Bio

Nikolaus Winther, born in Bremen, initially completed his military service and subsequently studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen, majoring in accounting, controlling and finance. After several study-related jobs and internships, among others at Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Monitor Group, he started his professional career at Lehman Brothers in investment banking after graduation. Here he worked in London in the area of Equity Capital Markets (ECM), facilitating IPOs and the financing of German companies via the capital market. However, he also structured hedging and sales transactions for corporate clients and high net worth individuals within the Equity Derivatives team. In his third year, he moved to Frankfurt within the Lehman Brothers investment bank to gain experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). In September 2008, Nikolaus Winther started as an investment manager at BPE and was appointed partner in February 2016.