Mathias Piardon

Founder and CEO at 1L Capital

Speaker

Mathias Piardon is a Swiss-based investment professional with 25+ years of experience in the finance sector. He is the Founder and CIO of 1L Capital. Mathias started as equity derivatives trader in 1999 for Calyon on prop, market making, exotic products, dispersion, then Dresdner as head of equity derivatives trading Asia ex Japan. He was based in Zurich, London, Paris and Hong Kong, between 1997 and 2009. He resigned to co found a quant hedge fund, Noho Capital, based in Hong Kong and London. In Jan 2016, he joined a 1 bn USD fund of hedge funds in Zurich, Ayaltis AG, becoming deputy CIO and member of the Investment Committee. He resigned and left in Feb 2021 to create 1L Capital AG. He holds an MSc in Economics (France) and an MSc in Finance (UK).