About us
Who we areThe Company
CTA-Finance was established in 2018 and is now operating from Switzerland, Cyprus, Dubai and Australia. cta-Finance intends to offer to a diversified scale of investors the possibility to invest, alone or by sharing the risk, through tailored-made structures, into an innovative senior and secured private debt product. The underlying assets are credit facilities granted to well-established and selected trading companies, active in metals and all related raw materials mainly.
The Team
Origination Team
Christian Bauer
ORIGINATION TEAM
55 years old, has 31 years of experience in the field of the Commodity Trade Finance.
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Anne de Wolff
ORIGINATION TEAM
56 years old, has 32 years of experience in Trade Finance on top of an academic background (HEC Lausanne and MBA of University of Geneva).
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Origination Commitee
François Greiner
ORIGINATION COMMITTEE
59 years old, has 18 years of banking experience in the field of trade finance with the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. He served for 10 years as CFO with Investal Holding, a company based in the UAE, active in commodity trade and infrastructure investments.
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Benefiting from extensive travel experience, François has developed acute analytical and technical skills in business strategies and new market developments. He now works independently as a consultant on projects in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for a group of investors. His mandates focus on various commodity trades, an underwater excavation business, a portfolio of lifestyle venues, and analysing strategies for new business. François is based in Dubai, UAE.
Risk Assessment
Andreas Georgallis
RISK ASSESSMENT
49 years old, is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) who has more than 13 years’ experience in the financial sector.
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Strategy and Supervision
Marios Hannides
STRATEGY AND SUPERVISION
Chairman, 49 years old years old, has vast experience in the public, healthcare and hospitality sectors. He served for 3 years as Director General of the Cyprus Tourist Organization during which he was elected Vice President of the European Travel Commission.
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Stefano Granieri
STRATEGY AND SUPERVISION
61 years old, is a certified public accountant with a wide experience in financial and trade institutions; Stefano worked as magistrate of the Court of Auditors of the Canton of Vaud from 2008 till 2013.
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Regional Agent
Michele Hardonk
REGIONAL AGENT
55 years old, is today covering the position of CFO, in charge of all financial related matters, of SAIF SpA, an Italian based trading company.
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Our Value
« Understanding the rationale of our borrower’s business is the root of our risk approach »
Contact us
Swtizerland
+41 21 312 86 94
Cyprus
Tél +357 220 27 667
info@cta-finance.com