Dr. Kurt Moosmann, co-founder & Managing Partner of Dara Capital AG, is an acknowledged specialist in structuring the wealth of entrepreneurs and families with international holdings.
Before creating Dara Capital Ltd. Dr. Moosmann was Member of the Executive Committee of Quilvest Switzerland, a large Multi-Family Office, and responsible for managing the Wealth Advisory Department.
Prior to joining the Quilvest Group, he was International Head of Deutsche Bank’s Wealth Planning Division.
Dr. Moosmann has also worked for a number of international financial institutions in both Canada and Switzerland.
A native Swiss-Canadian, he holds a Doctorate of Law (magna cum laude) from the University of Zurich.
He also holds an MBA in International Wealth Management from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Geneva.
His thesis, comparing the Anglo-Saxon and Liechtenstein trust structures, with special consideration of beneficiaries’ interests, was published in 1999.
Dr. Moosmann regularly lectures on topics related to International Wealth Management at the Swiss Finance Institute and Universities abroad.
Dr. Moosmann is Co-Chairman of the Family Office Roundtable (FORT), an international network of entrepreneurial families and family offices.
He is an active member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Swiss-German and Liechtenstein branch, of which he was a Committee Member from 2005 to 2008.
He also had the honor of being part of the expert group participating in the «European Foundation Project» in 2002, having been nominated by the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign Private and International Law, Hamburg.
