Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has appointed Wolf-Henning Scheider as partner and head of its Private Equity Department.
Scheider will join Partners Group at the conclusion of his current contract and will be based in the firm’s global headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland.
Scheider will succeed David Layton, Partners Group’s chief executive officer (CEO), as head of Private Equity. Layton had retained leadership of the Private Equity Department after being appointed co-CEO in 2018 and sole CEO in 2021.
Scheider is currently CEO and chairman of the Board of Management at ZF Group, a global technology company that manufactures systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and industrial technology, generating over EUR38 billion in annual revenue and employing more than 150,000 people in 2021. Previously, he served as CEO and chairman of the Management Board at MAHLE Group. Scheider started his career at Robert Bosch in 1987 and later became a member of the firm’s management board.
