Rolf Steffens

DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH (DPE) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by Volker Hichert and Marc Thiery. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Granville Baird GmbH (GB) is an independent management-owned private equity firm based in Hamburg. The firm originated in 1999 and was previously known as Granville Baird Capital Partners. The current structure was established in 2007. GB specializes in buyouts in the German Mittelstand. Through Baird Capital Partners Europe, GB operates a strategic partnership with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, a U.S., employee-owned firm founded in 1919 specializing in wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management. They are headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with affiliates in Europe and Asia. Through the U.S. firm, GB draws on relevant international contacts, research and advisory services for their operations in Germany.