Deutsche Private Equity announces partner promotions
Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) has announced six partner promotions in its investment and operations teams, following the final close of its fourth fund in September 2020.
DPE's operations teams support the management teams of DPE's portfolio companies in implementing value creation strategies. New operations team partners Christian Kasten, Benjamin Kleidt and Anselm Stiehl specialise in areas including digitalisation, production and after-sales.
DPE's investment team focuses on deal sourcing and portfolio company integration. New partner Nils Bennemann focuses on the IT, software and energy sectors, while Fabian Rückers specialises in industrial technology. Mark Suderow specialises in the business services sector.
The GP held a final close for DPE Deutschland IV on €1bn in September 2020. The fund will focus on investments in Mittelstand companies in the DACH region, deploying equity tickets of €20-60m.
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