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Investment Team

Dr. Thomas Schmitt

Managing Partner

  • Acathia Capital since 2013

  • 7 years Winterthur Insurance (Credit Suisse Group), Member of the Executive Board

  • 5 years McKinsey & Co., Financial Institutions Group, Project Manager

  • 2 years Deutsche Bank, Controlling

  • MBA, PhD Business Administration

Dr. Christoph Wetzel

Investment Principal Insurance

  • 3 years, Chairman of supervisory board DARAG Group

  • 6 years, board member of HDI Group

  • 10 years, board member of Basler Germany

  • 5 years, McKinsey & Co, Project Leader

  • MBA (University of Münster)

Claes Carlson

Investment Principal Sweden

  • 13 years Futur (formerly Danica Pension), CEO

  • 3 years WASA Försäkring, Sales director

  • 3 years Swedbank Försäkring, Business area manager

  • 3 years Optimum Försäkringsmäkleri, CEO

  • 6 years Trygg Hansa, Sales

  • Legal Studies, Stockholm University

  • MBA (IESE), M.Sc. Ind. Engineering

Frank Dausy

Investment Principal Benelux, France

  • Acathia Capital since 2014

  • 7 years Ageas Continental Europe, MD Corporate Development

  • 2 years Fortis Insurance, SVP Corporate Planning

  • 1 year Fortis Insurance Europe, CEO

  • 1 year Fortis, Director of Credit Communications

  • 7 y. Fortis Investor Relations Manager

Patrick Soltendieck

Investment Director

  • Acathia Capital since 2016

  • 1 year Debt & Capital Advisory, Deloitte

  • 1 year Financial Restructuring, One Square

  • HEC Paris, France,
    M.Sc. in International Finance

  • Goethe University, Frankfurt,
    B.Sc. in Business Administration

Carolin Schmitt

Investment Manager

  • Acathia Capital since 2019

  • 2 years Management Consulting, BCG, Switzerland

  • St. Gallen University, Switzerland, M.A. in Strategy and International Management

  • WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Mangement, Vallendar,
    B.Sc. in Business Administration

Dardan Lulaj

Investment Manager

  • Acathia Capital since 2020

  • St. Gallen University, Switzerland, M.A. in Accounting and Finance

  • Goethe University, Frankfurt,
    B.Sc. in Business Administration

  • Prior experiences in Private Equity Consulting (McKinsey) and Finance Consulting (EY)

Alexandra Milivojevic

Investment Analyst

  • Acathia Capital since 2024

  • Goethe University, Frankfurt,
    M.Sc. in Business Administration

  • Goethe University, Frankfurt,
    B.Sc. in Business Administration

  • Prior experiences in Credit Risk Analysis (Scope Ratings) and Audit (Deloitte)

Katharina Schmitt

Real Estate Manager

  • Acathia Capital since 2018

  • WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Mangement, Vallendar
    M.Sc. Management

  • Wismar Business School, Wismar
    B.A. Sports Management

  • Goethe University, Frankfurt
    State Exam for Teaching Profession

Theda Winterbauer

Corporate Attorney

  • Acathia Capital since 2013

  • Admitted as German Attorny at law (Rechtsanwältin/
    Syndikusrechtsanwältin)

  • Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

  • First State Exam in Law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Senior Advisor

Georg Mehl

Insurance

  • 15 years Wuerttembergische Insurance Group, CEO

  • 29 years Allianz Insurance Group, MD

  • 10 years Executive Committee Member of the GDV (German Insurance Association)

  • M.A. Management

Prof. Mark Wahrenburg

Regulatory

  • 20 years, Goethe University Frankfurt, Tenured Professor and Chair of Banking and Finance

  • 7 years, Goethe Business School, Founding Dean

  • 3 years, University of Witten/Herdecke, Professor of Finance

  • 1 year, Wharton Business School, Visiting Professor

  • 1 year, McKinsey & Co., Consultant

  • PhD Finance, MBA

Michael Fröhls

Real Estate

  • 11 years The Froehls Group, Managing Partner

  • 3 years MetLife,  Head of Strategic Planning

  • 2 years Allianz Group, Head of Program Management

  • 4 years Citigroup, Strategy Director

  • 6 years McKinsey & Co., Senior Engagement Manager

  • MBA (UT Austin), PhD Fin., M.A. Industrial Economics (WHU)

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