Meet the Besso Team
At Besso, we combine deep expertise in trade law, technology, and business strategy to revolutionize how companies navigate global trade regulations.
Our team is our greatest asset, each member bringing a wealth of experience and a shared passion for simplifying the application of trade regulation.
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Anand Nandakumar
Trade Law Specialist
Asli Yaman
Machine Learning R&D Lead
Emilie Delattre
Head of Machine Learning
Esther Okoro
Trade Law Specialist
Francesca Dedual
Machine Learning Engineer
Jose Ignacio Diaz Ordoñez
Chief Technology Officer
Juan Manuel Cabello
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Kholofelo Kugler
Head of Trade Law
Kristina Iotzova
SPS Specialist
Michiel Kalverkamp
Chief Customer Officer
Philip Sieber-Gasser
CEO
Our Support Ecosystem
We are backed by globally leading academic institutions both in the fields of trade law and AI. We can also count on the support of seasoned strategic advisors who help us stay at the forefront of global trade innovation.
Academic Partners
Academic Advisors
The Besso approach is based on empirical legal research initially pioneered by Charlotte Sieber-Gasser, head of our Academic Advisory Board.
Charlotte Sieber-Gasser
- Professor / Trade Law Specialist
- Geneva Graduate Institute, UZH, ZLS
Christos Cabolis
- Chief Economist with sustainable trade research focus
- Faculty at IMD Business School
Joost Pauwelyn
- Professor / Trade Law Specialist
- Director Center for Trade & Econ. Integr. at Geneva Graduate Institute
Manfred Elsig
- Professor / Political Science on Trade Regulation
- Deputy Director of World Trade Institute (WTI)
Menna El-Assady
- Assistant Professor / Expert on Explainable AI
- Director of ETHZ Lab on xAI and Visualization
Strategic & Specialized Advisors
Boris Manhart
- Serial Entrepreneur
(numb3rs, codecheck) - CEO of Growth UNLTD Accelerator
Dirk Holbach
- Former CSCO of Henkel Consumer Brands
- Consumer Goods, Advanced Materials, Specialty Chemicals
Jean-Daniel Gerber
- Former Swiss Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, i.e. chief trade negotiator
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
- Cambridge Chair in Sustainable Development Law
- Trade Law Specialist & Senior Director at CISDL
Raphael Zingg
- Intellectual Property Lawyer
- Partner at IPrime Legal
Thierry Buchs
- Former Head of Trade Promotion at Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs
Vincent Bieri
- Co-Founder and former CEO of Nexthink, a Swiss B2B unicorn
