Dr. Costa Vayenas

Senior Investment Consultant

An advisor to banks and asset managers, Costa is Senior Investment Consultant at WPuls in Zurich. Previously he spent twenty-five years as an analyst for UBS in London, New York and Zurich, most recently as Head of Research and Credit for Emerging Markets. Costa is a guest lecturer for for-credit seminars at the Department of Banking & Finance at the University of Zurich and at the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy at the ETH Zurich. He is active in digitalisation trends through his roles as Director of the Procivis Think Tank and chairman of a company in the digital asset space. Costa is the author of numerous books and publications on economics, digitalisation and a language algorithm. He did a doctorate in Political Science at the University of South Africa and completed the international management programme at INSEAD, France. Costa speaks several languages, including English, German and Greek.

Sebastian Kistner

Strategic Advisor

Sebastian holds a BA in Communication Studies (ZHAW) and has more than 15 years experience in corporate communications and senior management advisory, with a focus on financial/capital markets/investor communications, ESG and brand positioning. He has held several senior leadership roles in large international and Swiss corporations, most recently as Head Group External Communications and Head APAC Communications at Credit Suisse in Zurich and Singapore. Before joining the bank, he worked for the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the Swiss telecommunications provider Swisscom. Additionally, he has managed a number of entrepreneurial businesses. Sebastian speaks German, English, Italian and French.

Lazar Jovanovic

Founder & Managing Director

Lazar is an Economist (BBA HWZ) with more than 20 years of experience in the Swiss banking industry, with focus on Central Europe. In 2015, he founded Perpetual Wealth as a wealth management boutique for international clients, and has lead the company as its Managing Director since its inception. Prior to that, Lazar was a Senior Relationship Manager at Bank Julius Baer and a Relationship Manager at UBS, both in Zurich. In private capacity, he has been an investor in various real estate and venture capital projects in Switzerland for many years. Lazar is fluent in English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Russian and French.