With offices in London, Berlin, and Luxembourg, we serve a select group of global clients, primarily in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Co-founded Altea Partners in 2024 and serves as its Managing Partner, based in London. Prior to Altea Partners, he was an investment banker at Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. He has worked on a wide range of public and private equity, equity-linked, debt, and derivatives transactions for issuers across the technology, financial services, industrials, and natural resources sectors. He holds a masters degree in economics from the University of Maastricht.
Co-founded Altea Partners in 2024 and serves as its Managing Partner, based in Berlin. Prior to Altea Partners, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Citigroup. He has worked on over 100 M&A, equity and debt transactions across a wide range of sectors, including TMT, healthcare, consumer/retail, financial services, and industrials. He holds a masters degree in economics from the University of Maastricht.
He is a Senior Advisor to Altea Partners, based in London. With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in the financial services and technology industries, he now pursues various entrepreneurial interests. He is a member of the supervisory board of Ceconomy and also serves as senior advisor to a global alternative asset manager. Previously, he held positions such as Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Germany & Austria at Citigroup, Head of Banking for Germany & Austria at Barclays, Chief Financial Officer of Rocket Internet, and Partner at Goldman Sachs. He holds a masters degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) from WHU Koblenz.
He is a Senior Advisor to Altea Partners, based in Berlin. He is the co-founder and CEO of bonify, a financial technology company with the mission to holistically improve the financial lives of its users, which was successfully sold to SCHUFA (the market-leading credit bureau) in 2022. Previously, he was Vice President responsible for the Sports, Premium, Kids, and Lingerie categories at e-commerce group Zalando. He started his career as a management consultant at McKinsey. He holds a masters degree in economics from Witten/Herdecke University, an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, and earned a PhD degree from Paderborn University.
We provide sophisticated investment advisory services to select long-term partners, with a focus on private market investments. Typical commitments range from $20–100 million per transaction and may include venture capital, minority growth equity, and bespoke capital solutions.
We focus on Technology, Consumer/Retail, Digital Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial & Resources, and Real Estate, often favoring technology-enabled business models. Within Financial Services, we consider both balance-sheet and asset-light platforms. We place particular emphasis on opportunities with connections to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
Altea Partners invests its own capital alongside clients, aligning interests for sustainable, long-term returns.
Services
Approach and Client Focus
Every mandate is led by partners with extensive cross-border and sector experience. We deliberately limit concurrent engagements to ensure each client receives our full attention and resources.
We frequently support founder- and family-led businesses navigating critical inflection points, as well as high-growth companies seeking strategic capital partners.
Track Record
With over two decades of experience, our partners have advised market-leading companies, top-tier private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds on M&A, equity, debt, and private capital transactions across key global markets. We have executed deals from mid-market to multibillion-dollar scale.
Our track record spans all seven core sectors – Technology, Consumer/Retail, Digital Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial & Resources, and Real Estate – and we are frequently retained as sole adviser on founder, family, and sponsor-led transactions.
Selected highlights showcasing our advisory and principal investment work.
