Dr. Turpin is currently serving as President (Europe) of the “China Europe International Business School” (CEIBS), the leading business school in Asia, with campuses in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Zürich and Accra. He is also Emeritus Professor in Marketing at IMD (Switzerland and Singapore). Previously he was Dean and President of IMD from 2010 to 2016.

Professor Turpin served as Director of the IMD MBA (« Master of Business Administration “Program for Executive Development »), OWP (“Orchestrating Winning Performance”) and directed various customized programs for Fortune 500 international companies. He has extensive teaching, consulting and research experience in the areas of marketing and international strategy in Europe, Asia, and the Americas particularly in the area of brand management, customer orientation and communications strategy.

He has worked as a consultant and management educator with a large number of international companies including Coca Cola, CPW, Danone, DSM, Jardine Matheson, Nestlé, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Uponor. He also served as a board member for ITOCHU Europe, a leading Japanese trading company, the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, ECAL, the Stockholm School of Economics, Waseda Business School among others.

Dr. Dominique Turpin has widespread executive seminar and consulting experience for clients in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining IMD, he spent several years in Tokyo as a representative of a French firm in Japan. He also served as Visiting Professor at the Keio Graduate School of Business Administration, Japan.

Professor Turpin received his master’s degree from ESSCA in France. He earned a doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. He has also been a regular contributor to the « Nihon Sangyo Shimbun » (« The Japan Industrial Journal »), one of the leading business dailies in Japan. Professor Turpin has also served as the continental European editor for the « Long Range Planning Journal », the « International Journal of Strategic Management » and as editorial advisor for the « Singapore Management Review ».

His current research focuses on brand management, and he has been widely published in more than 100 books, articles and case studies including the Financial Times, European Business Forum and MIT Sloan Management Review. His most recent publication is « The Essential Book of Business and Life Quotations” (Anthem Press, 2023).

Philippe has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and alternative asset management. He has been leading the real estate portfolio since 2020. Previously, Philippe was co-founder and Managing Partner at Jabre Capital Partners, where he helped establish the alternative asset manager in 2007, which later grew to $6 billion in assets under management at its peak.

Prior to Jabre Capital Partners, Philippe had a long career at Morgan Stanley, starting in 1991, where he ultimately served as a Managing Director and co-head of Global Prime Brokerage Risk Management.

Philippe holds a degree in Economics from Concordia University, awarded in 1990.

Anne-Lorraine has over 15 years of experience in real estate investment. Since 2020, she has been responsible for real estate acquisitions and asset management at DAA Capital Partners. She started her career at BNP Paribas in the Real Estate Financing department in charge of originating, structuring and executing core real estate financing transactions in Paris/France.

Prior to joining DAA Capital Partners, Anne-Lorraine worked as Real Estate investment manager and successfully contributed to the launch and management of AB European Real Estate Fund.

Prior to joining DAA Capital Partners, Anne-Lorraine worked as Real Estate investment manager and successfully contributed to the launch and management of AB European Real Estate Fund.

Anne-Lorraine holds a MSc. in Real Estate Finance and has qualified as a chartered surveyor (RICS).

Alain has over 20 years of experience in investment banking and private equity. A former member of DAA Capital Partners, Alain now serves as an external advisor to the real estate team. Prior to his time at DAA, Alain was a Chief Investment Officer at Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., the investment management arm of the Arab Bank Group. During his 11-year tenure, he managed and oversaw investments of USD 1.4bn including several private equity funds in Europe

Alain Dargham holds a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in partnership with HEC Paris and an MBA from IMD Business School.

Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen is an Advisor and a member of the real estate investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. Having held various roles in different industries, Susanne has a recognized successful track record leading Global Supply Chain management and global manufacturing networks.

Susanne is the Global Head of Pharma Technical Operations at Roche, a global biotech company. Roche delivers long-term and sustainable healthcare solutions to serve millions of patients in 150 countries.

Susanne has been leading the transformation of Procurement and Supply Chain management functions reaching more than 170 countries. Under her leadership as SVP of Global Supply Chain Management, the organization was recognized as one of Top 25 Supply Chain by Gartner. More recently she has in her role as SVP of Product Supply Diabetes Products been heading manufacturing facilities across the globe at Novo Nordisk, the world’s leading Diabetes care company. In her role in manufacturing, she has been orchestrating a technological transformation that was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a global lighthouse in Advanced Manufacturing.

Susanne holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering from Copenhagen University College of Engineering and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne Switzerland.

Gianluca Colombo is an Advisor and a member of the real estate investment committee of DAA Capital Partners SA. Having worked for over 20 years in fast-moving consumer goods, Gianluca has a recognized successful track record in leading the transformation of Procurement and Supply Chain in large companies, people, organization and supplier development, and driving complex projects in multicultural environments.

Gianluca is Chief Procurement Officer for Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and flavor company.

Gianluca has previously worked for Coty as Chief Procurement Officer, following 11 years at Ferrero, where he served, among others, as Head of Group Supply Chain and SVP Procurement. Prior to this, he covered various global roles in Marketing and Procurement with Danone and Procter & Gamble.

Gianluca holds an M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Milan, and is an IMD HPL alumnus.