A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at Witten/Herdecke University, he has more than 25 years of experience in private equity, M&A and corporate strategy. He began his career in investment banking at JPMorgan. Most recently, he worked as Managing Director at EQT, a leading private equity fund. He was responsible for transactions and the support and development of portfolio companies in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, in a variety of sectors. Since leaving EQT, he has gone on to self-invest in more than 30 start-ups and SMEs. For the Investors Club, he is “Champion” of Zaphiro and Shop Circle.