CEO & Founder

Daniel is the CEO & Founder of Alpina Capital AG, where he is overseeing investment solutions within a full range of asset classes, from sustainable direct investments, to multi asset funds and alternative funds. Prior to founding Alpina Capital, Daniel spent over 17 years on the investment side, where he worked for Bank Julius Baer in the Investment Advisory and Equity Strategy. Since 2001, he worked for 14 years at Falcon Private Bank, where he had the full responsibility in managing a full range of multi asset funds, with a proven track record. Daniel spent more than ten years in the Asset Management division of the bank in the equity and multi asset team. He holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Banking & Finance from the FHNW in Zurich.

Business Development

Upon becoming part of Alpina Capital, Andrin took on the role of business development, with the goal of further enhance the current business development and drive new strategies together with the CEO & Founder Daniel Fricker. During the past years he has worked on multiple insurance projects regarding the newly implemented reporting standards IFRS 17/9 and advised LGT Capital Partners in their first steps into sustainability and ESG commitment. He is currently working on his master’s degree in Accounting and Finance at the university of St. Gallen, where he previously finished the Bachelor of Business Administration.

Renewable Energy Advisor / CAERO

Ariel Burt is a Managing Partner and Founder of CAERO. She is focused on business development and new opportunities across Asia, Europe and America. Ms. Burt is currently predominately active in the western European and Asian market, by spearheading  CAERO’s ventures together with local teams, as well as the active management of the development activities. She is experienced in planning large-scale mixed use master plan projects for cities and districts globally, as well as in the planning and realisation of complex architectural buildings. She has, in past, worked as an architect and later as a construction supervisor at several different leading architecture firms in Europe and the US.. She is an alumnus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich) where she obtained her Master of Science ETH with a special focus in engineering and architecture.

Sprott-Alpina Gold Fund Manager / Sprott

Douglas Groh joined Sprott Asset Management in January 2020. He serves as a Co-Portfolio Manager of the Sprott Gold Equity Fund as well as other investment vehicles in the Sprott Gold Equity Strategy. Previously, Mr. Groh was a Portfolio Manager at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. Prior to joining Tocqueville, he was Director of Investment Research at Grove Capital from 2001-2003. From 1990-2001, he held investment research and banking positions at J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and ING Bank. During the late 1980s, Mr. Groh served as a portfolio manager of gold mining equity funds for U.S. Global Investors and IDS Financial Services, after beginning his career as a mining and precious metals analyst in 1985 at U.S. Global Investors. Mr. Groh earned a B.S. in Geology/Geophysics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, where he focused on mineral economics.