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Philippe Jost

Investor

Managing Director, Head of Product Development and Solutions, Head of Risk at Capital Dynamics

Zug, Zug, Switzerland

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About

Philippe Jost is Managing Director at Capital Dynamics, where he serves as Head of Product Development and Solutions and Head of Risk. His work covers product development, portfolio construction, risk management, and quantitative research related to private assets, with areas of expertise including private equity, statistics, machine learning, mathematical modeling, and performance measurement.

Experience

  1. Capital DynamicsManaging Director, Head of Product Development and Solutions, Head of Riskcurrent2025 — present
  2. Capital DynamicsManaging Director, Head of Risk & Solutions2024 — 2025Zug, Switzerland
  3. Capital DynamicsSenior Director, Head of Risk & Solutions2022 — 2024
  4. Capital DynamicsDirector, Head of Risk & Solutions2020 — 2022Zug, Switzerland
  5. Capital DynamicsPrincipal, Head of Solutions2018 — 2020Zug
  6. Capital DynamicsSenior Vice President2016 — 2018Zug
  7. Capital DynamicsVice President2012 — 2016Zug
  8. Capital DynamicsAssociate2011 — 2012Zug
  9. Fort de ChillonBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  10. FundoQuantitative Researcher2007 — 2011
  11. EPFLResearch and Teaching Assistant2003 — 2007
  12. INRIAVisiting Researcher2005
  13. Numerical Harmonic Analysis GroupVisiting Researcher2005
  14. VisiowaveInternship2002
  15. VisiowaveInternship2001

Skills & more

Matlab14VBA1Bloomberg1Signal Processing21Image Processing18Algorithms13Machine Learning10Hedge Funds8Equities11Portfolio Management12Private Equity11Statistics6
+11 moreMathematical ModelingPerformance MeasurementRisk ManagementAlternative InvestmentsAsset AllocationData MiningQuantitative FinanceArtificial IntelligenceOptimizationPattern RecognitionALM

Languages English · French · German · Swiss German

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Colleagues at Capital Dynamics

Aleksander Jakima
Director at Capital Dynamics
Alexander Hahn
Managing Director, Business Development, US at Capital Dynamics
Alyssa Penwell
Managing Director, Global Head of Funds - Legal at Capital Dynamics
Amit Gupta
Investor at SNR VC
Andrea Mazzaferro
Senior Managing Director, Head of Primaries, Europe at Capital Dynamics
Andrew Beaton
Senior Advisor, Direct Investments at Capital Dynamics
Andrew Bernstein
Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity at Capital Dynamics
Andrew Roberts
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer at Capital Dynamics

Frequently asked questions

Who is Philippe Jost?
Philippe Jost is Managing Director at Capital Dynamics, where he serves as Head of Product Development and Solutions and Head of Risk. His work covers product development, portfolio construction, risk management, and quantitative research related to private assets, with areas of expertise including private equity, statistics, machine learning, mathematical modeling, and performance measurement.
Where does Philippe Jost work?
Philippe Jost is Managing Director, Head of Product Development and Solutions, Head of Risk at Capital Dynamics.
Where did Philippe Jost go to school?
Philippe Jost studied at EPFL (Ph. D., Doctoral School in Signal Processing); EPFL (Ms, Communication Systems).

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Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiBouraux LeopoldAI & Data Engineer at Newfund CapitalChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgYannick RitschelInvestor at Backbone VenturesChristian JaagBoard Member at CV VCSara ShabaniSenior Associate at Cota Capital

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Also worked at INRIA53

Arthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AISandeep BhadraGeneral Partner at Vertex VenturesKathy PhamInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesMichal ValkoInvestor at KAYAJean KrivineInvestor at ATKAProf. Sandeep ShuklaProfessor & Director, IIIT Hyderabad at T-Hub

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