A board with backgrounds in private equity, investment banking, Swiss law and global health policy.
Essence Investment AG is governed by a board of directors combining decades of executive experience across capital markets, regulation, public health and operating cannabis businesses.

Dr. Denis Broun
30+ years in executive roles at WHO, UNITAID and UNICEF. Doctor of Medicine. EU/Switzerland.

Benjamin Leupi-Landwing
15 years in Swiss law and audit. Public Prosecutor of the Swiss Army since 2018. Former investigation judge. Switzerland.

Bernard Sucher
30+ years in investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Troika). Director at Tikun Olam USA.

Henricus Stander
30+ years in private equity and investment banking. Worked in the White House. Harvard and Dartmouth alumnus. EU/USA.

Vladimir Smetanin
20 years in strategy and management consulting (ex-BCG). Serial entrepreneur. Head of strategy at a top-five global petrochemical group. Switzerland.
A regulated industry deserves a regulated investor.
Essence Investment AG · Switzerland
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