THE TEAM

Gerard Mizrahi
Managing Partner and Chief Executive
Gerard established the business in 1984. He has had an extensive career in investment banking and private equity investing. He runs the corporate finance and investment teams. Prior to forming the firm he was employed by the Chase Manhattan Bank from 1973 to 1983 in the bank’s international, institutional and investment banking areas. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and is presently based in London.

Robert Hayim
Partner, CSS Capital Managers LLP, Portfolio Supervision
Robert provides operational supervision to client companies during their critical growth phases. Prior to joining CSS Europe he successfully started and managed a number of information technology businesses. Earlier in his career he held senior business positions with Reuters and Thomson Financial. He has an MBA in Marketing and a BA in Economics from Leeds.

Gilead Raday
Managing Director, Life Sciences
Gilead manages the Bio-Pharma financing practice in Israel. Prior to CSS Europe Gilead was employed in the Israel Air Force as a fighter pilot, ranked Major. He has an MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise (MBE) from Cambridge University and an MSc in Neurobiology from the Hebrew University.

Dr. Jean-Marc Saffar M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Adviser, Life Sciences
Jean-Marc is a Senior Adviser to CSS Europe, based in New York. He is the C.E.O. of CHeSS, a life-sciences consulting company focused on growth strategy. He has an extensive career in advising life-sciences companies in business development and commercial strategies. Prior to founding CHeSS, he was employed as a healthcare strategy consultant by True North Partners and A.T. Kearney from 1998 to 2004. He has a MS in healthcare management from Harvard University and an M.D.-Ph.D. degree from Paris - West School of Medicine, and is presently based in New York.

Guido Branca
Managing Director, Technology
Guido is responsible for the technology financing deal-flow. He is an experienced technology manager and has over 15 years senior experience in global IT and technology deployments. Over the years Guido has worked with many internet, telecoms and software companies and has also participated first-hand in many technology startups in the USA, Russia, India, UK, France, Italy and Belgium. He has a degree in Economics (BA) from Harvard University and a Baccalauréat Sciences Economiques from L’Ecole des Roches, and is presently based in London.

Stephane Benichou
Portfolio Manager
Stephane has been a registered trader and has managed funds for CSS Europe and it's affiliates since 2006. From 1999 to 2006 he was a futures trader and technical analyst with a number of private firms in France. From 1994-1999 he completed his BA, MA, Phd (ex Thesis) in Finance - Paris, Sorbonne University.

FINANCE AND COMPLIANCE

Michael de Haan, Controller
Sophie Nortje, Money Laundering Reporting Officer
Renata Zgorska, Administration and Client Relations

ADVISER
The Rt. Hon. Charles Clark