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    Rohith Sunkaraneni
    Senior Associate

    UK / Private Equity

    Rohith Sunkaraneni

    Senior Associate
    UK / Private Equity

    Rohith is a Senior Associate in the Banking team within 3i Private Equity. He has worked on financing transactions for a number of 3i's portfolio companies including: Action, Constellation, European Bakery Group, Konges Sløjd, Royal Sanders, SaniSure, Wilson HCG and xSuite. 

    Prior to joining 3i in 2022, Rohith spent over seven years at NatWest Bank working across a range of teams. He spent most of his time in Leveraged Finance, working on European mid-market and large-cap buyouts and financings across all sectors. 

    Rohith holds a BSc in Biology with Business Management from Imperial College, London.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Jamie Supple
    Director

    UK / Private Equity

    Jamie Supple

    Director
    UK / Private Equity
    Services & Software

    Jamie joined 3i in 2017. He is focused on originating and executing Private Equity investments primarily within the Services and Software sectors. 

    Prior to joining 3i, Jamie was an Investment Manager at Duke Street. Prior to that, he worked in the investment banking team at Hawkpoint Partners in London advising on public and private transactions across a variety of sectors. 

    Jamie holds a BA in Economics from Durham University.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131

    Investments

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    James Thompson
    Associate Director

    UK / Private Equity

    James Thompson

    Associate Director
    UK / Private Equity
    Industrial

    James is an Associate Director in the UK Private Equity team. He focuses on originating and executing Private Equity investments in Industrial Technology and Private Label and observes the Board for 3i's investment in Scandlines. 

    Prior to joining 3i in 2016, James worked as a consultant at Roland Berger and Deloitte where he focussed on aerospace, advanced materials and other industrial opportunities. 

    James holds a MEng in Materials Science from the University of Oxford.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Jo Thomson
    Active Partnership Practice Director

    UK / Private Equity

    Jo Thomson

    Active Partnership Practice Director
    UK / Private Equity

    Jo Thomson leads the Active Partnership team. Her core responsibilities include the sharing of best practice across our investors as well as our portfolio companies. This incorporates the delivery of key events such as the CEO and Chair Forums, developing Active Partnership related training, creating visibility of advisor performance on Active Partnership initiatives as well as working on key business priorities, for example digitisation, sustainability and D,E&I. 

    Jo is also responsible for the marketing and internal communications for the Private Equity business.

    Prior to joining 3i, Jo worked at EY in their Global Private Equity team. 

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Nicolas Urban
    Director

    Germany / Private Equity

    Nicolas Urban

    Director
    Germany / Private Equity
    Consumer & Private Label

    Nicolas is a Director in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt. He is responsible for 3i's origination in the consumer sector in the German-speaking region and was part of the deal team in 3i's investments in Luqom Group, Ydeon, MPM, Weener Plastics and KINOLT. Nicolas currently sits on the Boards of Luqom and Ydeon, and previously sat on the Board of Christ and was an Observer on the GEKA Board. 

    Previously, Nicolas worked in Deutsche Bank's investment banking team with a focus on M&A. 

    Nicolas holds a Masters degree in Finance & Accounting from London School of Economics and a Bachelors degree in Business from WHU.

    3i office address

    OpernTurm
    Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
    60306 Frankfurt am Main
    +49 69 710000 0

     

    Investments

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    Rutger Vos
    Partner

    Benelux / Private Equity

    Rutger Vos

    Partner
    Benelux / Private Equity
    Consumer & Private Label

    Rutger Vos is a Partner in the Consumer team, based in Amsterdam. He is currently involved in 3i’s investments in VakantieDiscounter, Mepal and Action. 

    He joined 3i in 2015 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Mepal and VakantieDiscounter. Previously, he was a Board member at nexeye. 

    Prior to joining 3i, he worked in J.P. Morgan’s Benelux M&A team in London. He holds an MSc in Finance from Duisenberg School of Finance, a BSc in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and a BSc in Economics & Business from VU University Amsterdam.

    3i office address

    Cornelis Schuytstraat 74
    1071 JL Amsterdam
    +31 20 3057 444
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    Sophia Walwyn-James
    ESG & Sustainability Director

    UK / Private Equity

    Sophia Walwyn-James

    ESG & Sustainability Director
    UK / Private Equity

    Sophia is ESG & Sustainability Director within 3i’s Private Equity business, with responsibility for leading the consideration of ESG matters through the investment lifecycle, defining the team’s ESG strategy, and providing support to portfolio companies across Europe and North America. Sophia is also a member of the 3i Group ESG Committee. Sophia holds a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (“CISL”), and is a member of the Invest Europe Human Rights Working Group

    Sophia previously spent 11 years in 3i’s Fund Investor Relations team, having joined 3i in 2011. She holds an honours degree in History from the University of Durham.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Ross Warshauer
    Senior Associate

    North America / Private Equity

    Ross Warshauer

    Senior Associate
    North America / Private Equity
    Healthcare

    Ross joined 3i in 2021 as a member of its North American Private Equity team based in New York. Ross has since been involved in 3i’s investments in SaniSure and ten23 Health.

    Prior to joining 3i, Ross was an Investment Banking Analyst with Perella Weinberg Partners in the Healthcare Group, where he focused on M&A advisory and capital raising transactions.

    Ross graduated from Emory University with a B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics.

    3i office address

    300 Park Ave, 23rd floor
    New York, NY 10022
    +1 (212) 848 1400
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    Peter Wirtz
    Head, Private Equity, Managing Director

    Germany / Private Equity

    Peter Wirtz

    Head, Private Equity, Managing Director
    Germany / Private Equity

    Peter joined 3i Germany in 1998. He was appointed co-Managing Director 3i Deutschland in May 2009 and has led 3i's Private Equity business since April 2019. He leads our consumer sector, is a member of the Investment Committee and the 3i Group Executive Committee.

    During his time at 3i, Peter has taken a leading role across more than 15 transactions including YDEON (GartenHaus), Luqom (Lampenwelt), Christ, Scandlines, Amor and MotorenWerkeMannheim (MWM). Further transactions in which Peter has been involved include 3i’s investments in arrivia (ICE), Action, Basic-Fit, NORMA, Hyva and Azelis. Peter currently sits on the Boards of Luqom and YDEON. 

    Prior to joining 3i, Peter worked for Procter & Gamble and Deutsche Bank. 

    He holds a degree in Business and Administration from the University of Bamberg.

    3i office address

    OpernTurm
    Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
    60306 Frankfurt am Main
    +49 69 710000 0

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