Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)
Dr. Daniel Schmidt
Daniel is the CEO and Founder of CEPRES. He has more than 22 years of experience in private equity investing and corporate business development. Before founding CEPRES, Daniel served as Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Private Equity Partners and led the buyout of CEPRES from Deutsche Bank in 2010. Daniel has prior experience of 12 years before CEPRES at Daimler, Merrill Lynch, and VCM Capital Management as an Investment Principal. He studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim in Germany and Trinity College, Dublin. He earned his Ph.D. with honors in private equity econometrics and risk management from Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and was the recipient of an EU-funded research project for the advancement of private equity.