Marc Battenfeld

Portfolio & Risk Management

Marc joined Capvis in 1998, and has 19 years of private equity experience. Previously, Marc worked at Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft (Hamburg).

Marc holds a lic. oec. HSG from the University of St. Gallen and successfully passed the CFA exam.

Philippe Bucher

CFO

Philippe joined Capvis in 2017 and took over as CFO in July 2017. He has 12 years of private equity experience. Previously, Philippe was CFO / COO at Adveq, with PricewaterhouseCoopers and with Arthur Andersen.

Philippe holds a lic. oec. publ. from the University of Zurich and is a CPA and CFA.

Mattia Castrovillari

Investor Relations

Mattia joined Capvis in 2017 and has one year of private equity experience. Previously he worked for NB Renaissance Partners and Neuberger Berman.

Mattia holds a B.Sc. from the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne and is currently completing his master’s degree in Finance and Banking.

Julie Darbellay

Investor Relations

Julie joined Capvis in 2014, and has 13 years of private equity experience. Previously, Julie held positions with Euro Private Equity (Geneva) and Lombard Odier.

Julie holds a M.A. in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Johanna Dolci

Investment Team

Johanna joined Capvis in 2017. Previously, Johanna worked at Barclays Investment Bank, London and CMC Capital.

Johanna holds a M.Sc. in Finance and a B.Sc. in International Economics and Management from Bocconi University Milan.

Ulrich Eckhardt

Value Creation

Ulrich joined Capvis in 1996, and has 17 years of private equity experience. Previously, Ulrich held Senior Consultant positions at Swiss Re and Young & Rubicam.

Ulrich holds a lic. oec. publ. Zurich and an M.Sc. from Stanford University.

Konstantin Ewald

Investment Team

Konstantin joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, Konstantin worked at Porsche Consulting, Stuttgart and at Accenture Strategy, Vienna. Additionally, he already knows Capvis through his internship.

Konstantin conducted his M.A. at University St. Gallen and holds a B.Sc from Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Leif-Niklas Fanter

Investment Team

Leif-Niklas joined Capvis in 2015, and has 5 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked for ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Nomura M&A team and Deloitte.

Leif-Niklas holds a M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from the University of St. Gallen.

Daniel Flaig

Managing Partner

Daniel joined SBC Equity Partners Ltd in 1995. Previously he was a business consultant at Arthur Andersen, Zurich.

Daniel holds a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. Daniel has also studied at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Lyon and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Rolf Friedli

Managing Partner

Rolf joined SBC Equity Partners Ltd in 1995. Previously he worked at Goldman Sachs Investment Banking in New York and London, Clariden Bank Asset Management and SBC Warburg (Capital Markets).

Rolf holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and received a degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Applied Science, Olten, Switzerland.

Pascal Heer

Value Creation

Pascal joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, Pascal worked at A.T. Kearny AG, Zürich with a focus on Operations and at BrainNet Suplly Management Consultants AG, St. Gallen.

Pascal holds a Dipl. Phys. ETH, Zurich.

Patrick Höfliger

Investment Team

Patrick Höfliger joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, he worked at J.P.Morgan in the M&A team in London and Zurich.

Patrick holds a M.A. in Accounting and Finance from the University of St.Gallen and a B.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich.

Andrea Koch

Management Support

Andrea joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Wala Schweiz GmbH and Kao Switzerland AG.

Corinne Koch

Management Support

Corinne joined Capvis in 2015. Previously she worked at Diamond SA and Systransis AG.

Sebastian Kolbe

Investment Team

Sebastian joined Capvis in 2013, and has 4 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked at Moelis & Company M&A team (London).

Sebastian holds a M.Sc. ESADE, Barcelona and a B.Sc. from the European Business School, Oestrich Winkel.

Björn Lauschke

Debt Advisory

Björn joined Capvis in 2012, and has 5 years of private equity experience. Previously, Björn worked at DC Advisory Partners and with Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse and WestLB.

Björn holds a Dipl.-Kfm. from the University of Mannheim.

Simon Lussi

Investment Team

Simon joined Capvis in 2015, and has 3 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked at McKinsey & Company, and Credit Suisse M&A team.

Simon holds a M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Enrico Merlin

Investment Team

Enrico joined Capvis in 2017. Previously, he worked at Mediobanca in London.

Enrico holds a M.Sc. Finance from Bocconi University Milan.

Marlyn Nuñez

Management Support
Management Support

Marlyn joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Migros Bank AG.

Claudine Oberholzer

Management Support

Claudine joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Valessentia AG and BASF.

Luca Regazzoni

Value Creation

Luca joined Capvis in 2015, and has 2 years of private equity experience. Previously, Luca worked at McKinsey & Company with a focus on Operations and Strategy and at IBM Switzerland.

Luca holds a MSc. in Biomedical Engineering and a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from ETH, Zurich.

Giovanni Revoltella

Investment Team

Giovanni joined Capvis in 2014, and has 10 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked at IVS Group (Italy 1 Investment SPAC), Argan Capital and Lehman Brothers M&A teams.

Giovanni holds a Laurea in International Economics from the University of Bocconi Milan.

Marco Ruch

Finance

Marco joined Capvis in 2013, and has 12 years of private equity experience. Previously, Marco was responsible for Reporting and Controlling of Alternative Investments at Arctic Services AG, Zürich.

Marco holds a lic. oec. publ. University of Zurich, and is a CAIA.

Katharina Schaffhauser

Finance

Katharina joined Capvis in 2015, and has 2 years of private equity experience. Previously, Katharina worked at Chep Aerospace Solutions and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Munich and New York.

Katharina holds a Dipl. Betriebswirt, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences.

Andreas Simon

Investment Team

Andreas joined Capvis in 2007, and has 10 years of private equity experience. Previously, Andreas was with Siemens AG (Munich) and CSFB (London).

Andreas holds a B.Sc. in International Management from ESB Reutlingen, ICADE Madrid.

Eric Stöcklin

Investment Team

Eric joined Capvis in 2013 and has 4 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the M&A team.

Eric holds a M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Daniela Strebel

Management Support

Daniela joined Capvis in 2014. Previously she worked at UBS AG.

Eric Trüeb

Investment Team

Eric joined Capvis in 2001 and has 16 years of private equity experience. Previously, Eric worked at Arthur Andersen’s Audit, Transaction Services and Technology Risk Consulting Division (Zurich).

Eric holds a lic. rer. pol. from the University of Basel.

Samanta Urben

Management Support

Samanta joined Capvis in 2013. Previously she worked at Lyoness Suisse GmbH and Fuhrer & Hotz AG.

André Weilenmann

Investment Team

Andre joined Capvis in 2018. He has 3 years of Private Equity experience. Previously, Andre worked at Credit Suisse (Zurich), KKR & Co. L.P. and TRS Texas Teachers in London.

Andre holds a M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Daniel Wendel

Finance

Daniel joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, Daniel worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers AG in Zurich in the service lines Assurance and Advisory where he was a member of the M&A Transaction Services team for several years. In his last function, he was responsible for the Corporate Controlling & Reporting of PwC Switzerland.

Daniel holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration of University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland.

Boris Zoller

Investment Team

Boris joined Capvis in 2008 and has 9 years of private equity experience. Previously, Boris worked at Oliver Wyman in Zurich.

Boris holds a M.A. HSG in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Francesca Barnes

Francesca joined the Capvis Board in 2011 and has 15 years of private equity experience. Francesca is a non-executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey. Previously, Francesca held various roles at Chase Manhattan and then at Swiss Bank Corporation / UBS, among others as Global Head Private Equity at UBS. Francesca is also a non-executive Director at Coutts & Co, Adam & Company and HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited, Chair of Trustees of Penny Brohn UK and a member of the Council of Southampton University.

Francesca holds a BA Hons (Oxon) in Geography from St Hugh’s College, Oxford.

Jean-Robert Bartolini

Jean-Robert joined Capvis in 2019 and previously worked as a service provider for Capvis for over ten years. He serves as executive Director of the Fund’s group companies in Luxembourg where he is also located. Throughout his career, Jean-Robert has deepened his expertise in developing and managing transnational solutions for institutional investors, multinational corporations and entrepreneurial families.

Jean-Robert holds a master in business administration with the University of Nancy (France) and is also a qualified chartered accountant in Luxembourg.

Carlotta Bertolino

Working for Capvis since 2016 as Officer in Luxembourg. Previously gained expertise in civil and corporate law through postings in Italy and Germany.

Carlotta holds a Master of Science from the Bocconi University, Italy.

Ahcene Boulhais

Working for Capvis since 2016 as Administrator in Luxembourg. Over 12 years of experience in serving Real Estate and Private Equity clients.

Ahcene holds a LLM from the University of Metz, France.

Jonathon Buesnel

Jonathon joined Capvis in February 2018. He is an Executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey has 17 years experience administering private equity funds and has sat on a number of general partner boards. Prior to joining Capvis, Jonathon was a Director of Ipes with responsibility for operational delivery of its Jersey operations. He also acted as Client Director and Head of European Business Development at Moore Management.

Jonathon holds a B.A. (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from Kingston University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999 whilst working at KPMG.

Nigel Campion-Smith

Nigel has been advising Capvis as legal counsel since 1997 and has more than 30 years of private equity experience. Since 2015 Nigel has been a non-executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey and, since 2004, Nigel has served as a non-executive Director for Capvis General Partner II Ltd. For 15 years, Nigel was a partner specialising in corporate and investment funds law at Latham & Watkins, London, until his retirement as a partner at the end of 2014.

Nigel holds a MA in Economics and Law from Cambridge University.

John Cosnett

John joined the Capvis Board in 2011, and has over 15 years of experience administrating private equity funds. John is a non-executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey. John is a Director of Saltgate Limited, the company administrator. Previously, John was at a leading third party fund administrator in Jersey and earlier worked in Equity Capital Markets at Paribas and Goldman Sachs in London.

John holds a B.comm from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Tom Ogden

Tom joined Capvis in 2018 as Fund Controller of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. He has nine years of Private Equity / financial services experience. Tom has previously worked for Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), UBS and PraxisIFM.

Tom is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Carola Palitschka

Carola joined Capvis in 2018 as Administration Manager of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. She has ten years of Fund Administration experience focused on private equity funds. Carola previously worked for Saltgate Limited and Moore Stephens in Jersey.

Carola is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and qualified as a Chartered Company Secretary in 2017. Carola also holds a Professional Diploma in Governance.

Felix Rohner

Felix joined Capvis in 2000, and has 17 years of private equity experience. Felix handed over his role as CFO and as a member of the Management Committee of Capvis Equity Partners AG to his successor Philippe Bucher in July 2017. Felix is a non-executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey and serves as non-executive Director of the Fund’s group companies in Luxembourg. Previously, Felix held various controlling functions with UBS AG (Zurich and New York).

Felix holds a lic. rer. pol., University of Bern

Martyn Scriven

Martyn joined Capvis in 2003 and has over 25 years of private equity related experience. Martyn is a non-executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey, and in addition serves as non-executive Director of the Funds’ group companies in Luxembourg. Prior to joining Capvis, Martyn held a variety of senior executive roles for Barclays Bank in the Corporate, Retail and Wealth Management Divisions of the Bank.

Martyn holds various banking diplomas and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers – now the London Institute of Banking and Finance.

Rachel Van Neste

Rachel joined Capvis in 2018 as Administration Manager of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. She has three years of private equity fund administration experience. Rachel previously worked for Saltgate Limited.

Rachel holds a Diploma in Offshore Finance and Administration and is currently studying towards becoming a Chartered Company Secretary within the ICSA Chartered Secretary Qualifying Scheme. Rachel also holds a BA from the University of Liverpool.

Jens Abend

Jens has been working with Capvis since 2016. Jens was previously CEO of LR-Health & Beauty Systems GmbH, Ahlen and spent over 15 years at McKinsey & Company. Inc. Jens was a member of the board at Fielmann AG.

Jens holds a Dr. rer. pol., from the University of Augsburg.

Paolo Cavallo

Paolo has been working with Capvis since 2014 as Senior Adviser Italy. Paolo brings over 30 years of experience in leading international business positions in large multinationals such as Ferrero, Cinzano-Diageo and Reckitt Benckiser Plc. He has been deeply involved in IPO, and large scale M&A activities on a global basis. He has been Senior Adviser at Alvarez & Marsal London and Partner at Appeal Strategy & Finance, Milan. He served as non-executive Director at Benetton Group and U.P.A. Italy and has been Vice Chairman at AISE in Brussels and is involved in key projects with Bocconi University and MIP Politecnico Milan.

Paolo has been educated in strategic marketing and economics respectively at Institut Superieur Du Marketing (Paris) and RB Academy (London).

Niels Claeren

Niels has been working with Capvis since 2018 as Senior Adviser Benelux. For 20 years, he has been active in M&A advisory in the Industrial sector for ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital, Rabobank and PwC in Amsterdam, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. For the last four years he was Head of the Industrial sector in the Benelux at PwC as a partner.

Niels holds a Drs. in Business Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Michael Fang

Michael joined Capvis in 2005 and is head of the representative office of Capvis in Shanghai. Michael has 12 years of experience in private equity. He is a representative of consulting firm Pacific Consult in China, which supports European Companies regarding their Asian strategy.

Michael holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy from Shengyang University.

Georg P. Helg

Georg joined Capvis in 2011 as Senior Adviser Germany. For 30 years, he has been active in management consulting, M&A advisory and private equity for the Matuschka Group, Deutsche Bank and ABN AMRO / Royal Bank of Scotland where he was Head of M&A Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Georg holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, Paris and London.

Ivan Lustig

Ivan has been working with Capvis since 2015 as Senior Adviser USA and has over 30 years of Investment Banking experience. Ivan is also Managing Partner of his own firm, Dover Madison Capital Management. Ivan was previously Managing Director at MTN Capital Partners and at Duff & Phelps, Head of M&A in the Americas for the Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO and Head of Media and Communications Investment Banking at ING Barings and Schroders.

Ivan holds a Master of Engineering and MBA degrees from Cornell University as a Knight Scholar.

Tanja Saaty

Tanja joined Capvis as Senior Adviser London in 2018. She has been in Private Equity since 2000. Her previous positions include being part of the Senior Team at Greenpark Capital where she was also on the Investment Committee and the Executive Committee and a Director at MML Capital. Before, she worked at Citigroup in London and New York, focusing on shareholder value enhancement for large companies.

Tanja holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Wolfram Stein

Wolfram has been working with Capvis since 2015 as Senior Adviser China. He has about 20 years of private equity experience which includes both roles in the German speaking world (Deutsche Beteiligungs AG & Advent International) as well as Asia (GIC SI (Singapore), Schroders Adveq (China), Capital Dynamics (China) and Citic Capital (China).

Wolfram holds an MBA from China Europe International Business School (Shanghai), a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a diploma from Humboldt University Berlin. Furthermore, Wolfram studied Chinese language and Culture at Zhejiang University Hangzhou.