CAPITALMIND - Key Persons
Achim Klüber has over 37 years international experience in Corporate Finance/Wholesale Banking, having worked for leading international firms including JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, RBS, BNP Paribas. He has been deeply involved in major European M+A situations including equity and debt underwritings and associated take-outs.
Achim holds a Bachelor's Degree from the American University of Paris and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. He now does pro-bono work, is an active investor, and is a member of several Advisory Boards.
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- Member of the View All Team
- Managing Partner - France
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- Managing Director - India
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- Managing Director - India
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- Managing Director - South Africa
Andrew has 25 years of experience across mergers and acquisitions, coverage and financing (corporate, structured and leveraged).
His experience includes working for Standard Bank, Mettle, Rothschild and the Barclays Group, concluding transactions in a variety of sectors involving private companies, listed companies and parastatal entities.
Andrew joined Investec in 2014 and is focused on the provision of financing to listed and private equity owned companies.
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- Member of the View All Team
Antoine is a VP at Capitalmind Investec, where he works on several M&A and LBO transactions across different sectors.
Prior to joining our Paris team, he had gained experience at Eponyme Partners, an independent midcap M&A advisory firm.
Antoine graduated from ESSEC, Sciences Politiques and Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
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- Partner
- Partner - Germany
Arne Laarveld is a Partner at Capitalmind Investec: he leads our FinTech team, and is also a senior member of the Industrial Technology team, especially focusing on the machine vision sector.
Arthur joined our German office as a Research Analyst in October 2022. He mainly works on projects in the industrial technology sector and in Marketing.
He is currently completing a dual study programme at the accadis University in Bad Homburg.
He speaks German and English.
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- Member of the View All Team
Augustin is a VP at Capitalmind Investec in Paris, where he has worked on several M&A and LBO transactions across different sectors.
Prior to joining our teams in 2017 he had gained experience in Corporate Finance (BPCE Group and JCDecaux) and as an Entrepreneur.
Augustin graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management and also holds an Advanced Master degree in Finance from ESCP Business School.
He speaks French and English.
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- Co - Founder
- Managing Partner
- Member of the View All Team
- Managing Partner - Europe
Bart is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Capitalmind Investec, and has almost 30 years dealmaking experience . He has successfully closed 100+ deals as (co-)lead dealmaker for all types of clients. Bart has a deep understanding of international deal making, notably in the Business Services, Consumer/Food and Industrials sectors. Besides the Benelux, he has lived/worked in France, UK, USA and Hong Kong and he speaks Dutch, English, German and French.
Bart has served on several Boards, including Chairman of Global Board of the worldwide partnership of Capitalmind Investec for 8 years and in the non-executive Board of a Dutch PE firm for almost 15 years.
Before co-founding Capitalmind Investec in 1999, he was responsible for (structured) commodity finance at ING Barings in Eastern Europe and China, where his team was awarded ‘Worlds Best Structured Commodity Financier' in 1997 and 1998. Before that he was a (senior) attorney of law at the Amsterdam and Hong Kong offices of Baker & McKenzie, responsible for (cross-border) M&A.
Bart studied International Trade Law as well as Business Economics at Tilburg/Rotterdam University. Bart also studied at the University of Notre Dame (USA) where he earned his Masters in International Law and Economics (LL.M).
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- Director - France
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- Managing Director - South Africa
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- Managing Director - Europe & UK
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- Managing Partner - Germany
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- Managing Director - South Africa
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- Managing Partner - Switzerland
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- Partner - Benelux
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- Senior Advisor - Benelux
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- Managing Partner - Germany
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- Managing Director - South Africa
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- Senior Advisor - Benelux
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- Managing Partner - Benelux
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- Managing Director - India
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- Director - Switzerland