René Biner

René Biner is Chairman of the Global Investment Committee at Partners Group, based in Zug. He has been with Partners Group since 1999 and has 28 years of industry experience. He previously worked on private equity direct investments and transactions before taking on responsibility for partnership investments in Europe and, later, relocating to Partners Group's New York office where he was Co-Head of the firm's US private equity investment activities. Following his return to Partners Group's principal office in Zug, René was assigned responsibility for the firm's private debt investment management activities. Before Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Zurich with responsibility in the due diligence and audit practice, assigned to IPO projects. He holds a master's degree in economics and business administration from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is also a Swiss Certified Public Accountant.