Our Team

Jan Willem Jonkman

Jan Willem is a Managing Partner and Board Director of Capitalmind, which he co-founded in 1999. He has 25+ years experience in M&A, and has successfully closed 100+ deals (mainly cross-border), focusing on Consumer/Food, Business Services and TMT. Jan...

Ervin Schellenberg

Ervin Schellenberg

Ervin is Managing Partner, Board Director and co-founder of Capitalmind. He focuses on the Industrial technology & technical business services sector. For more than 27 years Ervin has acted as a trusted advisor to the boards and owners of...

Ron Belt

Ron Belt

Ron is a Managing Partner of Capitalmind,. He joined Capitalmind in 2002 and focuses on the TMT/Ecommerce and Business Services. At present Ron has 25+ years experience in M&A. During his carreer Ron has to date successfully closed over...

Markus Decker

Markus Decker

Markus is Managing Partner of Capitalmind and co-founded Capitalmind AG in Switzerland. He has 19 years of experience in international M&A and financing transactions for listed and privately-held firms, entrepreneurs and financial investors, focusing on the healthcare, industrial technology...

Thomas Ellenberger

Thomas Ellenberger

Thomas is Managing Partner of Capitalmind and co-founded Capitalmind AG in Switzerland. He has 16 years of experience in finance, strategic consulting, business development and entrepreneurial activities with a particular focus on Business Services, Industrials and TMT. Thomas serves...

Matthias Holtmeyer

Matthias Holtmeyer

Matthias is a Managing Partner of Capitalmind, focused on the Healthcare and TMT sectors. He has been an M&A advisor for 20+ years, and leads our Berlin office, with direct access to some of the most dynamic and fastest-growing...

Bart Jonkman

Bart Jonkman

Managing Partner / Nordics

Bart is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Capitalmind, 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...

Stig Madsen Lachenmeier

Stig Madsen Lachenmeier

Managing Partner / Nordics

Stig is a Managing Partner of Capitalmind, which he joined in 2015, as the Nordics lead. During his career he has been involved in 100+ Danish and international transactions, advising clients across most sectors. A core expertise is international...

Michael Fabich

Chairman / Germany

Michael Fabich

Chairman / Germany

Michael is a co-founder of Capitalmind, with 30+ years of experience in investment banking. He focuses on the Healthcare, Business Services, and Consumer sectors. Michael is a highly experienced M&A advisor, having successfully completed 100+ M&A and financing transactions...

Torsten Aul

Torsten Aul

Torsten is a Partner of Capitalmind. He focusses on debt financing solutions for the German Mittelstand across all sectors with particular focus on asset heavy industries such as real estate, solar and wind. Acquisition financings and re-financings round up...

Nicolas Balon

Nicolas Balon

Nicolas is a Partner of Capitalmind. He’s been actively involved in the development of the Paris office, which he joined in the early days in 2003. He teams up with large corporates, entrepreneurs, families and private equity houses on...

Erik Dahl

Partner / Nordics

Erik Dahl

Partner / Nordics

Erik is a Partner of Capitalmind. He has great experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, divestments and private placement of cross-border transactions within the Technology, Media, Software and IT & Engineering Consultancy sectors in the Nordic countries. Before joining our...

Jean-Arthur Dattée

Jean-Arthur Dattée

Jean-Arthur is a Partner of Capitalmind. He’s been actively involved in the development of the Paris office, which he joined in the early days in 2001. He teams up with business owners, corporations & financial investors on supporting them...

Alexandre Ebin

Alexandre Ebin

Alexandre is a Partner of Capitalmind, which he joined in 2014. Alexandre leads our Consumer & Retail sector in Paris, leveraging a 20+ years experience in M&A, private equity and financial auditing. Alexandre started his career as an auditor...

Kilian de Gourcuff

Kilian de Gourcuff

Kilian is a Partner of Capitalmind. Kilian re-joined our Paris office in 2015, after three years as CFO of Yellow Korner – a leading art photography editor and distributor in France. Before that, he spent four years at Capitalmind,...

Thorsten Gladiator

Thorsten Gladiator

Thorsten is a Partner of Capitalmind, focused on debt advisory for both private equity-driven situations and in various corporate financings. He has over 25 years experience in the European LBO markets and has arranged 100+ debt financings, ranging from...

Thibault Laroche-Joubert

Thibault Laroche-Joubert

Thibault is a Partner of Capitalmind. He joined our Parisian team in 2010 and has great experience in finance, M&A and private equity. He’s been involved in many transactions with a focus on Business Services & Food & Agro...

Arne Laarveld

Arne Laarveld

Arne Laarveld is a Partner at Capitalmind: he leads our FinTech team, and is also a senior member of the Industrial Technology team, especially focusing on the machine vision sector. Arne has worked in corporate finance advisory for 20+...

Jürgen Schwarz

Jürgen Schwarz

Jürgen is a Partner of Capitalmind and leads the Retail & Consumer Business, Logistics as well as the Restructuring practice in Germany. He has been working in international M&A advisory in the Consumer Business sector for 19+ years. Before...

Marleen Vermeer

Partner / Benelux

Marleen Vermeer

Partner / Benelux

Marleen is a Partner of Capitalmind and joined the company in 2009. As of beginning 2019 Marleen is temporarily working from the San Francisco / Silicon Valley region in the US. The last 10+ years Marleen successfully closed over...

Guillaume ten Have

Director / France

Guillaume ten Have

Director / France

Guillaume is a Director of Capitalmind. He joined our Paris office in 2013. Guillaume has been involved in several transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, and fundraising projects. He mainly operates in the Industrial, Business Services and Food & Agro sectors...

Christoph Herrmann

Director / Switzerland

Christoph Herrmann

Director / Switzerland

Christoph is a Director of Capitalmind. He has more than 10 years of experience in international M&A and financing transactions for listed and privately-held companies, entrepreneurs and financial investors. He advised on transactions across various sectors, with a focus...

Christopher Martin

Vice President / France

Christopher Martin

Vice President / France

Christopher is a VP at Capitalmind. He joined our Paris office in 2015 and has since then been involved in various M&A and LBO & transactions. Prior to joining Capitalmind, Christopher had gained experience in M&A, Corporate Finance and...

Steven Brosi

Steven Brosi

Steven is Manager of Capitalmind. He has more than 8 years of experience in international M&A and financing transactions for privately-held companies, entrepreneurs and financial investors. He advised on transactions across various sectors, with a focus on deals in...

Yanik Costa

Yanik Costa

Yanik is a Manager at Capitalmind. He has more than 7 years of experience in corporate finance and M&A transactions for listed and privately-held companies, entrepreneurs and financial investors. He advised on numerous transactions focused on the Healthcare and...

Florian Ismer

Florian Ismer

Florian joined Capitalmind in October 2014. Before he gained experience in the fields of corporate finance, M&A and risk management with mid-tier consulting firms as well as with KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. Florian graduated in Business Administration (B.A.) majoring in...

Christian Maurer

Christian Maurer

Senior Associate / Benelux

Christian joined Capitalmind in May 2014. Before he gained experience within the M&A Execution Team at IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG in Frankfurt, Germany as well as in the area of Financing at Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG. He...

Marcel Deutschmann

Principal / Germany

Marcel Deutschmann

Principal / Germany

Marcel joined Capitalmind’s German office in 2016 together with Matthias Holtmeyer. Prior joining Capitalmind, he has gained two years of experience in M&A and has participated in small and mid-market transactions in the healthcare, IT and industrial sectors. Marcel...

Esteban Barnhardt

Esteban Barnhardt

Senior Associate / Benelux

Esteban is Senior Associate at Capitalmind and joined the company in 2015. Over the last years Esteban advised on several (crossborder) deals, naturally in multiple sectors including – but not limited to – Business Services, Industrials and TMT. His...

Valentin Desdoits

Senior Associate / France

Valentin Desdoits

Senior Associate / France

Valentin joined Capitalmind French office in 2019 after 4 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions at Mazars, where he was involved in various M&A, LBO and financing transactions. Prior to that, he started his career in Chicago within...

Emil Aliev

Associate / Germany

Emil Aliev

Associate / Germany

Emil has been working at Capitalmind’s German office since 2018. Before that, he gained experience in a global industrial company, was responsible for the international business development of his family owned business and worked in management consultancy. Emil focused...

Augustin Alle

Augustin Alle

Augustin is an Associate at Capitalmind 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)...

Jean-Paul Bruna

Jean-Paul Bruna