Our
OrganisationIt was in 1974 that the Banque Populaire Suisse created Columna Genève, which was to become, twenty-four years later, La Collective de prévoyance – COPRÉ .
During these two and a half decades, the story of our Foundation was punctuated by the various takeovers in the banking and finance area: in 1993 Crédit Suisse acquired the Banque Populaire Suisse, then the Winterthur Insurance Company. In 1997, the Assembly of Delegates decided to pursue the adventure in an independent manner under the name La Collective de prévoyance – COPRÉ as from 1 January 1998.
The strength that comes from being a collective. Copré belongs to its members. Affiliates that participate in this common dynamic. Besides, our Board of Trustees is composed of a team of men and women at the very heart of the subject and its preoccupations: our insured people. You.
Organisation chart
Board of Trustees
CLAUDE ROCH
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Representative of the insured
Claude Roch is also Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of the Banque Raiffeisen d’Arve et Lac, in Geneva.
Born in 1961, Claude Roch lives in Meinier (GE). He is married and the father of two children.
KATHLEN OVEREEM
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Representative of the insured
She is currently (since 2012) Head of Finance and HR for French-speaking Switzerland at GASSERCERAMIC, Morandi frères SA.
Born in 1983, Kathlen Overeem lives in Hauteville in the canton of Fribourg. She is married and mother of 4 children.
LEILA HAWA
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Audit Committee
Representative of the affiliated companies
Partner at the law firm Des Gouttes & Associés, Leila Hawa was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2002 and holds a Masters in Law from Columbia University in New York. Leila specialises in transactions (company and property acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments), company law (capital and debt structure, corporate governance) and commercial contract law. She has been a member of Copré’s Board of Trustees since 2021, and also sits on the Audit Committee.
Born in 1976, Leila Hawa is married and the mother of three children. She lives in Crans-près-Céligny, in the canton of Vaud.
DANIEL HOFSTETTER
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Audit Committee
Representative of the affiliated companies
Currently CFO at Fribourg Public Transport Holding (TPF) SA, he heads up the Finance and Purchasing Department and also works as manager of occupational pension insurance.
Born in 1959, Daniel Hofstetter is married and lives in Villars-sur-Glâne.
MARIO IZZO
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Investment Committee
Representative of the insured
Born in 1970, Mario Izzo lives in Belmont-sur-Lausanne/VD. He is married, and the father of two children.
MARCEL BURGER
Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Investment Committee
Representative of the affiliated companies
Currently Managing Partner at PARSUMO Capital AG, Marcel Burger has 25 years’ experience in assisting institutional and private clients, mainly acquired at Credit Suisse. In particular, he created and developed the Credit Suisse Entrepreneurs & Executives Desk in Zurich. Previously he spent three years managing the Private Banking Unit of the Thurgau region, where he was in charge of the unit’s onshore and offshore activities. He also devoted six years of his career to developing the business of the Credit Suisse Asset Management department, as Head of Acquisition.
Marcel Burger holds a degree in business administration HES. In addition, he has completed training programmes as Certified International Investment Analyst, Certified International Wealth Manager and CAIA Charterholder (in 2010).
Born in 1975, Marcel Burger is married and the father of one child. He lives in Lindau/ZH.
Investment Committee
JEAN-BERNARD GEORGES
President of the Investment Committee
Investments Director
MARIO IZZO
Member of the Investment Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
PASCAL KUCHEN
Member of the Investment Committee
Managing Director
MARCEL BURGER
Member of the Investment Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Audit Committee
LEILA HAWA
Member of the Board of Trustees
Representative of the affiliated companies
DANIEL HOFSTETTER
Member of the Board of Trustees
Representative of the affiliated companies
Executive Committee
Our Pension Fund Support Employees
JULIE BAERISWYL (ZILLWEGER)
Pension Fund Support Employee
FR-DE-EN
MO-FR
021 310 12 39
julie.baeriswyl@copre.ch
IMÈNE BOUNAZOU
Pension Fund Support Employee
FR-EN-AR
MO-FR
021 525 41 05
imene.bounazou@copre.ch
RACHEL DEMIRI (WITSCHI)
Pension Fund Support Employee
FR-DE
MO-WE-TH
021 310 12 43
rachel.demiri@copre.ch
STÉPHANIE REY-BELLET
Pension Fund Support Employee
FR-DE
MO-FR
021 310 12 42
stephanie.rey-bellet@copre.ch
Commercial
URS HUNZIKER
Sales manager for German-speaking Switzerland
DE-EN
MO-FR
021 310 12 55
urs.hunziker@copre.ch
JOËLLE NUSSBAUM (MATHYS)
Distribution representative
FR-EN
MO-WE-TH-FR
021 310 12 56
joelle.nussbaum@copre.ch
Investments
LAETICIA REBETEZ
Assistant of the investments Director
FR-DE-EN
MO-TU-TH
021 310 12 40
laeticia.rebetez@copre.ch
General Services
Finance and accounting
STAFF & HR
PATRICIA DELVECCHIO
Assistant to the Management
and Secretary of the Board of Trustees
FR-DE-EN
MO-TU-TH
021 310 12 34
patricia.delvecchio@copre.ch
