Team

David Benamou joined Axiom Alternative Investments after 11 years with Société Générale as Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance.

Jérôme Legras joined Axiom Alternative Investments after 12 years with Société Générale as Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance.

Stéphanie de Torquat began her career in 2006 at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London as a strategist within the Quantitative Investment Team, focusing in particular on European institutional clients. She joined Lombard Odier in April 2010 as a macroeconomic strategist and member of the Private Bank’s Investment Committee, first in London and then in Geneva. In September 2022, she became Chief Economist at Silex Investment Partners, and later joined the asset management team (SIMS) in September 2024, which was acquired by Axiom AI in early 2025. She is currently responsible for the macroeconomic outlook. Stéphanie de Torquat is a graduate of the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE). She also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Financial Engineering from Columbia University (Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science), obtained in 2006.

Adrian Paturle joined Axiom Alternative Investments in July 2009. He has 25 years of experience in third-party asset management.

Antonio Roman joined Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2018. Previously, he worked as a quantitative analyst at GSAM and JP Morgan Asset Management.

Prior to joining Axiom in 2025, Philippe Kellerhals built the fixed income asset management activity at Silex as Head of Fixed Income and CIO. He previously worked as a senior portfolio manager at Cairn Capital (now Polus Capital) for over 10 years. He started his career at BNP Paribas in 2003 in the Credit Portfolio Management unit within the Investment Bank. Philippe Kellerhals holds a master’s degree in Finance from ESCP Europe and is a CFA® charterholder.

Gérald Sinnasse has an 18-year experience in trading and portfolio management. He became a portfolio manager from a position as Head of CDS Trading at Société Générale. He is a graduate of CentraleSupélec and holds an MBA from ESCP.

Marie-France Thimon is a Senior Credit Analyst at Axiom Alternative Investments. She focuses on fundamental research mainly in the High Yield corporate credit universe, contributing to investment strategies across fixed income portfolios. She previously worked at LBP AM and Ostrum AM in similar roles. Her career also includes sell-side credit research at Crédit Agricole CIB and corporate banking financing positions at Société Générale CIB. She holds an Executive Master in Finance from HEC Paris.

Eric Bozzetto has an extensive experience of convertibles bonds since 1995 in various financial institutions as sell-side trader or buy-side portfolio manager. He holds a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Paris Dauphine and is a CFA-ESG holder.

Paul Gagey joined Axiom Alternative Investments in March 2018. He has 35 years of experience in asset management at leading financial institutions across Europe.

Romain started his career in 2016 in the Emerging Markets corporate credit industry. He has been portfolio manager since 2019. After 2 years of preparatory class at Lycée Hoche, he received a Master’s degree from ESSEC Business School and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Association.

Grégory Raab joined Axiom Alternative Investments in December 2014 after more than 20 years of experience in credit intermediation.

Philippe Caeznave has been involved in Axiom's commercial development since the company's launch as an external marketer. He then joined the company as managing partner in September 2014.

Laurent Surjon joined Axiom Alternative Investments in September 2014 after contributing to its development since 2009 as a third-party marketer.

Pauline Vadot joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2012 from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management.

Arnaud Loechleiter joined Axiom in 2025, after 18 years of experience in the distribution of funds and structured products to professional investors in Switzerland. He has contributed to the development of cross-asset franchises and the launch of bond strategies. He is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale de Paris.

Vincenzo brings to Axiom Alternative Investments his 27-years of experience in the banking industry working in New-York, London, Zurich and Milan. Vincenzo has an extensive knowledge on financial markets and about Italian clients. Prior to Axiom Alternative Investments, Vincenzo worked as Head of Sales for Unicredit and RBS, and also worked for Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch.

Bertrand Wojciechowski joined Axiom Altenative Investments in September 2013. He was previously Third Party Marketer (TPM) at Label Finance in charge of Business Development and Marketing from 2010 to 2013.

Nassim joined Axiom Alternative Investments in May 2022, after 2 years of experience in the Asset Management sector. Nassim holds a Master's degree in Financial Market & Investments from Skema Business School.

Margaux joined Axiom AI after six years of experience in financial and regulatory auditing in Luxembourg (Deloitte - four years) and Switzerland (PwC - two years).

Guillaume Carriou joined Axiom Alternative Investments in September 2014. Before becoming Chief of Staff, he held positions in compliance and control in asset management.

Cédric Marcy joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2018. He has 7 years of experience across different companies where he worked as Middle and Back Office Manager and financial controller. Prior to Axiom, Cedric was Middle Office Manager at AG2R-La mondiale.

Laura Ramirez joined Axiom AI in April 2021 as ESG Manager. She was previously Head of Emerging Markets at 2° Investing Initiative, a think tank specialized in climate change financial sector.

Alexis worked for over 2 years as a Senior ESG Transition Risk Analyst at Moody's. Alexis holds a Masters degree in Financial Markets from IPAG Business School.

Philippe Haik joined Axiom Alternative Investments in Novembre 2021 after extensive experiences in the short-term interest rate markets in several financial institutions such as Nomura or BlueCrest Capital.

Before joining Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2023, Mathieu was the CEO of Exane Solutions, a leading provider of cross assets investment solutions for asset managers. Before that, Mathieu worked for leading financial institutions as a trader and head of Equity Derivatives business lines.

Selma Bey joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2023 as head of compliance. Previously, she was compliance officer at Carmignac and HSBC.

Amélie Kesler joined Axiom Alternative Investments in January 2021 as Head of Legal. She is in charge of legal matters for the funds managed by Axiom Alternative Investments, as well as for the company.

Pierre Mathis joined Axiom Alternative Investments in December 2021 after more than 10 years of experience in asset management at ODDO BHF and Amundi.

Nathalie Lê joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2016. She previously worked in another management company as Middle Office Manager.

Truong Vi Lon joined Axiom in October 2021, after 13 years of experience as a mutual funds accountant at Sgss, Bpss, Caceis, CM-CICam and supervisory consultant at Sgss. He was also a middle office manager at Meeschaert AM. Vi Lon holds a BTS in Accounting and Management.

Cyrille Guehi joined Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2014 through a graduate internship with the risk management department which then led to a position with the Middle Office team.