Our Organization

A graduate in Commercial and Industrial Sciences, Business Management (distinction in finance) from the University of Geneva, Claude Roch has solid experience in the marketing of food products and the retail trade in Switzerland. He is a partner and director of a group of SMEs revolving around Synergestion SA (real estate, finance, HRM and consulting), Omniadis SA (import and distribution) and Fraîch’our (retail trade). Apart from his commercial expertise, his main areas of competence are the management and administration of companies, real estate and financial investments.

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.

Holding a Swiss Federal Diploma in Social Insurance and trained at the School of Business and Engineering (HEIG-Vaud), Kathlen Overeem has occupied various posts in the areas of finance and HR.

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.

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.

A graduate of the Higher School for Economics and Administration (ESCEA) of Lucerne, Daniel Hofstetter has had a very varied career in finance and financial management (banks, industry, public transport), occupying a number of responsible positions with the Société de Banque Suisse, Schindler Elevators SA and the Swiss Federal Railways.

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 has extensive experience in traditional private management, acquired mainly at Kessler Gestion SA in Geneva, where he currently works, and during various professional stays in the USA. He also has solid knowledge of company management, especially in the fiduciary sectors, taxation, professional insurance, legal matters, accounting and human resources. He speaks several languages. In parallel Mario Izzo is a lecturer at the Advanced School of Banking and Finance (ESNF) in Lausanne.

Born in 1970, Mario Izzo lives in Belmont-sur-Lausanne/VD. He is married, and the father of two children.

Damien Lachenal is the holder of a Master of Science (University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble), a Master’s degree in Microelectronics (ENSERG Grenoble) and a PhD degree in complex systems, non-equilibrium phenomena, micro and nano electronics (University of Aix-Marseille).

He is the Director and Head of R&D at Meyer Burger Research in Hauterive/NE.

Damien Lachenal was born in 1979, marital life and has two children.