SAMT Geneva market insights 2023

About the speaker

Bruno Estier is the Head of Education at SAMT. He is a Global Market Advisor and Technical Analyst coach in Geneva for professional Traders and Portfolio Managers. Past President of the SAMT for 12 years, he served also on the board of directors as Chairman and Secretary of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). He holds an MSTA from The Society of Technical Analysis in London and the CFTe and MFTA designation from IFTA. After graduating with an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a master in economics from the University of Saint Gallen (HSG), he worked 12 years with JP Morgan. Then he joined Lombard Odier & Cie in Geneva for 10 years as Head of the Technical Analysis team reporting to the CIO. Currently Bruno Estier Strategic Technicals provides coaching on the evolution of financial markets based on thirty five years experience of Behavioural and Technical Analysis methodologies.

Jean-François Owczarczak is the CEO of Management Joint Trust SA Geneva, a cross assets independent research company, which was founded in 1969 in Geneva, Switzerland, and has been active since in the provision of financial markets analysis and investment consulting services aimed at institutional investors. Jean-François Owczarczak has 16 years of experience in advising institutional investors on tactical and strategic asset allocation, holds the CFTe Financial Technician Certification (for which he also won the 2013 Bronwen Wood Award for the best CFTe diploma paper in 2012!), and is an active member of SAMT and of the STA (the UK society of technical analysts), as well as a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM certification). Jean-François contributes regularly to various professional publications, web podcasts and regularly presents to financial associations. 

Ron William is a board member and Head of the Geneva Chapter, based in London, UK. He is a market strategist, educator/mentor and performance coach with +20 years of experience, working for leading economic research & institutional firms, producing macro research & trading strategies. He specializes in blended, top-down, semi-discretionary analysis, driven by cycles and proprietary timing models. Ron is also a behavioral finance expert, trading psychologist & performance coach at IntensiChi, using latest techniques in behavioural-risk models, peak-performance, neuroscience and stress response management (SRM), including mindfulness & coherence training. He is a member of two leading neuroscience groups (ANE & NLI), the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and teaches a Masterclass in "Applied Behavioural Science" at the CFA Singapore.