Our Team

Michael joined Alpina in 2022 as Co-CEO and Member of the Board. He has 30+ years professional experience in the financial industry,  and worked as CEO, Managing Director and Chairman for various fund management companies. He is responsible for the Alpina Fund Management’s business strategy as well for portfolio management, business development and IT.

Irina studied law at State St. Petersburg University and worked as a corporate lawyer in a number of companies in St. Petersburg collecting the first experience not only at her desk but also in the court. She further moved to Germany and studied law there too at Saarbrücken University (Volljuristin) working to support her study in a local law office. The introduction to the investment market started with the first job in Luxembourg and the career has taken off bringing Irina wide professional experience in the alternative investments. Irina collected her experience working as corporate lawyer, portfolio manager and finally head of compliance function. Irina worked for different well known market players such as TMF, Assenagon, Aviva Investors and EQT. Irina is ALCO member, she holds CFA Institute Investment Certificate, Award in First Line Management from Institute of Leadership & Management, she is also IFBL certified specialist in real estate business process.

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Daniel Baur has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. During his career he has held various positions at Schroders, Deutsche Bank Investment Banking, AIG Private / Falcon Private Bank (Deputy CIO / Head Global Asset Management) and UBS (UHNW Segment) and has been leading his own investment company in the last five years. Furthermore, Daniel Baur is a lecturer for Corporate Finance at the Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM) of the University of Zurich.

Daniel Baur has earned a PhD from the Institute of Banking and Finance of the University of Zurich. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Heiko joined Alpina Fund Management S.A. in 2022 as Risk Manager. Prior to that, he was Head of Risk Management with another ManCo, where he entered the Luxembourg fund industry in 2009, after he gained experience in the Asset Management and related Software Industry in Germany. Heiko holds a degree in Business Administration and is CIIA/CEFA – currently he is working on a PhD thesis on Sustainability and Risk Management in the Fund Industry.

Jan joined Alpina Fund Management S.A. in 2023. Initially, he worked for Fidelity Investment as a client specialist in London, Frankfurt and Luxembourg. Later he obtained the diploma of the I.S.M.A (International Securities Association). He then worked as a Portfolio Constructor for BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg. At UBS Luxembourg he worked as Onboarding Manager for 15 years.

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Denis joined Alpina as Fund Specialist, whereas in his role he is responsible for the internal organization and processes. Furthermore, he is helping to drive forward the company's transformation into a fully digitalized management company. Prior to that, Denis gained five years of experience in management and regulatory consulting advising market participants in various projects within the Luxembourg financial market. Afterwards he gained experience as project manager in regulatory change with focus on outsourcing management. Denis holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and recently completed a master’s degree in Information Management.

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