Munich Private Equity AG (MPE) is one of the leading private equity specialists in Europe. For more than 20 years, the business group has enabled private and institutional investors to access the most exclusive private equity funds in the world. MPE maps the entire life cycle of private equity fund investments through specialized subsidiaries. Multi-award-winning portfolio management and tailor made administrative and risk management processes are the foundation of our services.
Selection of private equity funds that are included in portfolios of alternative investment fund managers that belong to Munich Private Equity AG
MPEP Luxembourg Management S.à r.l. (MPEP) is a fully regulated AIF manager supervised by the Luxembourg CSSF. It creates thoughtfully diversified private equity fund portfolios to provide institutional investors access to carefully selected best-in-class mid-cap buyout managers in Europe and North America. In addition, Munich Private Equity Partners offers advisory and single services throughout the entire lifecycle of private equity fund investments.
RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG (RWB) is a fully regulated AIF manager supervised by the German BaFin. Since 1999, RWB has offered retail investors access to high-quality institutional private equity funds. Appropriate to the target audience, safety-oriented fund of funds provide the opportunity to participate in this asset class with comparatively lower contribution amounts. With more than 160,000 investment contracts, RWB is the most experienced European provider in this customer segment.
The FinTech company Walnut develops innovative software solutions that support the digitized handling of administration and communication processes. The unique platform 'Walnut Live‘ brings financial advisors and their private clients together in a virtual space and enables fully digitalized completion of the subscription processes.
MPEP Luxembourg Management S.à r.l. (MPEP) is a fully regulated AIF manager supervised by the Luxembourg CSSF. It creates thoughtfully diversified private equity fund portfolios to provide institutional investors access to carefully selected best-in-class mid-cap buyout managers in Europe and North America. In addition, Munich Private Equity Partners offers advisory and single services throughout the entire lifecycle of private equity fund investments.
RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG (RWB) is a fully regulated AIF manager supervised by the German BaFin. Since 1999, RWB has offered retail investors access to high-quality institutional private equity funds. Appropriate to the target audience, safety-oriented fund of funds provide the opportunity to participate in this asset class with comparatively lower contribution amounts. With more than 160,000 investment contracts, RWB is the most experienced European provider in this customer segment.
RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG RWB Partners GmbH RWB PrivateCapital GmbH, Austria
The FinTech company Walnut develops innovative software solutions that support the digitized handling of administration and communication processes. The unique platform 'Walnut Live‘ brings financial advisors and their private clients together in a virtual space and enables fully digitalized completion of the subscription processes.
Walnut GmbH & Co. KG
Norman Lemke is CEO of Munich Private Equity AG and one of the founding shareholders of the group. He is also a board member of RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG as well as managing director of RWB Partners GmbH, Walnut GmbH & Co. KG and Munich Private Equity Partners GmbH.
Norman Lemke holds a degree in business administration with a focus on commercial law, banking and stock exchange, and completed tax consultant exams. As a result of more than 20 years of management experience across all development phases of the corporate group, he has mature, cross-divisional expertise in the design, administration, management and sales of investment products in the private equity asset class. Norman Lemke is co-author of the book “Private Equity für Privatanleger” (Private Equity for Private Investors), published by Finanzbuch Verlag in 2011.
Armin Prokscha joined the group of companies in 2009 and currently leads the Legal & Compliance department within Munich Private Equity AG. He was also Managing Director of RWB PrivateCapital (Austria) GmbH from 2010 to 2016 and Compliance Officer of RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG from 2016 to 2019. As of January 1, 2020, Armin Prokscha was appointed as a member of RWB’s Executive Board. In this role, he is responsible for the areas of risk management, fund accounting, customer administration and customer service.
After studying law in Munich and business administration at FernUniversität Hagen, Armin Prokscha initially worked as a lawyer for the Munich law firm P + P Pöllath + Partner – one of the most renowned German law firms specializing in private equity.
Armin Prokscha is married and has three children.
Christopher Bär is a founding member and Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP). He is primarily responsible for portfolio management, serving on MPEP’s investment committee and holds a board position in the AIFM. Christopher worked within several affiliates of Munich Private Equity AG since 2008. In his most recent prior role, he was also an investment committee member, led the North American private equity investment efforts and served on several advisory boards of private equity funds.
Christopher holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) and participated in the largest European academic research project regarding value creation in private equity buyouts. He has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) professional designation and worked for more than 14 years in the private equity business.
Liliane Armel is a Managing Director at the AIF manager of Munich Private Equity Partners in Luxembourg and has been working in the Luxembourg office since its inception in 2014. Prior to her current position, she was active in various management positions in banks and fund management companies in Belgium and Luxembourg.
She holds a Bachelor in Finance from Solvay Business School (ULB) and acquired the CFA Charter in 2004. Within MPEP, she is responsible for areas such as risk and liquidity management, daily operations, valuation and accounting.
David Schäfer is a founding member and Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP). He is primarily responsible for portfolio management, serving on MPEP`s investment committee and holds a board position in the AIFM. David worked within several affiliates of Munich Private Equity since 2008. He is a banker and started his career in 2000 within the regional state bank Helaba. Prior to joining the group of companies, David worked in the private equity department of a German insurance company.
He studied financial management and international business and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) as well as a Private Equity Advisor certificate from the European Business School. David worked for more than 14 years in the private equity business and holds several advisory board positions on private equity funds around the globe.
Christian Moritz is Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners and primarily responsible for portfolio management.
Christian previously worked for Munich Private Equity Partners from 2014 to 2018, leading global private equity fund investments and being part of several advisory boards of private equity funds. Prior to re-joining the company in 2021, he was responsible for buyout fund investments as well as co-investments at a renowned asset manager for alternatives investments as Director for Buyouts. Before starting his career in private equity, Christian spent five years leading infrastructure investments in photovoltaic plants at a renewable energy investment manager.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
Nico Auel is Managing Director of RWB Partners GmbH, a subsidiary of Munich Private Equity AG (MPE). He is also responsible for strategic corporate communications, marketing and human resources for the parent company MPE.
Since 2009, Nico Auel has held various positions within the group of companies. Among other positions, he worked several years for Munich Private Equity Partners as an investment manager with focus on the North American private equity market. Before joining MPE, Auel worked for Deloitte and TRW Automotive in the U.S.
Nico Auel holds a degree in business administration and studied economics at ISM Dortmund, the University of Melbourne and the Universidad Europea de Valencia.
His thesis “Financial Investors in the Shadow of the Financial Crisis” was published by Igel Verlag in 2014.
Lars Gentz is Managing Director of Walnut GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Munich Private Equity AG. With his team, he develops sophisticated and modern software solutions for the finance and insurance industry. This includes i.e. the innovative online advisory technology “Walnut Live”, which was designed in close cooperation with financial advisors and has been in use since 2019.
Before joining Walnut, Lars Gentz was the owner of a design and IT service provider and worked in IT project management at various companies.
Birgit Schmolmüller joined RWB in 2008. From 2010 to 2016, she was Sales Director Austria. Since 2017, she has been primarily responsible for RWB’s business in the Austrian market.
Before joining RWB, Birgit Schmolmüller held various marketing and sales positions at different companies. She also worked for several years as a freelance translator in English and French, with a focus on economics.
Birgit Schmolmüller studied Translation Studies at the University of Innsbruck.
Norman Lemke is CEO of Munich Private Equity AG and one of the founding shareholders of the group. He is also a board member of RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG as well as managing director of RWB Partners GmbH, Walnut GmbH & Co. KG and Munich Private Equity Partners GmbH. Norman Lemke holds a degree in business administration with a focus on commercial law, banking and stock exchange, and completed tax consultant exams. As a result of more than 20 years of management experience across all development phases of the corporate group, he has mature, cross-divisional expertise in the design, administration, management and sales of investment products in the private equity asset class. Norman Lemke is co-author of the book “Private Equity für Privatanleger” (Private Equity for Private Investors), published by Finanzbuch Verlag in 2011.
Armin Prokscha joined the group of companies in 2009 and currently leads the Legal & Compliance department within Munich Private Equity AG. He was also Managing Director of RWB PrivateCapital (Austria) GmbH from 2010 to 2016 and Compliance Officer of RWB PrivateCapital Emissionshaus AG from 2016 to 2019. As of January 1, 2020, Armin Prokscha was appointed as a member of RWB’s Executive Board. In this role, he is responsible for the areas of risk management, fund accounting, customer administration and customer service.
After studying law in Munich and business administration at FernUniversität Hagen, Armin Prokscha initially worked as a lawyer for the Munich law firm P + P Pöllath + Partner – one of the most renowned German law firms specializing in private equity.
Armin Prokscha is married and has three children.
Christopher Bär is a founding member and Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP). He is primarily responsible for portfolio management, serving on MPEP’s investment committee and holds a board position in the AIFM. Christopher worked within several affiliates of Munich Private Equity AG since 2008. In his most recent prior role, he was also an investment committee member, led the North American private equity investment efforts and served on several advisory boards of private equity funds.
Christopher holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) and participated in the largest European academic research project regarding value creation in private equity buyouts. He has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) professional designation and worked for more than 14 years in the private equity business.
Liliane Armel is a Managing Director at the AIF manager of Munich Private Equity Partners in Luxembourg and has been working in the Luxembourg office since its inception in 2014. Prior to her current position, she was active in various management positions in banks and fund management companies in Belgium and Luxembourg.
She holds a Bachelor in Finance from Solvay Business School (ULB) and acquired the CFA Charter in 2004. Within MPEP, she is responsible for areas such as risk and liquidity management, daily operations, valuation and accounting.
David Schäfer is a founding member and Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP). He is primarily responsible for portfolio management, serving on MPEP`s investment committee and holds a board position in the AIFM. David worked within several affiliates of Munich Private Equity since 2008. He is a banker and started his career in 2000 within the regional state bank Helaba. Prior to joining the group of companies, David worked in the private equity department of a German insurance company.
He studied financial management and international business and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) as well as a Private Equity Advisor certificate from the European Business School. David worked for more than 14 years in the private equity business and holds several advisory board positions on private equity funds around the globe.
Christian Moritz is Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners and primarily responsible for portfolio management.
Christian previously worked for Munich Private Equity Partners from 2014 to 2018, leading global private equity fund investments and being part of several advisory boards of private equity funds. Prior to re-joining the company in 2021, he was responsible for buyout fund investments as well as co-investments at a renowned asset manager for alternatives investments as Director for Buyouts. Before starting his career in private equity, Christian spent five years leading infrastructure investments in photovoltaic plants at a renewable energy investment manager.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
Nico Auel is Managing Director of RWB Partners GmbH, a subsidiary of Munich Private Equity AG (MPE). He is also responsible for strategic corporate communications, marketing and human resources for the parent company MPE.
Since 2009, Nico Auel has held various positions within the group of companies. Among other positions, he worked several years for Munich Private Equity Partners as an investment manager with focus on the North American private equity market. Before joining MPE, Auel worked for Deloitte and TRW Automotive in the U.S.
Nico Auel holds a degree in business administration and studied economics at ISM Dortmund, the University of Melbourne and the Universidad Europea de Valencia.
His thesis “Financial Investors in the Shadow of the Financial Crisis” was published by Igel Verlag in 2014.
Lars Gentz is Managing Director of Walnut GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Munich Private Equity AG. With his team, he develops sophisticated and modern software solutions for the finance and insurance industry. This includes i.e. the innovative online advisory technology “Walnut Live”, which was designed in close cooperation with financial advisors and has been in use since 2019.
Before joining Walnut, Lars Gentz was the owner of a design and IT service provider and worked in IT project management at various companies.
Birgit Schmolmüller joined RWB in 2008. From 2010 to 2016, she was Sales Director Austria. Since 2017, she has been primarily responsible for RWB’s business in the Austrian market.
Before joining RWB, Birgit Schmolmüller held various marketing and sales positions at different companies. She also worked for several years as a freelance translator in English and French, with a focus on economics.
Birgit Schmolmüller studied Translation Studies at the University of Innsbruck.
Press contact: Philipp Klöckner | Head of Marketing & Communications | tel.: +49 89 6666 94-565 | philipp.kloeckner@mpe.ag
Press contact: Philipp Klöckner
Head of Marketing & Communications
tel.: +49 89 6666 94-565 | philipp.kloeckner@mpe.ag