Rula Ipsaryaris: «I Hope my Best Investment Is yet to Come»
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Always a strong black coffee while still in bed and afterwards not always but more and more often my 15 min. yoga stretch.
I didn't consciously choose the financial industry, it found me at a young age and I stayed, a fascinating industry.
There was never «one moment» – my life was always marked by change and new beginnings. In order to consciously reflect on this journey, I design a personal photo album every year, review the past months and give the year a title. 2020 was particularly formative: a time full of upheavals and challenges – Covid, a new job, a new home, my family from Hong Kong and the USA stranded with me in Switzerland, a move and much more. This year's title: Resilience by Design.
A Mini Clubman: racy, lively, agile and yet elegant.
Life is all about re-adjusting!
To be the daughter of parents who landed in Switzerland back in 1963 with literally nothing and taught me and my siblings to fight.
Without defeats, there are no successes. «Fall over, get up, straighten the crown and move on», I love this saying, even if it sounds striking, but it's so true and I live by it!
I love the «Rosé de Xinomavro from Apostolos Thymiopoulos», the color, the freshness, it tastes like Greece.
As is so often the case, I work on different projects at the same time – my head is full of ideas and visions. I am all the more grateful to have an extraordinary colleague at my side in Cristina Paradiso and our Aviva Investors team in London, who are turning these thoughts into reality with a lot of commitment and skill. We are currently planning our annual signature event: «AI meets AI – Artificial Intelligence meets Aviva Investors»
Recognizing that we can bring about real change in our industry – in the middle of the real economy. Instead of seeing capital as an opponent, we should see it as a tool that we can use specifically for the common good and a future worth living. The more people recognize this potential and actively use it, the greater the positive effect for all of us.
Never give up, never surrender, keep fighting for your believes!
Not having a solution to an existential problem in my little world.
After a burglary, where all my mementos of my grandma and favorite aunt were stolen, I bought a golden Reverso from Jäger LeCoultre with the money from the insurance.
My creativity and my open and direct communication.
I hope that will come 😉
Rula Ipsaryaris has worked in the financial sector for over 30 years. Bevore joining Aviva Investors, she worked at Vanguard and in senior positions at banks, a US broker and one of the world’s largest custodians. She holds a CAS in Sales and Distribution Management from the University of Lucerne and a federal certificate as a fiduciary.
