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Werner Lehmann lives in Abtwil SG. He is an outspoken family person and is very enthusiastic about sports. He spends his free time with his three sons on the tennis court and on the ski slopes. Werner Lehmann is a member of the management board. He is responsible for customer care and marketing. After completing his master's degree in ETH and completing the NDS FH as a Financial Consultant CFP, Werner Lehmann worked in private banking at SGKB, LGT, UBS AG, most recently as Deputy Director. Werner Lehmann, together with Patrick Künzler and Matthias Hug, has been an independent asset manager at Format Vermögen & Anlagen AG since 2012.

Patrick Künzler lives in Grabs with his wife and has 2 adult children. In his free time, he is active as a volunteer pastor and is involved in the social sector. Since 2012, he has also been a trained BodyTalk practitioner and Reiki master/teacher and runs his own complementary medicine practice in his spare time. Patrick Künzler is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Board. Since 2012, he has worked together with Werner Lehmann as an independent asset manager. After successfully completing his trade diploma and becoming a qualified banking expert, Patrick Künzler worked in private banking, including for Credit Suisse and Bank Vontobel, most recently as Deputy Director.

Manuela Preis (*1984) has lived in Switzerland for over 16 years and was born in Bavaria, Germany. She lives in Rüthi SG and spends a lot of time in the countryside with her boyfriend and her dogs. Her garden is her passion. Manuela Preis has been working in banking for 24 years and in private banking for 16 years. She has spent the last 8 years working for various private banks in Liechtenstein and most recently held the position of Head of Private Banking and Funds. Her main area of expertise is holistic asset structuring. Over the last few years, she has built up a large network of partners (tax advisors, lawyers and trustees) from which her clients benefit. Manuela Preis is a Senior Financial Consultant at Format Vermögen & Anlagen AG.

Matthias Hug has been a passionate saxophonist since his youth. The ETH engineer lives in Zollikon with his wife and three children, regularly exercises and likes to read. Matthias Hug is Chief Executive Director and is responsible for investments. He has been an independent asset manager since 2009 and his investments have received several awards. Before becoming an independent asset manager, he worked as a principal for the Boston Consulting Group in Zurich, Boston and New York and as a managing director for UBS, among others.

For Stefan Jermann, his family, hiking, his garden and playing the saxophone are important elements in life. He learned asset management from scratch. Stefan Jermann is a senior client advisor with broad experience in client and securities business. Before becoming an independent asset manager, he worked for the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt and as branch manager in Basel for Volksbank AG, among others.

Walter Lohri lives in Kriens near Lucerne. His family and two children are important to him; he spends his free time hiking, traveling, culture and maintaining his friendships. For Format, he supervises the Central Switzerland region as a senior financial consultant. He learned to work as an asset manager from scratch at various financial institutions, including Credit Suisse and Zurich Financial Services. He is a business graduate, dipl. Fund advisor IAF and has additional training in marketing. In the interest of his clients, he decided to become an independent asset manager over 20 years ago.

Andreas Weisshaupt lives in Hergiswil (NW) with his wife and two children. Since his youth, he has played tennis with great passion and, as President of the Central Switzerland Tennis Association, is committed to tennis in the region. As a lawyer and MBA finance graduate, he has more than twenty years of experience advising wealthy private clients. As a certified CFP® financial planner, he supports his clients with a wide range of financial issues and individual investment solutions. Before moving to Format Vermögen & Anlagen AG, Andreas Weisshaupt was branch manager at Julius Bär Lucerne and previously held management positions at the Luzerner Kantonalbank and at Balmer — Etienne.