fiscal planning positions with large Swiss multinationals. Today, Haggay supports the multi-Family Office arm of the business as a senior wealth planning advisor, drawing on two decades of running asset structuring, administrative services, and corporate functions provision to some of the group’s top clients.