Christian Petersmann

Managing Director

Christian Petersmann has over 20 years of experience in M&A, capital markets/investment and as an entrepreneur.
He started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley; initially in London with a focus on advising on M&A and capital markets transactions of financial services firms in the corporate finance area later in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Christian Petersmann then joined the investment managers Highbridge/Zwirn and Silverpoint Capital, where he was jointly responsible for building up the European and German investment business. This included the identification and analysis of investment opportunities and their implementation in the capital market.
In 2007, together with Konstantin Stoyanov, he founded the multi-family office Crown Ocean Capital, which ultimately led to the foundation of the VEDRA Group.
Christian Petersmann holds a degree in business administration from the University of Cologne and was awarded the Heinz-Kaut Prize as the best student of his year. During his studies, he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Miami where he earned an MBA.