Meet Nicolas

Nicolas Burckhardt heads the Solutions Switzerland team within the Vescore Boutique of Vontobel Asset Management. Previously, he managed quantitative equity and multi-asset portfolios as a Senior Portfolio Manager.

Before joining Vontobel, he was responsible for the product management of quantitative multi-asset solutions at Vescore AG. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Vescore Solutions AG, responsible for developing the process and model landscape. He began his professional career in 2006 as a research and professorship assistant at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance of the University of St. Gallen.

Nicolas holds a Master’s degree in Economics, with a focus on financial and capital markets, and a PhD in Finance from the University of St. Gallen. His thesis dealt with correlation models and their application in currency markets.