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 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, 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 also leads 3i's efforts into developing and executing digital strategies for 3i itself and its portfolio companies.

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.

Yaad Virdee

Senior Associate
UK / Infrastructure
 

Yaad is a Senior Associate 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.

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.

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.

Daniel von der Schulenburg

Director
UK / Infrastructure
 

Daniel joined 3i in 2016 and is responsible for origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments. 

Daniel was previously a Principal at Hudson Clean Energy Partners, an energy focused private equity and infrastructure firm. While at Hudson he served as Program Manager and member of the Investment Committee of the firm’s infrastructure fund and was actively involved in various private equity and infrastructure transactions. He is also a cofounder of Sunlight Financial LLC, a specialty finance company focused on residential solar in the U.S.

At 3i he has been involved in the acquisition of Infinis’ landfill gas business, Alkane Energy, Attero, a portfolio of PPP projects and a portfolio of assets from the EISER Global Infrastructure Fund via a newly established 3i-managed vehicle. He is currently on the Boards of Infinis Energy Management Limited and Attero Holding BV.

Daniel received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge, resulting in various scientific publications and a Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering. His academic credentials also include a MSc in Business Management from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (EAP-ESCP) and a graduation with distinction from the Technical University Berlin in both Business and Engineering.

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 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.

Sophia Walwyn-James

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.

Phil White

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.

Julia Wilson

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.

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

Co-Head, Private Equity
Germany / Private Equity
Consumer