Enterprise Investors has a team of more than 30 managing partners, partners, vice presidents, investment directors and analysts. Overall strategy and development goals are set by the firm’s Board of Directors. EI’s partners form the core of the investment team.
Profiles of EI Partners:
He co-founded the firm in 1990. Mr. Faris has worked in venture capital and private equity for more than 40 years, and was previously president of Alan Patricof Associates (now Apax), one of the largest private equity firms in the US and Western Europe. In 2011, Mr. Faris was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit for his contribution to the development of the Polish economy.
Mr. Siwicki manages the firm’s operations and is responsible for implementing its strategy across the whole CEE region. He concentrates on the specialty retail, appliances and home finishing sectors. At EI he has led 20 direct investments, including those in W.Kruk, LPP and Zelmer. Mr. Siwicki previously worked in the IT industry and in consulting, and in 1991 served as Poland’s deputy minister of privatization.
Mr. Manz is responsible for our investments in the cable TV, telecom, pharmaceutical and FMCG sectors, and for the firm's strategy in Hungary and Slovakia. He has led 15 direct investments at EI, among others in Orange Slovakia, Nay and PharmaSwiss. Mr. Manz was the founding president of PSIK, the Polish Private Equity Association, and served as its president for five years during the first decade of PSIK's activities. He is also chairman of the Central and Eastern Europe Task Force of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Before joining EI he worked in the mergers and acquisitions division of Dillon Read & Co. in New York.
Mr. Prończuk specializes in the financial services, IT and construction materials sectors, and is responsible for our operations in the Czech Republic. He has completed 20 investments at EI, including those in Lukas, Comp Rzeszów (now Asseco), Magellan, Kruk and Skarbiec. Prior to joining EI, Mr. Prończuk worked in consulting and was vice president of the investment bank Hejka Michna.
AVG Technologies, Kofola, Kruk, Magellan, Macon,
Netrisk.hu, Skarbiec Asset Management Holding
Mr. Rusiecki is responsible for investments in the food retail, FMCG, healthcare, renewable energy and cleantech sectors. He oversees the firm’s activities in Slovenia and Croatia. Mr. Rusiecki has completed 15 transactions, including those in Polish Energy Partners, Harper Hygienics, DGS, Dino, Wento and UOS. Before moving into private equity, Mr. Rusiecki worked at the Polish Ministry of Privatization and at the University of Warsaw.
Mr. Bator leads the venture capital team. He specializes in technology investments and his most important projects to date include AVG Technologies and the restructuring of AB and Teta. Before joining EI, he worked for Prokom Software Systems and Optimus, two of Poland's leading IT companies, as well as for Price Waterhouse.
Mr. Knaflewski specializes in the pharmaceutical, construction materials and telecom sectors and coordinates the firm’s activities in Bulgaria. He led our investments in Bulgarian Telecom, Nomi and Nordglass. Before joining EI, he worked for The Boston Consulting Group in Paris and Warsaw, where he led projects in strategic consultancy and company restructuring.
Mr. Król concentrates on the financial services, food retail and construction services sectors. His most important investments at EI include those in Magellan, Skarbiec and Profi. Before joining EI, Mr. Król worked for Arthur Andersen and Hachette Distribution Services. He holds an ACCA qualification.
Mr. Woźniak manages the firm's investments in the FMCG, food processing and furniture sectors. His most important investments at EI include those in Sfinks, Agros Nova and Kofola. Prior to joining EI, Jacek Woźniak was a consultant at the Warsaw office of Arthur Andersen and an investment director at Trinity Management, a fund management company in the Polish Mass Privatization Program.
Cristian Nacu is the head of EI's representative office in Romania. Mr. Nacu's most important projects to date include our investments in Macon, Siveco and Profi. Previously, he worked for International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank. He also worked for the Romanian government, managing one of the largest privatization portfolios and completing 25 privatizations. Cristian Nacu is president of South Eastern Europe's Private Equity Association (SEEPEA).