Joanna Albrecht

DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH (DPE) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by Volker Hichert and Marc Thiery. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Schindler Deutschland AG & Co. KG develops, manufactures, and distributes elevators, escalators, moving walks, and transport management systems. It also provides replacement systems, elevator components, drives, controls, cabin doors, and shaft ventilation. The firm also offers maintenance and repair services. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Simon-Kucher & Partners GmbH provides strategy, marketing and pricing services. It offers consulting services in the areas of setting and managing prices, strategic development, product and market strategy, marketing leadership, and sales execution. The firm has offices in Amsterdam, Bonn, Boston, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Vienna, Warsaw, Beijing, Singapore, Sydney and Zurich. The company was founded by Hermann Simon, Eckhard Kucher and Karl-Heinz Sebastian in 1985 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.