27 Jan 2011
Heptagon Capital has made two new senior hires; Alexander Gunz joins as a Fund Manager in the Asset Management division while Sebastian Hybbinette joins as Vice President within the ultra high net worth advisory group, focusing on Scandinavia.
Gunz started his career in 1997 at Hoare Govett as an analyst before moving on to Credit Suisse where he became an analyst in European telecoms from 2001-2004. Gunz then became a senior salesperson at JP Morgan covering UK and European long-only and hedge-fund accounts before moving on to help set up the European equities business for Friedman Billings and Ramsey in London. Most recently he was at Edison Investment Research, an independent UK boutique, responsible for writing equity strategy and best ideas reports for institutional investors.
Hybbinette was previously the Investment Director of a UK based family office where he managed a portfolio of Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate and publicly traded assets. Prior to this, Hybbinette was in the Mergers & Acquisitions investment banking division at Deutsche Bank in London where he was involved in transactions for major banks, insurance groups, asset managers and various other financial institutions. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he worked as a Trader for Avanza Bank and in Business Development for DHL.
Gunz started his career in 1997 at Hoare Govett as an analyst before moving on to Credit Suisse where he became an analyst in European telecoms from 2001-2004. Gunz then became a senior salesperson at JP Morgan covering UK and European long-only and hedge-fund accounts before moving on to help set up the European equities business for Friedman Billings and Ramsey in London. Most recently he was at Edison Investment Research, an independent UK boutique, responsible for writing equity strategy and best ideas reports for institutional investors.
Hybbinette was previously the Investment Director of a UK based family office where he managed a portfolio of Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate and publicly traded assets. Prior to this, Hybbinette was in the Mergers & Acquisitions investment banking division at Deutsche Bank in London where he was involved in transactions for major banks, insurance groups, asset managers and various other financial institutions. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he worked as a Trader for Avanza Bank and in Business Development for DHL.
Commenting on the new appointments, the Heptagon partners said, “As financial markets continue to stabilize after 2008, Heptagon has maintained steady growth in its core areas of providing class-leading and timely investment solutions to our ultra high net worth and institutional clients. Many of the investment solutions we have embraced within the firm have proven to be very successful and well received by the market. We therefore remain in the fortunate position of needing to add further high caliber resources to serve our clients and we are confident that the addition of Alexander and Sebastian to the team will further enhance the breadth, capabilities and ultimately the performance of our investment solutions”.
