AXIOM Capital
About Us
MARKET LEADERSHIP
Alternative Trade Finance • Strategic Advisory
What Makes Us Different
AXIOM Capital is an independent investment advisory boutique dedicated to delivering superior risk-adjusted returns in private debt markets. The firm operates at the intersection of alternative investment and real-economy financing, addressing the critical infrastructure that underpins international commerce.
AXIOM Capital advises banks, asset managers, wealth managers, family offices, UHNWI and pension funds on managing liquidity and credit risks related to international trade flows. The firm also provides counsel on financial engineering and corporate strategy.
Three Distinct and Complementary Strengths
Sector Expertise. ~20 years of trade finance practice across price cycles, supply shocks and shifting market conditions — translating into a granular ability to assess counterparty risk, physical flow structures and collateral arrangements.
Borrower Network. Established relationships with commodity traders active in energy, metals and agricultural flows, whose operational soundness and repayment track record have been verified over time. These relationships are not built in months — they are the result of sustained presence and institutional trust.
Geographic Anchoring. Geneva, the world's foremost commodity trading hub, concentrating a significant share of global physical flows across energy, metals and agri/soft commodities. Presence, recognition and active relationships on this marketplace are structural advantages — not easily replicated.
Sector Expertise. ~20 years of trade finance practice across price cycles, supply shocks and shifting market conditions — translating into a granular ability to assess counterparty risk, physical flow structures and collateral arrangements.
Borrower Network. Established relationships with commodity traders active in energy, metals and agricultural flows, whose operational soundness and repayment track record have been verified over time. These relationships are not built in months — they are the result of sustained presence and institutional trust.
Geographic Anchoring. Geneva, the world's foremost commodity trading hub, concentrating a significant share of global physical flows across energy, metals and agri/soft commodities. Presence, recognition and active relationships on this marketplace are structural advantages — not easily replicated.
Seasoned Team with Deep Institutional Roots
Our team combines deep industry expertise with an extensive network, enabling us to deliver tailored solutions that align financial strategy with operational objectives. The team has managed credit portfolios ranging from hundreds of millions to multi-billion-dollar facilities across the full risk spectrum.
Leadership draws on C-suite operational experience — Managing Director, COO, Trade Finance Director — alongside deep credit structuring expertise and academic engagement, including the teaching of commodity finance at the University of Geneva. This blend of institutional investing and trading-floor experience underpins our ability to generate superior risk-adjusted returns in commodity finance.
Stanislas Mazuranic — Managing Partner & Founder
Stanislas brings ~20 years of experience in commodity finance, gained across leading international banking institutions and alternative investment funds. His background spans SME lending and large integrated traders, with additional experience as Finance Director at a global trading firm. He is also a lecturer at the University of Geneva's School of Economics and Management (MAS, CAS & DAS programmes in Commodity Trading).
Viviane Wantz-Romy — Senior Financial Advisor
Stanislas brings ~20 years of experience in commodity finance, having held senior roles in credit risk management and front-office functions at leading international financial institutions, as well as Trade Finance Director at a global trading firm. This dual perspective gives her a sophisticated understanding of risk, commodity finance and the operational realities of international trade.