Awards & Recognition
★World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2009)
★World Economic Forum Agenda Council on Future of Financing and Capital member (2014)
★Scholar of German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
Notable Facts
→Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR managing Europe's largest private fund with $8BN
→23+ years at KKR, joined in 2001 when firm had only 50 employees vs 5,000+ today
→Led major investments including Axel Springer, BMG Rights, GetYourGuide, Trainline, ProSiebenSat.1
→Previously McKinsey consultant and co-founded Berlin VC firm Venturepark
→Board member of Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation and Vice-Chairman of Bayreuth Opera Festival
→Over 450,000 LinkedIn followers
→Based in London