Sébastien Dessimoz
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S¨¦bastien Dessimoz is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Taurus SA. He has held a number of C-level executive and board positions at leading asset management firms, with extensive experience in product development, trading, IT, business development and transformation. He spent five years at Syz Asset Management as Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, and Board Member of several regulated entities
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Oren-Olivier Puder
Oren-Olivier Puder is a co-founder of Taurus and Chairman of the Board. Oren is a lawyer and Partner at Junod, Muhlstein, Levy & Puder law firm. He worked for several years in Bern with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), especially as Head of the Investment Funds Department for French-speaking Switzerland. He is an expert in financial services and specializes in the establishment of collective investment vehicles (transferable securities funds, alternative funds, real estate funds). He is a frequent speaker at seminars on banking and financial law.
Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Dr. Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson is a co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Taurus SA, and Chair of the Technical Committee of the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA). He is a globally recognized expert in cryptography. JP wrote the reference books Crypto Dictionary (No Starch Press, 2020) and Serious Cryptography (No Starch Press, 2017), and has authored more than 60 research articles. He designed the widely used algorithms BLAKE2 and SipHash, and has performed numerous security audits for blockchain organizations such as Filecoin, IOHK, Monero, or ZCash. A regular speaker at leading security and technology conferences, including seven presentations at Black Hat events, JP has discussed topics such as applied cryptography, vulnerability research, post-quantum cryptography, and platform security. He holds a PhD in Cryptography from EPFL (2009) and has previously worked for more than 10 years in applied cryptography and security architecture, in academia and the Kudelski Group.
Nicolas Bonvin
Dr. Nicolas Bonvin is the Chief Technology Officer of Taurus SA. He is an experienced, hands-on software and systems architect specializing in large-scale systems, cloud computing, security, and technology innovation. Prior to joining Taurus SA, Nicolas worked as an architect and lead developer in different-sized companies in the banking, telecom, and retail industries. As Lead Back-Office Architect of LeShop.ch, one of Europe's largest online grocery stores, Nicolas transformed and migrated a 15-year-old legacy system running 24x7x365 into a collection of modern cloud-native applications deployed on a fully automated infrastructure spanning multiple data centers. Nicolas has also been CTO of startups developing web platform and cloud storage solutions, and has spoken at leading database and distributed system conferences (ACM/IEEE) such as CCGRID, SC, ICDE, SOCC, and CLOUD. Nicolas holds an MSc in Computer Science from EPFL and a PhD in Distributed Systems from EPFL (2011).
Victor Busson
Victor Busson is the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Strategic Partnerships of Taurus SA. He has extensive experience in brand strategy and architecture, product marketing, and data-driven demand generation. As Brand Director for Greater China, based in Guangzhou, Victor spearheaded new product development for a leading P&G brand, its go-to-market strategy, and brand communication, resulting in increased top and bottom-line growth across channels and customers. Victor has a Master's degree in Management from HEC Paris.
Lamine Brahimi
Lamine Brahimi is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Taurus SA. Previously, he was Deputy-COO, Chief Digital Officer of Lombard Odier's wealth management unit and General Secretary of the Group. He holds an MSc in Communication Systems Engineering from EPFL, an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, and is also a CFA charterholder.