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Samuel Duncombe is an independent consultant in the private market space and a CAIA Germany chapter executive. He advises clients on topics such as fund selection / manager due diligence, portfolio management and research projects. In addition to Samuel's industry-side work, he is also a postgraduate researcher with the University of Exeter, and has published academic research on private markets. He is a CAIA and CFA charterholder.

Matthias founded Bright Capital in 2015 and serves as managing partner and member of the investment committee. Matthias is heading the firm’s investment activities and signs responsible for business development. Prior to his current role, Matthias served as managing director of the Switzerland headquartered private equity firm, Mountain Lake Investment. Before starting his investment carrier, he was the chairman of the board at Peaches Group, a Frankfurt and London based IT service provider, covering more than 30 MNOs in Europe. Matthias founded the company back in 2006, sold it to a Private Equity investor and helped to IPO the business. In his early working days, he made a fast career at a global IT firm where in his last role he served as head of international business. Matthias has been a shareholder in a number of businesses throughout Germany. He looks back to more than a decade in c-level roles and on more than a decade as an investor in private companies.

Sophie-Dorothee Rotermund is a researcher, teacher and finance PhD candidate at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management with a research focus on debt financing, financial intermediation, and private markets. Her current work centers on the role of private debt funds in credit provision, examining how they allocate capital across firms and market conditions. She has been a research fellow at Harvard Business School and previously worked at the European Central Bank.