Corporate Governance

Board of Directors

  • Gilles-Emmanuel Trutat

    Gilles-Emmanuel Trutat

    President

  • Laetitia Maffei

    Laetitia Maffei

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Patrice Blandin

    Patrice Blandin

    Member of the Board

  • Ali Kaptanoglu

    Ali Kaptanoglu

    Member of the Board

  • President

    Gilles-Emmanuel Trutat holds a Master's degree in Law from the University of Paris II–Panthéon Assas and an MBA from HEC–University of Montreal. Currently, he is the President and Founder of Capital Système Investissements S.A, an asset management company specializing in private debt and Private Equity based in Geneva. He has previously served as Head of Private Markets at EFG Bank, CEO of Olympia Capital Gestion in Paris, Founder of PBS Private Bank Switzerland in Zurich, Head of UBS Global Asset Management France & Monaco, Fund Manager at Merrill Lynch in Geneva, and Corporate Finance Analyst at HSBC–Banque du Louvre in Paris.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Laetitia Maffei holds a Master's degree in Business Law from the University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas and is a graduate of the École du Louvre. She began her career in the cultural sector at the Centre Pompidou and then at the Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France. In 2013, she won a tender from the Île-de-France Region to create a traveling contemporary art museum, the Musée Passager. A digital art specialist, she founded Danae.io, one of the first startups to register artworks on the blockchain, paving the way for NFTs. In 2020, together with artist Kowei Nawa, she won the competition for the Statue of Equality on the Île Seguin. Predicting that blockchain would revolutionize finance, she joined Capital Système Investissements in Geneva, an asset management boutique specializing in private debt, where she put her expertise in project management and innovation to good use.

  • Member of the Board

    Patrice Blandin is the President of ACN SERVICE and MAM, specializing in industrial maintenance and CNC machine retrofitting. He co-founded ROTH Mions SA and STEELFONDS in 2021. Previously, he successfully led the turnaround of STEEL FORM SAS and ROTH Mions SAS. His career also includes leadership roles at PHYTOCOSMA International and COMAP International. Blandin holds several advanced degrees and is involved in professional organizations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

  • Member of the Board

    Ali Kaptanoglu is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in private wealth management, private banking, investment banking, and asset management, having worked at prestigious multinational banks such as UBS, ABN Amro, and Deutsche Bank. He holds a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Basel, specializing in Monetary Economics and Financial Markets. Throughout his career, Kaptanoglu has advised families, entrepreneurs, and institutional investors, and has been involved in numerous M&A deals, financing projects, and corporate finance activities across several countries. He also established the Turkey & Middle East desk at ABN Amro and held executive management roles in various international branches. Kaptanoglu is a member of several prominent organizations, including the Grand Cercle d'Orient and the Oxford Philosoph Society.