Robert Leitz - Managing Director

 

• Founder and Managing Director of iolite Capital

• Sole investment professional, with full responsibility for capital allocation and portfolio construction.

• Former roles at Glencore, TPG Credit, Goldman Sachs (European Special Situations), and KPMG Corporate Restructuring.

• Trained across complex capital structures, including distressed debt, debt-to-control transactions, and non-performing loan portfolios.

• MSc in Business Administration & Economics, University of St. Gallen (HSG); thesis written at Columbia University, New York.

• Former Non-Executive Director of Opterion Health AG; former Finance Chair, EO Zurich.

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What sets Robert apart

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• Deep special-situations training: Experience investing where price discovery is broken and complexity scares off capital.

• Owner-operator mindset: Substantial personal capital invested alongside clients; no asset-gathering incentives.

• Disciplined simplicity: Avoids financial engineering; relies on time-tested value and cash-flow principles.

• Independent and contrarian mindset: Comfortable being early, alone, and unpopular when fundamentals justify it.

• Analytical depth over rhetoric: Not a promoter — investments are driven by fundamental analysis and downside protection.

• Long-term results: Demonstrated performance across multiple market cycles since founding iolite in 2008.