
HQ Equita appoints managing director and promotes three
Christine Weiß has been appointed to the position of managing director at HQ Equita, and Frank Schäfer, Matthias Tabbert and Florian Wiemken have been promoted to partner.
Weiß joined HQ Equita, the private equity arm of HQ Capital, in 2006 and became a partner in 2014. She previously worked in mergers and acquisitions at Software and was a consultant in private equity at PwC.
Schäfer has been part of HQ Equita's investment team since 2012. He was involved in the management and sales of Isolite and Men, and has recently completed the acquisitions of R2P Group and Open Access (Sydney).
Tabbert joined HQ Equita's investment team in early 2011. He has worked on various portfolio company acquisitions and exits, including WindStar Medical and Well Plus Trade.
Wiemken has been a member of HQ Equita's investment team since 2012, and has been involved in numerous transactions over the past seven years, including the acquisition, management and sale of Rovema Group.
Torsten Krumm, who led this round of promotions and management changes, will move to a new role as head of the investment committee.
HQ Equita held a first close for its fund Equita V on €200m in 2016. The company's recent transactions include the acquisition of R2P and Steindl Group in July 2018.
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