Kronberg im Taunus, December 5, 2024 – alpha portfolio advisors GmbH has announced the appointment of Thomas Eser, Mark Heiden, and Marko Hirsch as partners. The three senior consultants, who have significantly contributed to the company’s success over many years, will join the existing partners, Managing Directors Dr. Jochen Kleeberg, Michael Billmann, and Florian Hertlein.
Dr. Jochen Kleeberg, co-founder and Managing Partner of alpha portfolio advisors:
“Our advisory approach stands out for its depth, consistency, and the highly systematic and transparent derivation of our investment recommendations. The quality of our selection recommendations reflects the exceptional expertise of our consulting team. We have succeeded in building a team that is unique in the institutional consulting landscape and represents a significant competitive advantage. We have now decided to expand our partnership team to include three new partners, all of whom have been with the company for many years and play a key role in our success. I am therefore delighted to welcome Thomas Eser, Mark Heiden, and Marko Hirsch to the partner circle at alpha portfolio advisors. I wish all three continued success and look forward to our ongoing close and trustful collaboration.”
Thomas Eser has been with alpha portfolio advisors since 2007, focusing on structured manager selection and asset allocation. He is responsible for quantitative analyses, the development, maintenance, and optimization of internal analysis tools, the management of data platforms, and the proprietary alphaport® manager database, which forms the foundation of the manager selection process at alpha portfolio advisors. Thomas Eser is a graduate in business mathematics from the University of Augsburg and brings deep expertise in statistics and optimization. In his thesis in cooperation with risklab, he analysed dynamic asset allocation strategies.
Mark Heiden joined alpha portfolio advisors in 2016 as a Senior Consultant specializing in manager selection. His experience includes in-depth analysis and selection of active investment strategies for institutional mandates and fund-of-funds. With a background in finance from his business administration studies at the University of Mannheim and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as professional experience in treasury management at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Mark Heiden brings extensive know-how to the team.
Marko Hirsch has been with the company since 2004 and is responsible for asset allocation, particularly research, conceptual development, and the practical implementation of the alphaport® strategy, which enables forecast-free and risk-oriented asset allocation management. As a business mathematics graduate from the Philipps University of Marburg with a focus on stochastic processes and optimization, Marko Hirsch possesses profound knowledge of robust optimization methods. He has also demonstrated his expertise through professional publications on strategic and dynamic asset allocation.
About alpha portfolio advisors
alpha portfolio advisors GmbH provides consulting services to institutional investors in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, specializing in asset allocation and asset manager selection. Founded in 1998, the company has conducted over 400 manager selection processes with a mandate volume exceeding €30 billion. In addition, the firm advises numerous institutional investors on model-based, risk-controlled asset allocation management. This expertise positions alpha portfolio advisors as one of the leading investment consulting firms in the German-speaking region.
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