Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has added to its investment team with the appointment of a Co-Head of Lower Mid-Market Investing and a Co-Head of the Benelux region based in Amsterdam.
Alex Brebbia has joined Silverfleet as a partner based in London. Alongside David MacKenzie, he co-heads Silverfleet’s investment activities in the lower mid-market, targeting businesses with enterprise values between EUR25 million and EUR75 million.
Brebbia has a long and successful track record of investing in smaller buyouts and was latterly a Managing Partner at Spring Ventures, prior to which he was the Co-Head of Barclays Ventures. Alex started his private equity career in 1997 at 3i, initially in Edinburgh and then in Dublin. He has a degree in engineering from Durham University and also qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Erik Fuchs who is based in Amsterdam has joined Silverfleet as Co-Head of the Benelux Region working alongside Adrian Yurkwich. Fuchs previously worked with Alpha Private Equity after a career in corporate finance with Rabobank, Lazard and ABN AMRO. Erik holds a Master’s Degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Neil MacDougall, Managing Partner at Silverfleet Capital, says: “We are delighted that Alex and Erik have joined Silverfleet. They each bring considerable experience to our firm in their specialist roles and we look forward to further developing our track record in both lower mid-market investing and in the Benelux region.”
