Bio

Nikolai Mackscheidt, born in Cologne, studied business administration at the University of Siegen and completed a second degree in cultural management at the University of Music and Theatre, Hamburg. After completing his studies, Nikolai Mackscheidt initially worked at CULTURPLAN Unternehmensberatung, Krefeld, for a period of four years in the field of restructurings projects for publicly funded cultural institutions, most recently as Junior Partner. He then moved to Ernst & Young AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, where he was part of the Transaction Advisory Services/Corporate Restructuring team. Here he carried out reorganisation and restructuring projects for a predominantly ”Mittelstand” client base. At the beginning of 2006, Nikolai Mackscheidt joined Strategic Value Partners, Germany, an American financial investor with approx. USD 6 billion assets under management. At Strategic Value Partners Nikolai Mackscheidt was part of the operational restructuring team. In this function, Nikolai Mackscheidt led operational and financial restructurings, served on advisory boards and as interim CFO in portfolio companies of Strategic Value Partners. In June 2008, Nikolai Mackscheidt joined the BPE team as investment manager and was appointed partner in February 2016.