Christian Hantel joined Vontobel in October 2015. As a Portfolio Manager within Fixed Income, he is responsible for the Global Corporate Bond strategy and managing the corresponding funds.
Prior to joining Vontobel, he was Senior Portfolio Manager at Swisscanto Asset Management AG from 2012 to 2015. In this role, he managed corporate bond funds and multi-currency institutional mandates. He was also the lead analyst for various investment-grade and high-yield segments and corporate bonds, including those of emerging markets. From 2005, he worked at BNY Mellon Asset Management in Düsseldorf, heading the Credit Investment Grade team focusing on investment-grade and high-yield bond issuers, including the management of corporate bond funds. Before that, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Corporate Finance/M&A for several years.
Christian holds a diploma in Business Administration from the University of Cologne and a Master's degree in International Management from CEMS-HEC Paris. In 2011, he obtained the Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) qualification.
