Directors

Jason Gatenby
Chief Executive

Jason joined us in 2000 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2010. A Leeds graduate, he started his career with 3i in 1990 and became an Investment Director for 3i's southern region in 1997.
T: +44 20 7336 9947
E: jason.gatenby@montagu.com

Vince O'Brien
Director

Vince joined us in 1993 from Coopers & Lybrand and has worked in the private equity industry for over 20 years. A graduate in Modern History and a qualified Chartered Accountant, Vince sits on our Investment Committee and is responsible for fund raising and all aspects of investor relations. He is a former Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association.
T: +44 20 7336 9934
E: vince.o'brien@montagu.com

Mark Dunfoy
Director

Mark graduated from Cambridge in 1987. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and spent two years in their Corporate Finance department prior to joining us in 1996.
T: +44 20 7336 9943
E: mark.dunfoy@montagu.com

Alex Shinder
Director

Alex joined us 1993 from 3i and has worked for over 20 years in private equity and corporate finance. Alex heads up the team responsible for UK origination.
T: +44 20 7336 9935
E: alex.shinder@montagu.com

Wiet Stokhuyzen
Director

Wiet joined us in 2006 having spent 6 years working in the buyout team at JPMorgan Partners. Prior to this he spent 4 years working as a strategy consultant at LEK Partnership. Wiet is a History graduate from Durham University and holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.
T: +44 20 7336 9930
E: wiet.stokhuyzen@montagu.com

Heidi Duckworth
Director

Heidi joined us in 2004 having graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA. Prior to this she worked as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group before moving to iFormation Group. Heidi has a Double First in Natural Sciences from Cambridge.
T: +44 20 7336 9910
E: heidi.duckworth@montagu.com

Alex Dabbous
Director

Alex joined us in 2006 having spent three years as a strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior to this he worked as an internal consultant at the Cabinet Office and in strategy at a software business. Alex is a PPE graduate from Oxford University and holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.
T: +44 20 7336 9917
E: alex.dabbous@montagu.com

Edward Shuckburgh
Director

Edward joined us in 2006 having spent a total of 5 years working for McKinsey & Company and a year working with the Financial Times starting up a new business unit. A mathematics graduate from Oxford University, Edward also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
T: +44 20 7336 9922
E: edward.shuckburgh@montagu.com

Peter Dahlberg
Director

Peter joined us in 2004 having previously worked at Deutsche Bank in London focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to this, he founded, managed and sold a number of companies in Sweden involved in manufacturing, wholesale and retail. Peter holds a Master of Laws degree and a M.Sc. in Business Administration from Stockholm University.
T: +44 20 7336 9987
E: peter.dahlberg@montagu.com

Mark Keough
Director*

Mark joined us in 2008. An MIT graduate with an MBA from Harvard Business School, Mark has a broad mix of both consulting and hands-on operational experience, having been a Senior Partner at McKinsey and subsequently participating in a private-equity backed LBO of a leading US electrical distribution business. He then acquired and ran his own group of European IT businesses before joining Montagu.
T: +44 20 7336 9915
E: mark.keough@montagu.com
* Montagu Private Equity Associates LLP

Dr. Axel Eckhart
Senior Adviser

Axel has been working extensively with Montagu since 2007. Having obtained an MBA from the University of Cologne, his early career was spent at McKinsey where, as a Senior Partner, he worked with a wide range of companies on strategy and operational effectiveness across Europe and the US. He became a co-owner and board member of Elpro AG in the early to mid 1990s, a leading East German industrial group. Following a period as a Senior Partner at Droege, he was recruited by KKR to establish and run Capstone Europe.
T: +44 20 7336 9975
E: axel.eckhardt@montagu.com

Simon Pooler
Director

Simon joined us when the Manchester office was founded in 1995. A graduate in Civil Engineering, Simon joined Montagu following seven years with Price Waterhouse where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked in the Corporate Finance department. Simon is responsible for deal origination and execution in the north of the UK.
T: +44 161 233 6660
E: simon.pooler@montagu.com

Anthony Greensmith
Director

Anthony joined our Manchester office in May 2001 after six years at Ernst & Young, three of which were spent specialising in Private Equity transactions as part of their lead advisory team. He is a Business Studies graduate and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997.
T: +44 161 233 6663
E: anthony.greensmith@montagu.com

Sylvain Berger-Duquene
Director

Sylvain joined us in 2000 from Astorg Partners where he was involved in arranging leveraged buyouts. He started his career with Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Paris where he spent seven years specialising in acquisition finance. Sylvain is a graduate of ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales).
T: +33 1 44 95 11 95
E: sylvain.berger-duquene@montagu.com

Guillaume Jabalot
Director

Guillaume joined us in 2006 from Apax Partners where he spent four years arranging leveraged buyouts in France. He started his career in investment banking at Lazard. Guillaume is a graduate of ESSEC and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
T: +33 1 44 95 11 88
E: guillaume.jabalot@montagu.com

Jean-Michel Prach
Director

Jean-Michel joined us in 2007 after 17 years in investment banking in New York and London with Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and HSBC. He started his professional career as a product manager with Schlumberger. Jean-Michel is a graduate from Ecole Centrale in Lille and holds an MBA from Wharton.
T: +33 1 44 95 11 96
E: jean-michel.prach@montagu.com

Sébastien Raffray
Director

Sébastien joined in 2003 from Credit Lyonnais, where he spent three years initially in their leveraged finance group in New York before joining their mezzanine fund in Paris. He is a graduate of Ecole Centrale in Paris and of IEP Paris.
T: +33 1 44 95 11 93
E: sebastien.raffray@montagu.com

Peter Kroha
Director

Peter joined Montagu in London in 1998 and moved to the Düsseldorf office in May 1999. A graduate in Law, he also obtained a UK Legal Practising Certificate and a first class international business diploma. He speaks English, German, French and Spanish.
T: +49 211 867 693 0
E: peter.kroha@montagu.com

Nico Helling
Director

Nico Helling joined us in February 2002. He had previously worked for the private equity arm of UBS Capital in Munich, and before that as a senior adviser in Ernst and Young's corporate finance advisory team. Nico holds a Masters in Business Administration.
T: +49 211 867 693 0
E: nico.helling@montagu.com

Arndt von Raussendorff
Director

Arndt graduated from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel in 2001, after studies in France and the US. Parallel to his studies he gathered experience in private equity and leverage finance, working at UBS Capital and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He joined Montagu Private Equity in 2002.
T: +49 211 867 693 0
E: arndt.von.raussendorff@montagu.com

Jens-Philip Weiss
Director

Jens-Philip joined us from JP Morgan where he worked in leveraged finance and M&A in both London and Frankfurt. Jens-Philip graduated from the University of Frankfurt and holds an MBA from the University of Iowa.
T: +49 211 867 693 0
E: jens.weiss@montagu.com

Michał Chałaczkiewicz
Director

Michał joined Montagu in 2008 having spent over 4 years working for Innova Capital in Warsaw focusing on Central European private equity deals. Prior to this he spent 2 years working for Ernst & Young in their Corporate Finance, M&A and Financial Advisory Groups. Michał is a graduate from the Warsaw School of Economics (with Honors). In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious first Lesław A. Paga Scholarship.
T: +44 20 7336 9988
E: michal.chalaczkiewicz@montagu.com

Graham Hislop
Finance Director

Graham joined Montagu after 14 years of financial and commercial experience in industry, primarily at ICI Plc and Invensys Plc. After gaining a degree in Business Studies and Accountancy at Edinburgh University, Graham qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney.
T: +44 20 7336 9990
E: graham.hislop@montagu.com

Cathy Clifford
Human Resources Director

Cathy joined Montagu in June 2000 after gaining an MSc in Occupational Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the Human Resources Director for Montagu.
T: +44 20 7336 9916
E: cathy.clifford@montagu.com