THI Investments
Ricardo Sommer is currently the Partner and Head of Private Equity DACH at THI Investments. With a background in finance and consulting, Ricardo has held various roles in prominent companies such as Tikehau Capital, Silverfleet Capital, and Quadriga Capital. Ricardo holds an MBA from INSEAD and has a strong educational background from institutions such as Goethe Schule and Texas McCombs School of Business.
THI Investments
What we do We invest into European middle-market companies with great management and sustainable long-term growth prospects. We are active investors with experience of building successful businesses internationally. This strong operational focus enables us to add value to existing leadership teams and companies. Our mission is to support our partners in executing their goals and move their companies from good to great. Investment Strategy Foresight + Insight = Conviction - The world/economy is facing extraordinary technological and economic change. We believe these megatrends will disrupt entire industries beyond expectation. We observe, research and interpret these trends to inform our sector selection and our value enhancement. The companies who embrace and invest in these changes have a unique and significant opportunity for sustainable growth. We target our thesis-based approach to identify investment opportunities where we can add incremental value over a long period of time. Adding value We have an experienced strategy and business development team with relevant functional specialities dedicated to support value creation in our partner companies. We can also call upon specialist expertise and consultancy from strategic partners. We support accomplished leadership teams to build sustainable competitive advantage in four key areas of activity: digital disruption, cost structure and process improvement, international expansion and resource efficiency.