Bio

Ron Ayles joined Advent in London in 2005 and joined the Advent team in Germany in 2007. He acts as an advisor in the German-speaking region and is responsible for Advent's global chemicals and materials practice. Before joining Advent, he worked for 3i in London and Frankfurt where he built up the firm’s chemicals and materials practice. Prior to joining 3i, he spent 10 years at Degussa AG, the German Speciality Chemicals company in a variety of roles including M&A Director, investor relations manager, corporate controller and assistant to the chief financial officer. Ron holds an MBA from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the WHU Koblenz (Germany), as well as European undergraduate degrees from ESB Reutlingen and the universities of Granada and London. He also trained as an “Industriekaufmann.”