Samuel Weissen

Executive Director - Portfolio Manager Alternatives

LGT Capital Partners

Samuel Weissen (Swiss) is an Executive Director on the Liquid Markets Multi-Manager team at LGT Capital Partners in New York. Mr. Weissen is responsible for manager selection with a focus on quantitative strategies. Furthermore, he is part of the portfolio management team for multi-alternatives portfolios.

Before joining the firm in 2017, Mr. Weissen was a senior associate at StepStone Group in Zurich, focusing on multi-alternatives solutions and research into alternative beta strategies. Before that, he was part of Vontobel’s Investment Banking division in Zurich and worked as an accountant for Bank Sarasin in Basel, after graduating from its apprenticeship program in 2011.

Mr. Weissen studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Zurich where he received a BSc in Business Administration with a major in Banking and Finance and graduated with distinction from London Business School’s MSc in Finance program. He holds the CFA, FRM and CAIA designations.