David Stephens

Director
UK / Private Equity
Industrial  

David focuses on originating, executing and representing 3i on the Boards of Private Equity investments across Europe. He predominantly focuses on 3i's activities in the Industrial sector in the UK, but has also spent significant time on deal execution in the US.

Recent deals David has worked on include 3i’s investments in Sussex-based Aspen Pumps, the global market leader in condensate removal pumps; Oxfordshire-based Audley Travel, the leading provider of tailor-made travel; Ohio-based Q Holding, manufacturer of precision moulded rubber and silicone components for the auto and medical industries; and Wisconsin-headquartered Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc, manufacturer of critical components designed to protect and elongate equipment lifetime and promote worker safety.

David also supported the sale of London-based Civica, the international provider of specialist IT systems and business process services, and was previously a Director on the Board of ESG before recently completing its disposal to Socotec.

Prior to joining 3i, David worked in investment banking at DC Advisory Partners, advising clients on European mid-market M&A.

Jamie Supple

Senior Associate
UK / Private Equity
Healthcare  

Jamie joined 3i in 2017 as a Senior Associate. He is focused on originating and executing Private Equity investments across a range of industry sectors, primarily within the UK.

Prior to joining 3i, Jamie was an Investment Manager at Duke Street, where he focused on the healthcare and services sectors. Prior to that, he worked in the investment banking team at Hawkpoint Partners in London advising on public and private transactions across a variety of sectors.

Jamie holds a BA in Economics from Durham University.

Nicola Tassell

Senior Counsel
UK / Private Equity
 

Nicola Tassell is Senior Counsel for 3i's Private Equity and India Infrastructure team, with responsibility for legal risk management and the provision of legal support for new investments, portfolio matters, exits and fundraising activities for 3i's international private equity and India Infrastructure business.

Nicola joined 3i in 2004 from the law firm, Clifford Chance LLP, where she worked as an Associate specialising in international corporate M&A and private equity. She holds a LLB honours degree in English and Spanish Law from Kent University and is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales.

Jelle Klein Teeselink

Analyst
Benelux / Private Equity
Healthcare, Industrial  

Jelle joined 3i in January 2018 as an Analyst in the Benelux Private Equity team, after completing an internship at 3i, and is involved in the portfolio management of BoConcept. 

Prior to joining 3i he also completed an internship at Nordian Capital Partners.

Jelle holds a Masters degree in Financial Engineering & management (Cum Laude) from the University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Jerin Thomas

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.

Jo Thomson

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 work streams, 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.

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. 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 and LHi.

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

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 Lampenwelt, Weener Plastics, Schlemmer and KINOLT. 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

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, KINOLT 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.

Robert Van Goethem

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 and KINOLT.

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
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.

Rutger Vos

Associate Director
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer  

Rutger joined 3i in 2015 and is a member of the Benelux Private Equity and global Consumer teams. He has been involved in 3i’s investments in Hans Anders, Royal Sanders, Action and 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 a Masters degree 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.

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.

Kristina Wiren

Associate, Private Equity
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer