With a background of more than 20 years in the field of Commodity & Trade Finance with household names such as BNP Paribas, ABN Amro or UBS (formerly Swiss Bank Corporation), Andreas can rely on his thorough understanding of this sector. His roles went from Account Officer to Business Analyst and Project Manager where, amongst other achievements, he became well-known as the creator of the “Position Schwegler” which is largely used in many trading companies and banks. He speaks French, English, German and Swiss German and can have a chat in Spanish. He loves travelling, sports (marathon, biking, skiing), discovering the delights of international cuisine, do-it-yourself craft and photography.

Born in Spain, José spent most of his schooling in Geneva. After commercial studies, he specialized in computer science and obtained a federal diploma in IT management. For the last 23 years, José has worked exclusively in the finance sector and more specifically in the Commodities & Trade Finance field for leading trading companies and banks. Excelling in software architecture, he believes in useful and business-oriented IT. An entrepreneur at heart, commoswiss is not his first venture. He created an IT consulting company and another one aiming at reducing the consumption of advertising paper. He is fluent in French, Spanish, English, Galician and has an excellent command of Portuguese. In his leisure time José likes to improve his handyman skills by renovating his own house.

Born bicultural with a French mother and German father, Cédric studied software development at university and obtained two master’s degrees. He started his career in the game development industry and shifted to banking software development. During more than 10 years, he worked for big companies such as Sopra Banking Software and CapGemini where he evolved to become a software architect. Cédric loves being out in the nature where he practices intensive trail running, sometimes with his dogs. He speaks fluently French and English and masters German.