Team
Our partnership approach not only shapes our relationship with our partner companies, but also the daily collaboration within our team. Our team is characterized by diversity, entrepreneurial background and thinking, professionalism in all areas of expertise and an open, trustworthy communication culture.
From our many years of experience in, among others, family businesses, management consultancies, investment banks and M&A, we have developed a deep understanding of the typical challenges and decision-making situations of entrepreneurs and build on this understanding in the cooperation with our partners.
Everyone is encouraged to contribute and thus jointly drive our ideas and visions forward. We are united by the goal of developing companies sustainably and thus making our contribution to solving ecological and social challenges.
GREENPEAK
Arne Christes
Associate
Arne Christes has been an analyst at GREENPEAK since 2022. Previously, he gained experience in buy-side and sell-side due diligence, audit and private equity through various internships. Arne holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.
Benjamin Pross
Investment Manager
Benjamin Pross is an Investment Manager at GREENPEAK and joined in 2021. Before GREENPEAK, he gained experience in the tax-advisory team at EY, the buy-side M&A team at ROBUR Industry Service Group and the sell-side M&A team at GCA Altium.
Benjamin holds an M.Sc. in Financial Economics from Maastricht University and a B.A. in International Business from Nuremberg Tech.
Constantin Wagner
Investment Manager
Constantin Wagner joined GREENPEAK as an Investment Manager in 2023. Before GREENPEAK, he worked in the co-and fund investment team of Petiole Asset Management. Additionally, he worked in the investment team at Energy Infrastructure Partners (formerly Credit Suisse) for direct investments in energy infrastructure projects.
Constantin holds a M.Sc. in International Finance from NOVA School of Business and Economics and a BA. in International Management from ISM Munich.
Daniel Beringer
Managing Partner & Speaker
Daniel Beringer is a Managing Partner, co-founder and speaker at GREENPEAK. He has 20+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and private equity professional with a lengthy track record of building businesses and investments within the business services, tech, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. He has helped founding and building companies with combined revenue of over € 500 mn.
Daniel graduated from New York University with an M.A. in Economics and holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Keele University. Furthermore, Daniel is participating in the YPO Presidents Program at Harvard Business School.
Florian Kopp
Managing Partner
Florian Kopp is a Managing Partner and co-founder at GREENPEAK. He has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and professional in strategy, M&A and PMI. His industry focus has consistently been on services oriented industries including industrial services, renewable energy and telecommiunications industries. Prior to his ongoing roles with ROBUR where he oversees all M&A activities and GREENPEAK, Florian led a medium sized measurement technology services business and was a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton and Theron Business Consulting.
Florian graduated from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel as Diplom-Kaufmann.
Germana Veneziano Niemeier
Director Capital Formation
Germana Veneziano Niemeier leads our internal IR function. She brings extensive experience across private equity, private debt, and infrastructure markets, coupled with deep knowledge of the international investor landscape.
Germana started her 20+ year professional career in investment banking. Before joining Greenpeak Germana was part of the PwC Deals team in London where she covered roles in restructuring, fundraising and M&A advisory.
Germana graduated from Bocconi University, Milan and she is a CFA charterholder.
Jens Cremer
Managing Partner
Jens Cremer is a Managing Partner and co-founder at GREENPEAK and mainly focusses on finance and the M&A activities. Previously he was co-founder and CFO of ROBUR Industry Service Group. Jens has many years of M&A and corporate finance experience in both small- and large-cap transactions. Prior to ROBUR, he was a member of the investment teams at Starwood Capital Group, at Westbrook Partners and iStar Europe, covering a variety of asset classes. He started his career in investment banking at JPMorgan Chase and in the Restructuring Group at UBS Investment Bank.
Jens holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Studies from Yale University (USA).
Johannes Lindinger
Senior Investment Manager
Johannes Lindinger is a senior investment manager at GREENPEAK. Previously, he was active as a small-cap investor in the German Mittelstand for more than 10 years, also supporting several companies operationally as managing director or CFO. Johannes began his professional career at a medium-sized management consultancy, where he spent four years assisting companies, shareholders, investors, banks and insolvency administrators in the purchase and sale of companies.
Johannes holds a degree in business administration from University of Regensburg and the Copenhagen Business School. Prior to his studies, he completed an apprenticeship as a banker
Dr. Julia Keim
General Counsel
Dr Julia Keim joined GREENPEAK in 2022 as General Counsel and member of the management team. She has over 25 years of professional experience as a fully qualified lawyer. Julia worked at renowned international law firms as well as at Microsoft for 12 years, including as European Legal Lead for complex transformation transactions. She has an entrepreneurial background.
Julia studied law in Munich. She graduated with honours from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and holds an LL.M. in International and European Business Law. Julia is also a Professional Coach certified by the Inter¬national Coaching Federation.
Lena Weber
Associate
Lena Weber joined Greenpeak as an Associate in 2022. Prior to Greenpeak, she worked for more than 3 years in Transaction Advisory Services at Ebner Stolz, where she gained experience in financial due diligence for buy and sell side projects.
Lena holds an M.Sc. in Finance and Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich and a B.Sc in International Business Administration from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
Lita Huber
Associate
Lita Huber joined GREENPEAK as an Analyst in 2022. Prior to GREENPEAK, she gained experience in corporate finance M&A advisory at Deloitte and in private equity at Egeria. Lita holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Finance and Accounting from Ludwigs-Maximilians-University (LMU) in Munich.
Maria Lysenko
Associate
Maria Lysenko joined GREENPEAK as an Associate in 2023. Prior to joining GREENPEAK, she gained experience in private debt as well as operations and strategic consulting at the Big4.
Maria holds an M.Sc. in Management with a specialization in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance and a B.A. in Enterprise Economics and Finance from the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow.
Maximilian Glass
Associate
Maximilian Glass joined GREENPEAK as an Associate in 2022. Prior to GREENPEAK, he gained experience in the corporate finance department of Kroll, formerly Duff & Phelps, and in the venture capital fund Plug and Play Tech Center.
Maximilian holds an M.Sc. in Management with a specialization in Finance & Investments from IE University Madrid and a B.A. in Corporate Management & Economics from Zeppelin University, Lake Constance, Germany.
Dr. Michael Ruoff
Associated Partner
Dr. Michael Ruoff is Associated Partner at GREENPEAK. He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A and private equity. Starting his career as a lawyer, Michael set up a solar plant developer and worked as General Counsel for a distressed investment group and a small-cap private equity fund, before he co-founded a boutique venture capital investor in the healthcare space. Michael joined GREENPEAK Partners in 2020.
Michael holds a doctorate in law and graduated from Munich business school (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) as Diplom-Kaufmann.
Oliver Scholl
CFO
Oliver Scholl joined GREENPEAK as CFO in 2021. Before GREENPEAK, Oliver worked as an auditor and partner at Poppinga Stomberg & Kollegen GmbH, gathered experience as CFO and Head of Finance and Operations Germany at Klemme AG (subsidiary of ARYZTA AG) and Head of Finance at amedes Holding AG. He started his professional career at PwC Germany in 1997.
Oliver is a certified public accountant and holds a diploma in business administration from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Philipp Meyer
Partner
Philipp is a seasoned private equity professional, with a track record across both the mid and large cap PE segments. He has deep experience in the business services, industrials and healthcare sectors which are also at the core of Greenpeak’s theme-based strategy.
Philipp started his 20+ year professional career with Bain & Co in Zurich, before he moved to New York-based Stone Tower Capital and later AEA Investors. For the last 7+ years, Philipp was a senior team member of PAI in Germany and most recently headed PAI’s mid market investment activities in the DACH region.
Philipp has a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich and holds a MBA from Columbia Business School in New York City.
Stefan Melzer
Director
Stefan Melzer is Director at the Investment Team. He is a private equity professional with many years of experience in M&A transactions and corporate finance. Previously he worked as an Investment Manager at ROBUR Industry Service Group and in M&A advisory and strategy consulting projects.
Stefan holds a Double Degree M.Sc. in Finance and CEMS MIM from NOVA SBE and graduated from Munich Business School (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) with a B.Sc. in Business Administration.
Stephan Kaufmann
Investment Associate
Stephan Kaufmann has been an Investment Associate at GREENPEAK since 2023. Before joining GREENPEAK, he gained 3 years of private markets experience at Partners Group as well as various internships during his studies in the areas of private equity, M&A and audit.
Stephan holds an M.A. in Banking & Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
Yana Matova
Finance Manager
Yana Matova joined GREENPEAK as Finance Manager in January 2023. In her professional career of over ten years, she has held various positions in private equity fund of fund. She has extensive experience in fund administration, accounting, controlling and reporting. She graduated from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, and from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany.
Valentina Stadler
Chief ESG Officer
Valentina Stadler is Chief ESG Officer for GREENPEAK. Valentina has more than 20 years of capital market experience, a large part of it in the role of Deputy Head of Financial Credit Research at UniCredit. Her special focus is sustainable finance, impact investing and green bonds. She has deep sector expertise in the various facets of sustainability and ESG-focused investing from several advisory projects in the finance/fintech industry. She started her career at ideaglobal.com as an economist for Eastern European and was CEO of an internet start-up in the early part of her working life.
Valentina graduated with an M.Sc. in Economics and a B.Sc. in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE).
Alexandra Marchl
Senior Legal Counsel
Alexandra Marchl joined GREENPEAK in 2024 as in-house lawyer, senior legal counsel and responsible for corporate law at platform level.
Before joining GREENPEAK, she gained valuable professional experience in renowned international law firms specialising in private equity and M&A. Alexandra has many years of expertise in these areas at both national and international level. Through her varied professional activities, she has developed a deep understanding of fund and investment structures as well as the operational and administrative processes of corporate transactions.
Alexandra was ranked among the top 100 lawyers for corporate law and among the top 100 lawyers for M&A in 2023 by Kanzleimonitor, published by the German Institute for Legal Departments and In-house Counsel.
Alexandra studied law in Regensburg and Munich.
Louis Hug
Analyst
Louis Hug has been Analyst at GREENPEAK since 2023. Prior to this, he gained experience at Ernst & Young, Commerzbank and most recently in the Private Equity sector at HQ Capital.
Louis holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Florian Mangelsdorf
Controller
Florian Mangelsdorf joined GREENPEAK as Controller in April 2024. Prior to GREENPEAK, he worked for 6.5 years at Ernst & Young in Hamburg and Munich.
Florian studied in Hamburg and holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration.
Carolina Córdova
Director Capital Formation
Carolina Córdova is a Director within our Capital Formation Team. Carolina is a trained corporate and finance lawyer with broad experience in leading law-firms and as in-house counsel advising C-Suite executives and corporate boards in e-commerce, private equity and renewable energy companies in London, Munich, New York and Santiago, Chile.
Carolina holds a Masters in Law (LL.M) from New York University, a Master in Public Policy (EMPA) from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Universidad Católica de Chile.