The management team is supported by an experienced advisory board, who also provide consultation. The advisory board members have many years of experience in investment decision making as well as subsequently developing companies.
Dirk Brandis
Dirk is a founding partner of Lead Equities and supports the management team as a member of both its investment committee as well as the advisory board. Previously he was a managing partner at Millenium Capital and Pricap and was also responsible for setting up the operations of Cinven and Schroders (now Permira) in Germany.
Carl-Peter Forster
Carl-Peter has supported Lead Equities since its foundation in 2001. In his current position as CEO of Tata Motors he advises Lead Equities on all industrial matters. Previous positions include president of General Motors Europe, CEO of Opel and executive board member at BMW.
Ingo Krocke
Ingo is the founding partner of Auctus Capital, a longtime cooperation partner of Lead Equities. He has gained extensive experience in private equity serving as managing partner at Wellington as well as an associate at Apax, and supports our team in all aspects of the investment process as well in developing portfolio companies further.