As Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oliver Gasser, CFA, is Chairman of the Executive Board and responsible for the overall corporate governance and the Portfolio Management.
After an apprenticeship as a banker at Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA), Oliver Gasser worked in various functions in the trading department of SKA and Credit Suisse First Boston in Zurich. While working, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). From 2002 to 2007, he worked as a credit portfolio manager specialising in securitisation and credit derivatives at UBS in Zurich. In 2008, Gasser moved to Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he headed the Global Credit & Convertibles team. In 2017, he became CEO of AgaNola AG, Pfäffikon, which was renamed Credit Suisse Investment Partners AG in March 2020 following a majority shareholding of Credit Suisse Group.
Since Credit Suisse Investment Partners AG was renamed Convertible Experts AG in October 2024, Oliver Gasser is CEO of this company, which specialises in global convertible bond strategies. Credit Suisse Investment Partners AG was one of the leading managers of investment grade convertible bonds and subsequently received several awards for the performance of its funds.