Andreas has more than 23 years experience in the areas of private equity and engineering specialising in education, healthcare, alternative energy, environment, infrastructure & real estate.
In the private equity area, he has advised various funds including Bridgepoint Capital (€8 billion UK fund), Summit Partners (€11 billion USA fund) and TPG ($50 billion) in their origination efforts, having reviewed more than 130 companies in the services sector (education, healthcare, energy, environment, telecom & media, financial, outsourcing and business) and in retail, consumer goods, building materials in South East Europe.
In the entrepreneurship side, he has advised various companies including Cognita Schools, Humanitas Hospital Group, Metropolitan Hospital Group, Bioiatriki Diagnostics, Ionis Healthcare Services, Techint Engineering Group, Valtour Group, Vivodi Telecom, and Korres Natural Cosmetics in their marketing & business development, new ventures strategy, operations, restructuring and capital raising. He has reviewed specific M & A advisory opportunities in the sectors of healthcare, infrastructure and media in Europe with leading international banks like Rothschild and Commerzbank in London.
Between 2004 and 2008, Andreas worked in the area of private equity with Englefield Capital, a €2 billion UK fund, investing in education, healthcare, alternative energy and environment covering Italy, Greece & Cyrpus, Balkans, and Turkey.
During 2000 – 2004, he was a member of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson’s (the investment bank of Dresdner Bank, member of Allianz Group) Principal Finance Group in London, which commits the bank’s own risk capital (€1 billion balance sheet) in taking secured equity and debt positions (senior debt, mezzanine) at operating or financial assets as a ‘principal’. He reviewed and financed various transactions on span of healthcare, leisure, hospitality, satellites, cable, mezzanine loans, lease contracts and specialised industrials in West Europe. Representative transactions that he reviewed are: Le Meridien Hotel Group, Center Parcs, Travelodge, Priory Healthcare, Fraikin, DT Cable disposal, Eutelsat. He involved in the financing of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, GSC and AIG – Mezz Vest Mezzanine Funds analysing more than 21 companies in USA and Europe, that these funds have invested. Andreas originated the relationship with Anschutz Investments Group leading to the structuring of the €200 million Dresdner Anschutz Mezzanine (DAM) Fund to invest in Mittelstand companies in Germany.
Before that he worked in the venture capital division (€100million fund) of DrKB, based in London, covering TMT in USA, Europe and Israel investing in 13 companies. He invested and served on the Board of Directors of Inxight (USA) and Consul (Netherlands), as an observer.
He started his career in the private equity working for Commercial Capital (€500 million fund), member of Credit Agricole Group, investing in growth capital in mid-cap companies in East Europe.
Between 1993 and 1999, he worked in the area of engineering (infrastructure and real estate) working with Bechtel, O’Brien Kreitzberg / Dames & Moore and Hochtief – ABB J/V, in USA and Europe.
