Michael Wand

Head of EMEA Investments at Carlyle

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Michael Wand is the Head of EMEA Investments at Carlyle and oversees the firm’s Corporate Private Equity platform in the region. He is based in London.

Mr. Wand joined Carlyle in 2001 and has led numerous technology investments, notably P&I AG, FRS Global, UC4/Automic, Foundry, eggplant, SER Group, and DEPT, and advised on more than a dozen completed realizations. He currently is a member of the boards of directors of Shopware, HSO, DEPT, Disguise, LiveU, Incubeta, and SNP AG.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Wand worked for approximately 10 years in investment banking, the last seven years of which were in the technology sector. As a Managing Director, he was responsible for the European software and Internet research team at Deutsche Bank in London. Prior to that, he worked as a European Software Analyst for Paribas in London and BHF-Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. During his banking career, Mr. Wand was the underwriting analyst for European technology innovators such as SAP, Autonomy, SurfControl, Utimaco, and nCipher.

Mr. Wand received a BA from the University of Mannheim and an MBA from the University of Mannheim and The University of Texas at Austin.