Christoph Manser

Head of Infrastructure International at Swiss Life Asset Managers

As Head of Infrastructure International at Swiss Life Asset Managers, Chris is responsible for a team of over 40 investment professionals and assets under management of over €11 billion. Prior to joining Swiss Life Asset Managers in 2012, he was a member of the Global Executive Committee of AXA Investment Managers, where he ran the firm's $6 billion hedge-fund business. Before that, he was Head of Alternative Investments at Winterthur Group and Credit Suisse Financial Services, where he was responsible for a $5 billion private-equity and hedge-fund portfolio. He started his career at UBS as a fixed-income portfolio manager. Chris is a board member of German TSO Amprion, mobile tower owner and operator Cellnex Switzerland and the land aggregation business TIP. He holds a master’s degree in physics from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and is a CFA charterholder.