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North America / Private Equity
Associate
North America / Private Equity
Jerin joined 3i in 2019 as a member of its North American Private Equity team based in New York. Since joining, Jerin has been involved in 3i’s investment in Cirtec Medical.
Prior to joining 3i, Jerin was a member of the Global Healthcare Group at Credit Suisse where he focused on advising clients on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising and other corporate activities.
Jerin graduated with Honors from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business with a B.S. in Finance and Economics and Minor in Psychology.
UK / Private Equity
Active Partnership Practice Director
UK / Private Equity
Jo Thomson leads the Active Partnership team. Her core responsibilities include the sharing of best practice across our investors as well as our portfolio companies. This incorporates the delivery of key events such as the CEO and Chairman Forums, developing Active Partnership related training, creating visibility of advisor performance on Active Partnership initiatives as well as working on key business priorities, for example digitisation and sustainability. She is also responsible for the marketing and internal communications for the Private Equity business.
Prior to joining 3i, Jo worked at EY, initially in their Transaction Advisory Services group and then as Operations Director for their Global Private Equity team.
UK / Private Equity
Investment Advisor
UK / Private Equity
John joined 3i in 1996. He moved to Singapore in 2000 where he was responsible for 3i’s South East Asia Private Equity business. He is currently an Investment Advisor, based in the UK.
He led 3i’s investments in Franklin Offshore, a rapidly growing service provider to the offshore and marine industries, and was part of the team that led a capital raising for Asia Capital Re, the first pan-Asia re-insurance start-up. He led the Buyout of LHi, a Medtech company based in China that manufactures and supplies medical leads and harnesses globally.
John has been on the deal teams for a number of 3i’s Indian investments including BVG.
Prior to joining 3i, John spent seven years at Coats Viyella plc. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiology from the University of Glasgow.
Germany / Private Equity
Associate Director
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer
Nicolas joined 3i in 2014 and is an Associate Director in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt.
He was part of the deal team in 3i´s investments in Luqom Group, Weener Plastics and KINOLT. He currently sits on the Boards of Luqom Group and Christ and was an Observer on the GEKA Board.
Previously, Nicolas worked in Deutsche Bank’s investment banking team with a focus on M&A.
Benelux / Private Equity
Senior Associate
Benelux / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services
Karel joined 3i in 2017 and is a Senior Associate in the Benelux Private Equity team. He is a deal team member for Basic-Fit and Royal Sanders. Previously, Karel was involved in the divestment of OneMed.
Prior to joining 3i, Karel worked in Morgan Stanley’s Benelux investment banking team in London.
Karel holds a BSc degree in Econometrics and an MSc degree in Financial Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Benelux / Private Equity
Partner
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer
Robert joined 3i in 2005 as a Partner and is based in 3i's Benelux office. As former head of 3i's global Consumer sector, he remains an active member of the sector team. He also leads 3i's efforts into developing and executing digital strategies for 3i itself and its portfolio companies.
He has been involved in, amongst others, Action, Hans Anders, BoConcept, Basic-Fit, KINOLT (formerly known as Euro-Diesel), Amor, ABX Logistics, Azelis, Aviapartner, Hyva, Havea, Christ and VNU Media. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Action.
Prior to joining 3i, Robert was a Partner at Permira and before that Robert worked in private equity related finance areas at Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) in London, Citibank in London and Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan) in New York.
He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, a degree in Business Administration for the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), and a Law degree from the University of Louvain (Leuven, Belgium).
Germany / Private Equity
Partner, Managing Director
Germany / Private Equity
Industrial
Ulf joined 3i Germany in 2001 and was appointed joint Managing Director and co-head of Germany in May 2009.
Ulf has worked on a number of Private Equity transactions at 3i. His most recent deals include FORMEL D, Schlemmer and Weener Plastics, where he also sits on the board. He has also led the successful exits of ATESTEO, GEKA and HILITE International.
Ulf studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), where he also received a PhD. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University Hagen.
Investments
Benelux / Private Equity
Associate Director
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer
Rutger Vos joined 3i in 2015 and is a member of the Benelux Private Equity and global Consumer teams.
He is currently involved in 3i's investments in Hans Anders, eyes + more and Action, and previously worked on the acquisition of Royal Sanders and the divestment of Refresco. He currently serves on the Board of Hans Anders.
Prior to joining 3i, he worked in J.P. Morgan’s Benelux M&A team in London.
He holds an MSc in Finance from Duisenberg School of Finance, a BSc in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and a BSc in Economics & Business from VU University Amsterdam.
UK / Private Equity
Partner
UK / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services
Pete joined 3i in 2006 and is currently the Head of the UK Private Equity team, based in London. He sits on the board of Audley Travel.
Pete has been involved in investments across a range of 3i's sectors, including Aspen Pumps, Civica, Inspicio, ESG, SLR Consulting and Bestinvest, as well as on various deals outside the UK including Magnitude Software (US), Q Holdings (US) and BVG (India). Portfolio companies he has been involved with have completed more than 50 add-on acquisitions across more than 10 different geographies. He previously sat on the boards of Aspen Pumps, Civica, ESG, SLR Consulting, Hobbs and Bestinvest.
Prior to joining 3i, Pete worked in the Strategy Group at Accenture, where he advised clients on transactions as well as corporate and market entry strategy projects primarily in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. Pete has a First Class honours degree in Management Science from the University of Warwick.
Germany / Private Equity
Associate, Private Equity
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer, Healthcare
Kristina joined 3i in 2019 as an Associate in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt.
She focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany as well as in the Consumer sector. She supports 3i's investment in Luqom Group.
Prior to joining 3i, Kristina worked as an Investment Banking analyst at ALANTRA in Germany.
Kristina holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Copenhagen Business School.
Germany / Private Equity
Co-Head, Private Equity
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer
Peter joined 3i Germany in 1998. He was appointed co-Managing Director 3i Deutschland in May 2009 and Co-Head of Private Equity in April 2019.
During his time at 3i, Peter has taken a leading role across more than 15 transactions including Lampenwelt, Christ, Scandlines, Amor and MotorenWerkeMannheim (MWM).
Further transactions in which Peter has been involved include 3i’s investments in ICE, Action, Basic-Fit, NORMA, Hyva and Azelis. Peter currently sits on the Boards of Christ, Scandlines and ICE.
Prior to joining 3i, Peter worked for Procter & Gamble and Deutsche Bank. He holds a degree in Business and Administration from the University of Bamberg.
