The Firm

“Diversify as broadly as you can—far more than the supposed experts tell you—” Benoit Mandelbrot

SYNTHESIS: Gold-Backed Monthly Income Generating & 'All-weather' Quantitative Macro Capital Protected Diversifiers

Given the rising competition in private markets and the ongoing uncertainty in capital markets, Synthesis has assembled a premier team of experts based in the US and EU, committed to ensuring both capital preservation and growth across varying market conditions. We present two groundbreaking investment programs aimed at enhancing portfolio resilience: The Gold – Backed Income Generating Note, which offers an appealing annual return of 15%, disbursed monthly, and our daily liquidity ‘all weather’ QM program, operational since 1999 (issuing a series of Capital Protected Notes, too). These initiatives are designed to further advance our clients’ portfolio diversification beyond the standard options typically found in global financial institutions.

About Us

Synthesis Capital is a company based in the Netherlands with elite relationships, including networks across UAE, West Africa, Western Europe, and U.S.. Our main goal is to support Sophisticated or High Net Worth Individuals by means of introduction to a unique asset management service, which can apply to diverse financial objectives.

Synthesis Capital is authorised as a Legal Seller’s Mandate on behalf of licensed gold export institutions, which has a 5 yr + track record of buying/importing and selling gold on a fortnightly basis to the largest refineries in Dubai, at a current trade value of c €140m per fortnightly trade. (€280m pm/ €3.4 bn pa). Our team members have combined their expertise, knowledge, and relationships, to facilitate a simplistic gold trading strategy. The bullion export activity creates an avenue to provide our clients with regular returns paid as frequently as twice per month. Synthesis invites you to review the high-yielding opportunity and join the success and growth of our operations, which has been generating an absolute long-term return since 2019.
Synthesis Capital Conquest Quantitative Macro Fund: pursuing absolute returns via a global, diversified short-term systematic trading strategy, launched in 1999 returns have been uncorrelated to hedge funds, equity indices and CTA portfolios; issuing a series of capital protected Notes, too.

Board of Directors

Spyridon Papadopoulos

Co-Founder of Conquest Macro EMEAA & Co-Managing Partner

Nearly 30 years of financial experience starting in bulge banks Citi and SocGen with deep quant, market and management expertise. Founder and Chairman of Synthesis Trade and Commodity Finance, the first P2P marketplace lending fund. Most recently founder and CEO of SynCap Partners and Conquest Asset Management EMEA, focusing on gold backed income generating transactions, quantitative macro trading, and issuance of structured products for distribution to institutional and private clients.

Ersin Gelgi

Co-Managing Partner, “local” Director

Strategic Leadership Uniting Management, Investments, and Technology.
Bringing a rich background in management, investments, and technology, he leverages the training tools, and practices from ‘Big Five’ Management Consultancy to implement a highly pragmatic approach. Ersin’s results-driven mindset is complemented by a human-centered outlook, establishing him as a trusted, responsible, and effective leader.

Cihan Cicek

Non-Executive Director, ‘local’ Compliance Director

MSc, LLM, RB, with more than 20 years of experience in the Netherlands as Tax Advisor, Tax Lawyer, Managing Partner at Tax Advice B.V.

Mustafa Yilmaz

Non-Executive Director

Experienced adviser with a demonstrated history of working in the legal and tax consultancy. Strong professional skilled in tax and legal advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), start-ups, scale ups, midmarket.

Stephen Bates

Managing Partner

Highly trained and respected 40+ years industry professional in the UK dedicating the last decade as Managing Director of Wren and Fraser UK to shake up and develop a unique funeral bond solution to better serve the ageing market segment. Product solution specialist and deep market contacts in the UK market for a
variety of investment solutions.

Alexander Kalis

Managing Partner

Began his professional career over 25 years ago as investment research specialist and portfolio manager with UBS, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management and Banco Santander. Founder, Partner and COO of numerous international investment companies with specific focus on impact investing, sustainability, and climate change.  

Alexander Baltazzis

Chief Technology Officer

Alexander Baltazzis is a highly experienced professional with a strong background in the Service Provider industry, specializing in network architecture and network security. With over 25 years of expertise, he has acquired extensive knowledge in Unix and Windows administration, as well as service administration. In 2002, Mr. Baltazzis took the entrepreneurial leap and established his own company in Greece, offering comprehensive data center services and providing IT and security consulting and implementation solutions. In 2013, Mr. Baltazzis relocated to Switzerland, where he established Swissns and focused on developing the network and infrastructure. Additionally, he played a crucial role in the creation, planning, and budgeting of Security Operations Centers (SOC) and Network Operations Centers (NOC).

Advisory Board

Stephen Bates

Senior Advisor to the BoD

Highly trained and respected 40+ years industry professional in the UK dedicating the last decade as Managing Director of Wren and Fraser UK to shake up and
develop a unique funeral bond solution to better serve the ageing market segment. Product solution specialist and deep market contacts in the UK market for a variety of investment solutions.

Giuliano Glocker

Senior Advisor to the BoD

Co-CEO, Founder and Shreholder at Maverix Securities (www.mavx.com) regulated financial services firm headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. More than 20+ years experience in the financial services sector as structured products specialist and thought leader / innovator in the investment solutions arena.

Christopher Demetropoulos

Senior Advisor to the BoD

More than 25+ years of financial experience starting career at BNP Paribas in Paris as financial engineer in Corporate Finance and then MD Head of Desk for equity derivatives products sales & structuring for Southern Mediterranean / Middle East. Senior investment solutions salesperson and structurer at Maverix.