Our Team

Jonathan Abraham

Managing Director

Jonathan Abraham is part of the Australian Client Solutions business unit, based in Sydney. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Colonial First State, Macquarie Bank and Rothschild Australia Asset Management. He is currently undertaking an MBA from the University of New South Wales Australian Graduate School of Management.

Suhail Albaz

Managing Director

Suhail Albaz is Managing Director, Chairman Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, based in Dubai. He leads Partners Group’s activities and is responsible for the overall business strategy and client engagement activity of the Firm in the Region. He joined Partners Group in 2023 with significant experience in building & managing teams, businesses and complex client relationships. Prior to joining Partners Group, Suhail most recently held leadership positions at Natixis Investment Managers and Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Dr. Adrian Andermatt

Managing Director

Dr. Adrian Andermatt is Head of the Investment Legal business unit, based in Zug. He has over 21 years of relevant experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as an attorney at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Bär&Karrer and most recently as a member of the executive committee of Zuger Kantonalbank. He holds a PhD in business law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, and is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Dr. Dmitriy Antropov

Managing Director

Dr. Dmitriy Antropov is Co-Head of the Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and the Global Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UniCredit Group, L.E.K. Consulting and Apax Partners. He holds a PhD in world economics from Financial University under the Government of Russian Federation, Moscow. He is also a Financial Risk Manager.

Joanna Asfour

Managing Director

Joanna Asfour is part of the Client Solutions business department, based in London. She has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Citibank. She holds a master’s degree in international business and languages from Heriot-Watt University, UK.

Robert-Jan Bakker

Managing Director

Robert-Jan Bakker is part of the Infrastructure business department, based in Zug. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at APG Asset Management and Deloitte. He holds a cum laude master’s degree in finance and investments from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is also a CAIA charterholder.

Nils Bartel

Partner

Nils Bartel is Global Head of the Capital Markets business unit, based in Zug. He is responsible for all debt financing-related aspects of Partners Group's Private Equity and Infrastructure Direct investments globally across their life cycle. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at J.P. Morgan in the EMEA Acquisition and Leveraged Finance team. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany.

Andreas Baumann

Partner

Andreas Baumann is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee, Chairman of the Private Equity Partnership Investments Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Aavas Financiers, CSS Corp., and EuroKids. He has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 26 years of industry experience across the globe. Previously, Andreas was Head of the Americas, based in New York, and a member of the Executive Committee from 2014 to 2017. He has also held the position of Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office, being responsible for the firm’s Asia-Pacific private equity investment activities between 2010 and 2014. Prior to his time in Asia, he was part of Partners Group's Private Equity Directs and Primaries Americas business, based in New York. He has worked on significant global transactions and value creation projects. Prior to Partners Group he worked at the Chinese company Sinoart Inc. in the US. Andreas holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business, USA.

Roy Baumann

Managing Director

Roy Baumann is a Managing Director and part of the Private Equity business department, based in Zug. Roy is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2004 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he held positions in M&A at Morgan Stanley, economic research at UBS Warburg, in audit at KPMG and finance at Procter & Gamble. He holds a master’s degree in economics and finance and a CEMS master’s in international management from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Andrew Bellis

Partner

Andrew Bellis is Head of the Private Credit business department, based in New York. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, Chairman of the Structured Credit Investment Committee and a member of the Global Investment Committee for Credit Secondaries and Fund Financing. He has been with Partners Group since 2017 and has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to Partners Group, he served as a Partner for 4 years at 3i Credit Management Investments, part of 3i Group, and was responsible for their CLO and loan fund business. Andrew also held various roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Dresdner Bank, including most recently serving as Global Head of CLOs at Credit Suisse. Andrew holds a master’s degree in physics from Imperial College London, UK.

Bill Berry

Partner

Bill Berry is Chairman of the Private Credit business department, based in Denver. He has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was Co-President of Capula Investment Management and worked at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch in a variety of senior roles including Global Co-Head of Counterparty Portfolio Management (CPM) and Head of EMEA Structured Credit and Securitization and Solutions. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University, New Jersey and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Piotr Biezychudek

Managing Director

Piotr Biezychudek is part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Health and Life Investment Committee and has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at KRG Capital / Mountaingate Capital, The Edgewater Funds, 3i Group and JPMorgan Securities. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Illinois, USA and bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

René Biner

Partner

René Biner is Chairman of the Global Investment Committee and a member of the Private Markets Relative Value Committee at Partners Group, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 30 years of industry experience. He previously worked on private equity direct investments and transactions before taking on responsibility for partnership investments in Europe and, later, relocating to Partners Group's New York office where he was Co-Head of the firm's US private equity investment activities. Following his return to Partners Group's principal office in Zug, René was assigned responsibility for the firm's private credit investment management activities. Before Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Zurich with responsibility in the due diligence and audit practice, assigned to IPO projects. He holds a master's degree in economics and business administration from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is also a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.

Patrik Bless

Managing Director

Patrik Bless is the Co-Head of the Business Applications business unit and the firm’s Chief Information Security Officer, based in Zug. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he held leadership positions at Open Systems and Detecon management consultancy. He holds a Master's degree in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Lausanne, Switzerland and an MBA from the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Christopher Bone

Partner

Christopher Bone is Head of Private Credit in Europe and Asia business unit. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Direct Credit US Investment Committee and Co-Chairman of the Global Direct Credit Investment Committee, Chairman of the Direct Credit Europe Investment Committee and Chairman of the Direct Credit Asia Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at AlpInvest Partners, RBS, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. Christopher holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Durham, UK and is also a CFA charterholder.

Benjamin A. Breier

Partner

Benjamin A. Breier is Head of US Private Equity Health and Life, based in Denver. He is also a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He has 26 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of the Board of Directors of Kindred Healthcare, LLC, one of the largest providers of healthcare services in the United States. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Concentra and as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Premier Practice Management. Benjamin is a former member of the Business Roundtable (BRT) and the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and previously served on the Board of the Federation of American Hospitals and InnovaCare Health. He continues to serve on the Board of the University of Miami’s School of Business, the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Louisville Health Board of Directors. He also formerly chaired the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council. He is the author of Intentional Disruption: Leadership Lessons in Healthcare, Business, and Beyond, published by Forbes in 2022. Benjamin holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, USA and an MBA and an MHA from the University of Miami, Florida, USA.

Sarah Brewer

Partner

Sarah Brewer is a Partner, Global Co-Head Client Solutions business department and Head of Client Solutions for the UK, based in London. She co-leads Partners Group’s Clients Pillar, is a member of the Executive Team and the Global Executive Board. She has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Bloomberg LP. She holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, UK.

Todd Bright

Partner

Todd Bright is Co-Head of Infrastructure in the Americas, as well as sitting on the Infrastructure Investment Committee, and the Global Investment Committee. He is a board member of portfolio companies Exus North America, Budderfly, Dimension Renewable Energy, and Seaborn Group. Todd has been with Partners Group since January 2014 and has 32 years of industry experience, which included roles such as Managing Director of Power and Renewables investments at Denham Capital, Vice President of Structured Transactions at Conectiv Energy and Director of Business Development at Equinor (fka Statoil). He began his career after receiving his MBA as an energy project developer at Enron. He holds an MBA from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Mike Bryant

Partner

Mike Bryant is Co-Head of the Real Estate business department, based in London. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate Partnership Investments Committee and the Chairman of Real Estate Direct Investment Committee, and has 35 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Mike worked at GE Capital Real Estate, HVB Real Estate Capital, Erste Bank, Coopers and Lybrand, and Cushman and Wakefield. At GE Capital Real Estate he held a broad variety of leadership roles, including leading the European asset management and risk functions. He holds a master's degree from Cambridge University, UK, and is a qualified chartered surveyor.

Lukas Bucher

Managing Director

Lukas Bucher is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in Zug, and sits on the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Foncia, Key Retirement Group, Techem and International Schools Partnership. Previously, Lukas was Head of Human Resources and a member of the Global Executive Board, and has been with Partners Group since 2008, with 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group and was part of the Insurance Practice Group. He holds an MBA from INSEAD Paris, France and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Andre Burba

Managing Director

Andre Burba is part of the Infrastructure Americas business unit, based in Denver. He has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Global Infrastructure Partners where he focused on structured equity and credit investments in various infrastructure sectors. Prior to GIP, he was a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee at Pine Brook, a private equity firm based in New York focused on growth equity investments in energy and financial services. Before Pine Brook, he was at Credit Suisse in the Special Opportunities group focusing on principal investments in renewable energy, infrastructure and mining. He started his career as a project finance legal counsel at Milbank Tweed in New York. He holds a juris doctor (J.D.) from Vanderbilt University Law School, Tennessee, USA where he was a John S. Beasley Scholar, and bachelor's degrees in music and mathematics from West Virginia University, USA.

Roberto Cagnati

Partner

Roberto Cagnati is Partners Group's Chief Risk Officer and Head of the Portfolio Solutions business department, based in Zug. He co-leads Partners Group’s Clients Pillar, is a member of the Executive Team, the Global Portfolio Committee, the Global Executive Board, as well as Deputy Chairman of the Private Markets Relative Value Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2004 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Roberto worked at Deutsche Bank Asset Management and Credit Suisse Private Banking in the alternative investment space. He holds a master's degree in economics with a specialization in statistics and financial markets from the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Vanessa Camilleri

Managing Director

Vanessa Camilleri is Head of Partners Group's Luxembourg office and part of the Platform Services business unit. She has been with Partners Group since 2006 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malta. She holds a master’s degree in European Union law from the Collège d’Europe, Belgium. She is admitted to the bar in Malta.

Andrew Campbell

Managing Director

Andrew Campbell is the Global Co-Head of the Compliance business unit, based in London, and has been with Partners Group since 2005. With 23 years of industry experience, he was formerly the Legal Due Diligence Officer, Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Sigma Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds manager. At Sigma, Andrew focused on due diligence, negotiations, investments, as well as the operational due diligence of administrators and other key service providers for those funds. He holds bachelor's degrees in law (honours) and political science from the University of Auckland, New Zealand; a graduate diploma in applied finance and investments from the Securities Institute of Australia; and an ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance from Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. He is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. He is also a Fellow of the International Compliance Association.

Emel Can

Managing Director

Emel Can is the Global Head of the Group Internal Audit business unit, based in Zug. She has 25 years of experience in auditing. Prior to joining Partners Group, Emel was a Partner at Deloitte AG, where she led the Insurance Audit and Assurance practice, which she built and established in Switzerland. In a career that spans the globe, she has been responsible for the external audits of global financial services companies. She has also advised multi-national companies in the area of corporate governance, SOX implementations, IFRS, internal audit and regulatory matters. She is a certified FINMA lead auditor, Swiss and Turkish Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Istanbul, Turkey.

Will Chen

Managing Director

Will Chen is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Technology Industry Vertical, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-investments, extension secondaries and Direct Lead growth investments in Technology. Will has over 21 years of industry experience. He has proven investment origination experience within the technology and software sectors and has led successful value creation programs at multiple portfolio companies. Prior to joining Partners Group, Will was a Managing Director in the Corporate Private Equity Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. While at Goldman Sachs, he served on the board of directors for software and tech-enabled services companies such as Sterling, Aptos, CommerceHub and Fortress Information Security. Previously, he held positions at Apax Partners and Bain & Company. He has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS and MS from the School of Engineering at Stanford University.

Joseph Chien

Managing Director

Joseph Chien is Head of Real Estate in Asia, based in Singapore, He is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee, the Real Estate Partnership Investments Committee. He has 26 years of industry experience in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate based in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo, responsible for real estate acquisitions and initiatives in China and Japan. Before joining Blackstone, Joe was an Executive Director at GreenOak Real Estate Advisors in New York, where he focused on acquisitions in the U.S., Greater China, and India. He began his career in real estate in 1997 at Morgan Stanley in their real estate investing and mergers & acquisitions departments in New York and London. Joe holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

Alex Cho

Managing Director

Alex Cho is part of the Asian Client Solutions business unit, based in Seoul. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Alex was a Director at Korea Venture Fund, team head of Direct Equity at Korea Development Investment Finance Corporation, and Managing Director at Korea Venture Investment Corporation. He holds an MBA from California State University, Los Angeles, USA.

Robert Collins

Partner

Robert Collins is Co-Head of Private Wealth, Head of Partners Group's New York Office, and a member of the Global Executive Board. He is President, Portfolio Manager, and Member of the Board of Managers of Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC. He also chairs Partners Group (USA) Inc.'s Investment Committee. Robert joined the firm in 2005 as a member of the Private Equity investment team and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UBS Warburg and Salomon Smith Barney. Robert holds an MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University, where he was a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow, and a bachelor's degree from Tulane University, where he majored in economics and history. He is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas Clark

Managing Director

Thomas Clark is co-head of the Private Equity Goods & Products business-unit in the Americas at Partners Group, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investment, extension secondaries and Direct Lead growth investments in Goods & Products Investment Committee. He has 23 years of private equity experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Comvest Partners as co-head of Private Equity, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the Investment Committees for its private equity and special opportunities strategies. He has led and managed investments in sectors focused on e-commerce and consumer, and related business services. Previously, he worked at Apax Partners, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs. He received a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and pursued graduate-level coursework at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He was a Hodson Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. David Daum

Partner

Dr. David Daum is the Head of the Private Infrastructure Europe business unit, based in Zug. He is also the Co-Chair of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and a member of the Global Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Gren, North Star, Biogeen, Parmaco, Eteck, and VSB Renewables. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Deutsche Bank. He holds a PhD in physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Andrew Deakin

Partner

Andrew Deakin is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in London, and is the Co-Chair of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 27 years of industry experience. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies International Schools Partnership, Key Retirement Group, TOUS and Rovensa. Prior to joining Partners Group, Andrew was a Partner at Phoenix Equity Partners, and worked at Deloitte Corporate Finance and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also a chartered accountant.

Dr. Jürgen Diegruber

Partner

Dr. Jürgen Diegruber is Head of Partners Group’s Munich office and part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Techem, Global Blue and Hofmann Menue Manufaktur, and has been with Partners Group since 2011, holding 34 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he invested in, developed, and sold numerous companies, including co-founding GermanCapital (former GI Ventures), whose team was subsequently integrated into Partners Group in 2010. Jürgen started his career in 1991 in consulting and was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bossard Consultants GmbH, where his activities focused on strategy, process optimization, lean production and organizational transformation processes. In 1995 he was a co-founder and member of the Management Board of the industry-specific Holding Group Ahorn Grieneisen AG, where he was responsible for buyouts and acquisitions. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Ed Diffendal

Managing Director

Ed Diffendal is Co-Head of Infrastructure in the Americas business unit, based in Denver. He is the Co-Chair of the Infrastructure Investment Committee, a member of the Global Investment Committee, and the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies EdgeCore, Enfragen, Milestone Equipment, Esentia, and Resilient Infrastructure Group, and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was the CEO of United Bridge Partners, a private transportation infrastructure investment company, where he pioneered the use of fully Infrastructure capital for replacement transportation projects. Previously, Ed was a Managing Director at the American Infrastructure Fund, where he focused on transportation, midstream oil and gas, and asset intensive real property infrastructure. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in economics from Stanford University, California, USA and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.

Cyrus Driver

Managing Director

Cyrus Driver is part of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Chairman of the Private Equity Technology Investment Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Guardian Early Learning and Sirion Labs Technology Investment Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Guardian Early Learning and Sirion Labs. Cyrus has been with Partners Group since 2012, has 24 years of private equity investing experience and has served on the boards of twelve portfolio companies. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at J.P. Morgan Partners (Private Equity, South and Southeast Asia) and Helix Investments (India Head, Private Equity). He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Henk Van Duijnhoven

Managing Director

Henk van Duijnhoven is part of the Infrastructure Americas business unit based in Denver. He is a board member of portfolio companies Edgecore, Exus and Resilient. Henk has over 31 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he spent 15 years at Danaher where he held several executive operating positions as the Group Executive for their dental platform, President of Linx and President of Videojet EU. In addition, he had Corporate positions as the Vice President for Human Resources and as the Vice President of Business Development. Henk spent 8 years at The Boston Consulting Group including as a Partner and Managing Director. Most recently he was the President of Coho Climate Consulting. Henk holds an MBA from MIT's Sloan school of management, Massachusetts, USA and a bachelor's degree in engineering from HAN University in the Netherlands.

Christian Ebert

Managing Director

Christian Ebert is part of the European Private Credit business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 22 years of industry experience. He holds a master's degree in finance from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Hannes Eichelberger

Managing Director

Hannes Eichelberger is Head of the Investment Information business unit, based in Zug. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and as a financial consultant at VZ VermögensZentrum. He holds a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He is also a Swiss certified public accountant, a CFA charterholder, and passed both levels of the CAIA program.

David Elizondo

Managing Director

David Elizondo is a Managing Director of the Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in New York. He has been with Partners Group since 2017 and has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was an infrastructure investment professional at Strata Energy, Access Capital and Highstar Capital. He started his career as an energy leveraged finance analyst in Barclays Capital. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA and is a CFA charterholder.

Dr. Marcel Erni

Co-Founder

Dr. Marcel Erni is the Co-Founder of Partners Group. He is an executive member of Partners Group Holding AG’s Board of Directors, based in Zug. He is also a member of the Corporate Development Committee, Investment Oversight Committee and Thematic Relative Value Committee. Previously, he served as the Chief Investment Officer of Partners Group until June 2017. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s current portfolio companies AMMEGA and Telepass. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and McKinsey & Co. He has over 31 years of industry experience and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Illinois and a PhD in finance and banking from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Alfred Gantner

Co-Founder

Alfred Gantner is the Co-Founder of Partners Group. He is an executive member of Partners Group Holding AG’s Board of Directors, based in Zug. He is also a member of the Corporate Development Committee and Investment Oversight Committee. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group from 1996 to 2005 and subsequently as Executive Chairman from 2005 to 2014. He was also Chairman of Partners Group's Global Investment Committee from 2011 until June 2017. Furthermore, he served as a board member at various Partners Group portfolio companies such as VAT, USIC, PCI Pharma Services and currently serves as a board member of Breitling and Esentia Energy Systems. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. He has over 31 years of industry experience and holds an MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management in Utah, USA.

Robert Evans

Managing Director

Robert Evans is Head of Partners Group's London office and part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in London. He has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at StepStone Group, UBS and PwC. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in Geography from the University of Durham, UK.

Tobias Giesser

Managing Director

Tobias Giesser is Co-Head of the Structuring Solutions and Co-Head of Product Management business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland's biggest and one of the oldest law firms. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Martina Glanzer

Managing Director

Martina Glanzer is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. She has been with Partners Group since 2013. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Credit Suisse and had assignments at Morgan Stanley and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL. She holds a master’s degree in business administration and a CEMS master’s degree in international management from Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Heather Grubbs

Managing Director

Heather Grubbs is part of the Private Wealth business unit, based in Denver. She has over 20 years of strategic financial services marketing experience with strong brand, business development, multi-channel marketing, and leadership skills. She has a proven track record of building and leading successful teams, developing and executing strategic initiatives, and growing assets under management. She joined Partners Group most recently from Global Endowment Management, and previously with Ares Wealth Management Company, Fidelity Investments, and Janus Henderson Investors.

Joris Gröflin

Chief Financial Officer

Joris Gröflin is Partners Group's Chief Financial Officer, based in Zug. He leads the Finance department and is a member of the Executive Team and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2024 and has over 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Board at Axpo Holding AG. He also worked in various roles at Rieter Holding AG, including as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee, and held positions at Kearney. He holds a licentiate and a CEMS Master in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.

Erik Gunnervall

Seasoned Partner

Erik Gunnervall is part of the European Client Solutions business unit. He also oversees the European Distribution business and client activities in France and Israel. Previously, he was Head of the Client Solutions Americas business unit, based in New York. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Wegelin & Co. He holds a master's degree in finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Vageesh Gupta

Managing Director

Vageesh Gupta is Head of Partners Group's Mumbai office and is a part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee as well as member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Ecom Express. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at TA Associates, where he led the firm's investment efforts in the consumer and healthcare sectors in India, and at Sequoia Capital and McKinsey & Co. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, where he was a member of the Dean's List, and a bachelor's degree in economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. Vageesh is a member of the Mumbai chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO).

Karim Habra

Managing Director

Karim Habra is Global Co-Head of Real Estate based in Zug. Karim has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry. He began his career with GE Capital Real Estate in 1998, assuming responsibility for Central and Eastern European operations in 2003. In 2008, he became Managing Director, European Funds for JER Partners. Four years later, he joined LaSalle Investment Management as Managing Director of Central Europe, where he was subsequently appointed Managing Director of France and finally Head of Continental Europe. In 2018, he became Head of Europe at Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and in 2019, the Asia-Pacific region was added to his remit.

Karim Habra holds a Master of Management Sciences and a MSc in Corporate Finance from Université Paris-Dauphine.

Karin Hallin

Managing Director

Karin Hallin is Head of Clients Solutions for Latin America as part of the Client Solutions Americas business unit. She has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at UBS AG as Team Head in Latin America Client Solutions and at ABB Ltd. as a key account manager in Latin America for high voltage sub-stations. She holds a master’s degree in engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Ross Hamilton

Managing Director

Ross Hamilton is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee and the Private Equity Partnership Investments Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at BGF Investments and Standard Life Investments. He holds a master’s degree from Strathclyde Business School, UK. He is also a certified public accountant.

Mark Hanslin

Managing Director

Mark Hanslin is part of the Liquid Loans business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Global Liquid Loans Investment Committee and the Structured Credit Investment Committees. He has 36 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Mark spent 16 years with Mizuho Bank (formerly Fuji Bank) in New York, where he served as co-founder and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Mountain Capital U.S. CLO management platform and was also a Senior Team Leader in Fuji Bank's U.S. Leveraged Finance Originations Group. Mark has also been engaged in senior investment advisory roles for Mountain Bridge Advisors and Nebula Capital, where he focused on liquid debt investment and U.S. CLO management and investment strategies. He began his career as a corporate credit analyst, and also served as a lending officer and a high yield investment portfolio manager for Union Bank of Finland (now Nordea Bank) in New York for a ten year period. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston University, Massachusetts, USA and a MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, USA.

Dr. Remy Hauser

Managing Director

Dr. Remy Hauser is part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit and co-head of Europe, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies EyeCare Partners, PCI Pharma Services, Pharmathen and Axia. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 26 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Credit Suisse Financial Services. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in Illinois, USA and a PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry from the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Nicholas Hegarty

Managing Director

Nicholas Hegarty is the Co-Head of Client Solutions Americas business unit, based in New York. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs, the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States Air Force. He holds a bachelor's degree from the US Air Force Academy, a master's degree in business administration from the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA and a Juris Doctorate degree from Seton Hall University School of Law, New Jersey, USA.

Fredrik Henzler

Partner

Fredrik Henzler is a member of the Global Investment Committee and Thematic Relative Value Committee, based in Zug. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company United States Infrastructure Corporation. Fredrik has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a founding Partner of BrainNet Supply Management Group AG, a leading supply chain consultancy sold to KPMG in 2012. He holds a master’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

René Herren

Managing Director

René Herren leads the global Private Wealth Structuring team and is based in Zug. He has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group in 2022, he was Head Solutions Delivery for Private Banking International at Credit Suisse, Global Head Sales Management at UBS Asset Management and Deputy Head of Global Sales and Marketing as well as Head of Product Structuring and Financing at Man Group. He holds a Master in Banking and Finance, a Certificate in Mathematics and a Master in Biology from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Christian Hertig

Managing Director

Christian Hertig is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he had assignments at UBS and KPMG. He holds a master's degree in finance and accounting from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Andreas Holzmüller

Managing Director

Andreas Holzmüller is part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit, based in Munich. He is the Chair of the Private Equity Goods and Products Investment Committee. In addition he holds Board of Director seats of the firm's portfolio companies Schleich, Techem and Breitling. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 16 years of industry experience. He holds a master's degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Dr. Bernhard Hössli

Managing Director

Dr. Bernhard Hössli is Tax Director and the Head of the Tax business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2018 and has more than 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was the Head of Tax at GAM and before he worked at EY and at the Swiss Federal Tax Administration. He holds a master’s degree and a PhD in law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and is a Swiss certified tax advisor.

Adam Howarth

Partner

Adam Howarth is Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investments Committee, Global Portfolio Committee, and PG USA Investment Committee. Previously, he was Head of Partners Group's New York office and Co-Head Private Equity Integrated Investments. Adam has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at HarbourVest Partners, LLC in the secondary team and Credit Suisse in the M&A Group. He holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business, USA.

Oscar Huggare

Managing Director

Oscar Huggare is Head of Client Solutions Europe business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at HSBC, Harcourt and UBS. He holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Max Ilmoni

Managing Director

Max Ilmoni is a Managing Director and part of the Real Estate business department, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked with international equities and derivatives research at Danske Bank. He holds a master's degree in finance and econometrics from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland.

Anne-Jan Jager

Managing Director

Anne-Jan Jager is Co-Head of Real Estate Europe business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked for Tristan Capital Partners as Executive Director, responsible for sourcing, structuring and executing of real estate deals and joint ventures across Europe as well as UBS Asset Management in Europe and the US. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hanze University Groningen, Netherlands.

Andreas Jauker

Managing Director

Andreas Jauker is the Global Co-Head of the Compliance business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Bank Vontobel AG, Swiss Life and FINMA. He holds an MBA from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Israel Javier

Managing Director

Israel Javier is Head of Partners Group's Manila office and Co-Head of Finance Shared Services as part of the Group Finance and Corporate Development business department. He is a member of the Global Executive Board has 21 years of relevant experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PwC Philippines and UK and Arvato Corp. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and is a Philippine certified public accountant.

Juri Jenkner

Partner

Juri Jenkner is the President and Co-Head of Investments, based in Zug. He co-leads Partners Group's Investments pillar, is a member of the Executive Team and Global Executive Board. He is also a member of the Global Investment Committee, Private Markets Relative Value Committee and Corporate Development Committee. He formerly served as the Head of the Private Infrastructure Business Department. Prior to that role, he was the Co-Head of the Private Debt Business Department. He has been with Partners Group since 2004 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Privatbankiers Merck Finck & Co. He holds a master's degree in finance from the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a certified European financial analyst.

Sujit John

Managing Director

Sujit John is part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Axia Women’s Health, PCI Pharma Services, and Blue River PetCare. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at WestView Capital Partners, Arlington Capital Partners and Citigroup Global Markets. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Boston College, Massachusetts, USA.

Erik Kaas

Partner

Erik Kaas is Partners Group’s Chairman of Europe and part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the firm's Client Oversight Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Vermaat. Erik has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was head of global products for Switzerland and Austria and, before that, Liberty Eurobrokers. He holds a dual degree in business administration from the European Partnership of Business Schools in the UK and Germany, and is Vice Chairman of The Board of Zurich International School (ZIS).

Keeran Kang

Managing Director

Keeran Kang is Co-Head of the Real Estate Partnership Investments business unit, based in Singapore. She is a member of the Real Estate Partnership Investment Committee. She has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Schroder Real Estate Investment Management where she was a Fund Manager within the Real Estate Capital Partners business, responsible for two continental European products and segregated mandates. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Bath, UK. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Andrew Kateiva

Managing Director

Andrew Kateiva is Head of the Institutional Client Solutions Business Unit in Australia. Andrew commenced with Partners Group in 2023 and has over 24 years of Industry Experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Andrew was a Partner in the Investor Relations team at Bain Capital and has previously held senior roles at Warakirri Asset Management, Challenger Financial Group and L1 Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce / Arts from Deakin University, Australia and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from Finsia.

Andreas Knecht

Partner

Andreas Knecht is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Partners Group, based in Zug. He leads Partners Group's Operations pillar, is Head of Compliance, Legal & Tax business department and a member of the Executive Team and Global Executive Board. Andreas has been with Partners Group since 2009 and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as an attorney at a number of different law firms, including Niederer Kraft & Frey, Zurich, advising corporate clients in M&A and financing matters, and as co-lead at Man Group's Continental Europe legal team. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland and an LL.M. from New York University, USA. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Walter Keller

Seasoned Partner

Walter Keller is the Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Lead Investment Committee and a member of the Private Markets Relative Value Committee, Thematic Relative Value Committee, and Global Investment Committee, based in Zug. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's current portfolio companies Action, Kaffee Partner, Vishal Mega Mart and KinderCare Learning Centers, and was a Board Member of previous portfolio companies, such as AHT Cooling Systems, Austria; Bartec Safety Switchgear, Germany; and VAT Group Vacuum Valves, Switzerland. Walter has been with Partners Group since 1998 and has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a degree in economics and business administration from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland, and is a Swiss certified public accountant.

Dr. Guido Koch

Partner

Dr. Guido Koch is Co-Head of the Client Solutions business department, based in Zug. He co-leads Partners Group’s Clients Pillar and a member of the Global Executive board. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as a management consultant at Droege & Comp in Asia and Europe, with a focus on the Asia operations of European headquartered firms. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Hamburg, Germany and a PhD in international management from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also a research fellow of the SMU/Wharton research center.

Carsten König

Managing Director

Carsten König is part of the Infrastructure Asset Management team, based in Zug. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Greenlink and VSB Renewables. He has 28 years of industry experience, predominantly in the energy, automotive and engineered products sector. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at AlixPartners as a Managing Director, advising his clients on value creation programs and leading restructuring and turnaround projects including taking executive board positions such as CEO, COO or CRO during the transformation. Previously he worked for Roland Berger, FAG Kugelfischer and DEKRA AG. He holds a degree of Business Administration and Engineering (Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing.) from Karlsruhe University / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

Nick Kuys

Managing Director

Nick Kuys is part of the Infrastructure Asset Management team, based in Sydney. He is member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Evolution Rail (HCMT), Ararat Wind Farm and Unity Digital Infrastructure. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Australian Industrial Energy, DUET Group, Macquarie Group, Westpac Banking Group and Deloitte and Touche. He holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and a Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Australia and was previously a Chartered Accountant.

Andrew Kwok

Managing Director

Andrew Kwok is the Co-Head of Infrastructure Asia business unit, based in Singapore, and sits on the Infrastructure Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Green Island Renewable Power and Unity Digital Infrastructure. He has 28 years of industry experience and, prior to joining Partners Group, worked as a Director in Challenger Limited's fund division, in Westpac Institutional Bank's infrastructure and PPP fund practice and at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Sydney, Australia and is a Chartered Accountant in Australia.

Ron Lamontagne

Managing Director

Ron Lamontagne is Co-Head of Real Estate in the Americas, based in New York. He is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee and Global Investment Committee, with 36 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Ron was a Director at GE Capital Real Estate where he was responsible for equity investments in the US and Canada. Other previous roles at GE include debt originations, asset management, loan modifications, property dispositions and risk management. He holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the New York University Stern School of Business.

Patrick Langan

Managing Director

Patrick Langan is part of the Infrastructure Americas business unit, based in New York. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 13 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked in private equity at Barclays and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs & Co. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from James Madison University, Virginia, USA.

Joel Larkins

Managing Director

Joel Larkins is part of the Infrastructure Asset Management team, based in Denver. He has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Andeavor, AES, Reliant Energy, LyondellBasell, and ExxonMobil. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, USA and an MBA from Stanford University, California, USA.

David Layton

Chief Executive Officer

David Layton is the Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group. David leads Partners Group’s Executive Team, its Global Executive Board and he is a member of the firm’s Global Investment Committee. David principally divides his time between Partners Group's Americas headquarters in Colorado, US and Partners Group's global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. He was previously the Head of Partners Group's Private Equity business department, and he has represented the firm on the Board of Directors of several of the firm's portfolio companies, including Universal Services of America, Nobel Learning Communities, MicroPoise Measurement Systems, Cabot Credit Management, Pacific Bells, and Strategic Partners. David holds a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management.

Stefan Lempen

Managing Director

Stefan Lempen is Co-Head of the Real Estate Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug, and a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Real Estate Partnership Investments Investment Committee. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Central European Industrial Fund, Investment Circle Germany-Spain S.A., Nordic Tower Properties AB, Skylab and Norwegian Lights AS. Stefan has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked for Credit Suisse within their Swiss Corporates team, arranging financing solutions for international corporates headquartered in Switzerland. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.

Anne Lester

Member of the Board of Directors

Anne Lester is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG. She is a member of the Client Oversight Committee, the Risk & Audit Committee and the Nomination & Compensation Committee. Her mandate is focused on driving forward Partners Group's bespoke private markets solutions for the Defined Contribution ("DC") pensions market. She has over 31 years of experience in senior leadership roles at JP Morgan Asset Management, most recently serving as Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Retirement Solutions in the Multi-Asset Solutions division where she launched JPMorgan's SmartRetirement Target Date franchise. She also founded the Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings in conjunction with AARP and holds three patents for the design of a dynamic withdrawal investment process and for the evaluation of target date funds. Anne holds an Bachelor's degree in Politics from Princeton University, New Jersey, USA and a Master's in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, USA.

Martin Liew

Managing Director

Martin Liew is Head of Private Equity Partnership Investments in Asia, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investments Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at CDC Group and Nomura. He holds a bachelor's degree in econometrics from Pantheon-Sorbonne University, France.

Derek Lim

Managing Director

Derek Lim is part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company SureWerx. He joined Partners Group in 2022 and has 19 years of private equity experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Ardian and a founding member of the North American buyout fund, focused on industrial and industrial services investments. Previously, he worked at Apax Partners, Fenway Partners and Citigroup. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in economics from Occidental College.

Michael Longman

Managing Director

Michael Longman is a Managing Director and is part of the Private Equity Goods & Products Business Unit, based in Denver. Mike has nearly four decades of experience in assessing, acquiring, integrating, growing and managing businesses. He began his career at McKinsey & Company where he eventually was the co-lead partner for the Business-to-Business and Education practices in North America. He then spent 21+ years at Eaton where he led functions such as sales, marketing, global product management, strategy and M&A, and served as the President and General Manager of businesses in the data center, residential building and power electronics industries in both North America and Europe/Middle East/Africa. Mike graduated magna cum laude with an AB in Applied Math and Economics from Brown University and holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Sheng Liu

Managing Director

Sheng Liu is Head of Partners Group's Shanghai office and part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Aiyingshi, Green Tea Restaurant, BCR Group and Apex Logistics. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Cathay Capital Private Equity as Investment Director in charge of both investment and value creation, and before that at KPMG. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China.

Dr. Kevin Lu

Partner

Dr. Kevin Lu is Partners Group’s Chairman of Asia, a member of the Global Executive Board and Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office. Additionally, he chairs the International Advisory Council for PG LIFE, the firm's SDG-focused fund series, and leads the development of relationships with key strategic clients in Asia. Kevin has been with Partners Group since 2014. Prior to joining Partners Group, he served as Asia Regional Director and Chief Financial Officer at the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, overseeing its finance, investments, portfolio management and risk analytics functions. He serves on the Advisory Board of the World Bank's Global Infrastructure Facility, Monetary Authority of Singapore's Financial Centre Advisory Panel, the International Experts Advisory Committee of Insurance Asset Management Association of China, and the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Investing. Dr. Kevin Lu has furthermore published commentaries in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, Financial Times and the Straits Times. He is an Adjunct Professor at Yale-NUS, a Senior Fellow at Milken Institute and a Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD.

Benno Lüchinger

Managing Director

Benno Lüchinger is Co-Head of Private Equity Partnership Investments in Europe, based in London, also serving as a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 16 years of industry experience, having joined Partners Group from Credit Suisse Private Banking, J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse First Boston. He holds a master's degree in banking and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Henri Lusa

Managing Director

Henri Lusa is part of the European Private Credit business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Direct Debt Europe Investment Committee and the Direct Debt Asia Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked in Leveraged Financed at UniCredit in Munich, London and Milan. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and holds a master in Corporate Finance from the SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy and a master’s degree in economics and business administration from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also a chartered alternative investment analyst.

Jose Mahomar

Managing Director

Jose Mahomar is a Managing Director leading the US Consultant Relations business unit, based in New York. He has been with Partners Group since 2023 and has 20 years of industry experience. Before joining Partners Group, Jose spent eighteen years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, most recently as a Managing Director within the Americas Client Business where he Co-led the Americas Consultant Relations team. In this role, Jose was responsible for developing and maintain strategic relationships with institutional consultants across North America. Jose earned a BBA in Finance from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University.

Toby Mannock

Managing Director

Toby Mannock is Head of the Private Equity Business Unit in Australia. Toby commenced with Partners Group in 2023 and has over 19 years of Industry Experience and 5 years Military Experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Toby was Director, M&A / Head of Sector Team at ANZ Institutional Bank, Managing Director / Head of Division and Senior Advisor at Renaissance Capital, after commencing career with KPMG Corporate Finance. He holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from Monash University and completed the Masterclass Program in Private Equity at LBS. Toby graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was formerly a Captain in the British Army, commissioning into The Parachute Regiment.

Michael Marquardt

Partner

Michael Marquardt is Head of the Business Services business unit, based in Singapore, and is a member of the Executive Team. He has 30 years of industry experience with large financial services companies including IQ-EQ, BlackRock and American Express. He has held roles such as Asia Regional CEO, Asia Pacific Chief Operating Officer, Japan Chief Operating Officer and Global Risk Manager. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was the Asia Regional CEO for IQ-EQ . He holds an MBA from Boston University, Massachusetts, USA, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Clark University, Massachusetts, USA.

Chris Mauss

Managing Director

Chris Mauss is a Managing Director and is part of the Private Equity business department, based in Paris. He worked on Partners Group investment in Cerba Healthcare in France and serves on the Board of Directors of Laboratoires Serb. Chris has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Dubai International Capital, where he was responsible for some of the firms' European private equity investments. Chris spent 10 years with DIC and was actively involved in the turnaround and recovery of DIC's portfolio. He holds a master's degree from ESCP Europe in Paris, France.

Irene Mavroyannis

Managing Director

Irene Mavroyannis is a Managing Director and the Global Co-Head of Business Development and Asset Class Experts for the Infrastructure business unit, based in New York. She has been with Partners Group since April 2023 and has 31+ years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Partners Group, she was the Global Head of the Infrastructure Private Capital Advisory business for Sera Global, Brookfield’s real assets advisory platform. Irene’s previous roles include Managing Director in the Investor Solutions Group at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), Head of North America and Business Development at Hastings Funds Management and Global Product Specialist for Infrastructure & Energy at KKR. Irene also previously worked in investment banking at both Morgan Stanley and Citigroup in NY. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Econ/Math) from the University of Ottawa. She also received a Master of Laws from the University of Chicago Law School and a JD from the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. She sits on the University of Chicago Alumni Board, the Board of the Philharmonia Foundation and is a non-executive director at Verdigris Inc.

Stephen McCall

Managing Director

Stephen McCall is Global Head of Platforms and Operating Companies within the Private Real Estate business unit, based in London. He has over 25 years of industry experience across operations and finance and before joining Partners Group was most recently CEO of edyn Group – the international lifestyle hospitality platform. Prior to edyn, Stephen spent 17 years with IHG plc where he held a number of senior leadership roles including Group Head of Global Internal Audit, Chief Financial Officer for the MEA region, and Chief Operating Officer for Europe. He is a Chartered Management Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and Business from the University of Dundee, Scotland.

Marc Meier

Managing Director

Marc Meier is Co-Head of the Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. Corporate Finance (Switzerland) Ltd. He holds a master's degree in banking and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Raphael Meier

Managing Director

Raphael Meier is Head of the Project Management Office, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at the Swiss Bank Corporation, SBC Warburg Dillon Read and IFZ Institute for Financial Services. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.

Steffen Meister

Partner

Steffen Meister is a Partner of the firm and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG, based in Zug. He is also Chairman of the Corporate Development Committee, Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee, and a member of its Client Oversight Committee and Operations Oversight Committee. Steffen Meister has been with Partners Group since 2000 and served as Delegate of the Board from 2013 to 2018 and as Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2013. Steffen Meister is furthermore the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crossiety AG, a social media platform for local communities in Switzerland, and a member of the Board of Directors of FAIRTIQ AG, a company providing advanced travel payment solutions for the public transport sector. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Credit Suisse Financial Products and had assignments at Swiss Reinsurance Co. and the Department of Mathematics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Mr. Meister holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland.

Todd J. Miller

Partner

Todd J. Miller is Global Head of the Private Equity Health & Life business unit as well as Global Head of Growth Equity, based in Denver, and is a member of the Global Investment Committee, Private Equity Direct Lead and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of portfolio companies EyeCare Partners and Confluent. He has 24 years of experience in the investment community and was previously a senior member of Chicago-based Sterling Partners, where he led many of the firm's investments in the healthcare and tech-enabled business services sector. Other former roles include Managing Director at Tri-Artisan Capital following High Yield and Leveraged Loan Capital Markets roles at Merrill Lynch. Todd holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan, USA.

Charles Miller-Jones

Managing Director

Charles Miller-Jones is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in London. He is also a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services Investment Committee. He has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at OMERS Private Equity, Cinven and Lazard. He holds a master's degree from Cambridge University, UK.

Marlis Morin

Partner

Marlis Morin is a Partner at Partners Group, based in Singapore. She has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 29 years of industry experience. Previously, Marlis was Head of the Client Services business department, and a member of the Executive Team and the Global Executive Board. She also built and headed the firm's Group Internal Audit function, and opened Partners Group's services and operations hub in Manila. Prior to joining Partners Group, Marlis worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds as Head of Marketing Services for the European Retail Marketing, at Raiffeisen Landesbank Suedtirol and at Raiffeisenkasse Eisacktal. She holds a master's degree in international economics and business studies from the University of Innsbruck, Austria and Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA.

Reto Munz

Managing Director

Reto Munz is the Co-Head Private Credit Portfolio Management and Restructuring business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Direct Credit Investment Committee and Direct Credit Europe Investment Committee. Previously, he was Head of the Liquid Private Markets business unit until 2019. He has been with Partners Group since 2005 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management. He holds a master’s degree in finance and investment from the University of Exeter, UK. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Stefan Näf

Partner

Stefan Näf is Partners Group's Chairman of Clients and Co-Head Client Solutions Americas business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 28 years of industry experience. Previously he was part of the Private Equity Directs and Primaries business unit and subsequently founded the firm's London office. He was also formerly Head of the Client Solutions business department. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at the European Institute for Risk Management (EIRM). He holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Vincent Ng

Managing Director

Vincent Ng is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia, based in Hong Kong. He co-leads Partners Group’s overall business strategy and client engagement activities in Asia. Vincent has over two decades of experience in the finance industry and prior to joining Partners Group, he worked for 18 years as Partner and Head of Asia for Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Inc., which is one of the largest global, privately owned placement and advisory firms dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments. Vincent has also worked at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance in Hong Kong and the London offices of Deloitte and Arthur Andersen. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) in the United Kingdom, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®). Vincent is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and board member of the English Schools Foundation (ESF)’s Endowment Fund and the charity, HandsOn Hong Kong. He is also an audit committee member of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) and was the former Vice President and board member of the CFA Society in Hong Kong.

Kim Nguyen

Partner

Kim Nguyen is Head of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services Investment Committee. He has 21 years of industry experience. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Version 1, Techem, Cerba, Emeria and Schleich. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Bridgepoint, Nestlé and Bain & Company. He holds an MBA from the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Swiss Federal institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Pascal Noth

Managing Director

Pascal Noth is part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Health and Life Investment Committee and led the firm's investments into AMMEGA, Pharmathen, Sterling Pharma, Zabka, HTL and Laboratoires Serb. He has 23 years of industry experience and, prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Partner at Palamon Capital and worked at Goldman Sachs and Monitor Group. Pascal received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002 and holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, France where he received the Roche Fellowship of the Year. He also holds a master’s degree in Medical Neuroscience and Neural Computation from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sara Odebunmi

Managing Director

Sara Odebunmi is Global Head of the Platform Services business unit, based in Singapore. She has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 23 years of industry experience. Previously she served as the Head of the Product Management business unit. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at C-Matrix Communications, one of the leading PR, communications and marketing consultancies in Switzerland, where she was responsible for healthcare and telecommunications mandates. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.

Bilge Ogut

Partner

Bilge Ogut is Head of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Zug. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Civica Idera and Unit 4. She has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Standard Bank, Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA and a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Henrik Orrbeck

Managing Director

Stephen Otter

Managing Director

Stephen Otter joined Partners Group as Head of Private Markets Royalties in 2024. Prior to that Stephen built and ran the royalty strategy of PG3 AG (which is the family office of the Partners Group co-founders) since July 2021. Previously and from January 2014, Stephen worked at FlowStream Commodities, a KKR backed energy royalty & streaming company, where as Head of Business Development, he was responsible for originating and executing royalty & streaming transactions globally. Prior to his role at FlowStream, Stephen spent close to a decade in Investment Banking in London where he was focused on M&A and capital raising. Stephen graduated with first class honours in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Gaëlle Olivier

Member of the Board of Directors

Gaëlle Olivier has 30 years of experience in financial services. She is the Chairwoman of the Operations Oversight Committee and the Chairwoman of the Risk & Audit Committee. After a first career in the financial derivatives industry, Gaëlle joined AXA Group in 1998, where she held several senior executive roles over the next 21 years, ten of which were spent in Asia. In 2016, she was appointed CEO of AXA Group's Property & Casualty business, and a member of the AXA Group Management Committee. Most recently, she joined Société Generale in 2020 as Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific activities and then held the role of Group Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer until the end of 2022.

Manuel Ottinger

Managing Director

Manuel Ottinger is Head of Group Finance business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. He holds a master’s degree in strategic management from HEC Paris, France and a master’s degree in banking & finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Luv Parikh

Managing Director

Luv Parikh is the Co-Head of Infrastructure Asia business unit, based in Singapore. He has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director in Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Group in Singapore leading investments in the APAC region, and a Principal in Blackstone's Private Equity Group in Mumbai. Prior to Blackstone, he was at Lehman Brothers and Prudential Securities in New York, and ran an automobile distributorship in India. Luv holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, USA, where he graduated as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society and was a recipient of the Board of Overseers Fellowship. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Nivesh Pawar

Managing Director

Nivesh Pawar is Co-Head of Business Applications business unit, based in Zug. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as a derivative trader at Futures First info services ltd & Pyxis systems. He holds a master's degree in computational finance from the University of Essex, UK and a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, India. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Robbie Pearson

Managing Director

Robbie Pearson is a Managing Director and is part of the Capital Markets business unit, based in Denver. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Morgan Stanley in the Leveraged Finance group in New York from 2006 to 2019. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and English Literature from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA, USA.

Esther Peiner

Partner

Esther Peiner is the Head of Infrastructure business department, based in Zug. She is also a member of the Executive team and Global Executive board and a member of the Infrastructure and Global Investment Committee. Esther is also a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the sponsor of its Women's Network. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies EOLO, atNorth, Lifelink and CapeOmega. She has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Macquarie Group. She holds a master's degree in finance and marketing from Maastricht University, Netherlands.

Emanuele Pivato

Managing Director

Emanuele Pivato is Head of IT Services as part of the Technology business department, based in Zug. He has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Deloitte Switzerland, Avaloq banking solutions and Man Investments. He holds a Diploma in economics.

Nicolas Petitjean

Managing Director

Nicolas Petitjean is Co-Head of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, and a member of the Private Equity Partnership and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 18 years of industry experience, previously working at Perennius Capital Partners which was integrated into Partners Group in 2013 and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in M&A and structured finance. He holds a master’s degree in finance from EMLYON Business School, France.

Adam Pilchman

Managing Director

Adam Pilchman is the Co-Head Private Credit Portfolio Management and Restructuring business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and Special Situations Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2019 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PJT Partners, Blackstone, The Thomson Corporation and Bear Stearns. He holds an MBA with beta gamma sigma honors from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree with magna cum laude honors from Duke University.

Cédric Pouyan

Managing Director

Cédric Pouyan is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Director at Swiss Finance & Property Corporation focusing on real estate corporate finance and investment management. He holds a master's degree in law from the University of Geneva, Switzerland and a master's degree in business and economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Markus Pimpl

Managing Director

Markus Pimpl is the Co-Head of Private Wealth Europe business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Reuters, Saunders & Zellweger and Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Lahr, Germany.

Raniero Proietti

Managing Director

Raniero Proietti is Co-Head of Italy as part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has 29 years of industry experience and, prior to joining Partners Group, was a Partner at Perennius Capital Partners, which was integrated into Partners Group in 2013. Raniero's previous roles also include BNP Paribas, as Country Head of Capital Markets in Italy; Citigroup, as Co-Head of the Capital Markets division in Italy; and Lehman Brothers. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Sanjay Ravi

Managing Director

Sanjay Ravi is part of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Denver. He is also a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Technology Investment Committee. He has over 26 years of experience in the technology sector. Before joining Partners Group, he spent 17 years at Microsoft, most recently as the General Manager of the Automotive, Mobility & Transportation industry solutions business unit. In this role, he was responsible for building strategic corporate partnerships on a global scale and enabling digital transformation initiatives within the mobility landscape. He also held leadership positions in the Discrete Manufacturing and Tech & Electronics industry sectors. Prior to his time at Microsoft, he worked at i2 Technologies, a specialized software company focused on supply chain management. Sanjay also served on the technology advisory board of DMDII (Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute) and on the advisory board of the Cities and Mobility Program at WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development). He has earned a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. He also holds a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems from Syracuse University and is a graduate of the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Charles Rees

Managing Director

Charles Rees is part of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments in Technology Investment Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Civica. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs and had an assignment at Accenture. He holds a bachelor's degree in social and political sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Lori Pomerantz

Managing Director

Lori Pomerantz is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Business Development and Asset Class Experts for the Private Credit business unit, based in New York. She has been with Partners Group since 2023 and has 21 years of industry experience. Before joining Partners Group, Lori spent eight years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, most recently as a Managing Director leading the Corporate Credit Lead Portfolio Management team and the commercial efforts for the broadly syndicated loan, high yield and opportunistic credit strategies. Prior to this role, she spearheaded long-only fixed income manager selection within Goldman’s Alternative Investments and Manager Selection (AIMS) business and spent 12 years as a high yield and broadly syndicated loan credit analyst at BNP Paribas, Macquarie Capital, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. Lori earned a BBA, with a dual concentration in Finance and Accounting, from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Philip Sauer

Managing Director

Philip Sauer is Head of Corporate Development business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 16 years of industry experience. He started with the firm as a member of the Associate Program and later joined the Corporate Development and Communications team, which he headed from 2014 to 2017. He holds a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Dr. Stephan Schäli

Chief Investment Officer

Dr. Stephan Schäli is the Chief Investment Officer of Partners Group and member of the Global Executive Board, based in Zug. He is furthermore the Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Global Portfolio Committee, Chairman of the Private Markets Relative Value Committee and Chairman of the Thematic Relative Value Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UBS and Goldman Sachs & Co. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Illinois, USA and a PhD in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Wolf-Henning Scheider

Partner

Wolf-Henning Scheider is Head of Private Equity business department, based in Zug. He also co-leads Partners Group's Investments pillar. He is also the Head of Private Equity Technology business unit and a member of the Executive Team, Global Executive Board, Private Markets Relative Value Committee and Thematic Relative Value Committee. He has 36 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked in ZF Group, a global technology company, where he served as the Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO, and was also responsible for Research & Development and Sales. He also worked in MAHLE Group where he served as Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, as well as Robert Bosch GmbH, where he held various roles amongst others such as the CEO of the Car Multimedia Division and the Gasoline Systems Divisions. Afterwards, he was appointed as Member of the Board of Management and later on took over the overall responsibility for the activities of the Automotive Group. He holds degrees in business administration from Saarland University, Germany and RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Eicke Schinn

Managing Director

Eicke Schinn is the Global Head of the Product Reporting business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also a Swiss certified public accountant.

Dr. Raymond Schnidrig

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Raymond Schnidrig is the Chief Technology Officer of Partners Group and Head of the Technology business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board and has been with Partners Group since 2010. He has 30 years of industry experience and, prior to joining Partners Group, worked for eight years at Goldman Sachs and co-founded an ETH spin-off company in the computational finance space. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Ralph Schuck

Managing Director

Ralph Schuck is part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit, based in Zug, serving as a member of the Global Investment Committee and Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies AMMEGA and Rovensa. He has 31 years of industry experience and, prior to joining Partners Group, worked at Rhône-Poulenc Group as Sales & Marketing Director where he served industrial industries such as Automotive, Pulp & Paper and Conveyor Belting. He also held various C-level and board functions at Bobst Group, based in Italy, Germany and France, running global Equipment and Service companies that served the packaging industry, and at Bühler Group, where he headed the global Grain Milling division. He holds an MBA from IMD Business School Lausanne, Switzerland.

Till Schweizer

Managing Director

Till Schweizer is part of the Liquid Loans business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Global Liquid Loans Investment Committee and Structured Credit Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UBS Investment Bank and Credit Suisse Equity Capital Markets. He holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Dr. Yves Schneller

Partner

Dr. Yves Schneller is the Head of the Product Solutions department and a member of the Global Executive Board, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008, previously co-heading Compliance, Legal & Tax and serving as Co-General Counsel, and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Baer & Karrer, specializing in international and domestic M&A transactions (focusing on private M&A and private equity transactions, including secondary buyouts and public to private transactions). He holds a PhD in business law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland on the topic of liabilities in merger law and is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Martin Scott

Partner

Martin Scott is Head of Partners Group’s Sydney office and Head of the Australian Client Solutions business unit, as well as a member of the Global Executive Board and Director of Partners Group Australia. Martin has 31 years of industry experience and joined Partners Group in 2008 when he commenced the firm's Australian operations. Prior to joining Partners Group, he held senior roles at Zurich Investments, where he was Head of Investment Sales; Zurich Scudder; Tyndall Investment Management; and Citigroup. He holds a marketing diploma from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia and studied business at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Susan Scutt

Managing Director

Susan Scutt is part of the Operating Directors and Entrepreneurial Governance business unit, based in New York. She has 21+ years of transformative experience across consulting, corporate, and investment firms. She spent the last 9 years in Private Equity value creation…initially driving the transformation of a Vista Equity Partners-owned company, then joining the firm as Chief of Staff/VP Operations within their flagship fund. Susan later stood up the portfolio operations function at TCV and spent time driving value creation within Sun Capital Partners technology businesses. She holds an MBA from Oakland University and a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Kettering University.

Joel Schwartz

Partner

Joel Schwartz is a Partner in the Private Equity Services business unit as well as a member of the Global Investment Committee, the PG USA Investment Committee, and Co-Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services committees, based in New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Kindercare Learning Centers, Form Technologies, Foundation Risk Partners and United States Infrastructure Corporation. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and Angelo Gordon & Co., and a Partner at Apax Partners. Earlier in his career, Joel also worked at General Atlantic, McKinsey and Morgan Stanley. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School in Massachusetts, USA.

Michael Sexton

Managing Director

Michael Sexton is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Services Investment Committee. He has 15 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at OMERS Private Equity in New York, a USD 12 billion private equity fund focused solely on direct, control middle-market investing in North America and Europe. While at OPE Michael was responsible for all aspects of sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, and was involved with three portfolio company boards to support management in the areas of strategic planning, operations and finance. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA and a BSB from the University of Minnesota, USA.

Eric Shepsman

Managing Director

Eric Shepsman is the Co-Head of Real Estate Americas business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Investcorp and Credit Suisse. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

Anthony Shontz

Partner

Anthony Shontz is Head of Partners Group's Denver office, Head of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, and a member of the PG USA Investment Committee, Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee, Private Equity Partnership Investments Committee, and Global Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 22 years of industry experience, previously working at Pacific Private Capital and Prudential Capital Group. Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University, Utah, USA and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.

Andres Small

Managing Director

Andres Small is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee and Private Equity Partnership Investments. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Life Time and Form Technologies. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at MacAndrews & Forbes as vice president and financial advisor to the chairman overseeing eight platform investments; Graycliff Partners as a principal and member of the Board of Directors of Credivalores and Arabela; CVC International as a vice president and a member of the Board of Directors of Intcomex, Permolex, and Sindicatum; and JPMorgan as an investment banking mergers & acquisitions analyst. He holds an MBA with distinction from Columbia Business School, New York, USA and a BA in Economics and International Relations with honors from Stanford University, California, USA.

Robin Shelley

Managing Director

Robin Shelley is a Managing Director on the Private Equity Partnership Investments team of Partners Group in New York. He is a member of the PG USA, Private Equity co-investments, and Private Equity secondaries investment committees and serves on the Board of Directors of the firm's impact foundation. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in private equity at a family office in Geneva and in M&A at Hawkpoint Partners in London. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Bristol.

Dr. Michael Studer

Partner

Dr. Michael Studer is part of the Portfolio Solutions business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Private Markets Relative Value Committee and the Deputy Chair of the Global Portfolio Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company North Star. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 28 years of industry experience. Previously, he was a member of the Global Executive Board and served as the firm's Chief Risk Officer as part of the Executive Committee from 2013 to 2021. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Manas Tandon

Partner

Manas Tandon is Head of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, Private Equity Direct Lead, and Private Equity Direct Co-Investments, extension secondaries and direct lead growth investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee. He has 26 years of industry experience, also serving on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Aavas Financiers, Diversitech, Ecom Express and Vishal Mega Mart. Prior to joining Partners Group, Manas co-led TPG's growth investments in India, having started his investing career with Matrix Partners, where he was responsible for investments in mobility and financial services. Before that, Manas was engaged in designing and selling cutting-edge telecom solutions for start-ups such as MaxComm Technologies (acquired by Cisco Systems) and Camiant Inc (now part of Oracle). He holds an MBA in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where he was a Palmer Scholar, and a bachelor's degree in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he was awarded the Silver Medal for outstanding academic performance. Manas holds eight US patents and is a member of the Mumbai chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO).

Andreas Uhde

Managing Director

Andreas Uhde is Head of the Client Solutions Services business unit, based in Munich. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at VentureCapital Magazin and Munich Re Group. He holds a master's degree in banking and finance from the European Business School, Germany.

Thomas Stein

Partner

Tom Stein is Head of Private Credit in the Americas, based in Denver. He is Chairman of the Direct Credit US Investment Committee, Co-Chairman of the Global Direct Credit Investment Committee and a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Direct Credit Asia Investment Committee, the Special Situations Investment Committee, and the Direct Credit Europe Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2018 and has 34 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Guggenheim, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Santa Clara.

Christian Unger

Partner

Christian Unger is Head of the Operating Directors and Entrepreneurial Governance business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Civica and SPi Global. Christian is a member of Partners Group's Global Executive Board and has been with the firm since 2013, bringing 28 years of industry experience in the media and digital space. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was global CEO of Ringier AG, Switzerland’s largest media company. During that time, he was also Chairman of Betty Bossi AG and board member of Scout24, jobs.ch, RingierAxelSpringer AG and Publigroupe AG. Before Ringier, he was CEO of QXL Ricardo/Allegro, a publicly listed e-commerce company (at the LSE in London) which he sold to Naspers for 2bn CHF in 2008. Christian started his career at Bertelsmann AG and holds a master’s degree in economics from the European Business School, Germany.

Sandro Sutter

Managing Director

Sandro Sutter is Global Head of the Treasury & Execution business unit, based in Baar, Switzerland. He has over 20 years of industry experience with large financial institutions such as BlackRock and Zurich Insurance Group, with management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and private equity backed companies. He has held roles such as Chief Financial Officer, Head of Investments & Treasury, Director of Sales and Key Account Management, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Service Officer. Prior to joining Partners Group in 2024, he was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Service Officer of Tertianum, the largest elderly care provider in Switzerland. He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Jin Wang

Managing Director

Jin Wang is part of the Client Solutions Asia team based in Singapore. He has over 26 years of experience in the banking and asset management industry. Prior to joining Partners Group, Jin Wang worked 10 years as Partner, Executive Committee member and Head of Asia Investor Relations at EJF Capital, an SEC registered global alternative asset management firm in the USA. He also worked as the senior financial professional at CSOP Asset Management in Hong Kong, World Bank Treasury and Rock Creek Group in Washington DC, and China Development Bank in Shenzhen/China among back office, middle office and front office functions. Jin Wang holds an MBA from the George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. He has held the Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2004. He was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the USA and China.

Dr. Anette Waygood

Managing Director

Dr. Anette Waygood is Global Head of the Corporate Legal business unit, based in Zug. She has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Baker McKenzie Zurich, advising corporate clients on capital markets and financial regulatory matters. She holds a PhD in law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland on kick-backs in the financial services industry and is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

Robin Thywissen

Managing Director

Robin Thywissen is part of the European Private Credit business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Global Direct Credit, the Direct Credit Europe and the Direct Credit Asia Investment Committees as well as a board observer for the firm's portfolio companies Idemia, Aromazone, Pinard Beauty Pack, Labeyrie and Sevetys. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was focused on private equity investments as an Investment Director at MML Capital Partners and worked at BNP Paribas in Mergers and Acquisitions. He was also a consultant at AT Kearney. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, France and a master’s degree in finance from the Paris Dauphine University, France.

Jochen Weirich

Partner

Jochen Weirich is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 33 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and UBS. He holds a degree in economics and business administration from the Management School of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a certified European financial analyst.

Marc Weiss

Partner

Marc Weiss is the Chairman of the Real Estate, based in New York. He is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee and the Real Estate Partnership Investments Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 37 years of industry experience, having worked at Commonfund, Kenneth Leventhal & Company, Ernst & Young, LLP, UBS Asset Management and Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc., whose discretionary asset management business was integrated into Partners Group. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated significant experience in underwriting direct and indirect real estate investments, performing valuations, overseeing portfolio management as well as capital markets related investment activity including financings, debt and equity restructurings and IPO's. He holds an MBA from the Cornell University Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in New York, USA. He was also a certified public accountant.

Andrei Vaduva

Managing Director

Andrei Vaduva is Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee. He is responsible for the portfolio management of segregated mandates and evergreen programs, primarily for UK and Continental European clients. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has over 16 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at KPMG and Mercer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Reading, UK. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Jessica Wichser

Managing Director

Jessica Wichser is Co-Head of Real Estate Asset Management, based in New York. She is a member of the Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. She has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she held real estate asset management and portfolio management roles at ING Clarion Partners. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University, USA, a master's degree in finance from the University of London, UK, and has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2008.

Christian Wicklein

Managing Director

Christian Wicklein is Co-Head of Private Wealth, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he had assignments at Airbus S.A.S. and MTU Aero Engines. He holds a master’s degree in European business from ESCP Europe, Germany.

Urs Wietlisbach

Co-Founder

Urs Wietlisbach is the Co-Founder of Partners Group. He is an executive member of Partners Group Holding AG’s Board of Directors, based in Zug and Chairman of the Board's Client Oversight Committee and a member of the Corporate Development Committee. He is a Board Observer of the Board of Directors of the firm’s current portfolio company KR Group, UK. He is also the Chairman of Blue Earth Capital AG and a member of the Board of Trustees of Blue Earth Foundation, a foundation that focuses on impact investing globally. In addition, he is a member of the Boards of Directors of Entrepreneur Partners AG, a Swiss asset manager. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse. He has over 31 years of industry experience and holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Dr. Cyrill Wipfli

Partner

Dr. Cyrill Wipfli is an Advisory Partner, based in Zug. Having previously served on the Executive Committee and Global Executive Board as the Chief Financial Officer of Partners Group from 2010 to 2017. He was also formerly the Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit and Co-Head of the Asian Client Solutions and Vice Chairman Asia. Cyrill has been with Partners Group since 2002, initially as a private equity investment professional, and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at McKinsey & Co., Venture Capital Finance and the Swiss Federal Committee for Technology and Innovation. He holds a PhD in finance and banking from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland on the topic of valuation of private equity companies.

Surya Ysebaert

Managing Director

Surya Ysebaert is Head of the Private Credit Liquid Loans business unit, based in London. He is Chairman of the Global Liquid Loans Investment Committee and a member of the Structured Credit Investment Committee. He has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Aberdeen Asset Management, Goldentree Asset Management, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ING. He holds a postgraduate degree in banking and finance from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and a master's degree in economics from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Flora Zhao

Member of the Board of Directors

Flora Zhao is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG. She is the Chairwoman of the Nomination & Compensation Committee and a member of the Investment Oversight Committee. As part of her mandate, she oversees Partners Group's transformational investing approach and contributes to strategic board-level initiatives with a focus on entrepreneurial governance for the benefit of the firm's portfolio companies, especially in Asia and in infrastructure-related assets. She has over 31 years of executive experience with global Fortune 500 companies across the energy infrastructure value chain in Asia. Currently, she serves as a Senior Advisor to Temasek International and is also a member of the Singapore Future Economic Council's Resource and Environmental Sustainability Committee. Previously, she was President of Gas Asia at BP where she was responsible for the gas and LNG business in the eastern hemisphere. Prior to that, Flora was a Managing Director at AES Corporation, a NYSE-listed global power company comprising power generation, distribution and alternative energy businesses. She began her career at the Construction Bank of China. Flora holds a Bachelor's of Engineering from Zhejiang University, China and a Master's of Construction Management from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. She also completed the Senior Executive Program at the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, USA.