Team

Nabil Marc Abdul-Massih

CEO

Nabil has over 25 years of experience managing commodity investments as a trader, collateral manager and portfolio manager. He joined INOKS in 2006 to seed and launch the Ancile Fund. He is CEO, principal of INOKS and a member of the Board.

Alejandro Karacsonyi

COO

Ludovic Brûlé

CFO

Ludovic has over 25 years of accounting / finance and HR experience within several international companies, starting his career at E&Y before progressing within industries ranging from services to asset management, family offices and more recently communications. He is a Swiss Certified Specialist for Finance and Accounting with HR diploma.

CRO

Starting in Q1 27

Samantha Lude

Senior Investor Relations Manager

Samantha has over 15 years’ experience in Investment Funds, half of it in direct contact with investors. Before joining INOKS in 2019, she worked at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management for 10 years, first as a Hedge Fund Analyst then to join the Sales team. She holds a Master in BA and a Master in Statistics from the University of Geneva.

Sergio Sanchez Toledo

Senior Impact Analyst

Sergio holds a bachelor’s in business management and administration and a Diploma in Management Accounting (CIMA).
He was previously working at Big Issue Invest as an Investment Director for Impact Investing where he was managing a portfolio of USD 10M.

Kylie Seghi

ESG Analyst

Kylie has over 10 years of experience in development finance and impact investment, specializing in ESG and Impact Measurement & Management. At Obviam AG, she supported SIFEM, the Swiss Development Finance Institution, contributing to investment screening, sustainability reporting, and portfolio oversight in emerging markets. She holds a Bachelor of Business in International Business & Community Development.

Armand Ballou

Business Development - West Africa Investees

A Certified Public Accountant since 2002, Armand began his career at PwC Dallas before returning to the Ivory Coast to serve as CFO of a state-owned cocoa and coffee trading company. Today, he represents INOKS across West Africa and is based in Abidjan.

Anselme Affoumou

Origination Analyst

Anselme has over 6 years of experience in cocoa and agricultural sector with a Master degree in Supply chain and procurement management and recently a certificate in Strategy. He started his career with Nestle Central & West Africa leading Procurement projects before joining a cocoa export trading company in Ivory Coast driving sustainable projects and managing relationship with cooperatives and traders.

Andreas Rüsch

Business Development - Southern Africa Investees

Building on his significant banking and collateral management experience, since 2004 Andreas is an independent consultant for agriculture and trade. He has inspected over 900 warehouses across 25 developing countries (of which 22 African countries) covering 40+ commodities.

Peter Thomson

Ukraine & CIS Investees

Peter has 27 years’ experience in Ukrainian agriculture. He was COO of Ukrainian Agricultural Investments from 2006 to 2017, building and leading the operations of a 220,000ha arable farming holding of 60 farms and 5 elevators. Prior to UAI, Peter led AGCO Corporation’s Russian and Ukrainian operations. He leads INOKS’s business development in Ukraine and CIS countries.

Alejandro Karacsonyi

Chief Operation Manager

Nikolaos Spantopanagos

Security & Collateral Manager

Nikos has 9 years of experience in logistics & shipping related to commodity trading companies. He holds a BA of Agricultural and Food enterprises and through his career he managed the shipment coordination from different origins, freight negotiations & relationship with shipping lines, EU deliveries and intra-European movements.

Nathalie Coste

Senior Reporting Manager

Nathalie is a finance and accounting specialist with over 15 years of experience in a global commodity trading environment. Throughout her career she has lead teams and built relationships with service providers on several strategic growth projects. Her focus at INOKS is to streamline reporting and bolster internal controls, in a relentless drive for greater transparency and reliability.

Louis Houssemaine

Junior Collateral Officer

Louis holds a Master of Science degree in Commodity Trading from the University of Geneva and a Master's degree in Wealth Management. He began his career in commodity trading and wealth management, spending two years at Amplegest in Paris as a Junior Portfolio Manager and Family Officer. In 2024, he joined INOKS Capital, initially as an Agribusiness Analyst, and later transitioned to the Operations team as a Junior Collateral Officer.

Chief Risk Officer

Starting in Q1 27

Jean-Christophe Caucheteux

Compliance Manager

Jean-Christophe has over 20 years of experience in Law, Compliance, and Risk Management within several international financial institutions, having begun his career in law firms. He has structured and led multiple compliance departments, serving for many years as a trusted point of contact for financial authorities and auditors. He holds an MBA in Law and Finance as well as a Swiss Compliance Certificate.

Ludovic Brûlé

Head of Corporate Functions / CISO

Ludovic has over 25 years of accounting / finance and HR experience within several international companies, starting his career at E&Y before progressing within industries ranging from services to asset management, family offices and more recently communications. He is a Swiss Certified Specialist for Finance and Accounting with HR diploma.

Alexandre Fenu

Senior IT & Business Solutions Manager

Alex has over 20 years of software development and business analysis expertise across several environments ranging from start-ups to corporate and financial sectors. As an IT specialist his drive is to create and deploy technologies whose quality and flexibility enable teams to thrive in their day-to-day activities.

Eric Castel

Senior Software Developer

Eric Castel has over 15 years of experience as a software architect, bringing his expertise to a variety of financial environments. He infuses his projects with positive energy, transforming every challenge into an opportunity for innovation. His aim is to design and deploy elegant, adaptable technologies that enable teams to thrive in their day-to-day activities.

Anaïs Vandekerchove

Accountant

Anaïs has over 15 years of professional experience across accounting, finance, administration and HR in Switzerland and international environments. Before joining INOKS Capital, she spent eight years at CERN in administrative and HR coordination roles and gained accounting experience across various industries, including multi-entity accounting and financial reporting. She holds a French diploma in Business Administration and has completed further training in Swiss accounting.

Oleksandr Reznichenko

Corporate Functions Assistant

Mattis Lefranc-Adam

IT apprentice

Philippe Perles

President

Philippe has more than 30 years of experience in Private Banking, Business Consulting, Asset Management and Commodity Trading industries. He is co-founder and current CEO (Geneva & London) of NOVEO Conseil a specialized consultancy active in the field of international finance. Philippe acts as independent board member for several financial institutions including Edmond de Rothschild Holding SA.

Olivier Nicod

Vice-President

A partner at Walder Wyss in Lausanne, Olivier specializes in banking and securities law, banking relations, business and corporate law, merger and acquisitions, bankruptcy and collection, and contract law. He is a member of the Vaud and New York bars.

Muhammed Currim Oozeer

Member

Currim has been active with Islamic Finance for over 15 years and today is CEO of Sidra Capital. He holds a PhD and Master's Degree in International Securities, Investment & Banking from the University of Reading and is a CFA charterholder.