Dr. Hans-Dieter Koch is a Managing Partner at Cipio Partners and serves as a Director to the firm's Luxembourg entities. Residing in Munich he leads the funds’ operations and investor relations while serving on a number of boards. He was CEO of b-business partners BV, the global growth equity investment arm of Investor AB/Wallenberg Group, Stockholm. Previously, he was CEO of GE Capital IT Solutions, Europe, responsible for 7,000 staff and US$4bn in revenue. Hans-Dieter assumed that role following the sale of his company, CompuNet AG, Europe’s largest IT service provider, to GE Capital. Prior to co-founding CompuNet, Hans-Dieter was with McKinsey, Deutsche Bank and Matuschka Group.
He holds MBA and Ph.D. degrees from Frankfurt University.