Diraj Dass
Managing Partner
As the Managing Partner of Finance-Force, Diraj is responsible for the management and development of the business, actively supports start ups and manages the investment portfolio of Finance-Force. He sits as the CFO/board member of several companies.
His passion is to work with entrepreneurs via his incubator program, taking the wantrepeneur to entrepreneur, not just by offering the required capital, but by putting his own know-how and time into the project, as well as the resources of his back office, partners and network.
Prior to Finance-Force, Diraj gained his best practices whilst leading the financial management/reporting and strategic planning of mid-large corporations including Altera (Intel), De La Rue and Angst+Pfister. His experiences spans over thirty countries, across various industries and at different phases of the business cycle, from start up entity through to post acquisition integration. Aligning the business areas to deliver no-surprise results and achieve financial success is one of his great strengths.
Marcel Thoma
Partner
Marcel serves as Chairman of the Board of Finance-Force and engages as a Partner for mandates in the field of corporate finance. He manages the investments of Finance-Force, playing a key role between the companies and our private investors or banks.
Marcels passion is in business ideas. Over the last twenty years he has started up and grown several profitable ventures in industries such as manufacturing, real estate and software. He holds several board mandates in and around Switzerland.
As a Swiss CPA (Lic. oec. HSG; Dip. Wirtschaftsprüfer), prior to Finance-Force, he stared his career at PWC and later was working for national and multinational companies in Switzerland and abroad such as RedIT, Cap Gemini, De La Rue and Angst+Pfister. The set up and change of finance departments, board advisory, M&A, corporate refinancing, corporate restructuring and global cost saving programs are just a few examples of his best practices.
John Mauron
Partner
John is financial service industry specialist with over twenty years of experience in various management and leadership positions in Banking Operations, International Private Banking and Wealth Management in Switzerland and abroad. His best practices include Management & Leadership, Banking and Operations, Cross border and international Wealth Management; Family Office and International Fiduciary & Trust Services.
Stefan Rampf
Member of the board
Stefan Rampf started his career in the audit area of Ernst & Young in 1991. After about 7 years, he moved into the industry to actively contribute to the success of companies. Since, he has held different positions ranging from Investment controller up to CFO/Finance Director, and working in different companies and industries. During his career he has acquired a wealth of management experience in different areas, E.G re-structuring of financial and accounting departments, sustainable improvement of planning and year-end processes for both single legal entities as well as larger groups, tax audits and the implementation of IT systems.
