Elena Manola-Bonthond
CIO, CERN Pension Fund   

Elena Manola-Bonthond is Chief Investment Officer at CERN Pension Fund, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The fund manages approximately 5 billion Swiss francs in assets, both internally and externally. Manola-Bonthond worked as a research physicist at CERN. She was previously responsible for safety and risk management systems of CERN's flagship installation, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). She serves on several external investment committees and boards. Manola-Bonthond has a PhD and MBA.  
Elena Manola-Bonthond