Each member of the Matterhorn Asset Management team approaches the ownership of precious metals within the greater, holistic context of wealth management principles so critical to all manner of investing.
ALTHOUGH SKILLED IN RISK ASSETS AND MACRO ECONOMICS, OUR SINGULAR FOCUS IS PRECIOUS METAL OWNERSHIP AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND WEALTH PRESERVATION.
TOWARD THIS END, MEET OUR KEY EXECUTIVES AND ADVISORS BELOW. WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
Egon von Greyerz
Founder & Chairman
Born with dual Swiss/Swedish citizenship, Egon’s education was mainly in Sweden.
Egon began his professional life in Geneva as a banker and thereafter spent 17 years as the Finance Director and Executive Vice-Chairman of Dixons Group Plc. During that time, Dixons expanded from a small photographic retailer to a FTSE 100 company and the largest consumer electronics retailer in the UK.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
During the 1990s, Egon became actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of MAM as an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles.
EGON’S LEGACY AND ACTIVITY
MAM is now the world’s leading company for direct investor ownership of physical gold and silver outside the banking system. Our vaults include the biggest and safest gold vault in the world, located in the Swiss Alps. Clients include High Net Worth Individuals, Family Offices, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Trusts in over 80 countries.
Egon makes regular media appearances and speaks at investment conferences around the world. He also publishes articles on precious metals, the world economy and wealth preservation.
Partners & Management
Johny Beck
Partner
Johny started his finance career in the trading department at Barclays Capital in London.
He has more than 20 years’ experience in trading/marketing and brokerage. During his time in London, Johny served as a senior broker at ICAP Plc, the world’s leading inter-dealer broker. Johny has been an advisor to MAM since its foundation in 1999 and joined as a Partner in 2012. His main role at MAM is covering the sales, marketing and trading side of the business.
Nicolas Rodel
Partner
In addition to finance & CONTROL, Nicolas is responsible for compliance and IT.
Nicolas previously worked in different roles in Finance & Control at Nestlé and holds a master’s degree in Banking and Finance (MBF) and a double bachelor’s degree from the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. Nicolas is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certificate holder and has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.
Matthew Piepenburg
Partner
Matt began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001.
Thereafter, he began investing his own and other HNW family funds into alternative investment vehicles while operating as a General Counsel, CIO and later Managing Director of a single and multi-family office. Matthew worked closely as well with Morgan Stanley’s hedge fund platform in building a multi-strat/multi-manager fund to better manage risk in a market backdrop of extreme central bank intervention/support. The conviction that precious metals provides the most reliable and longer-term protection against potential systemic risk led Matt to join MAM.
The author of the Amazon No#1 Release, Rigged to Fail, Matt is fluent in French, German and English; he is a graduate of Brown (BA), Harvard (MA) and the University of Michigan (JD).
Jan Baltensweiler
Client Director
Based out of Zurich and Singapore, Jan previously worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management as a senior portfolio manager for Emerging Markets with a premium mandate of advising global, High-Net-Worth clients. At MAM, Jan is primarily responsible for managing and advising MAM’s German-speaking market, while tailoring customized solutions for MAM’s Swiss and Singapore vaults.
Advisors & Consultants
Grant Williams
Advisor
Grant has spent 30 years in finance, holding senior positions with many leading financial institutions around the world.
He is the co-founder of RealVision TV, an online, on-demand financial channel showcasing the brightest minds in finance. He also publishes “Things That Make You Go Hmmm”, an extremely popular and widely-read publication.
Grant is very much in demand as a speaker at financial investment conferences around the world. He has a wonderful and natural ability to mix finance, history and humor into greatly appreciated presentations.
Grant’s views about the world economy, risk and the role of gold are very much aligned with MAM’s philosophy.
Ronni Stoeferle
Advisor
Ronni is the managing partner of Incrementum AG in Lichtenstein. He studied business administration and finance in the USA and Austria.
Upon graduation, he joined Erste Group, where in 2007 he published his first In Gold We Trust report. Over the years, this report has become the industry’s benchmark publication on gold, currencies, and inflation.
Since 2013, Ronni has held the position as reader at Scholarium in Vienna. In 2014, he co-authored the international bestseller “Austrian School for Investors,” and in 2019 “Die Nullzinsfalle” (The Zero Interest Rate Trap). He is an advisor for Tudor Gold Corp, a significant explorer in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle and a member of the advisory board of Affinity Metals.
Ronni is married and the proud father of three daughters. He spends his spare time with his family, watching and playing football, running, and at classical concerts.
Max Cotting
Advisor
Max is the founder and CEO of Aquila & Co. Ltd. in Zurich.
Aquila is the biggest platform for independent asset managers in Switzerland with 74 Partner companies. Founded in 2000, Aquila has carried the status of a securities dealer since 2005 and has held a banking license since 2012–the first Swiss bank established exclusively for independent asset managers, family offices and their clients.
Edward Mass
Consultant
Edward is a Dutch native and has been active in financial markets since 1975, beginNing at AMRO Bank. In 1978, Ed joined Hunter Douglas NV (Luxaflex) as Assistant Treasurer.
Ed first met Egon in 1980 and joined Dixons Group PLC in London as Group Treasurer in 1982. As an IT systems expert, Ed has also created unique proprietary risk management tools and strategies. After 12 years of pursuing other interests, Ed teamed up with Egon for a second time in 2008 to support and develop the MAM business model.
Ed retired in 2019 as a Partner of MAM and is now a Consultant of the business.
Board of Directors
Christian Brunner
Chairman
Christian Brunner is the founder of Brunner & Partner, a Zurich law firm, specialising in Financial Services, Commercial and Corporate Law and Private Clients.
Swiss Association of Asset Managers
Matterhorn Asset Management AG is a member of the Swiss Association of Asset Managers (SAAM). We are regulated and audited in accordance with the professional, legal and compliance requirements of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). AOOS, an officially recognised supervisory and self-regulatory organisation according to the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act, monitors compliance with the requirements.