Our team
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 Secondaries Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Primaries 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, USA.
Claude Angéloz
Partner, Co-Head Private Real Estate
Claude Angéloz is Co-Head of the Private Real Estate business department, based in Zug. He is a member of 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 Integrated Investments
Andreas Baumann is Head of the Integrated Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, a member of the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Equity Integrated Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 19 years of industry experience. Previously, he was Head of the Americas based in New York and a member of the Executive Committee from 2014 to 2017. Before that he was the 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, USA.
René Biner
Partner, Chairman Global Investment Committee
René Biner is Chairman of the Global Investment Committee at Partners Group, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. 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 American Private Debt 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 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 in Massachusetts, USA 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, Member of the Global Executive Board
Felix Haldner is a member of the Global Executive Board and responsible for strategic client development in Europe and public affairs globally, based in Zug. Previously, he served as Head of the Investment Structures business department. 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, Head Private Infrastructure
Juri Jenkner is Head of the Private Infrastructure 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 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, Client Solutions
Sergio Jovele is Head of Partners Group’s London office and part of the European Client Solutions business unit. He is a member of the Global Executive Board and 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, Head Corporate Legal
Andreas Knecht is the Chief Operating Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is Head of the Corporate Operations business department and Head of the Corporate Legal business unit. 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, USA. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.
David Layton
Partner, Head Private Equity
David Layton is Head of the Private Equity business department and Head of the European Private Equity business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Global Executive Board. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Directs Investment Committee and the Private Equity Integrated Investment Committee. Previously, he was the Head of Private Equity in 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 in Utah, USA.
Dr. Kevin Lu
Partner, Chairman of Asia and Head Client Solutions Asia
Kevin Lu is Chairman of Asia and Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office as well as Head of the Asian Client 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, USA.
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 in Wisconsin, USA.
Stefan Näf
Partner, Head Client Solutions
Stefan Näf is Head of the Client Solutions business department and Head of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. Previously, he was part of the Private Equity Directs and Primaries business unit and subsequently founded the firm's London office. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 21 years of industry experience. 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 unit, 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, Chief Investment Officer
Stephan Schäli is the Chief Investment Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Committee and the Chairman of the Global Portfolio 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. Yves Schneller
Managing Director, Head Investment Services
Yves Schneller is Head of the Investment Services business department and Co-Head of the Transaction Services business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has twelve years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Baer & Karrer. He holds a PhD in business law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also admitted to the Swiss bar.
Dr. Raymond Schnidrig
Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Head Technology
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 Client Solutions Australia
Martin Scott is Head of Partners Group’s Sydney office and Head of the Australian Client 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 and Head Portfolio Solutions
Michael Studer is the Chief Risk Officer of Partners Group and Head of the Portfolio Solutions 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, Co-Head Portfolio Management
Cyrill Wipfli is the Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Partners Group from 2010 to 2017. 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.