Our Supervisory Board
Dörte Höppner
Member of the Supervisory Board
Dörte is the Chief Operating Officer at The Riverside Europe Fund, which invests in the European small cap mid-market. She joined Riverside in 2017 with extensive experience in European private equity. At Riverside, Dörte serves a multifaceted role to lead initiatives in Europe and work closely with Riverside’s global Fund Administration, HR and Investor Relations teams. Dörte came to Riverside from P+P, a leading German law firm. Prior to that, she was Chief Executive and Secretary General at Invest Europe (formerly EVCA) and Managing Director at the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK). She began her career as a TV journalist and in financial communications. Dörte earned her diploma in Economics from the Freie Universität Berlin.
Michael Phillips
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Michael Phillips is founder and lead partner of Castik Capital Sarl, a Luxembourg based private equity firm specializing on mid-size buyouts. Until 2014, he spent 22 years at Apax Partners, where he was a member of the Executive Committee as well as the Investment and Approval Committees. Michael also was co-Head of the Financial and Business Services Sector. Prior to Apax, Michael spent three years at OTTO Holding Ltd. in Cologne, as the General Manager of an operations subsidiary and four years at Ciba-Geigy Canada, as an Engineer in their Plastics Additives Division. Michael holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Georg Sticher
Member of the Supervisory Board
Georg Sticher has been a Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group since July 2020 after having spent 30 years with the company. During his time with BCG he was elected to Partner in 1997 and served as Office Administrator of the Munich office and leader of the global automotive sector. Prior to BCG, Georg worked for Behrens de Venezuela as Assistant Sales Manager in Caracas. Georg holds a Dipl.-Betriebswirt from the European Business School and an MBA from INSEAD.