mattiabm – SSVF

Advisor to SSVL since 2018

Wolfgang is an entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in the steel industry where he holds various leadership positions. Wolfgang has also been Economic Advisor to the Government of Ticino during their campaign aimed at promoting investments and start-ups in the industrial sector. Member of the Network of Advisors since 2018. Wolfgang has a degree in Industrial Engineer from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Swiss/German nationality.

Vice-Chairman of SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. Member of the Investment Committee. Joined in 2006.

Board Member of ST Group Holding Inc. Giulia has more than 30 years of experience in Corporates, boards and Investment Banking. Experience in strategy, business development, restructuring, operations and integration. She started her career in Private Equity at CVC and then in Investment Banking at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. In 1999 she joined Telecom Italia with the responsibility for International Strategy and Corporate Development. In 2003, she joined Cable & Wireless as Group director for Strategy and Business Development and was also a member of the board of Monaco Telecom in 2007. In 2007 she then moved to Diageo as a member of the senior management team with responsibility for global M&A and integration management. From 2011 to 2018 Giulia was a partner in Ares Life Sciences, a PE healthcare fund managed by Waypoint Capital. Giulia holds a degree in Economics from Boston College and an MBA from Bocconi University. Italian nationality.

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. in July 2019. Prior to joining SSVL, Lorris worked as junior trader at Crédit Agricole CIB in Paris, covering short term fixed income markets, primarily repos. Before that he gained experience as a junior financial auditor at Ernst & Young in Toulouse. Lorris holds a masters level degree in finance with a specialization in banking and financial markets from the Toulouse Business School (France) and is studying towards the CFA qualification.

10 years with Sterling and Managing Director of SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. until June 2021. Advisor to SSVL since 2014.

Louise worked as an investment manager for Sterling in the early days (2000-2002), before co-founding the long-only activist investment company Knight Vinke Asset Management where she was Head of Research (2002-2007). In her earlier career (1993-2000), she worked in audit and corporate finance for Ernst & Young in Europe and the UK where, as a member of the international due diligence team, she advised UK and US investors acquiring in France. Louise is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and holds a Honors Degree in Accountancy from Glasgow University. British nationality.

Member of the Investment Committee since September 2017.

Currently Managing Partner of Ex-Ante Partnership. Randel has 30 years of experience in the global investment management industry, having managed 10 London based funds and numerous managed accounts during his career. From 2014 to 2016, Randel was the CIO of the Fortress Centaurus Global Fund. In 2000, Randel founded Centaurus Capital, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund group with AUM at its peak of $5bn, where he served as CEO and CIO until 2014 when the business was sold to the Fortress Investment Group. Prior to this he was co-head of the Risk Arbitrage division at Banque Paribas in London and an Associate at Goldman Sachs in New York. Randel is a CFA Charterholder and has an MBA from the University of Chicago, CFA UK Level 4 Certificate in ESG investing, and a Certificate in Advanced Responsible Investment Analysis from PRI Academy. American/British/Swiss nationalities.

Advisor to SSVL since 2014

Peter is currently Chairman of Manolete Partners plc, a Non-Executive Director of Science Group plc and Chairman of a private equity backed technology business. Previously he held Chairman/ NED positions and advisory roles in UK Listed companies in software, hardware, IT Services, and Business Services sectors. Peter has over 20 years of senior executive experience (as CEO or CFO) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. Member of the Network of Advisors since 2014. British nationality.

Advisor to SSVL since 2006

Tony is currently a Partner at Triginta Capital GmbH (since 2007). He has more than 20 years of experience in private equity. Previously MD Germany of Bridgepoint (formerly Nat West Equity Partners), Director at ATCO (ABN Amro Capital/NIB and Alpinvest) and Partner of a business and M&A advisory firm. Member of the Network of Advisors since 2006. British nationality.

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Previously held various Supervisory Board positions in German companies such as Washtec, Kampa, Sto and KHD Humboldt Wedag. Broad experience in German and international businesses, most recently at Dyckerhoff, where he was Member of the Management Board from 1997-2001. Previous marketing and management roles in fast moving consumer goods (Lingner Werke), household products (Braun), and mobile radio/mobile phone (ITT). He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Free University of Berlin.

Advisor since 2014.

Advisor to SSVL since 2011

Christian is currently Board member of Rothschild & Co. Bank AG, Peach Property Group and Cornèr Bank Group. Previously he served as CEO at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets AG from 1998 to 2008. In 2009 he was appointed Country Head of Switzerland at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He holds a degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich. Member of the Network of Advisors since 2011. Christian has been named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Swiss nationality.

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Global Strategic Advisor to Yes Bank, Mumbai, India. Wouter spent over 30 years with Rabobank in the Netherlands where he was Vice-Chairman of the Management Board from 1996 to 2006. During this period he had various responsibilities including global Capital Markets and Treasury as well as International Retail Activities in Australia, Ireland, Poland, China and Indonesia. Wouter has also held a number of Board positions including with SAC Private Capital Group LLC, Afval Energie Bedrijf Amsterdam, Cosmos Bank Taipei, Taiwan and Vastned Retail. Wouter is a Dutch national and has a degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam

Advisor since 2017

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. in July 2015. Prior to this, Paul had a 15 year career as Senior Fund Manager at Setanta Asset Management, an €8 billion investment manager based in Dublin, and previously worked as a Management Consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Paul is a non-executive director of Motiv8 Performance Excellence and a founder and Board Member of the Value Investment Institute. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Finance Degree and Masters (with distinction) in Finance. Paul has augmented his studies attending the CFA Investment Management Workshop at Harvard Business School and the Executive Program in Value Investing at Columbia Business School.

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. in July 2018. Daniel has over ten years of experience in equity research, investment management and business development. Prior to joining SSVL Daniel worked for three years as a senior equity analyst at Exane BNP Paribas in London, covering European mining and steel. Prior to that he worked for seven years at Macquarie Group in London, first as an analyst in the bank’s asset management division (Macquarie Funds Group) and latterly as research analyst covering the basic resources sector. Daniel holds a masters level degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and is a CFA Charterholder

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. as external advisor in December 2017. For more than 15 years, Gert has been assisting investment banks, private equity and pension funds as an interim manager and strategy consultant. He managed investor relations for Royal Ten Cate in its 2015 buy-out. Prior to that, Gert had an 11-year career as a Managing Director in the UBS equities department. He was ranked number 1 Benelux analyst in the 1999 Extel survey. Later, he was an investment manager at Cyrte Investments, the media, internet and telecom investment boutique, and was involved at the inception of Alex Osterwalder’s bestseller Business Model Generation. Gert holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. in 2014. Prior to this, Kader worked for Natixis in Paris as a Senior sell-side Equity Analyst (2010-2014) covering pan European building materials and construction companies. He also worked for Natixis in London as a buy-side Credit Analyst (2008-2009), advising on distressed loans, LBO, high yield and investment grade loans as part of a small proprietary trading team. Kader holds a Masters in Banking & International Finance (with honours) and spent 2 years of his studies in Sweden and China.

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Joined SSVL (Monaco) S.A.M. in February 2018. Prior to this, Giacomo worked for Pictet Global Markets in London helping the UK entity to adapt to the new MiFID 2 regulations. He then moved to Pictet headquarter in Geneva and, as a Trading & Sales Assistant, he took care of the trading needs of European and North American institutional clients. He also worked for Crossinvest, a wealth and asset manager based in Lugano, where he helped to manage one of their fund. Giacomo holds a Master of Science in Finance from HEC Lausanne.

Member of the Investment Committee since July 2020.

Currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lincoln International AG in Germany, and member of the firm’s Global Management Committee. In addition, Alexander advises private equity firms and sits on several Advisory Boards of corporates and other institutions. Prior to this, he acted as Group Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Management for freight transport and logistics at Deutsche Bahn. Previously held a variety of management positions at financial institutions in New York, London and Frankfurt including Chief Executive Officer for Germany at Barclays Bank PLC and Co-head of Lazard in Germany. MBA from Emory University Goizeta Business School in Atlanta. Member of the Stiftungsrat of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, “Executives and Entrepreneurs in Residence” at ESMT Berlin and the Board of Trustees of Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe amongst others. German nationality.

Advisor to SSVL since 2020

Karoline is currently board member and CFO of Testo SE & Co KG aA, a world market leader in measurement technology. She has 20 years of management experience in the machinery industry of ‘Deutscher Mittelstand’ having lived through all the different phases in a company from restructuring to growth. Previously she was a member of the board of WashTec AG where she covered various leadership roles from operational management of sales and key account with worldwide P&L responsibility for all international entities, to process oriented management, setting up the Compliance and Corporate Audit functions, leading M&A activities as well as introducing modern HR tools and implementing a corporate culture as CHRO. In addition, Karoline always served as main contact to investors while the market cap of WashTec grew from c. €100m to more than €1bn. Member of the Network of Advisors since 2020. Karoline holds a Law Degree from Augsburg University. German nationality.