Meet the team

Endre joined Verdane in 2022, having previously spent nearly three years at EY’s Strategy and Transactions department where he supported clients with financial due diligence and other transaction-related services. 

At Verdane, Endre focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector. 

Endre holds a MSc in Business with a major in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School. He further spent a semester at the Paris School of Business as part of his MSc. 

Jenny provides administrative and executive support to Verdane’s partner group, investor relations and communications functions. She has 20 years of experience in executive support and joined Verdane in 2018 from the listed investment firm Ratos, where she assisted the board, CEO and investment team with practical and administrative matters. Before Ratos, Jenny worked for 15 years as a media planner and project coordinator at the Stockholm office of the Executive Search company Alumni Global.

Daniel joined Verdane in 2011 from McKinsey & Company where he focused on operations and M&A cases, primarily working with clients in heavy industry and in private equity. He also has experience from the online social networking industry where he co-founded his own company and from Skype where he worked with sales and marketing.

Daniel focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Daniel holds an MSc in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics and has also attended the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA program.

Jonathan joined Verdane in 2022, having previously spent seven years investing at the venture capital firm 2150 and the private equity firm NREP.

Jonathan focuses on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in software and has deep experience within the real estate and construction sectors.

Education: Jonathan graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with a B.Sc. in Business and Economics with an exchange to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Tilde joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2023. As a GTM Associate, Tilde works with portfolio companies to optimise branding, strategy, and digital marketing. Prior to joining Verdane, Tilde gained work experience from the German consumer goods company Henkel where she focused on pricing and marketing.

Education: Tilde holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Erling joined Verdane in 2019, having previously worked at Nordic Web Ventures and Notion Capital in London, while studying for his MBA. Previously he was the first employee at the UK peer-to-peer finance provider Growth Street, building and growing the business from 3 to 50 employees with a primary focus on sales, marketing and analytics.

At Verdane, Erling focuses primarily on the software vertical, specifically software companies in the customer engagement, sale and marketing space.

Eirik joined the Oslo office in 2022 as a part of the Finance and Administration team. Prior to working at Verdane, he worked as an accountant at the international shipping company Saga Welco for two years.

Education: Eirik holds a BSc in International Business from Kingston University and a MA in International Political Economy from King’s College London.

Ellen Andersson joined Verdane as the Office Coordinator of Copenhagen in March 2024. She takes care of the Copenhagen Office’s day-to-day administrative tasks and duties.  

She has a background in hotel reception, project management studies and did her internship at Acast in Stockholm.

Anne-Marie Andric has more than 25 years of experience as an HR leader in diverse international and growing companies across different industries.  Her track record includes roles in airlines (Novia Ground Handling), pharmaceuticals (Sanofi), biotech (GE Healthcare), medtech (Becton Dickinson), IT (Microsoft), data analytics (Bisnode), fintech (iZettle/PayPal), and tech/manufacturing (Husqvarna Group).

In October 2023, Anne-Marie joined Verdane as the Chief People Officer for Elevate, an in-house operational specialist team. Recently, in May 2024, she assumed the role of Chief People Officer (interim) for Verdane.

Anne-Marie is also a co-founder of HR the Real Deal, a non-profit organization that promotes and shares insights from real HR practitioners (with over 5000 engaged members). She hosts the HR VOD/POD series “HR Over the Counter” and is frequently sought after as a moderator, keynote speaker, and panellist.

Anne-Marie holds an extended Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and English from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Her passion lies in fostering people and business growth, cultivating strong organizational cultures, impactful leadership, engaged employees, and attractive employer brands.

With a mission to drive success, Anne-Marie leads business-oriented HR teams, whether in turn-around situations, start-and-scale-ups, or maintaining double-digit growth. Anne-Marie’s expertise in cultivating compelling and sustainable employer branding was exemplified during her tenure as HR Director at Microsoft Sweden (2011-2014). Under her leadership, Microsoft Sweden received the prestigious “Best Employer in Sweden” award for three consecutive years.

Herman joined Verdane in 2024, having previously spent two years in McKinsey’s Private Equity and Principal Investors practice in New York where he supported clients on commercial due diligence and strategy projects. Prior to McKinsey, Herman spent eight years in the military. 

At Verdane, Herman focuses on existing holdings and new investments within the energy transition and resource efficiency space.  

Herman holds an MBA from Columbia Business School where he received Dean’s Graduation Honors and a BA in Military Studies from the Norwegian Military Academy. 

Henrik joined Verdane Stockholm office after the 2005 portfolio acquisition from Skandia Liv. Henrik served as an investment manager at Prosper Capital/Skandia Liv and has experience in finance and management consulting. At Verdane Henrik has been active in the acquisition of several new portfolios of direct investments and he works closely with companies primarily active in the software sector and in internet retail. He is also responsible for Verdane’s activities in Finland.

Education: Henrik holds an MSc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and a CEMS Master from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He is a graduate of the Swedish Naval Academy.

Thomas joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a Cyber Security Manager in 2022. As part of the Elevate team, he is responsible for supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies and investment teams on cybersecurity-related topics (e.g., sourcing, DD, advisory and building cybersecurity programs). He will also be responsible for supporting Verdane’s internal cyber security program to ensure it improves and stays effective.

Thomas has worked professionally with cyber security since 2016. He has experience from being CISO, Team Lead, and Cyber Security Advisor mainly within the industries of IT, Finance, and Government. His key expertise is assessing, establishing and managing cyber security programs to enable companies to stay resilient and vigilant against relevant cyber threats.

Thomas holds a MSc in Strategy, Organization and Leadership from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

Azra joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. She is a part of the Finance and Administration team and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Azra spent the past years working as an Accountant at Rizzo Group AB. Prior to that, she worked at Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as a senior Audit Associate where she worked with a broad range of companies and industries.

Dr. Erich Becker joins Verdane as a Partner on the decarbonisation team in its London office after spending more than 25 years in energy investment across institutions including Goldman Sachs, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Macquarie Group, Zouk Capital, Exergy Capital Management and Generate Capital.

Before working in the energy investment industry, he gained professional experience in engineering having gained a Doctorate in Applied Thermodynamics and a Masters degree in Business Administration. 

Björn joined Verdane in 2013. Björn has previous experience from the Swedish Armed Forces, Securities Finance at SEB, Investor AB and family office HMP Family.

Björn focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software and e-commerce sectors.

Education: Björn graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with a B.Sc. in Business and Economics, and an M.Sc. in Finance.

Martin joined Verdane as a Talent Director in 2022 as part of our Elevate team, with a focus on Talent across our portfolio companies including Board level and Senior Management hires as well as responsibility for our Advisory network. He’ll be working with our portfolio to build high-performing leadership teams as they scale, and to imbed best practice principles when it comes to recruitment, retention, and compensation.

Prior to Verdane, Martin spent 10+ years as a Partner at a boutique search firm, working closely with private equity and venture capital firms to place hundreds of executives across their talent ecosystems on a global, regional, and local level.

Martin holds a BA in International Relations and Politics from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Lisa joined Verdane in 2021 as Sustainability Business Developer for Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts.

She is responsible for helping Verdane’s portfolio companies develop their sustainability performance by providing a structured sustainability work process, ESG data collection support and by developing both Verdane’s and the portfolio companies’ strategic sustainability work.

In her previous role at Narva, a leading Nordic communications consultancy firm, Lisa worked with clients in various industries such as the IT, finance, real estate and food industries to help them create value for investors, shareholders and society at large by developing sustainable business opportunities.

As part of her work, Lisa developed and implemented strategic sustainability work, data collection, and sustainability reporting. She also has experience from the food and grocery retail industry as a Sustainability Strategist at Coop, a leading Swedish supermarket chain where she oversaw sustainability trends and requirements, managed projects regarding food waste and helped customers to make sustainable choices through strategic communication.

Lisa holds a BSc in Business and Economics from Uppsala University and MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Hampus joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2024 as a Sustainability Senior Associate. As a part of the Elevate team, he assesses the social and environmental impact of potential investments and supports portfolio companies in accelerating their sustainability journeys. 

Prior to joining Verdane, Hampus worked as a consultant within the field of sustainability across various sectors. He also has experience in investment banking and sustainable finance at DNB Markets and is a former Verdane intern.  

Hampus holds dual BSc in Business Administration and Environmental Science from the School of Business Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.

Simon joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2019, having previously worked at Deloitte Digital Ventures and founded his own company in Munich and Berlin. At Deloitte he worked as a Consultant, helping clients ideate and build new digital business models mainly within e-commerce and consumer internet. Prior to Deloitte he started his own company, an online shop for various products such as crafting and household supplies.

Simon focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in German companies within the e-commerce and software sectors.

Education: Simon holds a BSc in Management and Technology from the Technical University of Munich and an MSc in International Business from the Stockholm School of Economics. He also holds a CEMS Master’s in International Management obtained at Copenhagen Business School and the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ingvild joined the team at Verdane in 2022. At Verdane, Ingvild focuses primarily on investments with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Prior to joining Verdane, Ingvild worked with B2B software investments in Viking Venture. Prior to that, she was an analyst in Swedbank’s Investment Banking Division.

Ingvild holds a Master of Science in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Jonathan works as Senior Community Manager at Verdane. He joined the Stockholm office in 2018 from the award-winning PR agency Prime Weber Shandwick, where he led the agency’s marketing and recruitment functions and worked with clients across the real estate, F&B and telecoms sectors.

As Community Manager, Jonathan works to deliver on Verdane’s promise to connect our portfolio company CXOs and teams to one another, with the purpose to share expertise, scale the impact of successful initiatives and, through building Europe’s foremost private equity-backed CXO community, create pull for Verdane as the preferred growth partner to ambitious companies that will thrive in a sustainable world. In addition to community, Jonathan’s responsibilities cover Verdane’s social media, newsletter and conference partnership programmes.

Education: Jonathan holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Joe joined Elevate, Verdane’s team of in-house operational experts, in June 2024.  Focusing primarily on Data and AI strategy, Joe supports portfolio companies in accelerating their business goals with data and building a data informed maturity that will allow them to scale and succeed in the long-term.  

Prior to Verdane, Joe worked as a management consultant in London and Sweden, specializing in data & analytics for private equity and their portfolios. He has experience supporting finance & banking, pharmaceutical, retail and SAAS industries at both scale-up and large scale.

Education: Joe holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Bristol, UK. 

Max joined Verdane in 2016, having previously completed an internship at Verdane. He has prior experience from management consulting at A.T. Kearney and investment banking at Citigroup and Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Max focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Max holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Gabriel joined Verdane’s energy transition investment team in 2022. Prior to Verdane, Gabriel worked in New York City as an Associate at Inclusive Prosperity Capital, a spin-out investment firm of the Connecticut Green Bank. At IPC, Gabriel focused on structured credit and equity investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Education: Gabriel holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Northeastern University, USA.

Kristoffer Cedfors joined Verdane’s Elevate team in January 2022 as a commercial excellence expert. Kristoffer supports Verdane’s portfolio companies across a wide spectra of commercial topics, ranging from pricing to distribution strategy, both in the investment phase and during ownership. Kristoffer has been working with pricing since 2009, and worked in the industry on a global, regional, and local level before making the switch to management consulting where he focused on pricing and commercial strategy.

Education: Kristoffer holds an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Lovisa joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. As a Business Intelligence Analyst, Lovisa works with identifying trends and ensuring that data-driven decisions are used and enabled throughout the organization.

Prior to joining Verdane, Lovisa worked as a Business Analyst at Hennes & Mauritz where she focused on driving analytics, insights and way of working in the E-commerce channel.

Education: Lovisa holds a MSc in Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University.

James joined Verdane as Director of PR and Content in 2023. Prior to joining Verdane, James worked at leading strategic communications agency 150Bond. At 150Bond, James advised clients in the technology and investment fields.

James previously worked as a journalist for eight years, including setting up Business Insider’s technology coverage in Europe and working as a special correspondent at The Telegraph.

Emilio joined Verdane in 2022, after prior experience from business development and corporate M&A at Ørsted, with a focus on the offshore wind energy business. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst with Allianz in Munich and the wealth management company MFM Investment in Milan.

Emilio focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space.

Education: Emilio holds a BSc in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Padova and a MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Milan with a semester spent abroad at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Andreas joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2018 from Nordea Investment Banking. At Nordea, Andreas was at first part of the Advisory team working on M&As, IPOs and equity capital raisings before joining the Leveraged Finance team focusing on structuring debt packages for sponsor-backed leveraged buyouts.

At Verdane, Andreas is responsible for debt financing and is the key point of contact for any debt related enquiries.

Education: Andreas holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Victor joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in 2022, having previously completed an internship at Verdane. Prior to joining Verdane, he held an internship within an M&A advisory focusing on tech companies.

Education: Victor holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

Victor joined Verdane in 2024 from Voi Technology, where he worked as a Data Analyst committed to developing and enhancing analytics for operations.

At Verdane, Victor focuses on leveraging benchmarking data to drive the adoption of valuable insights throughout the company.

Victor holds a MSC in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

Jen joined Verdane as an Executive & Investor Relations Coordinator in 2023. With a background in executive assistance and project management in the tech and global mobility sectors, she specializes in providing board-level executive support, managing events, office operations, and coordinating projects. Jen holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and her passion lies in empowering others to excel, achieved through effective communication and a problem-solving mindset.

Max Dubois joined Verdane’s Elevate team as a Digital Marketing Expert in February 2021. He supports portfolio companies in perfecting their marketing practices, in addition to which he evaluates marketing improvement potential when looking at new investments. Projects include, but are not limited to, providing input on marketing strategy, assessing and sourcing talent and agency partners, setting business cases and hands-on implementation of growth-critical initiatives on marketing platforms.

Max has a background in go-to-market strategy, performance marketing, and analytics. Before joining Verdane, he worked as a Team Lead at Precis Digital, Digital Analyst at EQT, and Management Consultant at Accenture. He holds an MSc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers School of Technology.

Tahlia joined Verdane’s London Office in 2024 as a HR Coordinator. Tahlia is responsible for coordinating Verdane’s internship program, recruitment of investment professionals, supporting on HR projects, and provides operational day-to-day support to the office manager.  

Prior to joining Verdane, Tahlia worked as a sourcing specialist and team coordinator at HR Partners by Randstad. 

Frida is a Partner at Verdane, where she leads the Investor Relations team, covering investor relations, fundraising, and co-investments. She joined Verdane in Stockholm in 2010 from Helix Associates, Jefferies’ Private Placement Group, to build its investor relations and capital raising function. Based in London as a Vice President at Helix Associates, she had sales coverage of European investors and lead the project management of several private equity fundraisings. Prior to that, she worked in Investor Relations at FTSE 100 company Reuters Group, where she also held roles in corporate communications and data solutions sales, based in London and Luxembourg.

Frida holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and a CEMS Master in International Management from HEC Paris (France) and SSE. She is a CFA charter holder.

Ali joined Verdane in 2024 following his time at the Energy Futures Lab working as a Visiting Researcher, where he focused on policies for the UK’s 2035 zero-carbon power system target. Prior to this, Ali was a Principal at Hg where he worked in the large-cap investment team focused on vertical software and technology investments, and also spent time in strategy consulting at OC&C.

Ali focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments across Decarbonisation, and is on the board of ReMatch.

Ali holds an MEng & MA in Aerospace & Aerothermal Engineering from the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London.

Drilon joined Verdane in 2024, focusing primarily on existing holdings and new investments in the energy and resource-efficiency space.

Prior to Verdane, Drilon worked in management consulting at Bain & Company and Applied Value. His work experience includes investing at venture capital firms CueBall Capital and Antler, tech operations at Meta, and serving as an instructor at the Swedish Armed Forces Survival (SERE) School.

Drilon has worked and lived in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, and has a deep understanding and appreciation for local customs, speaking five languages.

Drilon holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology. He completed his military service in Russian at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter School.

Barrett joined Verdane as an operating advisor in 2021. He has CRO experience from Matillion, Wrike, and BrightEdge and previously worked in investment banking. At Verdane, Barrett focuses on helping SaaS portfolio companies build and implement best practice sales processes and scalable commercial teams that drive sales excellence and revenue growth.

Barrett has extensive experience in coaching commercial executives and teams. His goal is to enable the achievement of top results by attracting top performers and developing great teams.

Education: Barrett graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics and an MBA from Georgetown University and completed a Thesis on Financial Market Deregulation at Oxford University.

As a data architect on the Verdane Elevate team, Fredrik helps Verdane’s portfolio companies with data architecture, data engineering, and data strategy.

Before joining Verdane, Fredrik worked for 6 years at Godtlevert and LMK Group. Here Fredrik had roles that included building and leading the internal analytics team, leading the backend development team, and later being responsible for the LMK Group’s technical platform as a whole.

Education: Fredrik holds a BSc in Information Technology with a focus on E-business from NITH – The Norwegian School of Information Technology.

Eoin joined Verdane in 2024 as a finance manager. He is part of the Elevate team where he focuses on due diligence processes.

Prior to joining Verdane, Eoin spent four years with KPMG’s Transaction Services team in Stockholm where he supported clients with financial due diligence.

Eoin holds a MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics and a BSc in Economics from the University of York.

Julia joined Verdane in spring 2020. Prior to joining Verdane, she spent four years as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Hamburg, Germany. At BCG, she mainly focused her work on strategy projects in the consumer and retail practice areas. Prior to BCG, Julia worked in the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse in London and in the Sales and Trading department at Société Générale in Zurich.

Julia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in German companies within the e-commerce and software sectors.

Education: Julia holds a Bachelor in International Business & Management from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and a Master in Finance and Investment from Rotterdam School of Management. During her studies, Julia spent semesters abroad at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Joakim joined Verdane in 2022 as Head of internal IT, after having worked as an external consultant for Verdane since 2021. He works in close cooperation with external IT partners to ensure a seamless and secure IT ecosystem.

Before joining Verdane Joakim was a consultant for different companies within the Stockholm region. Joakim has mainly worked with Microsoft’s portfolio but has a broad knowledge of IT and Security in general.

As a Valuation Analyst, Erlend works with the Investment and Investor Relations team to provide quarterly valuations of Verdane’s investments and prepare research reports, projections, and recommendations to the Valuation Committee and Head of Funds.

Prior to joining Verdane, Erlend worked as an investment analyst at Carn Capital and as an equity research analyst at ABG Sundal Collier.

Education: Erlend holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Kristofer joined Verdane’s Elevate team in Oslo as a Director in 2024. He focuses on supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies in developing and implementing sustainability strategies and initiatives. 

Kristofer brings more than 10 years of experience. Before Verdane, Kristofer was EY’s Nordic Lead for Sustainability Strategy and Transformation, assisting large listed companies and SMEs with strategy, double materiality assessments, climate risk, transition planning and CSRD. He has experience in energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, waste, mining and metals, and the textile industry. From 2014 to 2019, he worked at Adam Smith International on climate change and public sector governance, and from 2019 to 2021 at Aleron on social impact strategy and business improvement for foundations and non-profits. 

Kristofer holds an MA in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St Andrews. 

Cristina joined Verdane’s Elevate team as Product Director in January 2022. As such, she helps Verdane portfolio companies to successfully scale their product teams and implement best practices within product and innovation management, enabling them to continue building products that customers love and that drive business growth.

Cristina has a background in product management and digital solutions consultancy, having worked in industries like web hosting, financial services, and e-commerce platforms. Prior to joining Verdane, Cristina worked as a product manager at Gelato, a global print-on-demand platform, leading the scaling of its fulfillment platform.

Cristina holds a MSc in Computer Science from Politehnica University of Bucharest and a Master of Business and Engineering from Steinbeis University Berlin.

Stella has spent the last four years working as an accountant for BDO in Sweden with extra focus on the accounting system Xledger. Of those four years, she has spent three of them working closely with the finance team in Verdane since the accounting for some of the Swedish companies has been handled by her.

Before she started at BDO she worked as a consultant at YOUnited Professionals. Stella will join the finance team and will be based in Stockholm.

Nicolai joined Verdane in 2022 as a Talent Associate at Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts. He partners with investment teams in organizational due diligence processes and supports portfolio companies with executive search, talent management, and strategic HRM.

Before joining Verdane, Nicolai completed his MSc in Human Resources and Organizations (Organizational Behavior) at the London School of Economics, having interned at Orkla Group, Komplett Group, and Jernia during his studies.

Theodor joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2024 as Low Code Manager.

Prior to joining Verdane, he worked for 5 years in Technology Consulting at KPMG Norway in the team responsible for Data Analytics, Automation, and AI. He had the role of Head of Low Code Development and worked significantly with process improvement through orchestration, automation, and integration.

Education: Theodor holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from UiA, where he specialised in Mechanical Engineering and Automation.

Nikolaj joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in January 2024 as Senior Decarb Project Director. He has worked for more than 10 years with large asset projects ranging from liquid bulk storage, over offshore wind to Small Modular nuclear Reactors and across the project lifecycle from Project Development, through Procurement and Operations.

Nikolaj brings a diverse experience from large corporates spending more than 16 years in A.P. Moller – Maersk and Orsted as well as a couple of years in the start-ups Copenhagen Energy and Seaborg Technologies. With depth and the breadth of his experience Nikolaj will support both the assessment of asset project-based potential holdings and the elevation of the asset project capabilities of Verdane holdings to execute projects on time and within budget.

Education: Nikolaj holds a MSC in Finance and Strategic Management and a Business Diploma in International Business, both from Copenhagen Business School

Arne joined Verdane’s Oslo office after the 2003 acquisition of SND Invest, where he was an investment manager. Arne has also served as CEO of Biotec Holding AS, and was a vice president at Christiana Bank, where he worked with bad banking and lending facilities for the shipping, offshore and fisheries industries, and was a member of the credit committee.

At Verdane, Arne focuses on energy and resource efficiency investments. He has played an instrumental role in the building of companies like AquaGen and JSB.

Education: Arne holds an MSc in Business and an MBA from BI-Norwegian School of Management.

Daniel joined Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts, as Chief Marketing Officer in January 2020. Daniel holds overall responsibility for assessing and elevating frameworks and marketing practices for new and existing holdings, as well as acting as a key enabler of marketing knowledge transfer.

He is an experienced marketing professional with a CMO background from successful Norwegian scale-up companies with a strong international foothold. Daniel has been responsible for crafting marketing strategies, building up high-performance marketing teams and executing marketing tactics in recognised software companies such as QuestBack and Admincontrol.

Education: Daniel holds a MSc. in Strategy and Management from NHH, the Norwegian School of Economics.

Lauren provides executive support to Verdane’s partners in London and the Chair. She manages the London office as Office Manager. She has a lot of experience in different service and administrative roles and joined Verdane in 2023 after working as a Business Development assistant at Lansdowne Partners. 

Joakim joined the Verdane Stockholm office on April 25th, 2023 as an IT associate in the administration team. He primarily works on internal IT issues and support, but also helps set up IT environments in new offices and ensures security.

Prior to joining Verdane, he worked as an IT consultant for 8 years, working with various types of companies. He mainly works within the Microsoft environment but has also worked with various other systems that clients have used

Henriette joined Verdane in 2022. At Verdane, Henriette focuses primarily on the Digital Consumer vertical, with a particular emphasis on eCommerce companies.

Henriette started her career in investment banking at William Blair and Citi in London. After that, she worked for an eCommerce start-up as Operations Manager and most recently as an Investment Associate at Nalka.

Education: MSc in Corporate Finance from Bayes Business School.

Franziska joined Verdane’s Munich Office in December 2023 as a Junior Office Manager/ Executive Assistant.

Before Verdane, she worked in a consulting company as an Office Manager for two years. Before that, she was educated as a Hotel Specialist and worked in different hotels for several years.

Ruben joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2021 as a Finance Manager, following one year at Verdane as a consultant from BDO. At BDO, Ruben worked as a Senior Associate with a specific focus on financial controlling, tax and VAT issues and project accounting. Prior to BDO, Ruben worked as a Project Manager in a real estate company.

Education: Ruben holds a BSc in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian Business School and a MSc in Business from NMBU Business School with a semester spent abroad at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Janne joined Verdane in 2008 from Standard & Poor’s, where he worked as an equity analyst covering companies within the consumer and media sectors. Prior to this, Janne has work experience from Synovus Investment Advisors in the USA. Janne was also previously a Finnish tennis champion.

Janne is based in Helsinki and is responsible for driving Verdane’s presence and activities in Finland across all investment sectors.

Education: Janne holds an MSc in Finance and BSc in Business Administration from University of Florida (USA).

Marius joined Verdane in 2020 with previous experience from internships and part-time work in management consulting.

Education: Marius holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specialising in finance and computer science. During his studies, Marius spent a year abroad at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the US and at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Natalia joined Verdane in 2024, focusing primarily on new investments and existing holdings in the software space.  

Prior to Verdane, Natalia worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley within the Nordic Coverage team in Stockholm as well as the M&A Execution team in London. Furthermore, Natalia has prior internship experience in private equity at Triton Partners as well as Trill Impact. 

 Education: Natalia holds a BSc in Retail Management from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). 

Isa Emelia joined Verdane’s Oslo Office as Office Coordinator in March 2024. In her role as Office Coordinator, she takes care of the Oslo Office´s day-to-day administrative tasks and duties. Previously she has worked in the Music Business, Customer Service, and as a Kindergarten Assistant.

Education: Isa Emelia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Management from Hedmark University College.

Tron joined Verdane in 2015 from Formuesforvaltning Aktiv Forvaltning AS in Oslo, where he held the position of Financial controller, with a focus on cash management and structuring of private equity and real estate products. Prior to that, Tron worked for 10 years as a controller for two independent investors; Jan Haudemann-Andersen and Tore Aksel Voldberg.

In 1998, Tron started his career as an Accountant at Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd, after completing his studies at the Norwegian Business School (BI) where he read Accounting and Auditing.

Caroline is an Investor Relations Senior Associate in Verdane’s London office, covering investor relations and fundraising. She joined Verdane in 2023 from Vitruvian Partners, where she was an Associate in their Investor Relations team. Prior to that, Caroline was an Alternative Investments Sales Specialist at UBS in New York City, where she also completed the UBS Wealth Management Graduate Talent Program.

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from Vanderbilt University.

Joakim joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2020, having earned his B.Sc. degree in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Specialising in finance and management, Joakim spent one semester abroad at ESADE University in Barcelona as part of an exchange program. Previously, Joakim worked with transaction advisory at Ernst & Young and financial accounting at Gothia Revision. Prior to attending the Stockholm School of Economics, he worked as a Sales Representative in the business communications industry.

Christian joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a partner in 2018. He has experience from a number of executive management positions in both listed and unlisted companies that include those as CEO of Kebony AS, CEO of Vmetro ASA, CEO of Stavdal ASA and CFO/COO of Opera Software ASA, a former Verdane portfolio company. Christian’s previous experience further includes investment banking, and he has worked with Verdane in an advisory capacity since 2012.

Education: Christian holds a BSc in Economics and a BA from Copenhagen Business School.

Emanuel is a London-based Partner at Verdane primarily focusing on finding new investments in the UK, Germany and Benelux as well as building existing holdings in the software and e-commerce sectors. Emanuel started his career in the advertising industry before transitioning into finance after graduate school. Prior to joining Verdane in early 2014, he spent five years with Mooreland Partners in London and cross-border mergers and acquisitions within the broader enterprise software industry. Prior to Mooreland, he worked within equity capital markets at The Bank of New York Mellon in London and in New York.

Education: Emanuel holds an MSc in Investment Management from CASS Business School in London.

Christoffer joined Verdane’s Stockholm Office in 2022 as a Financial Controller following one year at Deloitte. At Deloitte, he worked as an audit associate with a broad range of companies and industries.

Education: Christoffer holds a BSc from Luleå University of Technology and an MSc in Business and Economics, specialised in Financial accounting from Uppsala University.

Iben joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in 2022 as Sustainable Logistics and Sourcing Manager. She works in the Elevate team, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts.

Before joining Verdane, Iben worked as a consultant within the field of supply chain and operations across various industries. She is experienced working with logistics, sourcing, supply chain strategy and process optimisation.

Iben holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MSc in Supply Chain Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Stine joined Verdane’s Elevate team as an Impact Manager in May 2022. She is responsible for assessing the social and environmental impact of potential investments and for continuing to develop Verdane’s overall impact framework. Stine also supports portfolio companies in developing and implementing sustainability strategies.

Prior to joining Verdane, Stine was an Associate with UK-based not-for-profit Social Finance, where she worked with social impact investors to identify investment opportunities and with government departments to leverage social and institutional investment through public-private partnerships. Before that, she was a Manager with Adam Smith International and a Researcher with CIL Management Consultants.

Stine holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS University of London.

Ralph joined Verdane in 2023 focusing primarily on new growth and buyout investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Prior to joining Verdane, Ralph spent more than 6 years as private equity investor at Cathay Capital focusing on investments in B2B SaaS and digital consumer. Prior to Cathay Capital, he has worked in the Leveraged Finance division of BNP Paribas, as well as in the Transaction Services team of PwC.

Education: Ralph holds a master’s degree in banking & finance from the University of St. Gallen.

Maximilian joined Verdane’s team in Berlin in 2021. Prior to joining Verdane, Maximilian worked in venture capital with b2venture for six years.

At Verdane, Maximilian focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies in the software sector.

Education: Maximilian holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Münster as well as a master’s degree from ESCP Europe and the University of St.Gallen. He completed a Data Analytics Bootcamp with Ironhack.

Antonia joined Verdane´s Munich Office as an Accountant in November 2023. She is responsible for the accounting and taxation of the German in-house companies. Before Verdane, she worked in various start-ups in different industries.

Antonia is a certified accountant (geprüfter Bilanzbuchhalter IHK).

Laura joined Verdane’s Berlin Office in 2019. Her prior working experience includes several years of event planning on a freelance basis in parallell to her studies, as well as translation and copywriting work. Between her two degrees she worked in the marketing department of E.ON Germany in Munich.

Laura holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from University of Duisburg-Essen and a Master in International Marketing from Mälardalen University in Västerås, Sweden. Furthermore, Laura is a registered 200-hour yoga teacher certified by The American Yoga Alliance.

Joakim joined Verdane in June 2017 from Arctic Securities in Oslo where he worked on M&A transactions and capital raisings for Norwegian growth companies. Prior to Arctic, he worked for Rothschild in London, focusing on cross-border M&A advisory, mainly working on structured sales processes of European companies to Asian and US investors. Joakim also has experience from corporate strategy and M&A at Statkraft, and financial due diligence advisory at BDO.

Joakim focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Joakim holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and a Bachelor of Business Administration from La Salle University in Barcelona, Spain.

Ellen joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2022. As CFO at Verdane Elevate, Ellen supports our portfolio companies in becoming more data-driven and building best-in-class finance functions to elevate performance and enable growth throughout the organisation. Her mission is to connect finance professionals within Verdane’s ecosystem to leverage knowledge and share best practices.

Ellen’s previous experience includes working as the CFO of a Berlin-based AdTech company, with a background in Governance, Risk and Compliance consultancy as well as in process assurance and auditing.

Judith Kottutz joined Verdane’s Munich office in January 2023 as an Investor Relations Director. She joined Verdane from the investor relations team at Five Arrows Managers (Rothschild & Co), where she spent eight years leading strategy and implementation for fundraising, marketing and ESG across Five Arrows’ multiple fund strategies. Prior to that, she worked in investor relations for the listed re-insurance company SCOR SE and as a consultant for various listed companies in London.

Judith holds a BSc from University Paris Dauphine (France) in Business and Finance. She also holds a M.S. in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University Business School (USA).

Viktor joined Verdane’s London office in 2023. Viktor has 2 years of experience in growth equity investing, with a main focus on sustainability tech. Prior to that, he spent six years at Morgan Stanley’s investment banking team in London, working with companies across the technology and industrial sectors.

Viktor focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Viktor holds an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Economics from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia).

Julia joined Verdane’s Munich office in 2024. At Verdane, she focuses primarily on investments in the e-commerce and software sectors. 

Prior to Verdane, Julia worked in Private Equity at Advent International in Frankfurt and mainly focused on investments and portfolio work in the industrials and consumer space. And before that, she was an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt supporting the German coverage team. 

Julia holds an MSc in Management from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. During her studies, she spent a semester abroad at NHH – Norwegian School of Economics. 

Benedikt joined Verdane in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane, he worked as part of Bridepoint’s and EQT’s credit investment teams, where he was primarily focused on investment opportunities in direct lending and special situations.

At Verdane, Benedikt is responsible for debt financing.

Education: Benedikt holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BSc from the London Metropolitan University.

Bjarne serves as Verdane’s Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. In 2003, he launched what later became Verdane, by leading a spin-out from Verdane’s predecessor firm Four Seasons Venture.

At Verdane, he has been instrumental in building companies such as Banqsoft, Chipcon, Easypark, Kappa Bioscience, Polytech, Resman, and Wireless Maingate.

Bjarne had joined Four Seasons Venture’s Oslo office in 2001 from PaperX, a venture-backed B2B marketplace backed by among others Apax and Insight Partners, of which he was co-founder and COO. Bjarne also has scale-up experience from the oil & gas sector with Fountain Oil. He was formerly a consultant at McKinsey & Company in London and a research associate at the European University Institute in Florence. In addition to his role at the helm of Verdane, Bjarne is a Board member of the Norwegian Venture Capital Association and serves on the European Council of The Nature Conservancy.

Education: Bjarne holds an MBA with high distinction as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School (USA) and an MA in European Integration from the University of Oslo (Norway)/European University Institute Florence (Italy).

Alina joined Verdane’s Stockholm office as Office Coordinator in February 2024. She takes care of the Stockholm office’s day-to-day administrative tasks and duties together with Maria Neuman.

Alina has a lot of experience in different services and administrative functions from Bonnier Broadcasting, Aftonbladet and previously as the office manager of Acast.

Julia joined Verdane in 2022, having previously completed a one-year internship at Verdane whilst finishing her Master’s degree. She has prior experience in private equity from a tech-focused growth fund in the Netherlands as well as DCM at Swedbank in Stockholm. At Verdane, Julia focuses primarily on the software vertical.

Education: Julia holds a BSc in Business & Economics from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and a MSc in Finance from Erasmus School of Economics in the Netherlands.

Linda joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2020. In her role as Admin & HR Coordinator, she is part of the Finance and Admin team and supports the office‘s day-to-day operations including correspondence, scheduling, and documentation duties. 

Previous work experience includes positions at the Norwegian law firm Haavind where Linda was in charge of managing the company’s meeting room and event facilities as well as several part-time positions in the hospitality sector that she performed in parallel to her studies. 

Linda holds a Bachelor in Public Administration from the University of Oslo and spent a semester abroad taking courses at the International College of Management Sydney (ICMS) in Australia. 

Eeva-Riitta joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in April 2022. Previously she worked as Office Manager / EQT Network Senior Specialist at EQT (Helsinki) for 15 years. In her role as Head of Offices and Admin, Eeva-Riitta leads the admin team and focuses on office management.

Education: Eeva-Riitta holds a BBA (Tradenomi, HSO) from Helia University of Business and Applied Sciences.

Gregor joined the team in 2022. At Verdane, Gregor focuses primarily on investments in operations & industrial software as well as sustainable topics.

Prior to Verdane, Gregor worked at Waterland Private Equity, focusing on pan-European buyouts in the technology and business services segments. Prior to that, he supported the supply chain optimization of private equity portfolio companies at efficio, across Europe and the Middle East.

Gregor holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Technische Universität München and a Master of Science in Management from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. During his studies, Gregor spent a semester abroad at UNSW in Sydney, Australia.

Christina joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in March 2024 as Chief Operations Officer for Elevate. As COO of Verdane, Elevate Christina supports the decarbonisation investment portfolio with broad and deep industry and operational experience.

Formerly, she was the Vice President at Northvolt from 2020-2024. Prior to this, Christina worked 18 years in Linde Gas and held several executive senior roles. Christina brings the experience from scaling a start-up to industrialization, as well as the experience from managing large international organisations.

Education: Christina holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in combination with studies at EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) and at MIT, Boston (the US).

Bixi joined Verdane in 2023 and focuses primarily on new growth and buyout investments in the B2B software space, with a particular interest in Healthcare.

Prior to Verdane, Bixi has investment experience from Five Arrows Principal Investments in London and Triton in Stockholm, where she worked on investments across sectors including Healthcare, Business Services and Industrials. Prior to that, Bixi worked in the Industrials and Business Services coverage team in the Investment Banking division of UBS in London.

Bixi holds a MSc in Accounting and Financial Management from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Håkon joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2022 as Group Accountant, after working for two years as a Tax Analyst at Statkraft Energi AS. Prior to Statkraft, Håkon worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young.

Håkon holds a MSc in Business Law, Tax & Accounting from BI Norwegian Business School and a Master’s in Accounting and Auditing.

Jon Andre Løkke is a strategic advisor to Verdane and CEO of Njord Carbon, a joint initiative between Verdane and Södra that is developing and commercialising high-quality large-scale permanent carbon removal projects (BECCS). Jon has extensive expertise developing and scaling businesses in the field of decarbonisation. He has held roles as Chairman of the European Hydrogen Association, and as CEO of Norsk Titanium AS, developing and industrializing 3D printing technology for the production of titanium components for the aerospace and other industries. He has ten years’ experience from the REC Group, including positions as senior vice president in REC Wafer, investor relations officer in REC ASA and CFO in REC ASA. Mr Løkke has also worked for the ABB Group and holds an International MBA degree from Glasgow University and a Bachelor degree in business and economics from Southampton University.

Seloua joined Verdane’s London office in November 2023, having previously worked at Lazard’s Private Capital Advisory team focusing on GP-led secondaries. Prior to that, Seloua spent five years in Equity Capital Markets at BNP Paribas.

At Verdane, Seloua focuses primarily on portfolio acquisitions.

Education: Seloua holds a MSc in Corporate Finance and a Master’s in Management.

Nick Luckock serves as the Chair of Verdane’s Advisory Board. Nick has worked in private equity for more than 20 years and was most recently a Partner and an investment committee member at Hg Capital, a private equity firm based in London with $65 billion in funds under management. Throughout his career in private markets, Nick has worked closely with management teams and taken an active role at Board level.

Nick brings significant dealmaking and fundraising knowledge to Verdane, and has proven experience in strategy planning and execution at the GP level. Nick helps Verdane develop its investment processes and further strengthen its performance culture.

Lina joined Verdane Elevate in the Oslo office in 2024. She is a part of the Cybersecurity team that assists Verdane’s investment teams in sourcing and DD processes and supports the portfolio companies in cybersecurity matters.  

Prior to Verdane, Lina worked as a cybersecurity consultant for four years and has experience with assessing and implementing cybersecurity measures in different industries (Bank, Shipping, Government & Security).  

Education: Lina holds a MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). 

A B2B software and SaaS specialist, Pål Malmros works as a Partner and as Head of Software Investments at Verdane. He brings close to 15 years of software company-building experience to Verdane’s company portfolio. At Verdane, Pål has served on the boards of over 10 software companies, including inRiver, C3 Technologies, Forsta, Freespee, and Voyado. He specialises in helping fast-growing software companies scale globally, and has extensive experience coaching management teams in strategy including M&A and internationalisation.

He joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2007 from the Swedish online directory company hitta.se, where he headed marketing and business development from hitta.se’s early start-up phase and helped it become Sweden’s most widely used online directory. Prior to hitta.se, Pål worked at a number of media, online marketplaces, and technology ventures at leading Scandinavian media group Schibstedt, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Pål holds an MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics and participated in ITESM’s (Mexico) MBA program.

Nicola joined the talent team in Elevate in May 2023 and further as Chief of Staff in Jan 2024. 
 
At Verdane, she focuses on project management, impact optimization and org/leadership development. 
 
Nicola has worked with investor-backed technology orgs for 15 years with experience from executive search firms, software scale-ups and global PE firms. She holds a BA in Foreign Languages from Bangor University. 

Héloïse joined Verdane in 2024 as a Principal in the B2B software investment team. 

She previously spent nine years at General Atlantic, where she played a key role in building and co-leading the European technology team. During her tenure, Héloïse closed eight technology deals across stages and sectors, totalling over $1bn in deployment.  

Héloïse started her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, working within the Technology and Leveraged Finance teams in London. 

She holds a Master in International Business from HEC Paris and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Ottawa. 

Diana joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022. With a past in Business Intelligence consulting at Millnet BI and Exsitec, she has broad experience helping companies in a variety of industries to effectively use business data to sustain their excellence and growth.

As Head of Business Intelligence at Verdane, Diana leverages benchmarking data to enable actionable insights throughout the organisation and Verdane ecosystem of holdings, in addition to promoting best-in-class analytics practices.

Education: Diana holds a MSc in Engineering and a MSc in Education with degrees in Physics and Mathematics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Christian joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2018 as Internal Control & Project Manager from BDO, where he was a manager in risk advisory with specific focus on internal control, internal audit, IT risk advisory and governance, risk and compliance. Prior to BDO, Christian worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young.

Education: Christian holds a BSc in Business and Economics and a MSc in Business from BI Norwegian Business.

Wilhelm joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and at Morgan Stanley in Stockholm. At Goldman Sachs, he worked as an analyst in the Leveraged Finance Capital Markets team, and at Morgan Stanley he worked as an associate covering the Nordic region.

Wilhelm focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Wilhelm holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

Iikka joined Verdane’s Helsinki office in 2014 from Intera Partners, where he worked as part of the investment team in Helsinki for three years focusing on sourcing, execution and management of investments in Finnish and Scandinavian industrial and service companies. Iikka has prior experience from management consulting at Bain & Company’s Helsinki and Stockholm offices.

Iikka focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the advanced industrial, energy technology and software sectors.

Education: Iikka holds an MSc in Finance from Aalto University School of Business (formerly Helsinki School of Economics).

Charlotte joined Verdane in 2024. Prior to Verdane, she spent seven years with McKinsey & Company, supporting companies across strategy, operations, and multi-year transformations, primarily with a Consumer Goods and/or Private Equity industry focus. Following McKinsey, Charlotte spent three years with Acne Studios, working with strategy, expansion, and cross-organizational areas. She also has experience in impact venture building through Vargas Holding.  

At Verdane, Charlotte primarily focuses on building, unlocking, and realising value within the Verdane portfolio.  

Charlotte holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University, with exchange studies at École Polytechnique de Montréal. She has also studied French Literature at Lund University. 

Staffan joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2006, after leaving Enkatsu Solutions, of which he was co-founder and CEO. At Enkatsu Solutions, he acquired venture capital in three rounds and set up a sales organisation with exports to 15 countries.

At Verdane, Staffan focuses on the software and e-commerce sectors. He has been active in the acquisition of a number of portfolios and currently holds positions on the boards of serveral e-commerce holdings.

Education: Staffan holds an MBA from the University of Linköping (Sweden). He has studied computer programming at the Linköping Institute of Technology, business at the University PMF (France) and has completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Nina Myhre serves as Verdane’s Director of Events. She joined Verdane in 2023 from a position as Senior Project Manager at JCP – Just Cruzin’ Productions. Nina has extensive experience from event management and strategic development. 

At Verdane, Nina applies her experience to orchestrate impactful events that align with our vision. Her approach combines strategic planning with a keen eye for detail, ensuring each event is not only successful but also memorable.

Nina currently holds the positions as Vice President of the Norwegian Sailing Federation. She holds a Bachelors degree in Hotel Managent from The Hauge Hotel School and St. Clare’s, Oxford.

Carl Nauckhoff is a Partner and Chief Commercial Officer based in Verdane’s London office. He oversees the investor relations and public relations functions.

Carl joined Verdane from his role as Senior Principal at Investindustrial. During his successful 15-year tenure at Investindustrial, Nauckhoff formed the investor relations function and built a global team of 15 people. Approximately €15 billion of capital was raised during his leadership period. 

Prior to Investindustrial, Nauckhoff worked as an MD for Garrison Investment Group and a Partner at MVision Private Equity Advisors in New York and London.

Carl holds a M.Sc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. 

Maria is responsible for the Stockholm office and provides administrative and executive support to Verdane’s partner group, finance and communications functions, and further as an internal and external events coordinator.

She has long experience in different service and administrative functions and joined Verdane in 2019 from a position as Office Manager at Netigate, the survey company.

Katinka joined Verdane’s London office in 2023 as a Talent Associate at Elevate, Verdane’s in-house team of operational experts. She collaborates with portfolio companies and supports them on executive recruitment and talent management projects. She has previous experience from Seeker Solution and Teach First.

Katinka holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed her MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology at the London School of Economics.

Per joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2007. He has extensive experience as an entrepreneur and as a manager in the financial services and technology sectors. Per was the founder and CEO of the two leading online brokerage houses in Scandinavia, Avanza and Nordnet, both listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. He also serves as a board member of Swedish insurance company Skandia since June 2014.

Per combines his entrepreneurial background with professional experience in corporate restructuring, management, and consulting from OMX, Accenture, and the investment bank Öhman Securities, where he was an analyst. Additionally, he has been active in building companies such as JHC Securities (U.K.), United Brokers and Fortissimo.

Education: Per holds an MSc in Engineering Physics and Computer Science from Uppsala University (Sweden) and University of Berlin (Germany), and was an attendee at the Stockholm School of Economics Advanced Management Program.

Erik joined Verdane Elevate in the Oslo office in 2024 as interim CFO. He is focused on supporting our portfolio companies in building data-driven, best-in-class finance functions that enhance organizational performance and enable sustainable growth. 

Prior to Verdane, Erik has since 2016 held a range of CFO and finance director roles in Visma, Ironstone, and twoday. Earlier in his career, he spent eight years with Mamut Software in sales and marketing, and three years as an IT consultant and project manager with Visma Consulting, bringing a well-rounded perspective to his finance leadership roles. 

Erik holds an Executive Master of Management from Handelshøyskolen BI in Norway and a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University of New Technology in Australia. 

William joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2022, having previously completed an internship at Verdane. Prior to joining Verdane, he worked as a research assistant at the Department of Accounting at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Education: William holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ask joined Verdane in 2022, having previously worked in investment banking at Carnegie Investment Bank in Copenhagen.

At Verdane, Ask focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the digital consumer space.

Education: Ask holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MSc in Financial Analysis from London Business School. During his studies, Ask spent a semester at the University of Hong Kong.

Ellen joined Verdane as the CEO of Elevate in 2022. Previously to joining Verdane, Ellen has had multiple roles as CEO and Human Resources Executive in the technology, software, and professional services industry.

Ellen is a commercial HR professional and trainer, skilled in Organizational Strategy and Development, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integrations, Leadership and Team development, HR transformation, and Leadership Consulting. She also has extensive experience from boards in a diverse group of companies across Europe, with current external board assignments in UNICEF Norway and Oslo Business Forum.

Education: Ellen holds a Master’s in Business and Economics from NTNU Business School and BI Norwegian School of Management.

Sara joined Verdane in 2021, having previously completed a one-year internship at Verdane while finishing her Master’s degree. She has previous experience from Danfoss Group Strategy and M&A.

Education: Sara graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Service Management and an M.Sc. in Accounting, Strategy and Control, with a minor in Sustainable Business.

Cecilia joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2017 from Uber Technologies, where she was responsible for leading the Swedish operations team with a focus on growth and establishing key business processes. Prior to that, she spent six years at the Boston Consulting Group where she advised companies on strategy, operations and commercial development, primarily within the Industrial Goods and Technology space.

Cecilia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Cecilia holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, and she also spent a year at ETH in Zurich, studying Mechanical Engineering and Finance.

Caroline joined Verdane as a Data & AI Director in February 2024. As part of the Elevate team, she is responsible for supporting Verdane´s portfolio companies to accelerate their Data and AI journey by strategically planning efforts to realize value and become data-led. She also works with investment teams on opportunities and due diligence.

Caroline has a previous experience as a consultant, working with Data & AI since 2017. She has a proven track record of driving strategies and execution for industrialization, establishing practices around Responsible AI and Data Ethics, along with building and executing strategic roadmaps to enable the necessary capabilities and use cases across industries.

Caroline holds a MSc. In Management and IT from Uppsala University.

Erik joined Verdane’s Oslo office as a partner in 2021. He has more than two decades of experience as a chief executive, investment professional, board member, and sustainability expert with a proven ability to turn sustainability into competitive advantage and financial results.

Erik joined Verdane following nine years as Group Chief Executive Officer at Norsk Gjenvinning, a leading Scandinavian supplier of waste management and recycling services. During his time at Norsk Gjenvinning, Erik oversaw the Nordic expansion of the company’s sustainable recycling and waste treatment solutions, transforming it into Norway’s eleventh most reputable company based on a number one position on environment, according to the market research company Ipsos. Erik was also a member of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment’s Climate Council.

Driven by the firm belief that sustainable business practices can create competitive advantage for companies, Erik is widely acknowledged for his strong execution ability based on aligning interest in operations with solid overall strategic direction setting, both through line management and team work, and his solid track record in building company reputation and corporate culture. He is a Harvard Business School MBA and BI Norwegian Business School graduate.

Hanne joined Verdane’s Oslo office in 2014 after 7 years with BDT Viken Revisjon AS, where she was a registered public accountant. Hanne’s main working areas at BDT were financial audit and consulting in a broad range of companies and industries.

Education: Hanne is a registered public accountant and holds a BA from the Telemark University College.

Lyna joined Verdane Elevate in the Berlin office in 2024, focusing primarily on data analytics, providing actionable insights from data and helping the different stakeholders in the Verdane ecosystem to make better data-driven decisions.  

Prior to joining Verdane, Lyna worked in analytics in different Berlin-based scale-ups such as Delivery Hero and Zalando.

Education: Lyna holds a Master in Management from ESCP Europe with a specialization in Data Analysis from Prague University of Economics and Business. 

Miikka has been part of Verdane’s Helsinki-based team since September 2019. Before joining Verdane, he worked at Bain & Company with a focus on Private Equity transactions and portfolio company development, along with operational and commercial excellence projects with Bain’s corporate clients both in the Nordics and Australia. Miikka also has prior experience from Investment Banking both in London and Helsinki. Miikka holds a Master of Science in Finance from Aalto University and attended University of St. Gallen as part of his bachelor studies.

Martina Pfeifer has broad experience and expertise in investing in and scaling DACH-based companies, bringing deep insights into the market and region to Verdane. Based in Frankfurt, Martina has worked as a Director at leading private equity firm Advent International for 15 years. Martina is an expert in digitalisation and the technology sector. She has invested in numerous technology companies and co-founded encourageventures e.V. Martina is also a member of the Level20 DACH committee, a non-profit organisation that seeks to improve gender diversity in the industry (Verdane was a founding member of Level20’s Nordic chapter). Verdane opened a second German office this year to expand its investment capabilities in the DACH region; Martina’s expertise will support this key strategic priority. Martina will also mentor high potential future leaders of Verdane.

Ville joined Verdane’s Elevate as e-Commerce Manager in January 2022. With a commercial point of view, Ville combines e-commerce, digital marketing and customer experience expertise to drive both top and bottom-line growth for Verdane’s portfolio companies.

Ville combines operational and consulting experience, having launched and eventually managed the Finnish operations of the Nordic e-commerce group Komplett. Prior to joining Verdane he was on the Finnish management team of the digital agency Knowit Experience.

Ville holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University School of Business, and a CEMS Master’s in International Management from Aalto University & Stockholm School of Economics.

Merle joined Verdane’s Copenhagen team in 2022 as an investment director, with six years prior experience from private equity and M&A across the Nordics and UK. She previously worked as an investor at Axcel, focusing on technology and e-commerce companies. Prior to this, Merle worked as an associate in London at Goldman Sachs, in the TMT investment banking team with a focus on technology businesses. She is the founder and chairperson of the Danish not-for-profit organisation Women in Finance (‘Kvinder i Finans’).

At Verdane, Merle focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments across Europe in companies and portfolio acquisitions that present a strategic opportunity, whilst having a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Merle holds a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School.

Morten joined Verdane’s Oslo office as the Chief Information Officer in 2023.

As a key member of the Elevate team, his responsibilities include supporting portfolio companies and internal teams on Data, IT and systems-related matters. Morten offers guidance on cutting-edge technologies and recommends solutions that are in line with their business goals. He also aids companies in managing their IT operations, ensuring that their systems are secure, dependable, and efficient. Furthermore, Morten contributes to the optimization of processes and the automation of manual tasks, ultimately enhancing productivity and minimizing expenses.

His background includes roles such as COO, Head of Operations, Solution Architect, and Systems Consultant.

Diogo joined Verdane’s London office in 2022, following an internship experience at Verdane in Stockholm. Before Verdane, he was an intern at Berenberg in Frankfurt, where he focused on equity investment strategies within large-cap technology companies. Prior to that, Diogo’s experience includes multiple internships at growth tech companies in Lisbon and Stockholm.

At Verdane, Diogo focuses on new investments within B2B software.

Diogo holds a Double Degree MSc in International Business and Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of St.Gallen.

Johnny joined Verdane’s Oslo office as Partner in 2018. Johnny has over 30 years of entrepreneurial and operational experience from the software sector. Over the past 20 years, he has held senior management positions in the Nordic IT industry in companies such as EDB Business Partners, Banqsoft AS and Spring Consulting AS. Johnny has also been a board member and chairman of the board of a number of fast growing software companies including Banqsoft, eAccount, Exie AS, EDB Companies, Lingit, Mantacore and SPN.

Johnny has been working with Verdane since 2003, when Verdane Capital IV invested in Spring Consulting, of which he was founder and CEO, and he is a repeat Verdane CEO through his role at the helm of Verdane Capital IV portfolio company Banqsoft.

Education: Johnny holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Oslo Business School in Norway.

Paula joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously spent three years at Morgan Stanley’s Media and Telecoms Investment Banking team in London.

At Verdane, Paula focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Paula holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from ESADE University in Barcelona.

Oscar oversees the legal aspects of Verdane’s business and investments. He joined Verdane in 2019 from a senior manager position at the Swedish business law firm Vinge. At Vinge, he worked in the firm’s M&A department, advising primarily private equity and venture capital funds in connection with acquisitions and divestments, restructurings and general corporate law matters.

Education: Oscar holds a Master of Laws from Lund University.

Johanna joined Verdane in 2021, having previously worked at Towerbrook Capital Partners in London. Prior to that, she was in the investment banking team at J.P. Morgan covering the Nordic region.

Johanna focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Education: Johanna holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Niklas Savander brings significant experience from supporting growth companies from a Chair position. He has chaired companies backed by 11 different investment firms, including serving as chair of EasyPark Group, Evondos, Silverfin, Cint, Nebula and Zervant. Prior to his career as investor and Chair, Niklas held senior leadership positions within Elekta AB and Nokia, two of the largest publicly listed companies in the Nordics. At Verdane, Niklas leads Verdane’s Chair and Advisor program.

Moritz joined Verdane’s team in Munich in January 2024. Prior to joining Verdane, Moritz has worked in private equity at Cathay Capital focusing on investments in B2B SaaS and digital consumer business models and prior to that in investment banking at GCA Altium (now Houlihan Lokey).

At Verdane, Moritz focuses primarily on new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the software sector.

Moritz holds a BSc in International Business from Maastricht University and a MSc in Finance & Investments from Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University).

Christina joined Verdane in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane, she spent two years as an investment professional with Oakley Capital in Munich and London. At Oakley, she mainly focused her work on investments and portfolio company development in the consumer space. Prior to that, Christina worked in the Investment Banking division at Deutsche Bank in London and Frankfurt.

Christina focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the digital consumer space.

Education: Christina holds a Master in International Management from ESADE business school and a Bachelor in Finance & International Management from University of Applied Science in Augsburg.

As Investor Relations Director, Ellinor works with a number of the world’s most respected institutional investors on behalf of Verdane, covering investor relations, ESG reporting, fundraising, co-investments, and business development.

She joined Verdane in Stockholm in 2021 from the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6). At AP6, she held a position as Investment Director of Fund Investments as well as a permanent position on the Fund’s dedicated sustainability and ESG team. During her time at AP6, she expanded the Fund’s activities to invest in US growth and buyout funds, holding a number of advisory committee seats for top-quartile GPs based out of Europe and the US. Prior to that, Ellinor held a position as Investment Director at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, where she was responsible for managing a number of state-owned companies on behalf of the Swedish government, delivering on a longstanding combination of sustainability and financial targets pioneered by the Swedish government. Ellinor also holds venture capital experience from working at HealthCap as an Investment Associate focusing on investments in life sciences, with previous experience from management consulting and investment banking in Stockholm, London, and New York.

She holds an MSc in Business and Economics as well as a BSc in Informatics from Lund University with studies at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. An avid tennis player, Ellinor enjoys challenging professional and private acquaintances alike to chess games.

Dominik joined Verdane in May 2023 and is responsible for Verdane’s presence and activities in the DACH region across all investment strategies.

Prior to Verdane, Dominik was a partner at EMH Partners, where he carried out numerous investments in software, healthcare, and B2B service companies. Before joining EMH, he was a Director at Chequers Capital where he led many transactions in the German mid-market segment. Dominik started his career at Barclays Capital in Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsor Coverage.

He holds a B.A. in European Business from Dublin City University and a diploma in Business Administration from ESB Reutlingen.

Katja joined Verdane in 2024. She has previously been working as an Investment Director at Paragon Partners, where she sourced and closed partnerships with several companies in the German mid-market segment.

Katja started her career at Bain & Company with a primary focus on the private equity industry.

At Verdane she focuses on investments within the energy transition and resource efficiency space.    
  
Katja holds a Master’s Degree from the ESB Business School in Reutlingen and completed exchange-programs at Harvard University and Portland State University.   

Juliana joined Verdane in 2020 as Growth Marketing Manager for Elevate, Verdane’s team of in-house operational experts that partner with its holdings to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. At Elevate, Juliana is responsible for identifying growth potential and highlighting digital marketing opportunities for the German market.

Prior to joining Verdane, Juliana worked as a consultant in the field of digital marketing at the award-winning global media agency OMD. At OMD, Juliana advised various international B2C clients with a particular focus on helping organizations create and implement digital media strategies. She has a strong track record in developing integrated social media and influencer marketing campaigns.

Juliana holds a Master in International Marketing from EADA Business School, Barcelona. She has an international background, having lived in the UK, Argentina and the Netherlands.

Hanna Skärblom joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2021 as an Investor Relations Associate, having previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Senior Audit Associate with a focus on growth companies. Prior to that, she was part of the Active Trading team at SEB.

Education: Hanna graduated from Lund University with a B.Sc. in Business and Economics, and an M.Sc in Accounting and Finance with partial studies at Universitá Bocconi.

Camilla is based at Verdane’s Copenhagen office. She joined Verdane in May 2021 with prior experience from investment banking at Handelsbanken and from private equity at the Danish fund BWB Partners.

Camilla focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies with a digital angle or business model in the e-commerce sector.

Education: Camilla holds a MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

Reed joined Verdane’s team in Oslo in August 2019 with previous experience in private equity and growth equity in New York City. He focuses primarily on investments in the Energy- and Resource-Efficiency space. Immediately prior to joining Verdane, Reed was a growth equity investor with Activant Capital, focusing on technology companies digitalizing legacy industries such as logistics, manufacturing, agriculture, and construction. Prior to that, he worked as a private equity investment analyst with Goldman Sachs, gaining experience across a range of sectors, geographies, and growth cycle stages. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs full-time, he held two full-time internship positions with the company in private equity and investment management. Reed earned his Bachelor in Neuroscience from Harvard University.

Nadia joined Verdane’s Helsinki team in 2022. She previously worked as an investment professional at CapMan and prior to that spent three and a half years as a strategy consultant at KPMG’s Global Strategy Group in Helsinki and London.

At Verdane, Nadia focuses primarily on existing holdings and new investments in companies within the sustainable consumption space.

Nadia holds a MSc in Management and Organisation from Hanken School of Economics, with a semester spent abroad at Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Niclas is the Chief Customer Success Officer at Hive Streaming, a Verdane portfolio company. In addition to his responsibilities at Hive Streaming, Niclas works as Verdane’s in-house Customer Success Expert through Elevate, Verdane’s in-house operational expert team dedicated to supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives. Niclas is an experienced Customer Success & CX leader, strategist and advisor, with an extensive background in Cloud Communications and Marcomms. His main passion lies in building customer-centric, empowered and vision-oriented organizations and company cultures where global and distributed teams can thrive together whilst collaboratively delivering on customer’s desired outcomes.

Mads joined Verdane’s Copenhagen office in 2023. He previously worked in Investment Banking at FIH Partners and in Strategy and M&A at a private equity owned portfolio company.

At Verdane, Mads focuses on investments within B2B software.

Mads holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration and a MSc in Finance and Accounting from the Copenhagen Business School. During his studies Mads spent exchange semesters in both the US and in China.

Tym joined Verdane’s Berlin office in 2021, following the completion of a 1.5-year internship at Verdane in the Investor Relations and Business Development team in Oslo. In addition to earning his BSc in Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School, Tym has previous experience from Deutsche Bank, DNB, and BI where he was a learning assistant in Mathematics and Statistics.

Tym is originally from Poland, and enjoys playing chess, running long-distances and meditating.

An experienced private markets investment professional and strategy
consultant, Jim Strang enriches the Advisory Board with global Board and C-level expertise, notably from his tenure at Hamilton Lane, where he latterly served as Chairman of its operations in EMEA, and Bain & Company. Jim brings a unique understanding of private investing and client relationships. He will be the voice of the customer on the Verdane advisory board, bolstering Verdane’s client-centric strategy with a global lens.

Lukas Strömberg joined Verdane’s Elevate team in January 2022 as Market Research Manager. At Elevate, Lukas is responsible for building best-in-class market research capabilities and fostering a consumer/customer-centric culture both in portfolio companies and for future investment processes.

Prior to joining Verdane, Lukas worked as an insight consultant at Ipsos and most recently as Head of Global Marketing Strategy at the Swedish watch and accessory company Daniel Wellington.

Education: Lukas holds an MSc. in Industrial Economics and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology.

An M&A and communications technology specialist, Helena joined Verdane in September 2022 as a Partner in the investment team. Prior to Verdane, Helena was the Head of M&A at Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications technology company, for almost five years. She has two decades of experience in investment banking and spent the last ten years at Deutsche Bank, where she was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance Nordics. She also serves on the boards of publicly listed companies including Truecaller, the leading Caller ID and spam-blocking app.

At Verdane, Helena focuses on finding and building software businesses with a particular focus on communications technology.

Helena holds a CEMS Msc. in Finance and International Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of St. Gallen.

Fredrika joined Verdane’s team in Stockholm in 2021, having previously worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in London and Stockholm. At Morgan Stanley, she covered companies within the Nordic region. Moreover, Fredrika has prior internship experience from private equity at Triton Partners.

Education: Fredrika holds a BSc in Business and Economics, graduating top of the class, and an MSc in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Anna joined Verdane in 2023. She previously worked as a Senior Manager at Fazer in their Strategy and M&A team, leading Fazer’s venture building and fostering an innovation culture. Prior to joining Fazer, Anna worked at Inc a strategy & design thinking boutique, and as a management consultant at Monitor Deloitte and PwC.

At Verdane, Anna joined the Go-to-Market team Elevate team, Verdane’s in-house operational expert team dedicated to supporting Verdane’s portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives. She is primarily concentrating on commercial strategies, market research, and analysis of the market and competitors.

Anna holds an M.Sc. In Economics’ and Business Administration from Hanken School of Economics. She has an international background, having lived in the USA, Spain, and Denmark

Dr. Thomas Tochtermann is a strategic advisor to Verdane, specialising in the fields of decarbonisation with a special focus on circular economies. Thomas is a global expert in sustainability in retail, fashion and luxury, advising the World Economic Forum and currently serving as the Vice-chairman of Global Fashion Agenda, a non-profit organization based in Copenhagen. In these roles, his ambition is to help mobilize fashion companies and the industry at large to reduce the negative impact on the world and transform the way fashion is produced, marketed and consumed. Thomas holds multiple Chair and Advisor roles, including as Consumer Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, applying his +30 years of experience in consumer businesses. Thomas holds a Dr. rer pol. from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich in business administration.

Nils joined Verdane’s Partner team in 2020, bringing 19 years of operational and board-level experience from the international software industry. At Verdane, Nils focuses on new investments and supporting the growth of the firm’s holdings in the software sector by leveraging his M&A, operational and strategic expertise.

Nils previously co-founded and ran Deriga, a communications solutions provider creating breakthrough efficiency gains for the healthcare sector. Deriga was acquired by Visma, a leading European supplier of business-critical software to companies of all sizes, in 2006. Nils led Visma’s Enterprise Division to turnover in excess of €500m, with 3 600 employees across 18 countries, prior to joining Verdane. During his tenure, he held 25 chairman and board member engagements and was involved in more than 35 M&A transactions.

Nils holds a Master of Computer Science from Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a Master of Management from the BI Norwegian Business School.

Miriam joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2023. At Verdane, Miriam focuses primarily on new investments and existing holdings in the software space.

Prior to Verdane, Miriam worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the M&A Industrials team at Goldman Sachs in London. Furthermore, she has prior experience in management consulting and corporate finance. Aside from her Master’s studies, she also completed an internship at Verdane in Helsinki, where she is originally from.

Education: MSc in Finance from Hanken School of Economics. During her studies, Miriam spent a semester abroad at City University of Hong Kong.

Jonas joined Verdane in 2024 as an Investment Analyst, following the completion of a 1-year internship in Verdane’s Berlin Office. At Verdane, Jonas will focus on software investments. Aside from his Bachelor studies at the University of St. Gallen (BA in Economics), Jonas has completed internships in both banking and venture capital.

Anette joined Verdane in Oslo in 2010. In addition to her role as Finance Associate, she is also responsible for a number of administrative functions, including mid-office and IR support. Anette has previously held positions in customer service and with a real estate agent.

Education: Anette holds a BA in real estate management from Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo.

Clara joined Verdane’s Stockholm office in 2023 as a Legal Associate. Prior to joining Verdane, Clara worked as an Assistant Manager at EY Law which is affiliated with the Ernst & Young corporation. At EY Law, she worked in the M&A and corporate law department, advising clients in connection with acquisitions and divestments, restructurings, and general corporate law matters.

Education: Clara holds a Master of Law from Lund University.

Morten joined Verdane in 2024 as a Partner after working in the finance and energy industries for more than 19 years.

Morten helped create private equity firm GRO Capital from its beginning in 2014 after a previous career at Ørsted and Goldman Sachs. Morten has a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. 

Morten works out of Verdane’s Copenhagen office. This was established in 2017 and has nine professionals working with a current portfolio of 11 ambitious companies that help digitalise and decarbonise the economy. 

Giles joined Elevate, Verdane’s in-house operational expert team, as part-time U.S. Operating Advisor in September 2020. Giles’s role runs in parallel to his full-time position as COO at Confirmit, a Verdane-owned customer experience platform. At Verdane, Giles assists and advises portfolio companies on U.S. market entry, recruitment, and market-specific business development efforts. In addition, he assists Verdane in conjunction with M&A and other investment-related activities in the U.S., and engages strategically in the development of a number of Verdane portfolio companies through their boards.

Giles’s merits include heading Softbank Group’s Operating Team, where he focused on investing in and growing a USD 64bn global portfolio of 30+ companies with a pronounced weighting toward technology and SaaS. Prior to Softbank, he spent many years working with various technology companies, most notably the customer experience platform Medallia, as the General Manager of their U.S. operations and later the EMEA region. Under his leadership the region became the highest performing part of the business where he oversaw program implementation, managed services, technical support, partner success, as well as strategy and business operations.

A Harvard and U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, Whiting spent seven years in the U.S. Air Force as a physicist leading USD1bn+ scientific projects. Following his service, Whiting kick-started his professional career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Sebastian joined Verdane in 2023. Sebastian focuses primarily on new growth and buyout investments in companies within B2B software and has a particular interest in GRC, Supply Chain and HR.

Prior to Verdane, Sebastian was a Managing Director within Raymond James’ European Tech & Services practice focusing on B2B software before he joined Equistone.

Education: Sebastian holds a Master’s in International Business from the University of Maastricht.

Jacob joined Verdane as a Portfolio Director in 2022. Prior to joining Verdane he spent eight years at Stockholm-based Fidelio Capital working within investments and portfolio development, in addition to gaining operational experience as CFO of padel center operator PDL Group.

Prior to Fidelio Capital Jacob worked in investment banking at Handelsbanken Capital Markets, in parallel with his university studies. Jacob is a previous board member of the health food group Greenfood, and the veterinary diagnostics group Indical Bioscience (currently part of the Vimian Group).

In his role at Verdane, Jacob primarily focuses on building, unlocking, and realising value within the Verdane portfolio.

Education: Jacob holds a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.