New Partners At Granville Baird

Hamburg, Germany, Mar 4, 2008 - (ABN Newswire) - Moritz Freiherr Schenck and Matthias Zillmer have joined Hamburg based Granville Baird as partners.

Moritz Freiherr Schenck spent more than 10 years at the Frankfurt office of KPMG where he worked on M&A transactions for international companies and private equity funds. Recently he completed a 12 month assignment in China.

Matthias Zillmer has twelve years of experience in the private equity and M&A field. He worked for 3i for several years, before becoming a director of a small Hamburg based private equity fund. Until joining Granville Baird, he ran an M & A consulting firm he had founded.

"We are delighted that Moritz and Matthias have joined Granville Baird. Their qualities as individuals and their business experience will strengthen our position in the mid-market. With a substantial fund to invest and our team building very near completed, Granville Baird faces the future with great optimism", said Managing Director Dr. Wolfgang Alvano.

Granville Baird is a leading private equity firm specialising in growing mid-market German companies. The team of 20, which includes 11 investment professionals, was established in 1999 and advises fund of EUR 630 million.

18 investments have been completed so far including 4 out of the latest EUR 350 million fund which was raised in 2007. The investor base includes many prominent European financial institutions.

Further information can be found at www.granvillebaird.de.

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