Andrejs Klisans Country Manager 36Brains

With a multi-jurisdictional background in law, Andrejs displayed a keen and early interest for corporate investigations. Having worked in high-profile Southern European investigations for many years, he is now spearheading efforts to expand 36Brains' presence in Germany and Central Europe.

Torsten Grede Spokesman of the Board of Management Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

Born in 1964. Spokesman of the Board of Management since March 2013; member of the Board of Management since January 2001; appointed until the end of December 2023.

Torsten Grede holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. Prior to his university education, he completed a bank apprenticeship. Directly after graduating, he started his career in 1990 at Deutsche Beteiligungs AG; he now has 30 years of experience in the private equity business in Germany’s mid-market sector.

Ralph Betz Managing Director Bridgepoint Credit

Ralph is a Managing Director within Bridgepoint Credit and joined the Firm in 2020 from EQT Credit which was acquired by Bridgepoint in 2020. He is responsible for origination and execution of financing solutions for mid-sized companies in Germany. Ralph is also part of the Bridgepoint ESG Committee.

Prior to joining EQT in 2014, he was Head of Acquisition in Germany at GE Corporate Finance Bank and Bank of Ireland. He has a wide range of transactional experience in European Leveraged Finance across a large expanse of industries sectors.

Ralph Betz ist Managing Director bei Bridgepoint Credit und kam 2020 von EQT Credit, welches von Bridgepoint im Jahr 2020 erworben wurde. In Deutschland ist er verantwortlich für Origination und Execution von Finanzierungslösungen für mittelständische Unternehmen. Darüber hinaus ist er Teil des Bridgepoint ESG Committee.

Bevor er 2014 zu EQT kam, war er Head of Acquisition in Deutschland bei der GE Corporate Finance Bank und der Bank of Ireland. Er verfügt über ein breites Spektrum an Transaktionserfahrung im Bereich European Leveraged Finance in einer Vielzahl von Industriesektoren.

Hartwig Ostermeyer Partner Active Capital Company

Hartwig Ostermeyer is Partner at Active Capital Company. He is leading our German operations in Munich being responsible for local deal sourcing, screening of investment opportunities and portfolio management.

Hartwig started his professional career in M&A advisory in London focusing on the energy sector. After that, he worked as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group in the Munich office and gained operational experience as a manager at Sixt. Hartwig holds a 'Diplom-Ingenieur' from Technische Universität Berlin.

Andreas Bösenberg Managing Director NORD HOLDING

Andreas Bösenberg has been active in the international private equity industry for more than 24 years. He started his career at 3i. Since 2000 he was responsible for leading and setting up various private equity investment teams in the small-mid market segment and was jointly responsible for over Euro 2bn of invested capital in Europe. Also, he successfully assisted many portfolio companies during their transformation and growth phase and exited several of them in international IPOs and trade sales. In May 2018 Andreas was appointed as managing director of NORD Holding an asset manager with over 3bn Euro of AUM where he focuses on transformational investments in the German speaking region with a sector specific sourcing approach.

Steven Roberts Private Equity Leader PWC GERMANY

Steve joined PwC in the UK in 1993, and qualified as an ACA in 1996. He joined the Transaction Services team in January 1997 and has worked exclusively within the M&A field since that date.

Having primarily worked on cross border transactions during his time in the UK, he transferred to the Frankfurt office in July 2001 where he has focused upon serving the private equity market and was promoted to partner in July 2005.With a wide exposure to various industries advising on both the buy-side and sell-side, Steve has significant experience in large cross border deals for private equity and corporate clients.Since 2012 Steve leads the PwC Private Equity Practice for PwC Germany and is a member of ‎the PwC Global Private Equity Board.

Sören Riebeling Principal, Private Equity KKR

Sören Riebeling (Frankfurt) joined KKR in 2019 and is a member of the European Private Equity team. He focuses on private equity investing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and also works with specialized teams across other investment platforms in the region. Mr. Riebeling has been involved in KKR's investments in Leonine, Axel Springer, Unzer, Mediawan, Wella, and Biosynth Carbosynth. Prior to joining KKR, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in London. Mr. Riebeling holds an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cambridge and was a scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), DAAD, and Hans Weisser Foundation, and a recipient of the Huygens Scholarship.

Samuel Kerr Senior ECM Editor MERGERMARKET & DEALOGIC

I am the senior ECM editor at Ion Analytics working on producing equity capital markets intelligence for Dealogic and Mergermarket. 

Dr. Robin Tech Co-Founder and Managing Director Delphai

Dr. Robin P. G. Tech is the co-founder and Managing Director of delphai, a software company that has developed an AI-based B2B search engine. In addition, Dr. Tech is a member of the economic advisory board of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party and senior researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT, with a focus on complex systems and financial models.

Robert Engels Head of M&A DACH, Corporate Risk and Broking WTW

Robert heads WTW’s M&A team in DACH, which includes the insurance due diligence as well as M&A insurance broking practice. He has been in the insurance industry for more than 24 years, of which around 20 years in the M&A advisory space, focusing on private equity and corporate M&A transactions in all industries, including infrastructure and renewable energy. The remainder of years in the industry, Robert has gained experience in managing and servicing international insurance programmes of some major global corporations. Prior to joining WTW in 2019, Robert lead the M&A advisory teams at two global insurance brokers in the DACH region.

Gabe Langerak Senior Director, Western Europe M&A Leader WTW

As Leader for M&A consulting, Gabe is a member of WTW's Global M&A Practice. His recent client engagements have included:

Supporting French and German multinationals in their HR due diligence, integration planning and integration execution of divested segments of North American multinationals Serving as EMEA and Rest of the World lead for top 10 biopharmaceutical companies acquiring a global division of another large competitor. Assisting an American multinational media company in the due diligence, harmonization, communication and integration of benefits packages on acquiring a global division of a competitor. Coordinating and consolidating the pension accounting before and during the merger of two multinational FMCG companies. Performing benefits and HR due diligence for a Fortune 500 global manufacturing company acquiring a global division of another large competitor. Various small and mid-size acquisitions, high-level due diligence exercises and integration activities for EMEA locations

Relevant Experience and Specialisation

Gabe has over 15 years’ experience in international consulting and advises multinational companies on all aspects of their compensation and benefit arrangements. Gabe manages multinational projects and has experience in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, local and cross border benefit, compensation reviews/audits, expatriate provisions and international IFRS/FAS consolidations.