Norbert Wanninger – Managing Partner – Hong Kong
Norbert has extensive senior level financial services experience and has been involved in private equity fund-raising as former Managing Director of Palomar Private Equity Limited (Hong Kong) from 2008 to 2010. Prior to this he has worked for Standard Chartered Bank from 2006 to 2008, firstly as Senior Banker in Transaction Banking in Singapore and subsequently as Chief Executive in Germany. Preceding this, Norbert spent 22 years in international banking with Deutsche Bank AG both in Europe and Asia. During his tenure with Deutsche Bank from 1983 to 2005, Norbert held various positions in Support Services (Credit Department Singapore), Relationship Management (Corporate Banking Hong Kong), Corporate Governance (Chief Country Manager Hong Kong and Singapore) and Product Management (Global Head of Cash Management). Norbert graduated in Business Administration and holds a PhD in Economics both from the University of Munich.

Kai-Rupert Nolte – Partner – Hong Kong
Kai is the co-founder of HEP Corporate Finance Limited (Hong Kong) and has served the company both as Non-Executive Director from 2003 to2008 and as Managing Director from 2009 to 2011. Kai also co-founded the venture capital firm HEP-Hong Kong Equity Partners Limited (Hong Kong) which he led as Managing Director from 2003 to 2008. Prior to this Kai was a Director (Business Development) at Standard & Poor’s International Ratings Limited (Frankfurt & London), and before this spent 25 years in international banking having worked for Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank Asia and HSBC in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the USA. Kai has in the past also served as Non-Executive Director on the Board of Palomar Private Equity Limited (Hong Kong) and on the Supervisory Board of Kienzle AG (Hamburg).