Who We Are

Hilgon van Breda

SwissInc Founder & CEO

"We are direct real estate investors focusing on properties in and around Switzerland. Worldwide, we invest in special development projects in attractive jurisdictions that meet our specific criteria, e.g. uniqueness, market attractiveness, future-orientated, scale, risk profile, quality of partners, etc.

We developed propriety processes and PropTech to enable us to buy right, manage right and exit right, thereby exceeding market returns for our investment partners and us.

Our company, called Swiss Inc Ltd, is based in Zurich. Our specialist team is structured in the five pillar businesses, i.e. investment, transactions, property management, development management and decision support."

Core Team

INTERNAL TEAM

HILGON VAN BREDA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

ALEXANDER VAN BREDA
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

JAKO MENKVELD
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

BERNARD RACINE
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

TAJINDER SUMAL
INVESTOR RELATIONS

ALEX JONESCO
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

PETER FLEISCHMANN
ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT

GREGOR ETZWEILER
INVESTOR RELATIONS

ANDRES ABARZUA
INVESTOR RELATIONS

DEVON HATCHETT
MARKETING

RENIER VAN BREDA
FINANCIAL MODELLING

DAIWA BOWERS
EXECUTIVE SUPPORT

GERT BOTHA
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CHANTEL KEMP
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

MANFRED MEINTJIES
TECHNOLOGY

TEAM BIOS

  • Qualified as a Chartered Accountant and FCMA with EY, pursued a banking & financial services career. Led a successful management buyout from ABB in Zürich, co-founded enValue AG developing strategic business decision support technology. Founded SwissInc AG to develop, invest, structure and manage real estate as an investment partner with selected private clients and institutions. Completed nearly 50 significant real estate transactions and manage assets in excess of CHF700m.

  • Managed multiple large real estate properties and partner relationships with their investors and large tenants. Leads Cyber Real development team, a digital real estate management application which optimizes the full real estate investment process from acquisition to exit. Creates marketing and communication strategies to optimally communicate a real estate asset’s potential to investors. Co-founded and manages Avarast AG as a real estate JV with very reputable multi-family office client.

  • Oxford University educated software engineer. Expert in database design, complex mathematical and financial modelling, system and data integration, multidimensional modelling. Has developed a number of SwissInc's in-house proprietary systems for analysing real estate investments and the operating business of potential tenants. Part of SwissInc's due diligence and investment committees and responsible for financial modelling and simulation.

  • MA HSG / MBA, manages top-level engagements in finance, insurance, telecom, energy, and real estate, with a focus on hotel properties. He has steered corporate strategy at Banco Comercial Transatlantico (now Deutsche Bank) and Union Reinsurance Company (now Swiss Re), and directed boards at Energymixx AG, a leader in the renewable energy sector. His adeptness in six languages enhances his capability to navigate diverse business environments globally. Alex orchestrates complex business deals and projects internationally, leveraging his profound understanding of various markets. He holds a Master's degree in Macroeconomics from the University of St. Gallen and, since 2013, has been an independent consultant, offering strategic guidance in business development, mergers and acquisitions, and technical assessments to various enterprises and family offices.

  • Over 30 years' experience of developing and implementing methodologies and processes for complex multicriterial investment decision making. Co-Founder of a pure play software businesses used by multinational companies for modelling and simulating in the investment decision process. Analysed hundreds of potential private equity and real estate investments over his career. Part of SwissInc's due diligence and investment committees.

  • Over 25 years of experience in the financial industry with a strong focus on alternative asset classes, covering both the investment & research and the business development & sales side. He was a shareholder and an active management team member of several alternative asset management companies and built a strong network of allocators and providers in the sector. Gregor is a CFA charter holder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

  • Over 25 years in financial services and strategy consulting with a multi-industries and multi-cultural background providing outlier opportunities for qualified professional investors in different asset classes. Former corporate and investment banker raising over USD60Bn in the DCM/ECM space. Passionate entrepreneur and advisor, having invested in a wide range of disruptive enterprises including the real estate industry and taking these entities to be outliers with its C-suite team. Experienced in credit risk management and advising business on the digital front providing customized strategic roadmaps.