Management Board

Philippe Spicher
CEO

Philippe Spicher is the CEO of Inrate. As CEO of Centre Info (1999 to spring 2010), he successfully developed the company by introducing new products and services and expanding the client base. He was instrumental in the foundation of SiRi Group in 2000, a coalition of leading local SRI rating agencies. Philippe Spicher started his career in the SRI field in 1994 when he joined Centre Info as an ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analyst. As Head of Research (1996-1999), he set up a formal system to assess corporate environmental and social performance, and developed relationships with international partner organisations.

He holds a degree in economics from the HEC (University of Lausanne) and a masters degree in environmental management from the Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise (Belgium) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Philippe is a co-founder of Sustainable Finance Geneva, an association of Geneva-based professionals and investors with a common interest in promoting sustainable finance and responsible investment.

Vanessa Ardenti
Head of Production

Vanessa has been working at Inrate (Centre Info) since 1998. She’s currently Head of Production which includes among other tasks overseeing the methodology implementation and relationships with external research partners. Before that, she worked for six years as an environmental and social analyst and she was appointed Head of Research at Centre Info in 2004. She has been developing the methodology of assessing the CSR performance of companies as well as training and supervising CSR Researchers. She holds a Master in Literature from the Fribourg University as well as a MBA in International Business Management from the Graduate School of Management (University of Geneva).

Stefano Gilardi
Head of Market Relations

Stefano Gilardi is Head of Market Relations at Inrate. He was previously in charge of business and product development within Centre Info as well as managing client relationships since 2006. From 1998 to 2006, he was a sustainability/ESG analyst with specific expertise on corporate governance issues at Centre Info. Stefano is a member of the “Sustainable Finance Geneva” association and was a representative of Centre Info in “European Corporate Governance Services Ltd”, a joint venture of independent local market experts providing governance assessments and proxy voting advice. He is a regular lecturer on “corporate governance” at the University of Fribourg (Chair for financial management).

Stefano Gilardi has published several papers on corporate governance for the Swiss Financial Analysts Association (SFAA) and for Observatoire de la Finance in Geneva. Stefano holds a masters degree in economics from the University of Fribourg and an Executive MBA in integrated management from HSW Berne / HEG Fribourg.

Tobias Jung
Head of Research

Tobias Jung heads the research team and has been working for Inrate within INFRAS since 2006. From 2005 to 2006, he was an analyst at Caregroup where he analysed the ecological and social sustainability of global sustainability funds for the “Global Sustainable Fund of Funds”. Prior to this, Tobias was the project coordinator for the strategic reorientation process of the foundation pro juventute. From 2000 to 2003, he undertook a trainee programme at Zurich Financial Services and as strategic assistant and controller for international corporate clients. Before that, he worked in the sustainability assessment department at SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) where he contributed to the revision of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index and the sustainability ratings of global companies.

Tobias holds a masters degree in environmental sciences from the ETH in Zurich with the focus on chemistry and energy and material flow analysis/life cycle assessment.