The history of RESCAD
The history of RESCAD begins in 2004. as Gian Heim, who had already worked for several years in institutional asset management for ROLEX Holding and for the ROLEX pension funds, was entrusted with the establishment and subsequent administration of two charitable foundations. From then moment onward, the administration and organization of donations to non-profit institutions were part of his core area of responsibility. So many years of experience make therefore RESCAD an expert in institutional asset management, pension fund management, philanthropy and family office services.
Due to the very positive development of the managed assets, Gian founded RESCAD AG in 2010 with the aim of making management services available to private customers as well. The assets under management have been increasing steadily since then. The important growth finally prompted RESCAD to be certified and supervised by FINMA (financial market supervisory authority) as early as 2019, and at the same time to issue two specially managed investment funds and a swiss indirect real estate L-QIF Fund in 2024.
Because of his Graubünden roots, his longstanding place of work in Chur and the excellent local contacts, the founding of the RESCAD office in Chur in 2022 was the next obvious step in the company’s history. From that moment RESCAD was able to serve all areas in Switzerland offering advice in all of the country’s four national languages.
The RESCAD team
Discover the members of RESCAD, their function and their background
Gian Heim
Founder & CEO
Since 1991 Gian has gained global experience in Private Banking and Asset Management with various companies such as Credit Suisse, Graubündner Kantonal Bank, ROLEX Holding and the ROLEX Pension Funds.
Before founding RESCAD in 2010, he was the deputy head of Asset Management for the ROLEX Group. In addition, he also was a member of the ROLEX P.C. Investment Committee where he was responsible for investments.
Addititonally, Gian was the Portfolio Manager of the Swiss Equity portfolio of ROLEX Holding and ROLEX P.C.
At Graubünden Kantonalbank he was a member of the investment committee and responsible for private banking clients in the Chur region.
Education
- Federal Diploma in Banking and Finance – 1996
- Banking Diploma AKAD – 1996
Giorgio Frazzetto
Director
Before joining RESCAD in 2012, Giorgio started his career at Credit Suisse in Geneva in the private banking department.
After 15 years, in 2009, he joined Trillum SA as a Financial Analyst. Additionally, he participated in the setting up of the Manavest funds.
At RESCAD he occupied various positions. He is currently in charge of risk and compliance management, as well as administration.
Education
- Diploma of financial expert in 2007 from the Centre de Formation des Professionnels de l’Investissement.
Roman Rauch
Director & Head of the Chur office
Roman Rauch has been working in the banking and finance industry for 20 years since he started his career in 2002 at the Graubündner Kantonalbank in Chur.
Since graduating in 2009 as a business economist with a focus on banking and finance at the Institute of Applied Sciences in Chur, Roman has worked as a private banking consultant for the Graubündner Kantonalbank. In this function, he managed the assets of his Swiss as well as international clients, comprehensively advising them in the areas of investing, retirements schemes and financing.
Since 2022 he is in charge of the new RESCAD office in Chur.
Education
- Degree in Business Economics with a focus on Banking and Finance in 2009 at the University of Applied Sciences Chur.
Marcello Tedeschi
Managing Director
Active in the Private Banking and Financial industry since 1990 (Pension Fund Evaluation – New York, Cornèr Bank Group -Lugano & Nassau, Gotthard Bank/BSI/EFG -Lugano, Nassau & Geneva), Marcello has been primarily dealing with Latin American markets and all necessities concerning its clientele.
He joined RESCAD in May 2018.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration obtained in 1989 at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL (USA).
Marc-Christian Bollet
Director
Marc-Christian has over 25 years’ experience in asset management for institutional and private clients. During his career, he has worked for a number of independent asset managers as both portfolio and relationship manager, specialising in strategic allocation, analysis and asset selection for multi-assets and equity mandates. Previously, Marc-Christian spent 19 years managing Swiss and European equity mandates and investment funds at Lombard Odier.
Marc-Christian joined RESCAD in October 2024 as co-portfolio manager of RESCAD products and head of research.
Education
- Swiss Federal Diploma in Financial Analysis and Asset Management (CFPI/AZEK) – 1996
- Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) – 1996
- Chartered Market Technician (CMT) – 2008
Heidi Goh-Zihlmann
Administrative assistant
Over 25 years of working experience as employee of commerce in several departments of international companies (Sony, Caterpillar, Sanofi-Aventis, DHL). Heidi joined RESCAD in 2013
Education
- Federal Certificate of capacity as employee of commerce in 1983
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