Background: I have nearly 6 years of private equity and 4 years of operational experience encompassing roles as principal investor, investment advisor and management consultant. Most recently, as principal investor with a large investment firm in London, I have successfully invested c€500m across the whole capital structure of European private equity deals. I have successfully completed 10+ investments in Europe and the US. Before that, I worked at a top4 accountancy firm for their private equity advisory group, where I led buy-side and sell-side advisory mandates for investors and for the banking community. Prior to my private equity career, I worked for a second top4 accountancy firm's Management Consulting division in London and Frankfurt on performance improvement assignments for medium sized and global clients. I hold an MBA from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and an advanced university degree in business systems engineering from Bamberg University, Germany.