Dr Hans-Dieter Koch

KANDO id: 22918

Bio

Founding partner of Cipio. Prior to Cipio Partners, Hans-Dieter was Chief Executive Officer of b-business partners, a pan-European VC firm managing funds of USD 1 billion on behalf of Sweden's Investor AB (the investment vehicle of the Wallenberg Group), its various corporate affiliates as well as Hewlett-Packard. Hans-Dieter oversaw b-business partners' worldwide operations including offices in Amsterdam, Munich, London and Stockholm with an investment portfolio spanning eight countries. Prior to b-business partners, Hans-Dieter was Chief Executive Officer of GE Capital IT Solutions, one of the largest IT and business service providers worldwide. In that role, Hans-Dieter had ultimate responsibility for businesses including 7,000 staff generating annual revenue of USD 4 billion. Hans-Dieter assumed that role in 1996, following the sale of his previous venture, CompuNet Computer AG, then Europe's largest value-addedd reseller of IT equipment, to General Electric. Prior to co-founding CompuNet and serving as its CEO, Hans-Dieter was with McKinsey & Co, Deutsche Bank and Matuschka Group. MBA and PhD degrees in Finance from Goethe University, Frankfurt University.


Career


Cipio Partners GmbH

International investment management firm with a focus on the secondary direct private equity market
Email: [email protected]

McKinsey & Co

Global management consulting firm.
N/A (past)

Education