Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Stefan Krause as a Senior Advisor. He will support the firm in the identification and evaluation of new investments in Europe.
Krause has over twenty years of experience as a senior executive leading international businesses headquartered in Germany. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer and Member of Management Board of Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank. Prior to his time at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Krause served in several management positions at Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (also known as BMW Group) in Germany and the United States, including as Chief Financial Officer.
René Obermann, a Warburg Pincus Managing Director with a focus on Technology, Media and Telecommunications across Europe, says: “Stefan is an accomplished senior leader with significant industrial and financial expertise. I am looking forward to working with Stefan as we jointly develop new growth investment opportunities together in Germany and beyond.”
Krause says: “I am pleased to be working with René and the Warburg Pincus team given the firm’s strong track record and experience in growing successful companies around the world. The European market offers a number of compelling opportunities for Warburg Pincus to apply its long-term approach to building durable businesses of scale in the years ahead.”
