Who We Are
Primus Greile
Primus Greile is a founding partner of Cresta Capital Partners AG, laying the foundation for the independent wealth manager, which is regulated by the FINMA.
His expertise in advising individuals and families is based on over 30 years of extensive experience. In addition to his banking education, he completed his studies in Business Economics at KSZH. Beyond his broad experience with complex wealth structures, he also has an excellent network of specialists both in Switzerland and abroad.
He is married and has two sons. As a former competitive athlete, sports remain a central part of his life.
Stefan Schneider
Stefan Schneider learned the banking business from the ground up. After completing his high school diploma and an apprenticeship in banking, he went on to study business administration with a focus on banking at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.
He spent many years working in the high-end private client
sector/Private Banking at Deutsche Bank in Germany, most recently as branch manager of the Munich-Bogenhausen branch.
Subsequent positions led him to Switzerland, where he worked for UBS and the private bank Vontobel in Zurich, before taking the entrepreneurial step as a founding partner of Cresta Capital Partners AG. With almost four decades of experience in the stock markets, he is a highly respected expert in securities trading.
Pascal von Däniken
Pascal von Däniken has worked for over 30 years in various positions within the financial industry, with experience in Zurich and New York. He possesses extensive experience and profound knowledge. He graduated as a Swiss Certified Banking Expert and as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from Zurich Business School.
Since 2014, he has been working as an independent wealth manager.
He is married and a father to a son and a daughter. In his free time, he is an avid tennis and golf player and enjoys skiing in the winter.
Alexander M. Thoma
Alexander Michael Thoma left Frankfurt am Main nearly 20 years ago to work in Switzerland as an investment and client advisor at leading Swiss banks. He spent the last seventeen years at Bank Vontobel, over ten of which were in senior management positions.
He completed his academic studies at Babson College in the USA, with a focus on entrepreneurship, economics, and finance.
He is married and a father to three daughters. Alexander has a passion for music in general and is an enthusiastic jazz singer in the swing genre. He enjoys cooking for his family and friends and is an avid skier.