Wolfgang Alvano and Edward Capel-Cure have gathered over 40 years combined experience of investing in mid-sized companies. Together they have completed over 20 acquisitions, management buy-outs and development or expansion capital funding. Owner-manager succession solutions and corporate spin-offs are of particular interest because of the Managing Directors’ experience of these complex situations.
Wolfgang Alvano
Prior to founding ACC Holding Wolfgang Alvano served as a Managing Director of an Anglo-American private equity firm, where he was a founding partner of the German operation.
MORE… Since 1998 he has been involved in almost 50 successful acquisitions or divestments of investments in privately held mid cap companies with sales between €10m and €350m. Previously, he was a founder and Managing Director of the Hamburg-based M&A boutique Steffens, Alvano & Partner. Dr Alvano has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne and completed his doctoral thesis at Kiel University.
Edward Capel-Cure
Prior to founding ACC Holding, Edward Capel-Cure was Investment Director at an Anglo-American private equity company, based in Hamburg. The investment focus was on mid cap German businesses.
MORE… Wolfgang Alvano und Edward Capel-Cure have been working together since 2003 and Edward has been involved in several acquisition or realisation processes. Aside from M&A transactions, Edward has supported businesses in formulating and implementing new strategies and assisting in structuring and financing mid-sized enterprises through his roles as non-executive director. Edward has an MA in International Business with German from the University of Edinburgh and spent a year studying Business Administration at the University of Tübingen.