Renowned leaders of the Nordic private equity markets making a name for themselves this forthcoming year

The private equity finance marketplace in Scandinavia is one of the most successful and dynamic in the EU. The location of some of the prime companies on Earth along with a superb schooling method and excellent and secure financial system, investment, both foreign and national, has rarely been lacking. Here are the backgrounds of some of the biggest figures in the Nordic markets:

Thomas Von Koch - EQT Partners - Partner

Thomas von Koch was an associate of the team that created EQT Partners in 1994 and starting with early last year, Thomas is a Managing Partner.

Thomas finished the Stockholm School of Economics in 1992 with joint degrees (Financial Economics and Accounting & Finance).

Prior to having joined EQT, Thomas worked at Investor AB, which he joined twenty-three years ago to work with private equity study, management and business finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Thomas is a member of the Partner Investment Panels within EQT - Mid Market, Private Equity, Credit and Facilities.

Christine Frostmark - Bain Nordic - Partner, Stockholm

Christine Frostmark is an associate at Bain Nordic and is headquartered in the Swedish office. She became a member of Bain & Company in 2000 and has learned the trade in Stockholm, London and San Francisco.

Christine has been active across a wide selection of challenges and industries. However during the last several years she has specialised in the equity finance and financial professional services sectors. Christine is also the Head of Bain Nordic’s Customer Strategy & Marketing and Advertising Practice and prime expert in client guided development techniques.

In the nice of economic solutions Christine has collaborated with a couple of big banks in Europe on a variety of jobs like advancement approaches, Advertising and Marketing, customer loyalty and organisational adjustment. Christine’s private equity experience involves professional due diligence in addition to business organising, effectiveness enhancement and final assistance for stock portfolio corporations.

Christine has an MSc in Engineering, with a major in Manufacturing Tech and Industrial Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Christine also obtained an MSc in Economics and Enterprise Management, with a major in Finance and Managerial Finances from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Peder Prahl - Triton Partners - Exec Partner

Peder Prahl is affiliated with the panel of administrators of the General Partner and the Investment Panel for all Triton finances. He has been the Managing Associate of Triton since its beginnings in the nineties.

He concentrates on efforts across the Manufacturing, Enterprise Solutions and Buyer niches. Leading up to founding Triton, Peder was an associate at Doughty Hanson & Co. and additionally worked for Morgan Stanley in the Big Apple and London. He has a Master's in Business Administration and a degree in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.