A team for your success.
Every company is different, every purpose unique. This is precisely why our close to 50 investment professionals and specialists ensure that teams are formed based on expertise and market competence appropriate for the task at hand.
Team
Capvis AG is the exclusive advisor to the Capvis Funds on the selection of suitable companies for investment as well as supporting the planning and execution of respective strategies. We work to advance companies and effectively position them for sustainable success.
The Capvis General Partners in Jersey and the team in Luxembourg administer the Capvis Funds and the holding companies.
Additionally, Capvis works with a number of external Senior Advisors (mostly C-level Executives and board members) in several markets.
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Dr. Jens M. Abend
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Dr. Jens M. Abend
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
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
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Paolo Cavallo
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Paolo has been working with Capvis since 2014 as Senior Advisor 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
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Niels Claeren
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Niels has been working with Capvis since 2018 as Senior Advisor 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.
Philip De Vusser
Investment Team
Philip De Vusser
Investment Team
Philip joined Capvis in 2019 and has more than 2 years of private equity experience. Previously, Philip worked at 3i in Amsterdam and at Deutsche Bank in Amsterdam and London.
Philip holds a MSc from HEC Paris as well as from the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Johanna Dolci
Investment Team
Johanna Dolci
Investment Team
Johanna joined Capvis in 2017 and has 2 years of private equity experience. 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.
Konstantin Ewald
Investment Team
Konstantin Ewald
Investment Team
Konstantin joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, Konstantin worked at Porsche Consulting, Stuttgart and at Accenture Strategy, Vienna. In addition, he undertook an internship with Capvis prior to his position in the investment team.
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 Fanter
Investment Team
Leif-Niklas joined Capvis in 2015, and has 6 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
Partner, CEO
Daniel Flaig
Partner, CEO
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
Partner, Chairman
Rolf Friedli
Partner, Chairman
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.
Georg P. Helg
Managing Director Germany
Georg P. Helg
Managing Director Germany
Georg joined Capvis in 2011 as Senior Advisor 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.
Patrick Höfliger
Investment Team
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
Investment Team Assistant
Andrea Koch
Investment Team Assistant
Andrea joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Wala Schweiz GmbH and Kao Switzerland AG.
Corinne Koch
Investment Team Assistant
Corinne Koch
Investment Team Assistant
Corinne joined Capvis in 2015. Previously she worked at Diamond SA and Systransis AG.
Simon Lussi
Investment Director
Simon Lussi
Investment Director
Simon joined Capvis in 2015, and has 4 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 Merlin
Investment Team
Enrico joined Capvis in 2017 and has 2 years of private equity experience. Previously, he worked at Mediobanca in London.
Enrico holds a M.Sc. Finance from Bocconi University Milan.
Giovanni Revoltella
Partner, Co-Head of Industry & Technology
Giovanni Revoltella
Partner, Co-Head of Industry & Technology
Giovanni joined Capvis in 2014, and has 15 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.
Tanja Saaty
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Tanja Saaty
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Tanja joined Capvis as Senior Advisor 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.
Andreas Simon
Partner, Co-Head of Industry & Technology
Andreas Simon
Partner, Co-Head of Industry & Technology
Andreas joined Capvis in 2007, and has 11 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.
Wolf Stein
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Wolf Stein
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Wolf has been working with Capvis since 2015 as Senior Advisor 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).
Wolf 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, Wolf studied Chinese language and Culture at Zhejiang University Hangzhou.
Eric Trüeb
Partner, Head of Investment Team
Eric Trüeb
Partner, Head of Investment Team
Eric joined Capvis in 2001 and has 17 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
Investment Team Assistant
Samanta Urben
Investment Team Assistant
Samanta joined Capvis in 2013. Previously she worked at Lyoness Suisse GmbH and Fuhrer & Hotz AG.
André Weilenmann
Investment Team
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.
Boris Zoller
Partner, Head of Advanced Services
Boris Zoller
Partner, Head of Advanced Services
Boris joined Capvis in 2008 and has 10 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.
Portfolio Team
Marc Battenfeld
Partner, Head of Risk Management
Marc Battenfeld
Partner, Head of Risk Management
Marc joined Capvis in 1998, and has 20 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
Partner, COO
Philippe Bucher
Partner, COO
Philippe joined Capvis in 2017 and has more than 15 years of private equity experience. Previously, Philippe was CFO / COO at Schroder Adveq, with PricewaterhouseCoopers and with Arthur Andersen.
Philippe holds a lic. oec. publ. from the University of Zurich and is a CPA and CFA.
Ulrich Eckhardt
Partner, Head of Portfolio Team
Ulrich Eckhardt
Partner, Head of Portfolio Team
Ulrich joined Capvis in 1996, and has 18 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.
Michael Fang
Chief Representative China
Michael Fang
Chief Representative China
Michael joined Capvis in 2005 and is head of the representative office of Capvis in Shanghai. Michael has 14 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.
Pascal Heer
Portfolio Team
Pascal Heer
Portfolio Team
Pascal joined Capvis in 2018. Previously, Pascal worked at A.T. Kearny AG, Zürich with a focus on Operations and at BrainNet Supply Management Consultants AG, St. Gallen.
Pascal holds a Dipl. Phys. ETH, Zurich.
Björn Lauschke
Head of Debt Advisory
Björn Lauschke
Head of Debt Advisory
Björn joined Capvis in 2012, and has 6 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.
Ivan Lustig
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Ivan Lustig
Senior Advisor to Capvis AG
Ivan has been working with Capvis since 2015 as Senior Advisor 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 Master of Engineering and MBA degrees from Cornell University as a Knight Scholar.
Marlyn Nuñez
Portfolio Team Assistant
Marlyn Nuñez
Portfolio Team Assistant
Marlyn joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Migros Bank AG.
Claudine Oberholzer
Portfolio Team Assistant
Claudine Oberholzer
Portfolio Team Assistant
Claudine joined Capvis in 2017. Previously she worked at Valessentia AG and BASF.
Luca Regazzoni
Portfolio Team
Luca Regazzoni
Portfolio Team
Luca joined Capvis in 2015, and has 3 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.
Katharina Schaffhauser
Portfolio Team
Katharina Schaffhauser
Portfolio Team
Katharina joined Capvis in 2015, and has 3 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.
Daniel Wendel
Finance Director
Daniel Wendel
Finance Director
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 from University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland.
Corporate Functions
Mattia Castrovillari
Investor Relations
Mattia Castrovillari
Investor Relations
Mattia joined Capvis in 2017 and has 2 years 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
Head of Investor Relations
Julie Darbellay
Head of Investor Relations
Julie joined Capvis in 2014, and has 14 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.
Marco Ruch
Finance Director
Marco Ruch
Finance Director
Marco joined Capvis in 2013, and has 13 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.
Daniela Strebel
Human Ressources
Daniela Strebel
Human Ressources
Daniela joined Capvis in 2014. Previously she worked at UBS AG.
General Partner
Francesca Barnes
Non-Executive Director
Jean-Robert Bartolini
Executive Director
Carlotta Bertolino
Senior Corporate Officer
Ahcene Boulhais
Administration Manager
Jonathon Buesnel
Executive Director
Jonathon Buesnel
Executive Director
Jonathon joined Capvis in February 2018. He is an Executive Director of all Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey, has 18 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
Non-Executive Director
John Cosnett
Non-Executive Director
Tom Ogden
Fund Controller
Tom Ogden
Fund Controller
Tom joined Capvis in 2018 as Fund Controller of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. He has 10 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
Fund Administration Manager
Carola Palitschka
Fund Administration Manager
Carola joined Capvis in 2018 as Administration Manager of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. She has 11 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
Non-Executive Director
Martyn Scriven
Non-Executive Director
Rachel Van Neste
Fund Administration Manager
Rachel Van Neste
Fund Administration Manager
Rachel joined Capvis in 2018 as Administration Manager of all Capvis Funds in Jersey. She has 4 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.