Burkhard Varnholt

Chief Executive Officer at

KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH

58 year

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Consumer Services

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Burkhard Peter Joachim Varnholt is the founder of Kids of Africa-Swiss African Children's Village, established in 2004.
Dr. Varnholt is currently a Co-Managing Director at KINDL -.
Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH.
Former positions include Vice Chairman at Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd (Switzerland), Head-Asset Management, Products & Sales, CIO at Bank Sarasin & Cie.
AG, Professor at New York University, Chief Investment Officer at Bank Sarasin & Cie.
AG (Investment Management) from 2009 to 2013, Head Investment Solutions Group & CIO at Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG from 2014 to 2016, Member-Acquisitions Committee at Tate Modern, Chief Investment Officer at Credit Suisse Group AG, Head of Asset Management & Products & Sales at Bank J.
Safra Sarasin AG (Investment Management) in 2013, Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chief Investment Officer at Julius Bär Gruppe AG, and Professor at the University of St. Gallen.
Education includes a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen.

Burkhard Varnholt active positions

Companies	Position	Start
KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates art museum	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Former positions of Burkhard Varnholt

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Credit Suisse AG Credit Suisse AG Investment ManagersFinance Credit Suisse is an active, growth-oriented and research-driven manager which aims to create value for shareholders by taking advantage of their global integrated network. The firm seeks to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, which aims to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth in wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets, while also serving key developed markets with an emphasis on Switzerland. Credit Suisse invests in a range of asset classes including equities, fixed-income, multiple-asset class products, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and volatility management that combines a top-down approach for asset allocation with a bottom-up approach for stock selection.	Chief Investment Officer	2022-12-31
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG Investment ManagersFinance BJB’s investment approach is founded on a four-step investment process through which they aim to manage risk and returns in a systematic way.	Chief Investment Officer	2016-05-30
Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG (Investment Management) Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance J. Safra Sarasin-IM has a global mindset, act with high conviction, and aims to deliver outstanding performance across all asset classes. They have a strong focus on risk management, monitoring risks actively and explaining the performance drivers of their strategies. Sustainability lies at the core of their investment philosophy. Therefore, the firm strives to integrate sustainability aspects into the entire investment process across all asset classes.	Chief Investment Officer	2013-12-15
Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd (Switzerland) Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd (Switzerland) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG	Chief Investment Officer	-

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Private companies	14
Credit Suisse Group AG Credit Suisse Group AG Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides investment banking, advisory, wealth and asset management services	Finance
Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG Investment ManagersFinance BJB’s investment approach is founded on a four-step investment process through which they aim to manage risk and returns in a systematic way.	Finance
Bank Sarasin & Cie. AG Bank Sarasin & Cie. AG Major BanksFinance Provides banking services	Finance
Credit Suisse AG Credit Suisse AG Investment ManagersFinance Credit Suisse is an active, growth-oriented and research-driven manager which aims to create value for shareholders by taking advantage of their global integrated network. The firm seeks to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, which aims to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth in wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets, while also serving key developed markets with an emphasis on Switzerland. Credit Suisse invests in a range of asset classes including equities, fixed-income, multiple-asset class products, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and volatility management that combines a top-down approach for asset allocation with a bottom-up approach for stock selection.	Finance
Bank Sarasin & Cie. AG (Investment Management) Bank Sarasin & Cie. AG (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance Sarasin-IM is an active investor and manages portfolios invested across asset classes, strategies, regions and sectors. Investment styles range from fundamental, through semi-quantitative to purely quantitative approaches. The firm follows top-down and bottom-up approaches and bases investment decisions on macroeconomic analysis as well as microeconomic aspects of industries and companies. BSAN-AN uses a multilevel, structured quantitative and qualitative valuation methodology. Sarasin-IM's research in Switzerland, London and Singapore focuses on Swiss securities and international stocks, their core focus being on large-cap companies in Switzerland, Europe and the USA; however, they also analyze smaller-cap companies, which they screen regularly to identify attractive investment ideas. Hong Kong- and Singapore-based teams provide them with local expertise in Asia. Sarasin-IM also has a fund research team that primarily analyzes equity funds but also bond funds including asset classes such as convertible bond funds and absolute return bond funds.	Finance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University	Finance
New York University New York University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of St. Gallen University of St. Gallen Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd (Switzerland) Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd (Switzerland) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Tate Modern
Julius Bär Gruppe AG Julius Bär Gruppe AG Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides wealth management services	Finance
Kids of Africa-Swiss African Children's Village
Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG (Investment Management) Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance J. Safra Sarasin-IM has a global mindset, act with high conviction, and aims to deliver outstanding performance across all asset classes. They have a strong focus on risk management, monitoring risks actively and explaining the performance drivers of their strategies. Sustainability lies at the core of their investment philosophy. Therefore, the firm strives to integrate sustainability aspects into the entire investment process across all asset classes.	Finance
KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst GmbH Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates art museum	Consumer Services