Investment professionals

 

Sandro Näf

Partner, Co-Founder

 

Sandro is a Co-Founder of Capital Four Management.  He joined from Nordea Investment Management, where he was responsible for the European High Yield business, which he initiated in 1999. Prior to that, Sandro worked with Credit Suisse in New York (f/k/a BEA Associates), London (CS-FirstBoston) and Zürich in various roles in Fixed Income and Corporate Finance / Mergers & Acqusitions.  He holds an MBA in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science from ITR Rapperswil. 

thomas rudbeck

Partner, Co-Founder

 

 Prior to co-founding Capital Four Management in July 2007, Thomas was responsible for all of Nordea Capital Market’s credit trading and structure credit trading businesses. During his tenure he developed Nordea’s cash, cds and index trading capabilities, established platforms for correlation, and tranched credit trading and launched several CDOs and bespoke index transactions. He joined Nordea from Nykredit Bank, where he was a proprietary trader, responsible for corporate bonds, from 1995 to 2000. Thomas holds a MS in Finance from Copenhagen Business School.

Henrik østergaard

Partner, Co-Founder

 

 Henrik co-founded Capital Four Management in July 2007 from Nordea Investment Management, where he had day to day portfolio management responsibilities for some of Nordea’s High Yield / Hedge Fund portfolios and covered several industry sectors as a research analyst. He joined Nordea from Handelsbanken in 1999, where he held a position in Capital Markets Sales. From 1994 to 1997 he worked at Unibank Capital Markets (now Nordea). He holds an MS in Finance & Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and is a CFA charterholder.

Torben Skødeberg

Partner, Co-Founder

 

Torben co-founded Capital Four Management in July 2007 from Nordea Investment Management, where he had day to day portfolio management responsibilities for some of Nordea’s High Yield / Hedge Fund portfolios and covered several industry sectors as a research analyst. Torben joined Nordea from SEB Asset Management Copenhagen, where he was responsible for risk management. Prior to SEB Torben worked at Nordea Group Treasury, where he developed credit risk models. He holds a MS in Mathematics and Economics from Copenhagen University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Laust Johnsen

Vice President

 

Laust joined Capital Four Management during 2007 from Nordea Investment Management. During his tenure with Nordea, Laust has worked as a quantitative Analyst with responsibilities for various risk management and performance analysis tasks. Previously, Laust has worked with Nykredit Group Finance, where he has been reporting loan portfolio characteristics to rating agencies. He holds a MS in Economics from Copenhagen University.

Peter Bierregaard

Associate

 

Peter joined Capital Four Management in June 2010 from Sparinvest. During his tenure with Sparinvest, Peter has worked as an Analyst with responsibilities for various tasks within performance and investment analysis. Previously, Peter has worked with IBM where he was responsible for internal corporate governance processes. He holds a MS in Finance and Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School.


Aksel Madslien

Associate

 

Aksel joined Capital Four in August 2011. Prior to joining Capital Four, Aksel has worked for Danske Bank as a Senior Middle Office Specialist in Danske Markets derivatives area, focusing on interest and FX-products including structured products. He has also worked for Nordea within derivatives and FX-operations. He graduated with an MS in Advanced Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School, during which he participated in the exchange program with Stern School of Business, New York University. Aksel holds an FRM designation from GARP