Team
Sam Copley
As associate director at Euromoney Institutional Investor (EII), Sam co-built a fund-manager search service that placed USD 12.6 billion. He was also responsible for developing EII’s networks of institutional investors (IIN), family offices (FON) and fund managers (MIN), and running a variety of conferences throughout Europe, the Middle East and North America. Sam previously worked in political risk throughout Asia-Pacific and was educated at Oxford, in London and Tokyo.
Alexandra Martinez
Alexandra is an Independent Investment Committee Member of the RNIB Retirement Benefits Scheme. She has over 15 years of experience in financial services, including consulting for pension funds, family offices and corporate investors. Previously, Alexandra was a Director at bfinance, a partner at Arbour Partners, an investment advisory and placement firm and a partner of St James’s Place Wealth Management.
Simon Franz
During his 10 years at Deutsche Bank, Simon was primarily active as wealth management advisor. He acquired and serviced high net worth individuals in Northern and Eastern Germany. He also worked in investment banking on large capital transactions as well as for a global institutional investor in the alternative investment space. Simon holds a Master in Finance, Accounting & Taxation from the Freie Universität Berlin and an Executive MBA from ESMT Berlin.
Florian Haupt
Florian is a Partner at TruVenturo and supports Query’s operations with focus on the DACH region. He successfully helped to raise financing for several portfolio companies and funds and is an expert in M&A and capital markets. In addition to his expertise, Florian has a strong network across family offices and institutional investors within the DACH region. Previously to his role at Query, Florian worked as Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Group Management Consulting. Florian holds a Master in Management degree from ESCP Europe.
Dr. Felix Scheder-Bieschin
Felix is Partner at Query. He is an expert when it comes to all kinds of regulatory, contractual, and M&A questions.
Before joining Query, Felix was a Principal Associate at the leading international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg, London and Munich. There, he primarily advised financial and strategic investors on cross-border transactions and internally advanced digitalization of the firm. Felix studied at London School of Economics and Political Science as well as at LMU in Munich.