Toro Consulting is a management consulting firm which focuses exclusively in the asset management and finance industry. Toro Consulting is dedicated to create tailored business solutions to manage your company’s needs.Manager of the following complex client projects/assignments for large firms in the alternative asset management universe (private equity, private debt, ILS, fund of hedge fund):• Business Optimization: CRM processes with new CRM solution• Legal & Compliance: GDPR• M&A: Private Debt investment manager• Tax: Swiss stamp duty• Business Optimization: Fund of Hedge Fund management processes• Compliance: MiFID, PRIIPs and FIDLEG• Restructuring: Merger of 3 legal entities• Legal & Tax: Transfer pricing• Legal & Tax: BEPS reporting• Business Optimization: ILS portfolio management• Legal: Data governance• Restructuring and Bus. Dev.: Spin-off investment manager, FINMA license and fund setup• Interim part-time COO for business development asset management firm• Restructuring: Cross-border fund setup LUX - IRE with AIFMD Compliance• M&A & Restructuring: Fund management company• M&A, Restructuring and Business Development: ILS Investment Manager• Management: Project management setup

Blue Diamond Asset Management is a privately held hedge fund manager headquartered in Switzerland. Since 2011, a team of investment professionals have developed the Non-Directional investment strategy (AuM $1.4 billion), whose objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted absolute returns. The systematic strategy seeks to achieve the investment objective through exploiting market inefficiencies with spread positions in liquid volatility-related instruments, such as publicly traded volatility, equity and bond futures and options. As COO, Patrick was responsible for the following:• FUND AND TRADING OPERATIONS: Daily reconciliation of investment and cash positions, prices, profit and loss, broker commissions and exchange fees. Communicated, solved problems and aligned with external service providers, such as prime brokers, banks, fund administrator and auditor. Managed cash to ensure liquidity, cover margin calls and enhance returns. Managed month-end processes for monthly fund financial statements, NAV calculation, cash flows between investors, feeder funds and master fund and for the distribution of investor statements. Improved businesses processes and operations. Prepared investment manager input for fund board meetings. Coordinated and supported annual fund audit. Reviewed and assessed external service providers. Updated internal control system and policies.• CLIENT SERVICES: Answered client requests. Updated AIMA due diligence questionnaire and coordinated external investor due diligences, including providing detailed answers to due diligence questionnaires. AuM growth from USD 0.9b to USD 1.4b.• RISK MANAGEMENT: Controlled daily the exchange and broker margin requirements and limits, including providing cash to cover margin calls. Organized, prepared and attended quarterly risk management and compliance committee meetings.• PROJECTS: Managed various projects to improve operations and reduce risk.

• Performed ad-hoc analysis and problem solving for head of investment banking and mgmt. committee.• Created research, market analysis and statistics for Vontobel structured products.• Represented investment bank on Vontobel group wide projects and steering committees.• Supported strategic and operational projects within investment banking area.• Created management information (MIS/KPI) and reporting.• Wrote concept for IB graduate trainee program involving financial products, brokerage, corp. finance.

Worked for Investment Manager of the Man Group:- Pemba Credit Advisers from 08/2007 until 03/2009 as a Business Project Manager for Business Managementa) Lead and managed various projects to grow the business and strengthen the corporate governance:• Established a UK presence for Pemba in London.• Setup investment management between the investment vehicles, Pemba Switzerland and Pemba UK.• Acquired relevant licenses from the financial regulators in Switzerland and UK.• Integrated with Ore Hill in inv. research sharing, chinese walls, IT integration.• Optimized business processes, incl. setup of business continuity management.• Supported in setup of planned credit hedge fund and distressed credit fund.b) Supported COO in managing and running the business:• Defined and implemented business strategy and business plan.• Acted as deputy of COO in working groups and meetings.• Ensured corporate governance is implemented and followed on all levels.• Controlled monthly MIS and continuous improvement.• Created reporting to Man Group Board and Man Investments Management Committee.• Acted as interface to outsourcing partners (Finance, Compliance, Prod. Structuring, IT, ...)- RMF Investment Management from 07/2005 until 07/2007 as a Business Solutions Consultant• Developed proposal and business case for a new solution to perform fund of hedge funds accounting, order management, cash management and FX hedging.• Worked as business project manager and lead analyst on the above HedgeSphere project. Planned and coordinated work for a team of 6 product managers and 2 external consultants. Specified with team the business processes/requirements and looked for gaps in the new solution.• Supported the implementation of the Managed Accounts investment platform.• Consulted in third party evaluation, information system investment planning / capital budgeting, GIPSreporting process, and information system strategy based on business strategy.

• Managed a business analyst team on a large strategic solution project• Developed business specifications for an integrated customer asset and liability information platform.• Launched and UBS internally marketed services of new customer asset and liability information platform.

• Defined improved business model and processes that enabled the insurance company to market new products quickly for medium sized corporate customers, handle operations efficiently and increase profit.• Streamlined managerial accounting month-end processes supported by a SAP system of a major bank to decrease time and staff involved by one third.• Established project management and reporting to stakeholders of a business process team within an overall project at an investment bank. Designed and managed business processes that were necessary to open new investment centers across Europe.• Advised client about the impact of the Economic and Monetary Union (Euro) on its business and on the consequences and changes on their SAP system.• Developed competitive client proposals in the areas of balanced scorecard and SAP implementation.

• Consulted for PwC’s European Center of Expertise as an expert for the currency changeover to the Euro. Researched and analyzed relevant information about the Euro currency changeover and how it affects a company and its SAP systems. Built a knowledge database and a comprehensive training for clients and consultants. Marketed Euro knowledge to enable the firm to win highly profitable projects.• Managed project set up and analyzed Euro changeover compliance issues that allowed the consumer product firm to become Euro compliant.• Set up and instructed client/consultants for a pharmaceutical firm to become Euro compliant.• Assisted project manager in a large SAP implementation project for an insurance company.