Chairman of the Sales Committee, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Ardian Germany and Asia, Head of Investor Relations, Deputy Co-Head of Secondaries & Primaries, Jan Philipp Schmitz also oversees Customized Solutions and Private Wealth Solutions activities.

Jan Philipp Schmitz joined Ardian in 2005 within the Secondaries & Primaries team in Frankfurt. Previously he worked at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, working for Private Equity clients in transaction advisory services. He has a dual role spanning the investment side while also servicing investors globally.