Christoph is a seasoned senior finance executive who brings extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions, and financing as well as establishment of global finance, risk management and tax functions. He most recently held the role as Group Assurance Officer at gategroup, the world’s leading airline caterer. Prior to that, he was CFO of Capri Sun and held several senior leadership roles at Wild Flavors, Orascom Development as well as KPMG in Switzerland and Australia.

He holds an MBA from the University of Zurich and is a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.

Christoph’s primary responsibilities are to support the ambitious growth initiatives Blackstone plans to undertake. This includes the management of the Group’s capital structure as well as establishing  solid banking relationships, strengthening the finance organization, leading mergers, and acquisition projects as well as compliance activities.

"I am truly excited to join Blackstone Resources as CFO at this key stage of the company’s growth, as we are swiftly increasing production capacity to commercialize our ground-breaking battery technology which will be followed by the integration of our unique supply chain assets. I look forward to leading our efforts to tap into the U.S. capital market in order to secure funding which will support expansion of our core businesses and further diversify our investor base," said Christoph von Aesch.

Christoph succeeds Marco Dazzi, who has decided to step down and taking a sabbatical period for personal reasons. We thank him greatly for his past dedication and contribution towards Blackstone. We wish him confidence and all the very best for his endeavours.