Our team
Jonathan Abraham
Managing Director, Client Solutions Australia
Jonathan Abraham is part of the Australian Client Solutions business unit, based in Sydney. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 24 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.
Pamela Alsterlind
Advisory Partner
Pamela Alsterlind is an Advisory Partner leading US strategic office projects for the firm. She has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 34 years of industry experience. Previously, Pamela held a number of positions at the firm, including Co-Head Private Real Estate, member of the Executive Committee and member of the Global Executive Board, in addition to being a US Office Head. She has served on the Real Estate Investment Committees, the Global Investment Committee and the PG Impact Investment Committee. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Kenneth Leventhal & Co., Ernst & Young, Prudential Realty Group and Pension Consulting Alliance. Pamela holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business, USA.
Dr. Adrian Andermatt
Managing Director, Head Transaction Services
Dr. Adrian Andermatt is Head of the Transaction Services business unit, based in Zug. He has over 20 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.
Kirsta Anderson
Partner, Chief People Officer
Kirsta Anderson is Partners Group's Chief People Officer and Global Head of the Human Resources business department, based in Zug and London. She is a member of the Executive Team, the Global Executive Board and is also the Co-Chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Prior to joining Partners Group, she was a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, where she built and led their global Culture Transformation practice. Before that she led global client relationships in the telecoms and financial services sectors and advanced the firm's talent management practice. She holds a master's degree in Philosophy of Science from Stanford University, California, USA and a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Sociology from New York University, USA.
Dr. Dmitriy Antropov
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments
Dr. Dmitriy Antropov is Co-Head of the Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private 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 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, Global Head of Consultant Relations
Joanna Asfour is part of the Client Solutions business department, based in London. She has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 16 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.
Hal Avidano
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Equity Partnership Investments Americas
Hal Avidano is Co-Head Private Equity Partnership Investments Americas. Based in New York, he serves as a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees and as Chairman of the Private Equity Growth Investment Committee. Hal has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance group at Lehman Brothers, having previously worked on leveraged buyout transactions as a lawyer at Moses & Singer and White & Case LLP. He holds a juris doctor (J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and is admitted to the New York state bar.
Michael Barben
Operating Partner
Michael Barben is an Operating Partner and supports the development of Partners Group's Private Infrastructure business. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Fermaca, VSB Renewables and Techem. Previously, he served as Co-Head of the Private Infrastructure business department and Chairman of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 28 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Zurmont Management and SBC Warburg. He holds a master's degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He is also a CFA charterholder, a certified Swiss stock trader and holds the Financial Risk Manager designation.
Nils Bartel
Partner, Global Head Capital Markets
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 Private Infrastructure Direct investments globally across their life cycle. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 19 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, Private Equity Partnership Investments
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees, Chairman of the Private Equity Partnership Investments Investment 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 25 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, Private Equity
Roy Baumann is part of the Private Equity business department, based in Zug. Roy is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Amann Girrbach AG. He has been with Partners Group since 2004 and has 19 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, Head Private Debt
Andrew Bellis is Head of the Private Debt 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 Liquid Loans Investment Committee. He has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to Partners Group, he served as a Partner for 4 years at 3i Debt 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, Chairman of Private Debt
Bill Berry is Chairman of the Private Debt business department, based in Denver. He is member of the Global Executive Board and has 26 years of industry experience. He is also a member of the Special Situations Investment Committee. 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.
Peter Berweger
Managing Director, Private Equity Health and Life
Peter Berweger is part of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He has 25 years of industry experience with a strong operating background. Prior to joining Partners Group, Peter was Managing Director at Paine Schwartz Partners, a US private equity firm where he led the operating team and also operated two portfolio companies as the CEO. Prior to that he held senior leadership positions at Syngenta and KPMG. Peter is an economist and accountant by background and holds an MBA from London Business School, UK and Columbia University, New York, USA.
Josef Bieri
Advisory Partner
Josef Bieri is an Advisory Partner and has focused on client relationships, sourcing, growing Partners Group’s network and internal staff development and education since 2012. Previously, he was a Partner in the European Client Solutions business unit focusing on Swiss clients. He has been with Partners Group since 1997 and has 44 years of industry experience.
Piotr Biezychudek
Managing Director, Private Equity Health and Life
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Health and Life Investment Committee and has 17 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, Chairman Global Investment Committee
René Biner is Chairman of the Global Investment Committee at Partners Group, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 29 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 debt 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.
Christopher Bone
Partner, Head Private Debt Europe
Christopher Bone is Co-Head of Partners Group's London office and Head of Private Debt in Europe. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Direct Debt US Investment Committee, the Global Liquid Loans Investment Committee and Co-Chairman of the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee, Chairman of the Direct Debt Europe Investment Committee and Chairman of the Direct Debt Asia Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 22 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, Head US Private Equity Health and Life
Benjamin A. Breier is Head of US Private Equity Health and Life, based in Denver. He has 25 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.
Stefanie Breuer
Managing Director, Private Equity
Stefanie Breuer is part of the Private Equity business department, based in Zug. She has been with Partners Group since 2006 and has 16 years of industry experience. She has worked in the firm's Zug, London, São Paulo and New York offices. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Rieter. She holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of St Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Sarah Brewer
Partner, Co-Head Client Solutions
Sarah Brewer is Co-Head of the Client Solutions business department and Head of Client Solutions for the UK, based in London. She is a member of the Executive Team. She has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 16 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, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Americas
Todd Bright is Head of Partners Group’s Houston office and Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in the Americas, as well as sitting on the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and the Global Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Seabras Group and Superior Pipeline Company. Todd has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 29 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 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.
Andre Burba
Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Americas
Andre Burba is part of the Private Infrastructure Americas business unit, based in Denver. He has 22 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.
Mike Bryant
Partner, Head Private Real Estate and Head Private Real Estate Europe
Mike Bryant is Co-Head of Partners Group's London office, Head of the Private Real Estate business department and Head of the European Private Real Estate business unit. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Real Estate Partnership Investments Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee, and has 34 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, Private Equity Services
Lukas Bucher is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in Zug, and sits on the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments 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 20 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.
Roberto Cagnati
Partner, Chief Risk Officer, Head Portfolio Solutions
Roberto Cagnati is Partners Group's Chief Risk Officer and Head of the Portfolio Solutions business department, based in Zug. He 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 19 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, Head Luxembourg, Platform Services
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 20 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, Global Co-Head Compliance
Andrew Campbell is the Global Co-Head of the Compliance business unit, based in London, and has been with Partners Group since 2005. With 22 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, Global Head Group Internal Audit
Emel Can is the Global Head of the Group Internal Audit business unit, based in Zug. She has 24 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.
Torborg Chetkovich
Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Europe
Torborg Chetkovich is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Zug. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s current portfolio company Parmaco OY, At North AB and Cape Omega AS. Prior to joining Partners Group, she was a Partner at CapMan Infra. Before that she served as Group CEO of Swedavia (Swedish airports), MTR Nordics and deputy CEO of Veolia Transport Sweden and also has extensive experience as Non-Executive Board member of several listed and non-listed companies. She has been with Partners Group since October 2022 and has 30 years of industry experience working and investing in next generation infrastructure. She holds an MBA from IMD Lausanne, Switzerland.
Joseph Chien
Managing Director, Head Private Real Estate Asia
Joseph Chien is Head of Private Real Estate in Asia, based in Singapore, He is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Partnership Investments Investment 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, Client Solutions Asia
Alex Cho is part of the Asian Client Solutions business unit, based in Seoul. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 26 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, Co-Head Private Wealth
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 leads Partners Group's US private wealth and defined contribution practice and 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 23 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, New York, USA where he was a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow, and a bachelor's degree from Tulane University, Louisiana, USA where he majored in economics and history. He is a CFA charterholder.
Dr. Charles Dallara
Advisory Partner
Dr. Charles Dallara is an Advisory Partner focused on client relationships. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and was an independent member of the Board of Directors of Partners Group Holding AG, Chairman of the Americas and a member of the Board's Client Oversight Committee until 2019. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Scotia Bank and Scotia Holdings (US) Inc. and of the Middle East Investment Initiative and a director at large of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Prior to joining Partners Group, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of International Finance. Previously, he was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan & Co. In addition, he held the following positions in the George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan administrations: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Policy Development and Senior Advisor for Policy to the Secretary of the Treasury, United States Executive Director of the IMF, and, concurrently, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Economic Policy and US Alternate Executive Director at the IMF. He has 46 years of industry experience and holds a Master of Arts, a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy and a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of South Carolina, USA.
Dr. David Daum
Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Europe
Dr. David Daum is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Fortum DH, Hanseatic Energy Hub and VSB Renewables. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 15 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 Davis
Advisory Partner, Structuring Solutions
Andrew Davis is an Advisory Partner in the Structuring Solutions business unit. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at ANZ Investment Bank (Melbourne) as a derivatives lawyer and with Abbey National and Deutsche Bank in London. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law and science from the University of Otago, New Zealand and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.
Andrew Deakin
Partner, Private Equity Services
Andrew Deakin is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in London, and is a member of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Services Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 26 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, Private Equity Goods and Products
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 33 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, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Americas
Ed Diffendal is Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in the Americas, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Enfragen, Milestone Equipment, Fermaca and Resilient Infrastructure Group, and has 26 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 private 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, Private Equity Technology
Cyrus Driver is part of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Technology Investment Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Guardian Early Learning and Straive. Cyrus has been with Partners Group since 2012, has 22 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.
Christian Ebert
Managing Director, Private Debt Europe
Christian Ebert is part of the European Private Debt business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee, the Direct Debt Asia Investment Committee and the Direct Debt Europe Investment Committee and Chairman of the Special Situations Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 21 years of industry experience. He holds a master's degree in finance from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Hannes Eichelberger
Managing Director, Head Investment Information
Hannes Eichelberger is Head of the Investment Information business unit, based in Zug. He has 16 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.
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. 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 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.
Scott Essex
Advisory Partner
Scott Essex is an Advisory Partner focusing on the firm's private debt business, based in New York. He sits on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies CapitalSpring Finance Company and Diversified Maintenance Systems. Previously, he was a member of the Global Investment Committee, Chairman of the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee and a member of the Global Liquid Debt Investment Committee and also Head of Private Debt in the Americas. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 22 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Scott worked at GE Capital in the Media, Communications and Entertainment finance division. Prior to that, he worked at Lazard Ltd in the corporate finance department in London. He holds an MBA with distinction from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, Washington, D.C., USA and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Vermont, USA.
Robert Evans
Managing Director, Client Solutions Europe
Robert Evans is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in London. He has 17 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.
André Frei
Partner, Chairman of Sustainability
André Frei is Partners Group's Chairman of Sustainability overseeing Partners Group's ESG and stakeholder impact initiatives, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 23 years of industry experience. He is a member of the board of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. André is also Chairman of the Board of Restor Eco AG, a company that provides data on and monitoring tools for the global ecosystem and offers services for the implementation of climate mitigation projects. Previously, he served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group between 2013 and 2021 and, prior to that, as Chief Risk Officer 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.
Alfred Gantner
Co-Founder, Member of the Board of Directors
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 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 Careismatic Brands, Universal Security, VAT, USIC, PCI Pharma Services and currently serves as a board member of Breitling, 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.
Tobias Giesser
Managing Director, Head Structuring Solutions
Tobias Giesser is Head of the Structuring Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 14 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.
Michael Gregg
Managing Director, Private Equity Services
Michael Gregg is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company KinderCare. He has been with Partners Group since 2019 and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at BlackRock, The Hartford, AXA Group and McKinsey & Company, as well as at multiple startup ventures. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Williams College, Massachusetts, USA and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA.
Erik Gunnervall
Partner, Head Client Solutions Switzerland
Erik Gunnervall is Head of Partners Group's Zug office, Head of Client Solutions for Switzerland and 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 22 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, Private Equity Goods and Products
Vageesh Gupta is part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit, based in Mumbai. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments 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 15 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. Before that, Vageesh was with McKinsey & Co advising clients across consumer goods and financial services industries. 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, India.
Gudjon Gustafsson
Managing Director, Global Head Treasury and Execution
Gudjon Gustafsson is Global Head of the Treasury and Execution business unit, based in Zug. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries ltd. as European Treasurer and Global Head of Teva's In-House Bank, at Allergan plc. as Assistant Corporate Treasurer and as Corporate Treasurer of Actavis Group. He is Certified Public Accountant in Iceland and holds a Cand. Oecon degree in accounting and finance from the University of Iceland.
Benjamin Haan
Operating Partner
Benjamin Haan is an Operating Partner and supports the development of Partners Group's Private Infrastructure business in Asia-Pacific. He is a Lead Operating Director (Chair) for the firm's portfolio assets Ararat Wind Farm, Grassroots and Murra Warra Wind Farm in Australia. Previously, he was a member of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and Head of Private Infrastructure Asia. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 22 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Accenture. He holds an MBA from Monash University, Australia.
Felix Haldner
Advisory Partner
Felix Haldner is an Advisory Partner focused on client relationships and on board work as an operating director including for LSE listed Princess Private Equity Holding Ltd. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has more than 30 years of industry experience. At Partners Group he previously served as Head of the Investment Structures business department and was a member of the Executive Board for 12 years. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at PwC where he advised clients from the insurance, asset management and private equity industries. He holds a master's degree in business law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. He represented Partners Group during 10 years on the board of the Swiss Asset Management Association sat on its sustainability committee and has been its president for six years.
Karin Hallin
Managing Director, Head Client Solutions Latin America
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 18 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, Private Equity Partnership Investments
Ross Hamilton is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Private Equity Integrated Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 13 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, Liquid Loans
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. He has 36 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Mark spent 15 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.
Christopher Hardison
Managing Director, Private Debt Americas
Christopher Hardison is part of the Private Debt Americas business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee and the Direct Debt US Investment Committee as well as a board observer for several of the firm's portfolio companies. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at RBC Capital Markets and GE Capital. He holds a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Hamilton College, New York, USA.
Dr. Remy Hauser
Managing Director, Private Equity Health and Life
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, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments 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 25 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, Client Solutions Americas
Nicholas Hegarty is part of the Client Solutions Americas business unit, based in New York. He has 17 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, Global Investment Committee
Fredrik Henzler is a member of the Global Investment Committee, based in Zug. He also chairs the Valuation Committee and is 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 27 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.
Christian Hertig
Managing Director, Private Equity Partnership Investments
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 15 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.
Peter Holden
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Real Estate Asset Management
Peter Holden is Co-head of Private Real Estate Asset Management, based in London. He has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Round Hill Capital, Arcadis NV, Hines Europe and BAA plc. He has established and led real estate operating businesses across Europe. He holds a bachelor's degree from Manchester University, UK and is a Chartered Surveyor.
Andreas Holzmüller
Managing Director, Private Equity Goods and Products
Andreas Holzmüller is part of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit, based in Munich. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee as well as the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Schleich, Foncia and Techem. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a master's degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Adam Howarth
Partner, Co-Head Portfolio Management
Adam Howarth is Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Global Portfolio Committee and the Private Equity Integrated 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 22 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, Co-Head Client Solutions EMEA
Oscar Huggare is Co-Head of the European, Middle East and Africa Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2014 and has 18 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, Private Real Estate
Max Ilmoni is part of the Private Real Estate business department, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 17 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.
Chris Ip
Managing Director, Operating Directors and Entrepreneurial Governance
Chris Ip is part of the Operating Directors and Entrepreneurial Governance business unit, based in Singapore. He has 27 years of industry experience across start-up, corporate, consulting and investing environments. He was previously a senior partner with McKinsey & Company, and a leader in the Private Equity/Principal Investor practice in Asia. He also had leadership roles in McKinsey's Technology, Financial Services, Consumer and Retail practices in Asia and globally, working with global multinationals, local corporates and family-owned conglomerates. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Anne-Jan Jager
Managing Director, Private Real Estate Europe
Anne-Jan Jager is part of European Private Real Estate business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. He has 17 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, Global Co-Head Compliance
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 20 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
Co-Head Finance Shared Services, Head Manila Office
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 20 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, Co-Head Investments and Head Private Infrastructure
Juri Jenkner is Head of the Private Infrastructure business department, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He is also Co-head of Investments, a member of the Global Investment Committee and Chairman of 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 22 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, Private Equity Health and Life
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 Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments 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 Pacific Bells, PCI Pharma Services, Blue River PetCare and USIC. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 16 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, Chairman of Europe
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 29 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, Co-Head Private Real Estate Partnership Investments
Keeran Kang is Co-Head of the Private Real Estate Partnership Investments business unit, based in London. She is a member of the Private Real Estate Partnership Investment Committee. She has 14 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.
Walter Keller
Partner, Global Investment Committee
Walter Keller is the Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and a member of the 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 29 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.
Andreas Knecht
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Head Corporate Operations
Andreas Knecht is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is Head of the Corporate Operations business department and a member of the Executive Team and Global Executive Board. Andreas has been with Partners Group since 2009 and has 26 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.
Dr. Guido Koch
Partner, Co-Head Client Solutions
Dr. Guido Koch is Co-Head of the Client Solutions business department and Co-Head of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 19 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, Private Infrastructure Asset Management
Carsten König is part of the Private 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 26 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, Private Infrastructure Asset Management
Nick Kuys is part of the Private 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 16 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, Head Private Infrastructure Asia
Andrew Kwok is Head of Private Infrastructure in Asia, based in Singapore, and sits on the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Green Island Renewable Power and Unity Digital Infrastructure. He has 26 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, Head Private Real Estate Americas
Ron Lamontagne is Head of Private Real Estate in the Americas, based in New York, and is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee with 35 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.
Joel Larkins
Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Asset Management
Joel Larkins is part of the Private Infrastructure Asset Management team, based in Denver. He has 27 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
Partner, Chief Executive Officer
David Layton is the Chief Executive Officer of Partners Group, based in the firm's Americas headquarters in Colorado. He leads the Executive Team and the Global Executive Board. He is also a member of the Global Investment Committee. Previously, he was the Head of Partners Group's Private Equity business department and has represented Partners Group 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 has been with Partners Group since 2005 and has 20 years of industry experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management.
Stefan Lempen
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Real Estate Partnership Investments
Stefan Lempen is Co-Head of the Private Real Estate Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug, and a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Private 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 27 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.
Martin Liew
Managing Director, Head Private Equity Partnership Investments Asia
Martin Liew is Head of Private Equity Partnership Investments in Asia, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment 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 17 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, Private Equity Goods and Products
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 Leads, Direct Co-Investment and Direct Growth Investment Committees 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 18 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.
Sheng Liu
Managing Director, Private Equity Health and Life
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 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 18 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, Chairman of Asia
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, Co-Head Private Equity Partnership Investments Europe
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 15 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, Private Debt Europe
Henri Lusa is part of the European Private Debt 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 19 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.
Marc Meier
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments
Marc Meier is Co-Head of the Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 16 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, Head Project Management Office
Raphael Meier is Head of the Project Management Office, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2002 and has 27 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, 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 Investment Oversight 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. Mr. Meister holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland. * Partners Group representatives are members of the board of a portfolio company or a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established in connection with the respective investment.
Todd J. Miller
Partner, Head Private Equity Health and Life
Todd J. Miller is Head of the Private Equity Health and Life business unit, based in Denver, and is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Health and Life Investment Committee. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies EyeCare Partners and Confluent. He has 22 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, Private Equity Services
Charles Miller-Jones is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in London. He has 20 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, Head Client Services
Marlis Morin is Head of the Client Services business department, based in Singapore, and is a member of the Executive Team and the Global Executive Board. She has been with Partners Group since 2003 and has 28 years of industry experience, having previously built and headed the firm's Group Internal Audit function. She also 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, Private Debt Europe
Reto Munz is part of the European Private Debt business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Direct Debt 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 19 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, Chairman of Clients
Stefan Näf is Partners Group's Chairman of Clients, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board. He has been with Partners Group since 2000 and has 27 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.
Ziad Nasr
Managing Director, Head of Client Solutions Middle East and Africa
Ziad Nasr is Head of Client Solutions for the Middle East and Africa, based in Dubai. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was the Head of Business Development at NBK Capital Partners, one of the largest private markets firms in the MENA region. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for MENA institutional client coverage at PineBridge Investments. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Kim Nguyen
Partner, Co-Head Private Equity Services
Kim Nguyen is Co-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 Co-Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Services Investment Committee. He has 20 years of industry experience. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Version 1, Emeria, Schleich and Cerba. 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, Head of Private Equity Health and Life Europe
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Health and Life Investment Committee and led the firm's investments into AMMEGA, Pharmathen, Zabka and Laboratoires Serb. He has 21 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, Global Head Platform Services
Sara Odebunmi is Global Head of the Platform Services business unit, based in Singapore. She has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 22 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, Head Private Equity Technology
Bilge Ogut is Head of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in Zug. She is a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee, Chairwoman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Technology Investment Committee and 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 29 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.
Alexander Ott
Managing Director, Private Debt Europe
Alexander Ott is part of the European Private Debt business unit, based in Zug, and has been with Partners Group since 2006 holding 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was responsible for the Long-Term Investments portfolios for several entities of Allianz Group, having started his career working at Mercer Management Consulting and the Research Institute for International Management. He holds an MSc from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland; an MBA from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and is an alumnus of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
Manuel Ottinger
Managing Director, Head Group Finance
Manuel Ottinger is Head of Group Finance, 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 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, Private Infrastructure Asia
Luv Parikh is a part of the Asian Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Singapore. He has 18 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.
Esther Peiner
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Europe
Esther Peiner is Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in Europe, based in Zug. She is a member of the Private 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 Climeworks, atNorth, Greenlink, QNTM 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.
Michael Penner
Operating Partner and Chairman of Canada
Michael Penner is an Operating Partner and Chairman of Canada. In this capacity, he serves as the Chairman of several Partners Group portfolio companies including United States Infrastructure Corporation, Enfragen Renewable Energy, and Careismatic Brands, Inc., a medical apparel company. Mr. Penner was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hydro-Quebec from 2014 to 2018. He was previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of Peds Legwear prior to selling his company to Gildan Activewear Inc. in August 2016. Mr. Penner was the driving force behind the recently established multi-disciplinary "Michael D. Penner Initiative of ESG" at the Université de Montreal. He has also served on the Board of Directors of ICD Quebec, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal and Selwyn House School. Mr. Penner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University and a Juris Doctor from Hofstra University in New York.
Nicolas Petitjean
Managing Director, Private Equity Partnership Investments
Nicolas Petitjean is Head of Partners Group's Milan office and part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 17 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, Private Debt Americas
Adam Pilchman is part of the Private Debt Americas business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Special Situations Investment Committee. He has 17 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, New York, USA and a bachelor's degree with magna cum laude honors from Duke University, North Carolina, USA.
Markus Pimpl
Managing Director, Private Wealth Europe & Asia
Markus Pimpl is part of the Private Wealth Europe and Asia team, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 24 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.
Emanuele Pivato
Managing Director, Head IT Services
Emanuele Pivato is Head of IT Services as part of the Technology business unit, based in Zug. He has 24 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.
Hans Ploos van Amstel
Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Head Group Finance and Corporate Development, Senior Member of Management
Hans Ploos van Amstel is the Chief Financial Officer of Partners Group, based in Zug. He is Head of the Group Finance and Corporate Development business department and a member of the Executive Team and Global Executive Board, with 32 years of relevant experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, Hans was CFO of Adecco Group, Switzerland, from 2015 to 2020. He started his career in Finance at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in the Netherlands in 1989. Between 1992 and 2003, he held positions of increasing responsibility in P&G across Saudi Arabia, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. In 2003, he joined Levi Strauss & Co. in Belgium, as Vice President Finance & Operation Europe, and moved to the USA as global Chief Financial Officer in 2005. He was CFO of COFRA Group from 2009 to 2013, before acting as co-CEO of C&A Europe for a transition period until 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Economische Hogeschool of Eindhoven, and an MBA in Marketing & Finance from the University of Brabant, both in the Netherlands.
Cédric Pouyan
Managing Director, Client Solutions Europe
Cédric Pouyan is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 19 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.
Raniero Proietti
Managing Director, Head Client Solutions Southern Europe, France and Israel
Raniero Proietti is Head of Client Solutions for Southern Europe, France and Israel as part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has 28 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.
Mark Rowe
Advisory Partner
Mark Rowe is an Advisory Partner at Partners Group, based in Zug. Previously, he held a variety of operational roles, most recently as part of the Investment Operations business unit and prior to that Head of Product Accounting, Head of the firm's Guernsey office and Financial Controller of Princess Management Limited. Mark has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 32 years of industry experience. Before joining Partners Group, he worked at KPMG in Guernsey within their trust and company administration and was an auditor with Power & Hunter in Dublin. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Christopher Russell
Managing Director, Private Equity Technology
Christopher Russell is part of the Private Equity Technology business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Technology Investment Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Velocity EHS, Idera, Wedgewood, Blue River and Hearthside, and is involved in the firm's investments in Precisely, Pluralsight and Cast & Crew. He has 27 years of private equity experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at VSS, both in New York and London, as well as General Electric (NBC). He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, USA and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA.
Philip Sauer
Managing Director, Head Corporate Development
Philip Sauer is Head of Corporate Development, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 15 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
Partner, 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. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 26 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, Co-Head Investments and Head Private Equity
Wolf-Henning Scheider is Head of Private Equity, based in Zug. He is also a Co-Head if Investments. He has 35 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, Global Head Product Accounting
Eicke Schinn is the Global Head of the Product Accounting business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2012 and has 15 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. Yves Schneller
Partner, Head Investment Services
Dr. Yves Schneller is Head of the Investment Services business department and a member of the Global Executive Board, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2008, previously heading the Transaction Services team, and has 18 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.
Dr. Raymond Schnidrig
Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Head Technology
Dr. 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 and has been with Partners Group since 2010. He has 29 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, Private Equity Goods and Products
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, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments 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 30 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.
Joel Schwartz
Partner, Co-Head Private Equity Services
Joel Schwartz is Co-Head of the Private Equity Services business unit as well as a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee, and Co-Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Services Investment Committee, based in New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Kindercare Learning Centers, Form Technologies, Curvature and United States Infrastructure Corporation. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 28 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.
Martin Scott
Partner, Head of Australia
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 30 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.
Michael Sexton
Managing Director, Private Equity Services
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 and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Services Investment Committee. He has 14 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, Private Real Estate Americas
Eric Shepsman is part of the Private Real Estate Americas business unit, based in Denver. He is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. He has 17 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, Co-Head Private Equity Partnership Investments
Anthony Shontz is Head of Partners Group's Denver office, Co-Head of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, and a member of the Global Executive Board, the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees and the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 20 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, Private Equity Partnership Investments
Andres Small is part of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, based in New York. He is a member of the Private Equity Partnership Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments Investment Committees. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Life Time and Form Technologies. He has 17 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.
Thomas Stein
Partner, Head Private Debt Americas
Tom Stein is Head of Private Debt in the Americas, based in Denver. He is Chairman of the Direct Debt US Investment Committee, Co-Chairman of the Global Direct Debt Investment Committee and a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Direct Debt Asia Investment Committee, the Special Situations Investment Committee, and the Direct Debt Europe Investment Committee. He has 29 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 in Illinois, USA and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Santa Clara, California, USA.
Dr. Michael Studer
Partner, Portfolio Solutions
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. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 27 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.
William Swayne
Managing Director, Private Equity Services
William Swayne is part of the Private Equity Services business unit, based in New York. He has 18 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at CI Capital Partners. Previously, he worked at MidOcean Partners, Sun Capital Partners and Lazard. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA.
Manas Tandon
Partner, Head Private Equity Goods and Products
Manas Tandon is Head of Partners Group's Mumbai office and Head of the Private Equity Goods and Products business unit. He is a member of the Global Investment Committee and the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee and Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments and Direct Lead Growth Investments in Goods and Products Investment Committee. He has 24 years of industry experience, also serving on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Aavas Financiers, 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).
Robin Thywissen
Managing Director, Private Debt Europe
Robin Thywissen is part of the European Private Debt business unit, based in London. He is a member of the Global Direct Debt, the Direct Debt Europe and the Direct Debt 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 22 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.
Andreas Uhde
Managing Director, Head Client Solutions Services
Andreas Uhde is Head of the Client Solutions Services business unit, based in Munich. He has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 20 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.
Christian Unger
Partner, Head Operating Directors and Entrepreneurial Governance
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 27 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.
Andrei Vaduva
Managing Director, Co-Head Portfolio Management
Andrei Vaduva is Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Zug. 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 13 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.
Dr. Anette Waygood
Managing Director, Global Head Corporate Legal
Dr. Anette Waygood is Global Head of the Corporate Legal business unit, based in Zug. She has 13 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.
Jochen Weirich
Partner, Client Solutions Europe
Jochen Weirich is part of the European Client Solutions business unit, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2001 and has 32 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, Chairman of Private Real Estate
Marc Weiss is the Chairman of the Private Real Estate, based in New York. He is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee and the Private Real Estate Partnership Investments Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 36 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.
Jürg Wenger
Advisory Partner
Jürg Wenger is an Advisory Partner of Partners Group, based in Zug, focused on strategic office infrastructure projects. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has served as Chief Operating Officer from 2000 until 2014, a member of the Executive Office, and a member of the Global Executive Board. He has 32 years of industry experience, having previously worked at UBS as Head Resources Region Central Switzerland. He holds a master's degree in business law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Jessica Wichser
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Real Estate Asset Management
Jessica Wichser is Co-Head of Private Real Estate Asset Management, based in New York. She is a member of the Private Real Estate Direct Investment Committee. She has been with Partners Group since 2010 and has 20 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, Co-Head Private Wealth
Christian Wicklein is Co-Head of Private Wealth, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 15 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, 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 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 30 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 and Vice Chairman of Asia
Dr. Cyrill Wipfli is Vice Chairman of Asia and part of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Portfolio Committee and the Private Markets Relative Value Committee, 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. Cyrill has been with Partners Group since 2002, initially as a private equity investment professional, and has 26 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, Head Liquid Loans
Surya Ysebaert is Head of the Liquid Loans business unit, based in London. He is Chairman of the Global Liquid Loans Investment Committee and a member of the Special Situations Investment Committee. He has 23 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.