Joanna Ernst

Joanna Ernst serves as the Head of Capital Formation at Opera Investment Partners AG, an asset manager based in Zürich, since April 2025, focusing on investments with specialist European sponsors. Prior to this role, Joanna was a Partner at Frog Capital, where the emphasis was on supporting European software scale-ups, and held the position of Board Director at Alpha Leonis Partners AG from September 2020 to March 2023. Additional experience includes serving as Managing Director and Head of the Zürich Office at QUAERO Capital SA, and providing consulting and third-party marketing services independently. Joanna's career at UBS spanned over 14 years, culminating in roles as Director and Product Specialist in Alternative and Quantitative Investments. Joanna began the professional journey in marketing at Lombard Odier after earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Finance & Capital Market Studies from the University of Brighton.