André Frei

Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with over EUR 28 billion in investment programs under management in private equity, private debt, private real estate and private infrastructure. The firm manages a broad range of limited partnerships and customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors who are seeking direct exposure to individual private markets assets. Partners Group is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has 15 offices around the globe. The firm employs over 600 people and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (symbol: PGHN) with a major ownership by its Partners and all employees and is invested in more than 6'000 privately held assets.

Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with over EUR 28 billion in investment programs under management in private equity, private debt, private real estate and private infrastructure. The firm manages a broad range of limited partnerships and customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors who are seeking direct exposure to individual private markets assets. Partners Group is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has 15 offices around the globe. The firm employs over 600 people and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (symbol: PGHN) with a major ownership by its Partners and all employees and is invested in more than 6'000 privately held assets.

Partners Group-PE is an active, long-term manager which follows an integrated approach to make direct, secondary and primary investments in private equity, leveraging their global network to source, analyze and execute a range of investments across asset classes globally.The firm makes direct private equity investments into the equity of selected operating companies, typically together with investee management and taking a board seat. They make primary investments in newly established private equity partnerships where underlying portfolio companies are not known at the time of investment.They utilize relative value assessment for different regions and financing stages to select the best private equity segments, seeking to identify and invest with high-quality partners from among their relationships with global private markets managers, advisory board committees and general and limited partners.Partners Group-PE makes secondary investments by acquiring single or portfolios of assets on the secondary market across all asset classes and offering investors liquidity or an exit possibility in a market which is highly liquidity-constrained. They are a value-based secondary investor which understands individual portfolio assets and business models at the fundamental level. They aim to create value by acquiring high quality assets with significant value potential and/or undervalued assets at their point of inflection and searching for non-competitive acquisitions.