Oliver E. Hohermuth has over two decades of experience in wealth management and started his career with the Swiss Union of Raiffeisenbanks in 2003. He holds a diploma in Banking and Finance from the Swiss Bankers Association in accordance with the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) and has been awarded the European Foundation Certificate in Banking. He joined Credit Suisse as a Relationship Manager at the bank’s Zurich based headquarters before transferring to Credit Suisse Private Advisors, an SEC- and FINRA registered broker dealer. After getting his Series 7 and Series 66 licenses, Oliver became the Head of the firm’s brokerage and trading desk. In 2010, he joined Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors, an SEC-registered Investment Adviser offering wealth management services to U.S. clients. He developed and managed the firm’s first U.S. location in Dallas, Texas. From 2015 until 2019, he worked in the United States for Reyl Overseas, a Swiss wealth management company with focus on HNWI clients in North America. In 2019, Oliver held the position as Vice President of Private Banking at Atlas Bank S.A. in Panama. He is the founder and owner of RSHB, LTD. in Belize and its subsidiary, RSHB S.A. headquartered in Panama City, Panama, an international consulting firm with focus on wealth management and real estate investment solutions. He has also been a Wealth Management Consultant for International Union Bank since August 2022, an International Financial Entity (IFE) regulated in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with offices in San Juan. Oliver resides between the United States and the Republic of Panama, frequently traveling across the Americas. He is the Founder, CIO, and Principal of Rising Star Financial Advisers, LLC., a Texas Limited Liability Company registered as an investment adviser with the Texas State Securities Board and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). 

Luis G. Degwitz has over 15 years of experience in banking and with financial institutions. He started his career in investment banking in 2005, successfully structuring and selling products of top tier companies in Latin America. Luis holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad Metropolitana and a MSc. in Finance from IESA in Caracas, Venezuela. He joined Wellmeaning Properties in 2013 to set up private equity and real estate backed funds and investment products based in Miami, Florida. Luis was also active in project finance and debt re-structuring when he co-founded a Panamanian financial boutique firm, SSU Consultores S.A. He successfully completed deals in Latin America, particularly in energy infrastructure. In 2013, he joined International Union Bank (IUBank) as a Director, an international bank established in 1981 out of Panama City, Panama. At IUBank, he has been serving on various committees, including the company’s Investment-, Compliance- and Strategy Committee. During his tenure as a Director, he also oversaw the management of the bank’s proprietary investments. In 2017, he co-led and completed a full migration of IUBank’s operations, licensing, and incorporation from Panama to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. Furthermore, he was in charge of establishing the bank’s trust license to engage in wealth management and investment services for its clients. Luis was a guest speaker at the 2013 Bloomberg ZSEM Annual Financial Conference in Zagreb, Croatia, on the topic of “Private Equity Markets in Latin America”. On behalf of Rising Star Financial, Luis is heading-up the firm’s business development division for Latin America and the Caribbean. His international background makes him a cosmopolitan ambassador of our investment philosophy.