TEAM MEMBERS

Christophe B. Sierro

Founding Partner
Geneva

Since 2003, Chris has developed an international Multi-Family Office model with a holistic approach centred around Clients and focused on wealth management. He retains the interest of a group of entrepreneurial Clients who form the base of his clientele. Before becoming independent Chris spent short of ten years with Bank Paribas between 1995 and 2003 in Geneva and London occupying various functions in corporate banking, investment banking and ultimately in private banking. He became a director and private banker with BNP Paribas in Geneva in 2001 heading the UK market. Chris is a certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) and a Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM), who graduated from HEC Lausanne with a Master of Science in Business Administration and Finance.

Christian Benedetti

Asset Manager, Director
Geneva

Christian joined the Group in 2006 as an analyst and portfolio manager and has since led the development of the research, quantitative analysis and asset management activities, which he continues to oversee today. He has also developed and integrated proprietary technological and analytical tools, including Python-based research and portfolio analysis applications. Since 2010, he has been responsible for discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration & Finance from HEC Geneva.

Stefka Georgiev

CFO, Director
Geneva

Stefka joined the Group in 2008. She holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Control from UNWE (University of National and World Economy) in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has worked in Geneva since 2002 and before joining the Group she acquired a solid experience as accountant in the fiduciary and trust sectors, international medical assistance, IT development and the automobile industry.

Michel Girardin

Independent consultant
Macro Strategist

Renowned for his vast expertise in economics and finance, Michel Girardin is an independent adviser at Mt Fort Advisers. In this role he provides analysis and detailed economic forecasts to provide support for the investment policies of the company. A lecturer in macro-finance at the University of Geneva, Michel Girardin has over 25 years of experience in roles as chief economist and head of investment strategy in the Swiss banking sector. In 2012 the magazine Bilan listed him as one of the 300 most influential figures in Swiss economics. Michel Girardin has a doctorate in Economics from HEC Lausanne, the business and economics faculty of the University of Lausanne, and an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Kiong Mei-Yi

Assistant Vice President, Operations and Client Services
Singapore

Kiong Mei-Yi is a pioneer member of Rockfort Advisors and serves in areas of Business Operations, Client Relationship and Services Management. Mei-Yi brings with her over a decade of private banking experience. Mei-Yi’s experience includes portfolio management and client relationship management for high net worth Asian client. Mei-Yi joined Rockfort Advisors after a career in JP Morgan Private Wealth Management where she last worked as a Relationship Manager. Prior to JP Morgan, she worked in HSBC Private Bank and EFG Private Bank as an Assistant Relationship Manager covering Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Mei-Yi graduated from National University of Singapore with an Honours Degree in Economics.

Sandeep Sharma

Founding Partner
Singapore

Sandeep has over 25 years of work experience in banking and finance. In 2018 he founded his own wealth management firm, Rockfort Advisors in Singapore, and is looking after a selective network of entrepreneurial families. Previously, Sandeep was CEO of HSBC Private Bank (South East Asia) overseeing over 300 staff and over USD 20 billion of assets in one of the top 4 private banks in Asia.

Sandeep is a veteran of multiple market cycles. He worked closely with some of the wealthiest global families and on some of the largest businesses in Asia. Sandeep graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Marketing from the Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi. He is a Doon School alumni.

Deloris Tan

Manager – Operations and Client Services
Singapore

Deloris Tan has a depth of experience in the Fund Management industry, having spent 18 years with Eastspring Investments in various important roles in operations, compliance and client support. Her last role was with the regional compliance team, helping to support as many as thirteen overseas subsidiaries and two other joint ventures.Deloris graduated from the University of London with an Honours Degree in Banking and Finance. She is a key member of the Rockfort Advisors family helping the fund management focus in addition to her core focus on compliance, client servicing and operations.

Nitin Kohli

Senior Vice President
Singapore

Nitin has over twenty years of experience in financial institutions such as American Express, Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas. Nitin has a strong track record in advising and managing capital market investments for top tier families in Asia.

In his most recent role at BNP Paribas, he was working closely with ultra high net worth private clients and assisting them with respect to asset allocation, across multiple geographies.

His areas of interests are bottom up equity evaluation, behavioural finance, macro-economic overlay and geopolitics (game-theory).

Nitin holds an undergraduate degree in business studies from University of Delhi and an MBA (Finance/Strategy) from Nanyang Business School, (NTU) Singapore.

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