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.
Capvis wins award ‘Best Workplaces in Switzerland 2020’!
We are proud to announce that Capvis has been named one of Switzerland’s Best Workplaces for 2020 in the ‘small business’ category by the international research and consulting institute ‘Great Place to Work’.
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Investment Team
Philippe Bucher
Partner
Philippe Bucher
Partner
Philippe Bucher is a Partner, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Investment Committee at Capvis. Philippe also chairs the Private Equity chapter of the Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association.
Prior to this, Philippe was COO at Schroder Adveq, a leading global private equity asset manager. He started his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen and he also worked as a manager in the valuation & strategy practice at PwC.
Philippe holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Zurich. He is a Swiss CPA, CFA Charterholder and has completed executive programs at the Harvard Business School and at the Institute for Management Development.
Contact
Philippe Bucher
+41 43 300 58 18
Christina Cottini
Investment Team Assistant
Christina Cottini
Investment Team Assistant
Christina Cottini is an Assistant and supports the Investment Team at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Christina worked at UBS AG in Zurich.
Contact
Christina Cottini
+41 43 300 58 31
Philip De Vusser
Investment Team
Philip De Vusser
Investment Team
Philip De Vusser works with the Investment Team at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Philip worked at 3i in Amsterdam covering the Benelux area. Before this, Philip worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank in the Benelux coverage team in Amsterdam and the global industrials team in London.
Philip holds a Master’s degree in International Finance from HEC Paris, France and a Master’s degree in Business Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Contact
Philip De Vusser
+41 43 300 58 50
Johanna Dolci
Investment Team
Johanna Dolci
Investment Team
Johanna Dolci works with the Investment Team at Capvis and serves on the boards of hessnatur and Gotha Cosmetics.
Prior to joining Capvis, Johanna worked in the Industrial Team at Barclays Investment Bank in London and at CMC Capital.
Johanna holds a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics & Management from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
Contact
Johanna Dolci
+41 43 300 58 43
Ulrich Eckhardt
Partner
Ulrich Eckhardt
Partner
Ulrich Eckhardt is a Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Capvis. He serves on the boards of Felss, Visable, ProXES, Thermamax and Xovis. Previously he was a board member for VAT, SFC KOENIG, Orior, Tobler, nicko tours and ACP.
Prior to joining Capvis, Ulrich worked in management positions at Swiss Re and Young & Rubicam.
Ulrich holds a Master of Science in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, USA and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Contact
Ulrich Eckhardt
+41 43 300 58 32
Konstantin Ewald
Investment Team
Konstantin Ewald
Investment Team
Konstantin Ewald works with the Investment Team at Capvis. He currently works in a management role at Capvis’ portfolio company Xovis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Konstantin worked at Porsche Consulting and Accenture.
Konstantin holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.
Contact
Konstantin Ewald
+41 43 300 58 44
Leif-Niklas Fanter
Investment Team
Leif-Niklas Fanter
Investment Team
Leif-Niklas Fanter is an Investment Director at Capvis and serves on the boards of Visable and Tertianum.
Prior to joining Capvis, Leif-Niklas was a manager in the investment / M&A team of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG in Munich. Beforehand he worked at Nomura in London in the mergers & acquisitions team and at Deloitte in Düsseldorf.
Leif-Niklas holds a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance at London School of Economics and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Contact
Leif-Niklas Fanter
+41 43 300 58 20
Daniel Flaig
Partner
Daniel Flaig
Partner
Daniel Flaig is a Partner, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Investment Committee at Capvis. He serves on the boards of hessnatur, arena, Kaffee Partner, Felss, Gotha Cosmetics and Pacific Consult. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the China Innovation Fund. He was formerly a board member for Bartec, Benninger, Uster Technologies, WMF, Wittur and VAT.
Daniel started his career as a business consultant with Arthur Andersen in Zurich.
He holds a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. He also studied at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Lyon, and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Contact
Daniel Flaig
+41 43 300 58 14
Rolf Friedli
Partner
Rolf Friedli
Partner
Rolf Friedli is a Partner, Chairman and a member of the Investment Committee at Capvis. Rolf also serves on the boards of Hennecke, ProXES and Ammega. Previously, he has served on the boards of Variosystems, Ondal, Rena, Lista, Orior, Etavis, Myonic, Melcher Holding, Catalana de Polimers, De Sede Group, Benninger, nicko tours, Stadler Rail Group and WMF.
Rolf started his career with Goldman Sachs Investment Banking in New York and London, and subsequently at Clariden Bank Asset Management and SBC Warburg (Capital Markets).
Rolf holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, USA and he studied Finance and Marketing at the University of Applied Sciences in Olten, Switzerland.
Contact
Rolf Friedli
+41 43 300 58 15
Georg P. Helg
Managing Director Germany
Georg P. Helg
Managing Director Germany
Georg P. Helg is Managing Director of Capvis in Frankfurt, Germany.
Prior to joining Capvis, Georg 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’s degree in Business Administration from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, Paris and London.
Contact
Georg Helg
+41 43 300 58 24
Patrick Höfliger
Investment Team
Patrick Höfliger
Investment Team
Patrick Höfliger works with the Investment Team at Capvis. He serves on the board of Felss and supports the board of Ammega.
Prior to joining Capvis, Patrick worked at J.P. Morgan in the investment banking team in London and Zurich.
Patrick holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Contact
Patrick Höfliger
+41 43 300 58 22
Andrea Koch
Investment Team Assistant
Andrea Koch
Investment Team Assistant
Andrea Koch is an Assistant and supports the Investment Team at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Andrea worked at Wala Schweiz GmbH and Kao Switzerland AG.
Contact
Andrea Koch
+41 43 300 58 30
Marlyn Kolenda
Investment Team Assistant
Marlyn Kolenda
Investment Team Assistant
Marlyn Kolenda is an Assistant and supports the Investment Team at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Marlyn worked at Migros Bank AG.
Contact
Marlyn Kolenda
+41 43 300 58 45
Simon Lussi
Investment Team
Simon Lussi
Investment Team
Simon Lussi is an Investment Director at Capvis. He serves on the boards of Amann Girrbach, Xovis and BSI Software.
Prior to joining Capvis, Simon was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company and worked at Credit Suisse in the mergers & acquisitions division.
Simon holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Contact
Simon Lussi
+41 43 300 58 16
Enrico Merlin
Investment Team
Enrico Merlin
Investment Team
Enrico Merlin works with the Investment Team at Capvis and serves on the board of Thermamax and supports the board of arena.
Prior to joining Capvis, Enrico worked at Mediobanca in London and Milan.
Enrico holds a Master’s of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University of Milan, Italy.
Contact
Enrico Merlin
+41 43 300 58 47
André Perwas
Partner
André Perwas
Partner
André Perwas is a Partner and responsible for the Advanced Services & Software sector at Capvis. He serves on the board of BSI Software.
Prior to joining Capvis, André worked at 3i Group and Accenture.
André holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley USA and has a degree in mathematics from the University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Contact
André Perwas
+ 49 69 247 5587 13
Giovanni Revoltella
Partner
Giovanni Revoltella
Partner
Giovanni Revoltella is a Partner and responsible for the Industrial Technology sector at Capvis. He serves on the board of Gotha Cosmetics. Previously he has served on the board of Faster.
Prior to joining Capvis, Giovanni was a co-founder of the Italy1 Investment SPAC and worked for two years as a manager in in its target company, Italian listed IVS Group. He also worked with private equity firm Argan Capital and with Lehman Brothers in the mergers & acquisitions division.
Giovanni holds a Laurea in International Economics from the University of Bocconi in Milan, Italy.
Contact
Giovanni Revoltella
+41 43 300 58 48
Stefano Robbiani
Investment Team
Stefano Robbiani
Investment Team
Stefano Robbiani works with the Investment Team at Capvis and supports the board of ProXES.
Prior to joining Capvis, Stefano worked at J.P. Morgan in the investment banking team in Zurich.
Stefano holds a M.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, a M.Sc. in International Management from the Bocconi University and a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.
Contact
Stefano Robbiani
+41 43 300 58 56
Andreas Simon
Partner
Andreas Simon
Partner
Andreas Simon is a Partner and responsible for the Industrial Technology sector at Capvis. He serves on the board of arena. Previously he has served on the boards of ProXES, RENA, Wittur and Ticketcorner.
Prior to joining Capvis, Andreas was project manager with the corporate finance M&A department of Siemens AG, Munich and worked as a commercial sales manager for Siemens Power Generation. After his studies he worked with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in the European mergers & acquisitions team in London.
Andreas holds a Bachelor of Science in International Management from ESB Reutlingen, Germany and ICADE Madrid, Spain.
Contact
Andreas Simon
+41 43 300 58 11
Eric Trüeb
Partner
Eric Trüeb
Partner
Eric Trüeb is a Partner and Head of the Investment Team at Capvis. He serves on the board of Amann Girrbach. Previously he has served on the boards of Thermamax, Hennecke, Ondal, Faster, Bartec, Myonic and SF-Chem.
Prior to joining Capvis, Eric worked with Arthur Andersen’s audit, transaction services and technology risk consulting division in Zurich, Switzerland.
Eric holds a Master’s degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland, as well as an Executive Program AMP from Harvard University in Boston, USA.
Contact
Eric Trüeb
+41 43 300 58 27
Samanta Urben
Investment Team Assistant
Samanta Urben
Investment Team Assistant
Samanta Urben is an Assistant and supports the Investment Team at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Samanta worked at Lyoness Suisse GmbH and Fuhrer & Hotz AG.
Contact
Samanta Urben
+41 43 300 58 17
André Weilenmann
Investment Team
André Weilenmann
Investment Team
André Weilenmann works with the Investment Team at Capvis, serves on the board of Variosystems and supports the board of Amann Girrbach as well as BSI Software.
Prior to joining Capvis, Andre worked at Credit Suisse, KKR & Co. L.P. and TRS Texas Teachers in London.
He holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Contact
André Weilenmann
+41 43 300 58 23
Katrin Wollinger
Investment Team
Katrin Wollinger
Investment Team
Katrin Wollinger works with the Investment Team at Capvis and supports the boards of Hennecke and Tertianum.
Prior to joining Capvis, Katrin worked at Goldman Sachs in the investment banking team in Frankfurt.
Katrin holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Passau, Germany.
Contact
Katrin Wollinger
+41 43 300 58 51
Boris Zoller
Partner
Boris Zoller
Partner
Boris Zoller is a Partner and responsible for the Healthcare sector at Capvis. He serves on the boards of Kaffee Partner, Variosystems and Tertianum.
Prior to joining Capvis, Boris worked with Oliver Wyman as a strategy consultant.
Boris holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Contact
Boris Zoller
+41 43 300 58 26
Portfolio Specialists
Dr. Jens M. Abend
Senior Advisor
Dr. Jens M. Abend
Senior Advisor
Jens Abend is a Senior Advisor to Capvis in Germany and serves on the boards of Kaffee Partner and Visable.
Prior to working with Capvis, Jens was 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, Germany.
Contact
Jens Abend
+49 162 2000 500
Paolo Cavallo
Senior Advisor
Paolo Cavallo
Senior Advisor
Paolo Cavallo is a Senior Advisor to Capvis in Italy and serves on the board of Gotha Cosmetics, arena and is involved in key projects with Bocconi University and MIP Politecnico Milan. He held former board memberships as non-executive Director at Benetton Group and U.P.A. Italy and has been Vice Chairman at AISE in Brussels.
Prior to working with Capvis, Paolo worked in leading international business positions at 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 a senior advisor at Alvarez & Marsal London and partner at Appeal Strategy & Finance, Milan.
Paolo was educated in strategic marketing and economics respectively at Institut Superieur Du Marketing, Paris and RB Academy, London.
Contact
Paolo Cavallo
+39 335 57 93 504
Michael Fang
Chief Representative China
Michael Fang
Chief Representative China
Michael Fang is Chief Representative of Capvis in Shanghai. He also is a representative of the 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.
Contact
Michael Fang
+86 21 5830 1200
Pascal Heer
Portfolio Specialist
Pascal Heer
Portfolio Specialist
Pascal Heer is an Associate Director at Capvis and supports portfolio companies in strategic and operational topics.
Prior to joining Capvis, Pascal worked as a Project Manager at A.T. Kearny in Zurich, Switzerland with a focus on operations consulting. He started his career as a senior consultant at BrainNet Supply Management Consultants AG, Switzerland.
Pascal holds a Dipl. Phys. from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Contact
Pascal Heer
+41 43 300 58 21
Daniel Huber
Human Resources
Daniel Huber
Human Resources
Daniel Huber is Head of Human Resources and responsible for strategic HR management and top management recruitment and assessment at Capvis’ portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Capvis, Daniel was the Head of Group HR at Alpiq AG, and had leading HR-positions at Alstom, Schindler, PwC and C&A Group.
Daniel holds a M.A. in Business Administration from the Universities of Zurich and Yale, a M.A. in Law from the University of St. Gallen and has been admitted as attorney-at-law.
Contact
Daniel Huber
+41 43 300 58 52
Björn Lauschke
Debt Advisory
Björn Lauschke
Debt Advisory
Björn Lauschke is Head of Debt Advisory and responsible for all debt financings in the Capvis portfolio.
Prior to joining Capvis, Björn was a Director in the debt advisory division of DC Advisory Partners and with Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse and WestLB in the structured finance division.
He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim with a Dipl.-Kfm. degree.
Contact
Björn Lauschke
+41 43 300 58 13
Claudine Oberholzer
Office Manager
Claudine Oberholzer
Office Manager
Claudine Oberholzer is an Assistant and Office Manager at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Claudine worked at Valessentia AG and BASF.
Contact
Claudine Oberholzer
+41 43 300 58 55
Luca Regazzoni
Portfolio Specialist
Luca Regazzoni
Portfolio Specialist
Luca Regazzoni is an Associate Director at Capvis and supports portfolio companies in strategic and operational topics. He serves on the board of Hennecke.
Prior to joining Capvis, Luca worked as a project leader at McKinsey & Company with focussing on operations and strategy. He started his career as an engineer at IBM Switzerland.
Luca holds a Master of Science from ETH Zurich in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Contact
Luca Regazzoni
+41 43 300 58 39
Marco Ruch
Risk Management & Finance
Marco Ruch
Risk Management & Finance
Marco Ruch is a Finance Director and responsible for valuations and reporting at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Marco was responsible for reporting and controlling of alternative investments at Arctic Services AG in Zurich, Switzerland.
Marco received a lic. oec. publ. from the University of Zurich, Switzerland and is a CAIA.
Contact
Marco Ruch
+41 43 300 58 28
Marc Schütt
Legal
Marc Schütt
Legal
Marc Schütt is General Counsel of Capvis. He oversees all of Capvis’ legal affairs and also supports Capvis’ portfolio companies in legal matters.
Prior to joining Capvis, Marc worked as Senior Legal Director at Dana Incorporated in Zug, Switzerland, where he was responsible for the legal affairs of all European operations and the Off-Highway Business Unit globally. Prior to that, Marc was with Latham & Watkins in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, focussing on Private Equity and M&A.
Marc holds a Master’s degree of Laws and Economics from the University of Jena, Germany.
Contact
Marc Schütt
+41 43 300 58 53
Wolf Stein
Senior Advisor
Wolf Stein
Senior Advisor
Wolf Stein is a Senior Advisor to Capvis in China and a member of the Advisory Board of the China Innovation Fund.
Prior to working with Capvis, Wolf gained private equity experience which included roles in the German speaking world with Deutsche Beteiligungs AG & Advent International as well as in Asia with GIC SI in Singapore and Schroders Adveq, Capital Dynamics and Citic Capital in 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.
Contact
Wolf Stein
+86 1340 1128 455
Daniela Strebel
Human Ressources Assistant
Daniela Strebel
Human Ressources Assistant
Daniela Strebel is an Assistant and supports Human Resources at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Daniela worked at UBS AG, Zurich.
Contact
Daniela Strebel
+41 43 300 58 40
Daniel Wendel
Risk Management & Finance
Daniel Wendel
Risk Management & Finance
Daniel Wendel is a Finance Director at Capvis and responsible for risk management, portfolio monitoring and reporting portfolio company performance.
Prior to joining Capvis, Daniel was a senior manager, responsible for reporting and controlling at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG in Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Science Northwestern, Switzerland.
Contact
Daniel Wendel
+41 43 300 58 37
IR and Fund Specialists
James Banks
Fund Team Jersey
James Banks
Fund Team Jersey
James Banks is Fund Controller for the Capvis Funds in Jersey.
Prior to joining Capvis, James worked at BlueCrest Capital Management, KPMG and ABN AMRO Bank.
James holds a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science (First Class) from the University of Chichester and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2016.
Contact
James Banks
+44 1534 486 723
Jonathon Buesnel
Fund Team Jersey
Jonathon Buesnel
Fund Team Jersey
Jonathon Buesnel is Executive Director of the Capvis General Partner companies in Jersey. He has extensive experience administering private equity funds and has served on a number of other general partner boards.
Prior to joining Capvis, Jonathon was a Director at Ipes with responsibility for 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
Contact
Jonathon Buesnel
+44 1534 486 721
Julie Darbellay
Investor Relations
Julie Darbellay
Investor Relations
Julie Darbellay is a Director and Head of Investor Relations at Capvis.
Prior to joining Capvis, Julie was Investment Manager at Flexstone Partners in Geneva, Switzerland, advising Swiss pension funds in private equity. She started her career at Lombard Odier in the Private Equity Advisory division of the bank in Geneva.
Julie holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Contact
Julie Darbellay
+41 43 300 58 38
Carola Palitschka
Fund Team Jersey
Carola Palitschka
Fund Team Jersey
Carola Palitschka is an Administration Manager for the Capvis Funds in Jersey.
Prior to joining Capvis, Carola 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 Governance Professional in 2017. Carola also holds a Professional Diploma in Governance.
Contact
Carola Palitschka
+44 1534 486 724
Rachel Van Neste
Fund Team Jersey
Rachel Van Neste
Fund Team Jersey
Rachel Van Neste is an Administration Manager for the Capvis Funds in Jersey.
Prior to joining Capvis, Rachel worked for Saltgate Limited in Jersey.
Rachel holds a Diploma in Offshore Finance and Administration and is currently studying towards becoming a Chartered Governance Professional within the ICSA Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme. Rachel also holds a BA from the University of Liverpool.
Contact
Rachel Van Neste
+44 1534 486 720
General Partner Board
Francesca Barnes
Non-Executive Director
Jean-Robert Bartolini
Executive Director
Ahcene Boulhais
Administration Manager
Nigel Campion-Smith
Non-Executive Director
John Cosnett
Non-Executive Director
Giuseppe Lucariello
Corporate Officer
Felix Rohner
Non-Executive Director
Martyn Scriven
Non-Executive Director