Marcel A. Bens

Marcel A. Bens is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in growth capital investing, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of ECP Growth since October 2011. Bens has held multiple leadership positions, including Chief Executive Officer at GoodBelly, NextFoods, Inc., cheribundi, and TCHO Chocolate, and is a member of the executive team at Tengelmann Twenty-One KG as of December 2023. Previous roles include investment professional positions at Patriarch Partners and Pottinger, as well as various management roles at DaimlerChrysler AG, where responsibilities spanned production planning, corporate strategy, and international management. Bens holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering & Economics from Technische Universität Berlin, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering & Economics from Hochschule Kaiserslautern.