Experience

Erste Private Capital GmbH

• Austria
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Investment Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Wien, Österreich Building a newly established fund to address the gap in the availability of growth and scale-up funding for innovative, fast growing enterprises with high value creation potential in Austria and neigbouring regions



EUCODIS Bioscience GmbH

• Shareholder

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

  Wien, Österreich Private Investment into the company. Sold my stake through the acquisition of Eucodis by KKR owned Gallus Bidco.

• CEO

  • Jun 2018 - Sep 2021

  Wien CEO with responsibility for operations, HR & finances, investor relations, external funding and M&A. Financial and organizational restructuring of the company. Increased sales organically by 45% within two years and turned a highly negative EBITDA margin into a double digit positive one. Reduced balance sheet liabilities by ~70% through settlement agreements with public and private creditors. Set-up and executed a structured sales process of the company resulting in the negotiation of… Show more CEO with responsibility for operations, HR & finances, investor relations, external funding and M&A. Financial and organizational restructuring of the company. Increased sales organically by 45% within two years and turned a highly negative EBITDA margin into a double digit positive one. Reduced balance sheet liabilities by ~70% through settlement agreements with public and private creditors. Set-up and executed a structured sales process of the company resulting in the negotiation of several term sheets. Prepared the company sale to a KKR owned biotech company which was successfully closed in 2022.

• Board Member

  • May 2015 - May 2018

  Wien, Österreich Board Member to represent ARAX' investment interest until I was appointed CEO in summer 2018.



VIEW Elevator GmbH

• Austria
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • May 2021 - Sep 2021

  Upper Austria, Austria Board member representing Arax' investment interest in the company.



Eveliqure Biotechnologies

• Austria
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2021

  Wien, Österreich



ARAX Capital Partners GmbH

• Senior Investment Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Sep 2021

  Wien Create deal flow / investment funnel Screen Companies Negotiate Investment Terms Perform Due Diligence analyses Perform market analyses Perform enterprise valuations Portfolio Controlling and reporting to investors Member of advisory boards of portfolio companies Exit Negotiations

• Investment Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Dec 2016

  Wien, Österreich

• Senior Investment Analyst

  • May 2012 - May 2014

  Wien, Österreich

• Investment Analyst

  • Dec 2010 - Apr 2012

  Wien



Panoptes Pharma GmbH

• Board Member

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2020

  Wien, Österreich Represented ARAX' investment stake until Panoptes' acquisition by NASDAQ listed EYEGATE Pharma Inc. in December 2020



CONDA Crowdinvesting

• Austria
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Observer on the Board of Directors/Supervisory Board

  • Feb 2015 - May 2019

  Representing ARAX' investment interest on the Board until Conda's acquisition by Startup300 AG in 2019



Marinomed Biotech AG

• Austria
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Observer on the Board of Directors/Supervisory Board

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2019

  Wien, Österreich Observer of the board to represent ARAX' investment interest until Marinomed's IPO on Vienna Stock Exchange in 2019



Bowman Gilfillan

• Intern, Corporate Law Department

  • Mar 2009 - Aug 2009

  Kapstadt und Umgebung, Südafrika



Vitanas GmbH & Co. KGaA

• Germany
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management-Trainee

  • Oct 2006 - May 2007

  Berlin Trainee in Management, Marketing & Process Management