Board of Directors

Steffen Meister

Partner, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

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 Board's Strategy Committee and a member of its Client 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. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s portfolio company Hearthside Food Solutions. 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. He has 25 years of industry experience and holds a master's degree in mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland.

Dr. Martin Strobel

Vice Chairman and Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Risk and Audit Committee

Dr. Martin Strobel is the Vice Chairman and Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG, Chairman of the Board’s Risk & Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee as well as member of the Strategy Committee. He also serves on the Board of Partners Group's UK entity. Dr. Strobel's background is in technology and he gained a PhD in business computer science while beginning his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. He subsequently joined the Swiss insurer Baloise Group to oversee technology, before ultimately spending seven years of his 17-year tenure there as Group CEO. After leaving Baloise Group in April 2016, Dr. Strobel spent almost three years as an operating partner at private equity firm Advent International.

Dr. Marcel Erni

Co-Founder, Member of the Board of Directors

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. Dr. Marcel Erni is also a member of the Board's Investment Oversight 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, Global Blue, GlobalLogic and Telepass. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and McKinsey & Co. He has over 30 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, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee

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. In addition, Alfred is Chairman of the Board's Investment Oversight Committee and member of the Strategy Committee. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group from 1996 to 2005 and subsequently as Executive Chairman from 2005 to 2014. He serves on the firm's Global investment Committee, which he also chaired from 2011 until 2017. Furthermore, he served as a board member at various Partners Group portfolio companies such as Careismatic Brands, Universal Security, VAT, USIC, PCI Pharma Services and currently serves as a director of Fermaca and Confluent Health. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. He has over 30 years of industry experience and holds an MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management in Utah, USA.

Joseph P. Landy

Member of the Board of Directors

Joseph P. Landy is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG. He is also a member of the Board’s Risk & Audit Committee and the Client Oversight Committee. He is a Special Limited Partner and former Co-Chief Executive Officer of Warburg Pincus, and has been involved in the private equity industry since 1985. During his tenure, Mr. Landy was jointly responsible for the management of the firm for over 20 years, including the formulation of strategy, oversight of investment policy and decisions, leadership of the firm’s Executive Management Group and the coordination of limited partner relationships. Mr. Landy’s principal areas of investment focus have been information technology, Internet applications and infrastructure, communications applications and structured investments. Mr. Landy is on the board of trustees of New York University, serving as Chair of the Investment Committee. He is also a board member of the National Park Foundation and several privately held companies. Mr. Landy holds a B.S. degree in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Grace del Rosario-Castaño

Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee

Grace del Rosario-Castaño is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG. She is Chairwoman of the Board's Nomination & Compensation Committee and a member of its Investment Oversight Committee. As part of her mandate, she oversees corporate and investment-related environmental, social and governance topics at Board level. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s portfolio company BCR Group. She spent 22 years at Johnson & Johnson, joining in 1990 as Brand Manager and ending her tenure as Company Group Chairwoman, Asia-Pacific, in July 2014. In that role, Grace del Rosario-Castaño was responsible for all markets in the Asia-Pacific region. In her early years at Johnson & Johnson, she worked for the Consumer Products Worldwide division in the United States. Prior to joining Johnson and Johnson, Grace del Rosario-Castaño spent the formative years of her career with Unilever. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines. She has also completed the Senior Management Programs at the Asian Institute of Management, Smith-Tuck Global Leadership For Women, at the Tuck School of Business in Hanover, New Hampshire and the Advanced Management Program at the University of California in Berkeley, USA.

Urs Wietlisbach

Co-Founder, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Client Oversight Committee

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. He is a Board Observer of the Board of Directors of the firm’s current portfolio company KR Group, UK. He is also a Board member 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, and a member of the Board of Trustees of HSG Foundation, the foundation of the University of St. Gallen. Prior to founding Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse. He has over 30 years of industry experience and holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.