Global Executive Board

Pamela Alsterlind

Partner, Head Private Real Estate Asset Management

Pam Alsterlind is Head of the Private Real Estate Asset Management business unit, based in Denver. She is a member of the Global Executive Board and the Global Investment Committee. She is a member of the Private Real Estate Directs Investment Committee, the Private Real Estate Primaries Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Secondaries Investment Committee. She has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Kenneth Leventhal & Co., Ernst & Young LLP, Prudential Realty Group and Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. She holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Claude Angéloz

Partner, Head Private Real Estate

Claude Angéloz is Head of the Private Real Estate business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Private Real Estate Directs Investment Committee, the Private Real Estate Secondaries Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Primaries Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Credit Suisse Financial Products and Credit Suisse. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Andreas Baumann

Partner, Head Americas and Head Integrated Investments

Andreas Baumann is Head of the Americas and Head of the Integrated Investments business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Equity Primaries North America Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 19 years of industry experience. Previously, he was Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office and was responsible for the firm’s Asia-Pacific private equity investment activities between 2010 and 2014. Prior to that he was part of the Private Equity Directs and Primaries Americas business unit between 2003 and 2010, based in New York. Before joining Partners Group, he worked at Sinoart (USA) Inc., Sichuan EW Textile Co. Ltd. and ICPC Trading Inc. He holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.

René Biner

Partner, Co-Head Investments

René Biner is Co-Head of Investments at Partners Group, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. 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.

Scott Essex

Partner, Co-Head Private Debt

Scott Essex is Co-Head of the Private Debt business department and Head of the Private Debt Americas business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Chairman of the Private Debt Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at GE Capital and Lazard Ltd. He holds an MBA from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Washington, D.C.

Gonzalo Fernandez Castro

Managing Director, Private Equity Americas

Gonzalo Fernandez Castro is Head of the Latin American Private Equity team and is Head of Partners Group’s São Paulo office. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Private Equity Primaries Asia-Pacific and Emerging Markets Investment Committee and the Private Equity Directs Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Lumix Capital, Adecco, Jacobs Holdings, LID Group and McKinsey. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, Massachusetts and an industrial engineering degree from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, Argentina.

André Frei

Partner, Co-Chief Executive Officer

André Frei is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. Together with Christoph Rubeli, he leads the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 17 years of industry experience. Previously, he served as the Chief Risk Officer of Partners Group between 2008 and 2013 and he was the Head of the Client Services business department. He holds a master's degree in mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Felix Haldner

Partner, Head Investment Structures

Felix Haldner is Head of the Investment Structures business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a master's degree in business law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar and is a certified Swiss tax expert. He is President of the Swiss Funds’ and Asset Management Association and sits in the Tax, Legal & Regulatory Committee of Invest Europe.

Juri Jenkner

Partner, Co-Head Private Infrastructure

Juri Jenkner is Co-Head of the Private Infrastructure business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, the Global Investment Committee and the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. Previously, he served as Co-Head of the Private Debt business department and Head of the European Private Debt business unit. He has been with Partners Group since 2004 and has 17 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.

Sergio Jovele

Partner, Co-Head Investment Solutions Europe and Middle East

Sergio Jovele is Head of Partners Group’s London office and Co-Head of the Investment Solutions Europe and Middle East business unit. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2005 and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Initiative Europe on private equity research assignments. He has published academic papers on American literature and holds a master's degree in literature from the Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, Italy.

Andreas Knecht

Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

Andreas Knecht is the Chief Operating Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is Head of Corporate and Services, Head of the Corporate Operations business department, and General Counsel of Partners Group. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2009 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at a number of different law firms, including Niederer Kraft & Frey and at Man Group. He holds a master's degree in law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland and an LLM from New York University. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.

David Layton

Partner, Co-Head Private Equity

David Layton is Co-Head of the Private Equity business department and Co-Head of the European Private Equity business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Global Executive Board and the Global Investment Committee. He is a member of the Private Equity Directs Investment Committee and the Private Equity Primaries North America Investment Committee. Previously, he was the Head of Private Equity for the Americas. He has been with Partners Group since 2005 and has 14 years of industry experience. He has represented Partners Group on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management, Utah.

Dr. Kevin Lu

Partner, Chairman of Asia and Head Investment Solutions Asia

Kevin Lu is Chairman of Asia and Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office as well as Head of the Asian Investment Solutions business unit. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a member of the senior management team at the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, as its CFO and Asia-Pacific Regional Director. He holds a PhD in international finance and public policy from New York University.

Marlis Morin

Partner, Head Client Services

Marlis Morin is Head of the Client Services business department, based in Zug. She is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. She has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds, Raiffeisen Landesbank Suedtirol and Raiffeisenkasse Eisacktal. She holds a master's degree in international economics and business studies from the University of Innsbruck, Austria and Marquette University, Wisconsin.

Stefan Näf

Partner, Head Investment Solutions

Stefan Näf is the Global Head of the Investment Solutions business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 21 years of industry experience. Previously, he was Head of the European Investment Solutions business unit where he founded the London office and prior to that, he was part of the Private Equity Directs and Primaries business unit, based in Zug. 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.

Amelia Räss-Fernandez

Managing Director, Head Human Resources

Amelia Räss-Fernandez is Head of the Human Resources business department, based in Zug. She is a member of the Global Executive Board. She has 23 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Salt Mobile/Orange Communications Switzerland, Zurich Financial Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She holds an executive MBA from the University of Zurich, Switzerland and a graduate degree in human resources management from the University of Manchester, UK.

Christoph Rubeli

Partner, Co-Chief Executive Officer

Christoph Rubeli is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug and Singapore. Together with André Frei, he leads the Executive Committee and Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 1998 and has 31 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at UBS. He holds an MBA from INSEAD Paris, France.

Stephan Schäli

Partner, Co-Head Private Equity

Stephan Schäli is Co-Head of the Private Equity business department and Co-Head of the Private Equity Secondaries business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Chairman of the Global Portfolio Strategy Committee and the Private Equity Secondaries Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 20 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 and a PhD in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Dr. Raymond Schnidrig

Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Raymond Schnidrig is the Chief Technology Officer of Partners Group and Head of the Technology business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs and Finance Online GmbH. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Martin Scott

Partner, Head Investment Solutions Australia

Martin Scott is Head of Partners Group’s Sydney office and Head of the Australian Investment Solutions business unit. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Zurich Investments, 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.

Dr. Michael Studer

Partner, Chief Risk Officer, Head Investment Services

Michael Studer is the Chief Risk Officer of Partners Group and Head of the Investment Services business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 21 years of industry experience. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Dr. Cyrill Wipfli

Partner, Chief Financial Officer

Cyrill Wipfli is the Chief Financial Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 21 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.