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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.
Singapore / Private Equity
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 board of ACR Capital Holdings.
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.
Investments
UK / Infrastructure
Director
UK / Infrastructure
Oscar joined 3i in 2013 and is responsible for the origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments. His transaction experience includes ESVAGT, East Surrey Pipelines, Infinis, Alkane Energy, Elenia and Tampnet. He is currently on the boards of Tampnet and ESVAGT.
Prior to joining 3i, Oscar worked in the investment banking department of Macquarie, with a focus on power and utilities.
Oscar holds a MSc in Economics from Uppsala University.
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 Lampenwelt, Weener Plastics and KINOLT. He currently sits on the Boards of Lampenwelt 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, 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.
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 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).
Benelux / Private Equity
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.
UK / Infrastructure
Associate Director
UK / Infrastructure
Yaad is an Associate Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in November 2014. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals and the management of assets in the infrastructure sector.
Yaad holds board positions at Oiltanking companies in Amsterdam, Terneuzen, Ghent and Malta.
Prior to joining 3i, Yaad worked in the Corporate Finance division of Ernst & Young. Yaad is a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and holds a BSc in mathematics from Bristol University.
Germany / Private Equity
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.
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.
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 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.
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 / Fund Investor Relations
Associate Director
UK / Fund Investor Relations
Sophia joined 3i in 2011 and is an Associate Director in 3i’s Fund Investor Relations team.
The Fund Investor Relations team is responsible for interacting with Limited Partners in 3i’s third party funds, as well as managing fundraising and co-investment activity.
Sophia began her career at the Royal Bank of Scotland, initially within RBS Asset Management where she was involved in a secondary sale of the RBS Private Equity fund investments portfolio, and latterly within Financial Institutions Relationship Management, where she focused on the Sovereign Wealth Fund and Central Bank sectors.
Sophia holds an honours degree in History from the University of Durham.
UK / Infrastructure
Managing Partner, Head of Infrastructure
UK / Infrastructure
Phil joined 3i in 2007 and is Managing Partner and Head of 3i’s Infrastructure business and a member of 3i’s Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Group Risk Committee.
Prior to joining 3i, he was Division Director in Macquarie’s Infrastructure Funds business, where he managed investments in the transport sector. Phil has over 20 years of infrastructure investment, advisory and finance experience from earlier roles at Barclays and WestLB.
Phil has an MBA from London Business School.
Group Finance Director
Julia is Group Finance Director of 3i Group plc having been appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008. She is a member of the Executive and Investment Committees.
Julia began her career at Arthur Andersen, and held a variety of tax and financial roles at Hanson plc, Tomkins plc and Cable & Wireless plc before joining 3i in 2006.
Julia is also the Senior Independent Director of Legal & General Group plc, and a member of the ICAEW (ACA) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
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 boards of Aspen Pumps and 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 ESG, SLR Consulting, Civica, 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
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.
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.
