Kosmo Kalliarekos is a Partner and the Chairman of North Asia in the EQT Private Capital Asia team. Kosmo began advising BPEA in 2004 and fully joined the company from 2008 until 2022, when the company joined forces with EQT and was renamed BPEA EQT. Kosmo is Chairman of the PPR Committee and Chairman of North Asia (including China, Japan and Korea), he serves also as a member of the Investment Committee, Exits and Liquidity Committees.
Prior to BPEA, Kosmo was a founding member and Senior Partner of The Parthenon Group/EY, an advisory firm headquartered in Boston, USA. Kosmo serves on the board of several portfolio companies including Nord Anglia Education.
Kosmo holds a BSc from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).