Waterland Private Equity
Laura Dillon is a seasoned professional in private equity and strategy consultancy, currently serving as a Partner at Waterland Private Equity since March 2020. With extensive experience at esteemed firms such as The Riverside Company as Principal in the Transacting Team and WorldRemit as VP of Growth, Laura has cultivated a strong background in investment and strategic development. Previous roles include founder and CEO of DSI Distribution Solutions Ireland Ltd, strategy consultant for Laura Dillon & Associates Ltd, and investment professional at Apax Partners. Laura's career began at McKinsey as a Business Analyst, and academic credentials include an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from University College Dublin.
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Waterland Private Equity
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Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions. Waterland is an active investor in the financial, strategic and operational sense. In the current dynamic business environment with an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions, Waterland is a partner that provides entrepreneurs with a powerful position in the increasingly competitive international arena. Since the start in 1999, the firm has made investments in more than 1100 companies. Waterland currently manages more than €14 billion of investor commitments. Investments are made in markets with attractive characteristics for a consolidation strategy: consistent growth, sufficient size, sustainable profitability, fragmentation and (indication of) consolidation. Waterland focusses on industries that are undergoing change as a consequence of one or more of the following trends: sustainability, digitalization and outsourcing, ageing population, and leisure and wellbeing. Waterland employs 180 professionals. Our teams are based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark and operate across Europe.