Philippe Roesch will

be speaking at 11.30
in the Panel -
Private equity in
2010: evolution or revolution?

Mr. Roesch is head of Auda’s European private equity primary fund investment activities, based in Bad Homburg. He has 17 years of industry experience, 13 of which are dedicated private equity experience.

Prior to joining Auda, Mr. Roesch worked closely with the firm for a year as Head of Private Equity at Harald Quandt Holding, responsible for the family’s global private equity funds investments. Previously, Mr. Roesch held positions at Deutsche Bahn AG Holding, where he was primarily engaged in M&A and JV projects in Europe, and at Triton, where he focused on buyout opportunities in Germany. He began his career in international funds of funds and direct investing in the mid-1990s as a Senior Investment Manager with Deutsche Beteiligungs-AG, where he was responsible for the management and build-up of the global private equity portfolio of funds investments as well as direct co-investments in Asia, Western Europe and subsequently in the US, following three years as an M&A advisor with BHF-Bank AG in Frankfurt.

Philippe is Investors’ committee member of Oaktree’s European Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P., Opera Participations S.C.A. 1 & 2, Risk Capital II, L.P., Ventizz Capital Partners II, L.P.; he is also advisory board observer of Herkules III, L.P., Investindustrial IV, L.P., and Whiteknight VIII FCPR.

He has degrees from the HEC School of Management (Paris) - Mastère (honours), the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Strasbourg) - Sciences Po, and the University of Strasbourg - International Economics and Banking & Finance. lHe is fluent in English, French, and German.