Dirk has extensive entrepreneurial and financial experience. In late 2009 he co-founded Brandmile, one of India s leading private shopping sites.
Before relocating to Singapore in 2010 Dirk worked as an investment professional at zouk, a leading venture capital firm focused on cleantech, coming from another London-based private equity house. During his career in private equity he has managed the origination, assessment, investment and monitoring of private equity holdings in the smart grid, water, solar, e-commerce and real estate space with the total investment sums per deal ranging from €10m-800m.
Prior to private equity he worked for Deutsche Bank Asset Management London as a portfolio management professional investing mainly into European equities as part of a 10 people team with responsibility for €13bn.
Dirk holds a BSc. in Computer Science from Hildesheim University and a dual MSc. in Finance & Economics and International Management (CEMS) from Copenhagen Business School and ESADE respectively.
