Our Team

Henri Vernhes

Founding Partner and CEO

Founded Alma Capital in 2006. Henri Vernhes created Alma Capital to provide a link between talented asset managers and European institutional investors. Experience: Henri started his career as a fund manager at Banque Worms after serving as an officer in the French Navy. Between 2000 and 2005, he was a managing director at Merrill Lynch, where he launched and developed its Investment Management business in France. Education: Henri graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and obtained a Master in Finance at University Paris IX Dauphine.

Sarthak Agarwal

Risk

Joined Alma Capital in 2025 : Sarthak works within the risk management team at Alma Capital.

Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Sarthak completed internships at Morgan Stanley, Aviva Group and PwC.

Education: Sarthak holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Virginia Baldan

Investor Relations

Virginia joined Alma Capital in 2025 and works within the Investor Relations team at Alma Capital.

Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Virginia interned at J.P. Morgan in the Corporate Banking team.

Education: Virginia holds a Joint Honours BA in Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Arabic) from the University of Oxford.

Héléna Berdugo

Finance and ESG

Joined Alma Capital in 2022. Héléna works within the Finance team at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital as a full time employee, Héléna was an intern within the investor relations team. Prior to that, she was an intern in the Financial Engineering department at SNCF and a credit analyst intern at La Société Générale. Education: Héléna graduated from Paris Dauphine University with a Master in Finance.

Johann Borodyn

Operations

Joined Alma Capital in 2025. Johann is charge of Funds Administration and works within the Operations team.

Experience: Johann previously was a Senior Audit Manager in the Investment Management department at Deloitte Luxembourg for 8 years.

Education: Johann graduated from Ecole de Management de Strasbourg with a Master's degree in accounting, auditing, and control. He also holds a Master's degree in accounting (DSCG) and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Luxembourg.

Lola Carvalho Gonçalves

Administrative Assistant

Joined Alma Capital in 2023. Lola assists the team across offices in all administrative aspects at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Lola worked for several years in luxury retail and as an administrative assistant. Education: Lola holds a Bachelor’s Degree in retail management from Emasup Paris.

Ana Ciupala

Risk

Joined Alma Capital in 2024. Ana works within the risk management team at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Ana interned at Bitdefender as part of the Cybersecurity and Cryptography research teams. She also served as a research assistant at Imperial College London, specializing in numerical analysis. Education: Ana holds a MSc in Mathematics from Imperial College London.

Bill Chang

Analyst

Joined Alma Capital in 2022. Bill Chang is an analyst in the Alma Eikoh team. Experience: Before joining Alma as a full time employee, Bill completed internships at Pasona, Toyota and twice at Morgan Stanley (Taipei and Tokyo). Education: Bill holds a double bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University and a M.P.A. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Anna Choukaer

Office Manager

Joined Alma Capital in 2022. Anna is assisting the team in all administrative aspects at Alma Capital. Experience:  Before joining Alma Capital, Anna has worked several years in the hospitality industry. She is now assisting the team in all of their administrative demands and organizing office operations for the company. Education: Anna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Languages Applied to Business in Arabic and English, from the University of La Sorbonne Paris IV.

Louis Detz

Compliance

Joined Alma Capital in 2024. Louis works within the Compliance team at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Louis worked within the Regulatory and Compliance Team of PwC Luxembourg. Prior to that, he was a Transformation Consultant at 99Advisory and had prior experience as a trainee at EY Luxembourg. Education: Louis holds a Master’s Degree in Management from SKEMA Business School and a Technical University Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lorraine.

Ségolène de Rose

Chief Financial & Corporate Development Officer

Joined Alma Capital in 2025. Ségolène is the Chief Financial & Corporate Development Officer in charge of all Finance, Corporate and HR matters at Alma Capital.

Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Ségolène was Senior Vice President Group Strategy and M&A at Bureau Veritas in Paris. She began her career at BNP Paribas in Corporate Finance, where she became M&A Director in the Consumer Goods sector.

Education: Ségolène graduated from ESCP Europe.

Baptiste Fabre

Partner, Business Development, Conducting Officer

Joined Alma Capital in 2010.  Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Baptiste co-founded a fintech project. He previously worked at Société Générale CIB in Paris and BNP Paribas in India. Education: Baptiste graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and from the London School of Economics.

Gilles Gabriel

Partner, Compliance Officer, Conducting Officer

Joined Alma Capital in 2020. Gilles is the Conducting Officer in charge of Compliance and Risk Management. He is also Compliance Officer and MLRO at Alma Capital Investment Management and the ESG leader. Experience: Gilles has more than 15 years of experience in the Fund industry in Luxembourg. He previously worked as an audit Director at PwC Luxembourg and as Conducting Officer in another Management Company/AIFM where he was already responsible for Compliance and Risk Management. Education: Gilles holds a Master in Management (HEC – Ecole de Gestion de l’Université de Liège) and is qualified as réviseur d’entreprises (chartered accountant) in Luxembourg. He is certified as FRM by GARP and as CAMS by ACAMS and obtained the Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

CHRISTOPHER GEE

Senior Advisor

After being the Chief Operating Officer of Alma Capital until 2024, Christopher now acts as an independent Senior Advisor to Alma Capital working on Fund launches and special projects. Experience: Prior to joining Alma as COO in 2020, Christopher previously worked for 19 years at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for the operational running of the various DB fund platforms in Jersey, Cayman Islands, Ireland and Luxembourg. He has extensive experience in fund structuring, oversight and regulatory requirements. Christopher’s whole career has been in the funds industry and the first part of his career was as a fund of fund investment manager at Greig Middleton. Education: Chris graduated from UMIST with a BSc in Management Sciences.

TOM GREW

Portfolio Manager

Joined Alma Capital in 2020. Tom co-manages the Alma Eikoh Japan Large Cap Fund. Experience: Tom started his career in management consulting before moving to Eikoh Research Investment Management (ERIM) in 2018, an independent asset management company established as a result of the spin out of the Japanese Equity Team from Deutsche Asset Management. At ERIM, he worked on the long-only and hedge funds management. Education: Tom holds a BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and has completed the CFA syllabus.

Benoit Joseph

Operations

Joined Alma Capital in 2012. Benoit is in charge of the structuring and the operational setup of the funds at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Benoit has worked at Barep Asset Management as treasurer and at Societe Generale Private Banking as middle office manager. Education: Benoit holds degrees from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lyon and INSEEC Business School.

BERTRAND JULIEN-LAFERRIERE

Head of Real Estate

Joined Alma Capital in 2020. Bertrand joined Alma Capital Investment Management to help structuring and implementing a new line of investment management in real estate. Experience: Bertrand has hold key executive positions in real estate and international development in the past 37 years, including CEO of CGW Asset Management, Chief Development Officer of Unibail-Rodamco, CEO of listed REIT Foncière Lyonnaise, Founder and Head of Ardian’s real estate fund management business. Education: Bertrand graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris and hold a Master of Construction Management from UC Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration of INSEAD.

AMEUR KAFFEL

Manager Selection

Since 2010, Ameur Kaffel has been contributing to identifying, engaging and selecting portfolio managers to join the Alma Capital platform. Experience: Ameur started his career at SocGen in Paris within the Equity Capital Markets team (systematic trading desk), before moving to Ofi AM where he headed the Multi management activities (AUM:EUR 2 billion). In 2005, Ameur joined Quilvest Group to launch and develop an alternative multi management firm in Paris. Education: Ameur graduated from the Ecole des Mines in 1993 (Master’s degree in Economics). He also teaches finance at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

ALEXANDER KINMONT

Senior Portfolio Manager

Yann Manson

Investor Relations

Joined Alma Capital in 2021. Yann works within the Investor Relations team at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma as a full time employee, Yann was an equity sales trader intern at Oddo BHF, following an internship at Alma Capital within the sales support team. Education: Yann graduated from EDHEC Business School and has completed the CAIA syllabus.

Alexander Miscampbell

Junior Portfolio Manager

Joined Alma Capital in 2022. Alexander started work within the risk management team at Alma Capital before moving to a Junior Portfolio Manager role. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital, Alexander worked at Deloitte in the Modelling & Analytics team. Education: Alexander holds a MSc in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and has completed the CFA Syllabus.

Katharina Poeter

Business Development

Joined Alma Capital in 2022.  Experience: Katharina was the former Head of platform operations at Palico, the private equity funds marketplace dedicated to secondary and primary transactions in Paris. Prior to that she worked as Business Development professional at Rantum Capital, a private debt and private equity fund manager, based in Frankfurt and Shanghai. Education: Katharina holds a Master’s degree in Financial Sociology from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and a BA in International Development from the University of Vienna, Austria.

JAMES PULSFORD

Senior Portfolio Manager

Joined Alma Capital in 2020. James is the lead portfolio manager for the Alma Eikoh Japan Large Cap Fund. Experience: James started his career at Morgan Grenfell in 1984 and has specialized in investment in Japan for over 30 years. He was based in Japan from 1987 to 1999 and speaks fluent Japanese. James was the founder, CEO and CIO of Eikoh Research Investment Management, an independent asset management company established as a result of the spin out of the Japanese Equity Team from Deutsche Asset Management, from 2012 until 2019. Education: James holds a BA in Zoology from Oxford University.

Mariagiovanna Quaranta Miccolis

Conducting Officer, Operations

Joined Alma Capital in 2021. Mariagiovanna is the Conducting Officer in charge of UCIs Administration and she is also working within the Operations team at Alma Capital. Experience: Mariagiovanna previously worked for 6 years for another Management Company where she was Conducting Officer responsible for Funds Administration and Operations. Education: Mariagiovanna holds a Master degree in Economics and Business Management from the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome (Italy).

HERVE RIETZLER

Partner, Business Development

Joined Alma Capital in 2012.  Experience: Hervé was previously a managing director and a member of the executive committee at RBS Switzerland, where he was in charge of equity derivatives and structured products for investors in Switzerland and France. Between 1996 and 2005, he worked at Merrill Lynch in London and Paris. He started his career at Société Générale as equity derivatives products sales person for Swiss clients. Education: Hervé graduated from HEC in 1992. He has also served as an officer in the French Navy for military service.

Daniel Schindler

Risk

Joined Alma Capital in 2022. Daniel works within the risk management team at Alma Capital. Experience: Before joining Alma Capital Daniel interned at Olivetree group and Riscura as a risk analyst. Education: Daniel graduated from University College London with a BSC in Economics.

Louis De Vulpillieres

Special Advisor

Joined Alma Capital in 2008. Louis is a Special Advisor to the CEO of Alma Capital. Experience: Previously, he worked for 25 years at Banque Worms, before joining DWS, Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm, where he was in charge of institutional clients in France and head of media relations between 2001 and 2007. Education: Louis graduated in economics from the University of Paris X, from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and from the University of Paris I.

Clémence Yu

Operations

Joined Alma Capital in 2024. Clémence works within the Operations team at Alma Capital. Experience: Clémence was a Senior Financial Auditor for mutual funds and private equity funds at PwC Luxembourg, before transitioning to the Financial Reporting department at Deloitte Luxembourg.

Education: Clémence graduated from the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics in Paris with a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering.