Robert Manz will
be speaking at 15.30
in the Working
session - Case
studies on managing
a partnership

Robert Manz is a Managing Partner and Member of the Board of Enterprise Investors (EI), a leading private equity fund management company focused on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

During his nineteen years with EI, Mr. Manz has made investments in the areas of pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, retailing, internet, printing, consumer banking, packaging, chemicals, and other industries.

He has served on the boards of numerous investee companies and currently is a director of Nay a.s., a leading Slovak retailer of consumer electricals, and PharmaSwiss SA, a specialty pharmaceutical company operating in 16 countries. Mr. Manz has led successful exits from a number of key portfolio companies, including Orange Slovakia, Netia, and Bresnan Communications.

Mr. Manz is currently the President of the Polish Private Equity Association (PPEA). Since June 2003, he is Chairman of the EVCA Central and Eastern Europe Task Force.