Richard Gritsch

Mr Gritsch joined ECM in 2001.
Prior to this, he was a co-founder of Brockhaus Private Equity, Frankfurt, a €50 million venture capital fund.
From 1997 to 2000 Richard was part of ABN AMRO Capital in Frankfurt, the private equity arm of ABN AMRO specialising in mid-market transactions in German-speaking Europe.
He was appointed Managing Director with responsibilities for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 1999.
Before joining ABN AMRO, he helped build the leveraged financing and mergers & acquisition teams at Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen.
Previously, he spent three years at Frankfurt-based BHF-BANK AG, working in their wholly owned private equity subsidiary, where he focused on German mid-market buyouts and development capital transactions.
Richard holds a degree in Business Administration from Fachhochschule Regensburg and a degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Bremen.
He is a German citizen.