Jo Thomson

Active Partnership Practice Director
UK / Private Equity
 

Jo joined 3i in 2010 and leads the Active Partnership team. Jo is responsible for the delivery of our value creation and operational improvement model by our investment team.

Her responsibilities include the delivery of key events such as the CEO and Chairman Forums, organising Active Partnership related training and creating visibility of advisor performance on Active Partnership initiatives. She is also responsible for the marketing and internal communications for the Private Equity business. She has a particular interest in and focus on the development of our approach to digitisation.

Prior to joining 3i, Jo worked at EY for 14 years, initially in their Transaction Advisory Services group and then as Operations Director for their Global Private Equity team. She started her career at BDO.

Jo has a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester.

John Thomson

Partner
Singapore / Private Equity
Consumer  

John joined 3i in 1996 and moved to Singapore in 2000 where he is a Partner. John is responsible for 3i’s South East Asia Private Equity business.

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. In 2007, 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. He currently sits on the boards of ACR Capital Holdings, LHi and John Hardy.

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.

Nicolas Urban

Senior Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer  

Nicolas joined 3i in 2014 and is a Senior Associate in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt.

He was part of the deal team in 3i´s investments in Lampenwelt, Weener Plastics, Schlemmer and EURO-DIESEL. He currently sits on the Board of Christ, is an Observer on the Board of Lampenwelt and was an Observer on the GEKA Board.

Previously, Nicolas worked in Deutsche Bank’s investment banking team with a focus on M&A.

Karel van der Voorden

Associate
Benelux / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services  

Karel joined 3i in 2017 as an Associate in the Benelux Private Equity team. He is a deal team member for Basic-Fit, Euro-Diesel, OneMed and Royal Sanders.

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.

Robert Van Goethem

Partner, Head of Consumer
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer  

Robert is responsible for 3i's global Consumer sector focusing on consumer products, food and beverage, retail and leisure.

He joined 3i in 2005 as a Partner and is based in 3i's Benelux office. He has been involved in, amongst others, Action, Hans Anders, BoConcept, Basic-Fit, Euro-Diesel, Amor, ABX Logistics, Azelis, Aviapartner, Hyva, Ponroy, Christ and VNU Media. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Action and Euro-Diesel.

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).

Flore Van Schaik

Associate
Benelux / Private Equity
 

Flore joined 3i in 2018 as an Associate in the Benelux Private Equity team. She focuses on the origination and execution of investments in the Benelux region.

Flore was previously an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in London, where she focused on M&A transactions in the Benelux region and on the TMT sector.

She holds a BSc degree in System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management from Delft University of Technology, and a MSc degree in Econometrics from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Martin von Berg

Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Industrial  

Martin joined 3i in 2016 as an Associate in the Frankfurt Private Equity team. He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany as well as in the Industrial sector. He is part of the team responsible for 3i's investment in Schlemmer, a global leader in cable management solutions for the automotive industry.

Prior to joining 3i, Martin worked as an analyst in the German investment banking division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Martin holds a M.Sc. in Management, with a focus on Corporate Finance, from University of Mannheim, Germany.

Ulf von Haacke

Partner, Managing Director, Head of Industrial
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 and is responsible for 3i’s global Industrial sector. 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.

Rutger Vos

Senior Associate
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer  

Rutger joined 3i in the Benelux Private Equity team in 2015. He has recently been involved in 3i’s investment in Hans Anders and the portfolio management of Action and Refresco. Prior to joining 3i, Rutger worked in J.P. Morgan’s Benelux M&A team in London.

Rutger holds a Masters degree in Finance from Duisenberg School of Finance, and Bachelor degrees in Political Science and Economics & Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, respectively.

Pete Wilson

Partner
UK / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services  

Pete is the partner leading the UK private equity team with a particular focus on the Business & Technology Services sector. Since joining 3i in 2006, he has worked on a number of deals including most recently the acquisition of Aspen Pumps, the global leader in design, manufacture and distribution of condensate removal pumps to the air conditioning industry.

Other deals and portfolio companies that he has been involved in include Civica (IT software and services), Q Holdings (specialist manufacturer), Inspicio (testing, inspection and certification), the sale of Inspectorate to Bureau Veritas, SLR Consulting (environmental consulting), Bestinvest (wealth management) and BVG India (facilities management).  He is currently a Director on the Boards of Aspen Pumps and SLR Consulting Limited. Previously he was a Director of Civica, ESG 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 in the technology, media and telecommunications sector.  Pete has a First Class honours degree in Management Science from the University of Warwick.

Peter Wirtz

Partner, Managing Director
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer