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AGEFI caught up with John Penning, Managing Director of Saphir Capital Partners, and talked with him about the success of his company in the Grand Duchy. Saphir Capital Partners is a private equity and MA advisory firm which employs six people in Luxembourg, has one partner in Amsterdam and their London office – set up this year - has three people based there. Saphir has recently launched its own private equity Fund and is currently opening it to new investors.
How did you start Saphir Capital Partners?
John Penning: after I achieved my MBA, I worked in Corporate Finance at Deloitte here in Luxembourg. Then, together with Edison Capital Partners and Marc Smit, we founded Saphir Capital Partners. We came up with the concept back in July 2009 and...
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