Niklas Ponnert

Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer at eWTP Arabia Capital

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Based in Riyadh, Niklas is the Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer of eWTP Arabia Capital.

eWTP Arabia Capital funds and bridges industry leading Asian companies to Saudi-Arabia, the GCC and global markets. The firm is backed by international and regional sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, and family offices.

Niklas has over twenty years of China and emerging markets private equity investing, capital markets, and fund management experience. He joined the firm from B Capital, the international multi-stage investment firm. Previously, he was a Partner and Managing Director with China Equity, one of China’s first independent private equity firms. Niklas launched his investing career with Siemens Venture Capital, where he structured and executed technology investments across China, India, and South-East Asia. He has held executive and board roles with a dozen private and publicly listed portfolio companies.

A Swedish national, Niklas is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He speaks Mandarin Chinese.