Galtere has announced it has strengthened its international business and marketing capability with the launch of a new European arm - Galtere (Switzerland) AG.

The firm has appointed Werner Schuenemann to manage the new operation, which is based in Zug, Switzerland. Additionally, Werner has assumed the newly created role of international head of business development and investor relations. His focus will be on managing and developing the firm’s institutional investor base in Europe, the US, Middle East and Asia. Galtere’s investment management, trading and research functions will continue to be run out of New York.

Werner has over 25 years of investment and financial services industry experience, having held global head of sales and distribution roles at a variety of alternative investment firms, most recently Swiss Alpha and Pamplona Capital. Throughout his career he has worked across a diverse range of strategies including commodities, special situations, macro, emerging markets equities, and, fund of funds. Werner has also had senior sales and Directorial positions at JP Morgan (formerly Flemings), Morgan Stanley and UBS.