OUR PEOPLE

Our team

Spinout from one of Europe’s largest private markets teams

Complementary perspectives across private markets and the businesses behind them.

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Private markets & secondaries

Markus Benzler

Markus brings experience in private equity portfolio management and institutional fund investing. At UBS Asset Management, his responsibilities included leadership of the Multi-Managers Private Equity business and service as a senior managing director. He chaired the investment committee for pension fund allocations and also served as CEO of AP Alternative Portfolio AG, a listed private equity portfolio.

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His earlier experience includes Bain & Company. His background also includes establishing a private equity secondaries team at UBS. That combination of primary fund investing, portfolio oversight and secondary transactions informs a perspective spanning both investors’ allocation needs and the underlying assets.

Previous experience
Bain & Company · UBS Asset Management · AP Alternative Portfolio AG

Secondaries & structured liquidity

Nishant Patnaik

Nishant’s experience spans private equity fund investing, secondaries and NAV financing. He previously served as a senior director at Credit Suisse and UBS, working in private equity structured liquidity and helping establish a dedicated liquidity desk.

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His earlier experience includes KPMG and EY. Before Credit Suisse, he ran the private equity programme at Qatar Insurance Company (QIC). His background connects institutional portfolio construction with the practical structuring of liquidity for private market investors.

Previous experience
Credit Suisse · UBS · KPMG · EY · Qatar Insurance Company

Business development & strategic initiatives

Carmen Hurtado

Carmen brings a background in financial services and private markets, with experience translating strategic priorities into business development initiatives. At STOXX, she served as head of business development and as a board member, with managing director responsibilities for new business.

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Her work has included developing and implementing initiatives for chief executive and chief operating officers. She brings relationships across traditional financial markets and private equity, alongside experience in institutional business development.

Previous experience
STOXX

Technology investing & operating experience

Jan C. Reinhart

Jan combines technology investment experience with senior operating roles. He previously served as CEO of Mercedes pay, a Mercedes-Benz company, and as an investment officer at Swisscom Ventures. He also held a general partner role at Aravis.

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Earlier roles included business development in the chairman’s office at SAP and leadership within Nestlé’s productivity team. His background brings an operating perspective to the assessment of technology businesses and the investment decisions surrounding them.

Previous experience
Mercedes pay · Swisscom Ventures · Aravis · SAP · Nestlé

Private markets relationships & legal background

Florence Samy

Florence’s background spans financial services, private equity and venture capital. She is described in the reference materials as managing partner of a Paris-based private placement advisory firm established in 2006, with earlier experience as an M&A counsel and corporate law specialist.

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Her work includes investor relations for private equity and venture capital funds and service on investment committees. She holds dual master’s qualifications in law and a degree from Sciences Po Paris, according to the supplied materials.

Previous experience
Private markets advisory · Corporate law