Executive Committee
Christian Sinding
CEO and Managing Partner
Position
CEO and Managing Partner since January 2019.Other assignments
Board member of Vidsjaa AS, Baggins AG and EQT Partnership AssociationPrevious assignments
Board member of XXL ASA
Shareholding in the company
28 120 000 shares directly and indirectlyEducation
B.Sc. in Commerce with Distinction, University of Virginia 1994
Experience
Christian Sinding joined EQT Partners in 1998 from AEA Investors Inc., a leading U.S.-based private equity firm, and is CEO and Managing Partner. Prior to joining AEA, Christian was employed as a financial analyst with Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. investment bankers in the U.S.Christian has worked in the Stockholm-, Munich- and Copenhagen- offices of EQT Partners and opened the Oslo office in 2007. He has been involved in a number of investments including Plantasjen, Symrise, Gambro, Vaasan&Vaasan, Findus, ISS, XXL, and InFiber.
Christian is Chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Equity Partners Investment Committee.
- Born1972
- NationalityNorwegian
- Employee since1998
Lennart Blecher
Head of Real Assets' Advisory Teams, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Exeter
Position
Deputy Managing Partner since August 2013. Head of Real Assets advisory team since January 2015.Other assignments
Board member of Volito Aktiebolag, Volito Fastigheter Aktiebolag, Volito Industri Aktiebolag and Nordkap Holding AGPrevious assignments
Vice Chairperson of the board of Falcon Private Bank. Board member of Volito Aviation Aktiebolag
Shareholding in the company
29 203 556 sharesEducation
Master of Laws from Lund University. Academy of American and International Law, University of DallasExperience
Prior to joining EQT Partners, Lennart was from 2004 to 2007 Managing Director and Senior Banker in the investment bank of Unicredit/HypoVereinsbank in Munich.From 2002 to 2004, Lennart was Managing Director at GE Commercial Finance in London.
Between 1987 until 2002, he held various position in the ABB Group, in Zurich such as General Counsel for the ABB Financial Services Group, President and Business Area Manager for ABB Structured Finance and ABB Equity Ventures.
Lennart is a member of the EQT Executive Committee and is a Chairperson of the Infrastructure Partners Investment Committee.
- Born1955
- NationalitySwedish
- Employee since2007
Suzanne Donohoe
Chief Commercial Officer and Global Head of EQT-Ext (CXO)
Education
B.A. in Government magna cum laude from Georgetown University. M.B.A. from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.Other current assignments
Board Member of EQT Partners Inc. Vice Chair of the Board and Member of the Executive Committee as well as Chair of the Finance Committee for Georgetown University’s Board. Suzanne also serves as a Vice Chair of Georgetown’s Wall Street Alliance which creates endowed scholarships for Georgetown University students.Previous assignments
Board member of Global Atlantic Financial Group, KKR Capital Markets and PAAMCO Prisma Holdings. Chairman, trustee and president of the Board of trustees of KKR Income Opportunities Fund.Shareholding in the company
56 250 sharesExperience
Before joining EQT, Suzanne was a Partner at KKR & Co from 2009-2022. In that capacity, she founded and led the Global Client & Partner Group for over eleven years and then served as the firm’s Global Head of Strategic Growth. Suzanne’s experience prior to KKR included an extensive career at Goldman Sachs where she served from 1992-2009. During this period, she worked in both the Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions and worked in both New York and in London. She became a Partner in 2000. Further, Suzanne has been involved in various philanthropic work, including serving as Board Member for the New York State chapter of the Nature Conservancy and also serving on the Board of Fertile Hope, a charity which focused on delivering fertility resources to cancer patients.- Born1970
- NationalityAmerican
- Employee since2023
Christina Drews
Chief Operating Officer
Position
Chief Operating OfficerEducation
MA from Cambridge University
Experience
Prior to joining EQT, Christina spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Global CAO for the Investment Banking Division (IBD), spending two years in the New York office, as well as COO and CFO for IBD in EMEA. She started at Goldman Sachs in M&A in London for seven years, after which she moved to the Executive Office as Chief of Staff to the co-heads of Goldman Sachs International, before returning to IBD.From 2018 to 2022 Christina was Chief Operating Officer and on the Executive Committee of Helios Investment Partners LLP, with oversight for the firm’s strategy development and implementation. Helios became the largest emerging markets-focused private equity firm globally to receive the B Corp sustainability certification.
Shareholding in the company
4 119 class C shares- Born1970
- NationalityGerman
- Employee since2022
Ward Fitzgerald
Partner and Head of EQT Exeter
Position
Partner and Head of EQT Exeter since April 2021Other assignments
Board member for Jefferson Hospital, The Ehlers Danlos Society, The Papal Foundation, The National Centre for Padre Pio, and the Business Advisory Council at the University of Notre Dame
Previous assignments
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Principal of Exeter Property Group. Senior Management at Rouse/Liberty Property Trust. Board member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, Fields Design and Development Committee Notre Dame Academy in Villanova, Real Estate Board for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Board of Trustees and Hall of Fame for LaSalle College High SchoolShareholding in the company
20 839 620 shares (with family)Education
MBA from Harvard Business School and BA in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Experience
Prior to Exeter, Ward began as a senior management team member with Rouse/Liberty Property Trust, a $7B publicly traded office and industrial REIT, which he helped take public in 1994. Ward has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Principal of Exeter Property Group since the firms founding in 2006.- Born1963
- NationalityAmerican
- Employee since2021
Per Franzén
Head of Private Capital and Deputy Managing Partner
Position
Head of Private Capital and Deputy Managing PartnerOther assignments
Member of the EQT Executive Committee and Chairman of the Equity Partners Investment Committee. Board member of Anticimex, Independent Vetcare Limited, Bark Partners AB, Lago Invest, Lago Holding.
Previous assignments
Board member of Academedia, Duni, Securitas Direct, SSP, Automic, Evidensia, IFS and Eton.Shareholding in the company
27 596 291 shares indirectly via Bark Partners ABEducation
M.Sc in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics with exchange studies at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.Experience
Per has worked in the Stockholm and Munich offices at EQT Partners and has been involved in a number of investments including IFS, Automic, SSP, AcadeMedia, Securitas Direct, IVC, Anticimex, Eton, Duni, Karo Pharma and Piab. In January 2019 Per was appointed Co-Head of EQT Equity and in 2021 Global Head of Private Capital.- Born1976
- NationalitySwedish
- Employee since2007
Bahare Haghshenas
Global Head of Sustainable Transformation
Position
Global Head of Sustainable TransformationOther assignments
-Previous assignments
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Shareholding in the company
5 190 class C sharesEducation
BS. Social Science from Mid-University in Sweden and a mini MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business in the UKExperience
Prior to joining EQT, Bahare was a Partner at Deloitte and Executive Director of Acacia, Deloitte's Sustainability Innovation Hub. She was the driving force behind creating Deloitte Denmark's commercial platform using sustainability as a lever for strategy and innovation. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of strategy, innovation and sustainability as well as with working in multi-stakeholder environments, solving complex societal challenges and delivering strategies and innovative business models.- Born1979
- NationalitySwedish
- Employee since2021
Kim Henriksson
CFO
Position
CFO since October 2018
Other assignments
Board member of EQT Partners Aktiebolag and Nokkila Konsult & Förvaltnings Aktiebolag
Shareholding in the company
242 475 shares and 17 555 class C sharesPrevious assignments
Partner and board member of Access Partners Oy. Executive Vice President and CFO of Munksjö Oy.Education
Master of Science in Economics from Hanken School of EconomicsExperience
Kim started his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994 and left the Nordic M&A team as a Managing Director in 2008. Between 2010 and 2015 Kim held the position as CFO at Munksjö and subsequently he was a Partner and Corporate Finance Advisor at Access Partners.- Born1968
- NationalityFinnish and Swedish
- Employee since2018
Ricardo Reyes
Global Head of Communications and External Affairs
Position
Global Head of Communications and External Affairs since April 2022.Other assignments
Board Member of Moveable Feast.Previous assignments
-Shareholding in the company
1 961 class C sharesExperience
Ricardo Reyes brings significant experience from his roles positioning Tesla, YouTube and most recently Dyson, where he was the Chief Communications Officer. In addition to his work in Silicon Valley, Reyes started his career in Washington DC, working at the White House and on policy initiatives. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, his diverse experience is instrumental to ensure that the EQT brand supports the business and addresses an ever-expanding global audience.- Born1974
- NationalityAmerican
- Employee since2022
Jean Eric Salata
Head of BPEA EQT and Chairperson of EQT Asia
Position
Head of BPEA EQT and Chairperson of EQT Asia since 2022.Other assignments
Trustee of Salata Family Foundation. Trustee of Carnegie Hall.
Previous assignments
Founding Partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia.
Shareholding in the company
117 597 297 sharesEducation
Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience
Jean Eric Salata joined EQT Partners in 2022. He was the Founding Partner and Chief Executive of Baring Private Equity Asia (“BPEA”). Jean has overseen all investment and divestment decisions made at BPEA, as well as its strategic direction, since he founded the Firm in 1997.
Jean has previously worked as a management consultant with Bain & Company based in Hong Kong, Sydney and Boston, and has also worked as a Director of the Asian private equity investment arm of AIG.
Jean has lived and worked in Asia since 1989. He is a member of the EQT Executive Committee.- Born1965
- NationalityChilean
- Employee since2022
Gustav Segerberg
Head of Business Development
Position
Head of Business Development since 2018Other assignments
-Previous positions
-Shareholding in the company
18 047 shares and 24 939 class C sharesEducation
M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Experience
Gustav started his career at SEB in the Investment Banking team, lastly as a Vice President. At EQT, he started in the Client Relations and Capital Raising Advisory team.- Born1983
- NationalitySwedish
- Employee since2016
Anna Wahlström
Chief People Officer
Position
Chief People Officer since October 2017.Other assignments
Board member of Inannut AB
Shareholding in the company
433 335 shares and 4 391 class C sharesEducation
Master of Social Science and Human Resources with a major in Sociology from Uppsala UniversityExperience
Prior to joining EQT, Anna was CEO at Propell, a recruitment agency that she founded in 2004 together with Investor and Novare. Prior to that she worked as HR consultant for Investors HR firm Novare for four years. Earlier in her career Anna worked with project management and HR at StepStone.- Born1976
- NationalitySwedish
- Employee since2013
Board's recommendation
The Board recommends each Executive Committee member (who do not already have such holding) to acquire, over a three-year period, EQT AB shares corresponding to at least one year’s base salary, before taxes and excluding other remuneration.
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