Oakley Capital strengthens investment team with appointment of new partners

London/ Munich — Oakley Capi­tal (“Oakley”) announ­ces the appoint­ment of Valero Domingo as a new Part­ner in its London office and six promo­ti­ons within its invest­ment team, inclu­ding two appoint­ments to Part­ner. Valero brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence to Oakley, while recent promo­ti­ons support the company’s growth follo­wing dyna­mic deve­lo­p­ment in recent years. Oakley’s team now consists of 61 employees in the London and Munich offices, 32 of whom are invest­ment professionals.

Valero Domingo joins Oakley’s London team, where he will be respon­si­ble for deal origi­na­tion and execu­tion, as well as port­fo­lio company deve­lo­p­ment. He previously worked at Charme Capi­tal Part­ners as a Prin­ci­pal based in London and Madrid and has considera­ble expe­ri­ence in the finan­cial sector and speci­fi­cally also in the Euro­pean private equity segment, gained in previous posi­ti­ons at High­bridge, 3i and Gold­man Sachs.

In addi­tion, Oakley has promo­ted two employees from invest­ment direc­tor to part­ner: Sam Fenton-Whit­­tet and Sascha Günther. Sam Fenton-Whit­­tet joined Oakley’s London team in 2015 after working for the UK govern­ment for seve­ral years, inclu­ding various senior posi­ti­ons at HM Treasury. His focus at Oakley conti­nues to be on deal origi­na­tion, execu­tion and port­fo­lio manage­ment. To date, Sam Fenton-Whit­­tet has been invol­ved in Oakley’s invest­ments in Career Part­ner Group, Pupil Aid and Inspi­red. Sascha Günther is based in Oakley’s Munich office and focu­ses on tran­sac­tions and the manage­ment of Oakley’s invest­ments in German-spea­king count­ries. In his time at Oakley, he has worked on invest­ments at Wish­card Tech­no­lo­gies, 7NXT/Gymondo, Wind­star Medi­cal and most recently ECOMMERCE ONE. Prior to joining Oakley, he was Vice Presi­dent at ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany, where he was respon­si­ble for seve­ral invest­ments in the tech­no­logy, media and consu­mer goods sectors.

Oakley also announ­ces four addi­tio­nal promo­ti­ons within its invest­ment team: Lovis von Andrian has been promo­ted to Invest­ment Direc­tor, having previously been Invest­ment Mana­ger, while Mike Muts­aers, Cris­tina Popescu and Jamie Wilman have been promo­ted from Invest­ment Asso­ciate to Invest­ment Mana­ger. The promo­ti­ons are the result of strong perfor­mance and contri­bu­ti­ons to the deve­lo­p­ment of Oakley’s invest­ment acti­vi­ties over the past seve­ral years.

Peter Dubens, Mana­ging Part­ner of Oakley Capi­tal, stated:

“The appoint­ment of Valero Domingo to Part­ner, along with a host of inter­nal promo­ti­ons across the Oakley team, follows another year of strong growth for Oakley. The contin­ued evolu­tion of our teams’ expe­ri­ence and sector know­ledge has been criti­cal to Oakley’s ability to gene­rate consis­tent and diver­si­fied deal flow and subse­quently drive the growth of the outstan­ding compa­nies we support to the next level. I am plea­sed to welcome Valero Domingo to our team and would like to thank all of our colle­agues who have been promo­ted for their signi­fi­cant contri­bu­ti­ons to the company’s success.”

About Oakley Capital

Oakley Capi­tal is a private equity firm with more than €4 billion in assets under manage­ment focu­sed on Western Europe. Oakley invests in middle-market compa­nies across the region in three core sectors — consu­mer, educa­tion and technology.

Oakley’s entre­pre­neu­rial mind­set and deep indus­try know­ledge allows him to iden­tify speci­fic invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties and gene­rate supe­rior returns. The Oakley team works closely with a unique network of entre­pre­neurs and successful manage­ment teams to access primary proprie­tary invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties and gain valuable insights into the busi­ness models in which it invests. The ability to over­come comple­xity and a flexi­ble approach to value crea­tion enable Oakley to help its port­fo­lio compa­nies achieve sustainable growth.