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SuperReturn International
8 - 12 June 2026
InterContinental HotelBerlin

Jan-Philipp Schmitz
Executive Vice-President, Head of Investor Relations and Deputy Co-Head Secondaries & Primaries at Ardian
Panellist

Profile

Jan Philipp Schmitz is Executive Vice-President, Head of Investor Relations, Chairman of the Sales Committee and Deputy Co-Head Secondaries & Primaries. He holds a dual role at Ardian, combining strategic investment management with a tailored, global approach to serving investors worldwide.

He is also Head of Ardian Germany and Asia.

Jan Philipp Schmitz and his teams have profoundly transformed investor relations at Ardian by combining personalized support with innovation and data processing, in order to consistently maintain performance and service quality for our investors.

He played a key role in improving the diligence, transparency, and responsiveness of processes so that every investor could benefit from fast, personalized services. He also participated in expanding the Ardian platform to private investors with the creation of the Private Wealth Solutions business in 2020.

Jan Philipp Schmitz joined Ardian in 2005 within the Secondaries & Primaries team in Frankfurt. Previously he worked at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, working for Private Equity clients in transaction advisory services. He has a dual role spanning the investment side while also servicing investors globally.

Agenda Sessions

  • The growing importance of secondaries in the evergreen allocation model

    14:30