The ISFB team
Our team is made up of specialists with a passion for the world of continuing education and a wealth of complementary experience. Our aim is to support you throughout your training, examination and skills development process.
Management and operational team
Mathias Baitan
General Manager
"the goal justifies the effort at the beginning; but, afterwards, it is the effort that justifies the goal"
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Director of the Institute since October 1, 2022
- 20 years of experience in the fields of organization and human resources in the banking industry; former lecturer at HEG-Geneva
- Holder of the federal diploma of human resources manager
- D. in Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Geneva and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Lionel Blanc
Product Manager and Logistics Manager
"Always act as if it were impossible to fail."
- Winston Churchill
As Product Manager within the Operations team, he is responsible for implementing the following products:
- Skills assessments
- Coaching follow-up
- ISFB Retail and Corporate Banking Certificate
- ISFB Private Banking Certificate
- ISFB Certificate Credit Specialist
- Examination coordination
- SAQ CWMA recertification packages
It also coordinates logistics and IT.
- Joined ISFB in 2015
- 8 years' experience in continuing education
- Federal diploma in Executive Assistant
Stéphane Bonzon
Psychologist Guidance counsellor
"What I do teaches me what I'm looking for"
- Pierre Soulages
As a guidance psychologist, he offers coaching and consulting in skills and career development to professionals in the banking and finance sector, to help them make the most of their talents.
- At the ISFB since May 1, 2023
- 10 years of experience as a career, academic and vocational counselling psychologist
- 10 years of experience in banking and IT
- Substitute lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne during the academic year 2021-2022
- Master's degree in counseling and orientation psychology (University of Lausanne) and Master of Advanced Studies in Management, Human Resources and Careers, specialization in career management (University of Geneva)
- Areas of focus: skills assessment and career development
- Specializations: soft skills, orientation in uncertainty, search for meaning
- What you didn't know yet: his pronounced taste for computers led him to repaint in green the orange pages of the Videotex BCV on his personal mac at home during the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise - Crédit Foncier Vaudois merger in 1995
...unpredictable or when developing and supporting careers becomes an art and calls for a philosophy of action that can embrace uncertainty and transform it into opportunities.
Marie Gala
Marketing and Events Manager
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
- Abraham Lincoln
She also ensures that the visual identity of institutional content is respected, as well as the production of photographs.
- Entry to ISFB in 2023
- 15 years' experience in marketing and events, including 7 years in the banking sector
- Professional photographer for 8 years
- Graduate of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Geneva, Bachelor's degree in Geography
... bold and elegant: weaving links and creating opportunities while respecting each other to develop creative, positive and productive synergies.
Sophie Grandjean
Administration Specialist and Executive Assistant
"The world is not made up of atoms. It's made up of stories."
As Administration Specialist in the Operations team, she is responsible for monitoring all offers and invoicing our customers, hiring course leaders, among other day-to-day administrative tasks, including room rental and supplier invoice management.
- Entry to ISFB in 2023
- 20 years' experience in banking and finance
- Executive Assistant diploma
Chérif Haberih
Head of Operations and Product Manager
"Só há uma maneira de aprender. É através da ação."
- Paulo Coelho
As Head of Operations, he is responsible for leading the operational and administrative team, as well as the day-to-day monitoring of cross-functional processes across the entire ISFB offering, to ensure that everything runs according to plan.
He is also Product Manager for the following products:
- Joining ISFB in 2022
- 7 years' experience in university teaching and research
- Over 15 years' experience in professional training
- Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Education from the University of Nantes, France
Larissa Kungudi
Product Manager and Quality Manager
"In truth, the path matters little, the will is enough for everything."
- Albert Camus
- ISFB wealth planner certificate
- ISFB Certificate as a Regulatory Specialist
- ISFB Compliance Officer Certificate
- ISFB Future of finance certificate
- ISFB Certificate in Sustainable Finance
- Coordination of SAQ CWMA certification exams
It also coordinates quality assurance.
- At the ISFB since 2020
- Graduate in Political Science (University of Geneva)
- Areas of interest: project management, corporate communication, humanitarian aid
- Specialisation: audit, quality management
- What you didn't know yet: she had the chance to dance for the Béjart Ballet 🩰
...happy: you'll see, when you get her on the other end of the line, you'll hear her smile too! With Larissa, cases no longer have numbers, they have names. With pragmatism and determination, she brings your interests to bear in a positive and professional manner.
Amanda Marca
Administrative Manager
"The idea of experience is no substitute for experience.
- Alain
As Administrative Manager, she is responsible for monitoring all offers and invoicing our customers, hiring course leaders, among other day-to-day administrative tasks, including room rental and supplier invoice management.
- At ISFB since 2018
- Graduate of a commercial employee CFC
- Areas of interest: sales, administration,
- Specialisations: accounting
- What you didn't know yet: she can make fire 🔥 (in "survival" mode with 3 twigs and 1 bamboo)
...important: for her (and for you), no problem without a solution! A philosophy based on serious life experience in which managing priorities becomes an art...
Frédéric Ruiz
Deputy Director
Engineering and Distribution Manager
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Mark Twain
As Engineering and Distribution Manager, he coordinates the scientific committees responsible for market watch and is the architect of ISFB's technical training offering. He is responsible for prospecting and sales follow-up for our institutional members and individual customers. He is also academic co-director of the training program offered in partnership with HEG-Genève.
- Deputy Director of the Institute since 2012
- Over 20 years' experience in investment (WM, AM, IB)
- HES lecturer in finance at HEG-Genève
- Master's degree in Economics (HEC Lausanne)
- Holder of the CAIA, as well as the CAS in Adult Education from the UNIGE
ISFB lecturers and advisors
Our 150 ISFB lecturers and advisors are all active in the banking industry as experts in the fields they teach.
