Christian Gast

CEO Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG)

Dr. Christian Gast is CEO of SIMAG and has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Before joining SIMAG in November 2018, Christian was Managing Director at BlackRock Inc. and head of iShares and Index Investing Switzerland. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of BlackRock Switzerland (AG).  Prior to joining BlackRock in 2010, Christian was with UBS AG where among other roles he was head of UBS ETFs.  Before joining UBS, he was deputy head of portfolio management at St. Galler Kantonalbank managing private and institutional assets.