Joern Nikolay
Advisory Chairman for Europe at Brighton Park Capital
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Joern Nikolay is the Advisory Chairman for Europe at Brighton Park Capital. Prior to Brighton Park, Joern spent 17 years at General Atlantic, most notably as head of its DACH operations for 10 years as well as a member of the European senior leadership team including as co-chair of the European Portfolio Committee. In his role at GA he was involved in the following European investments: ATOSS, Swiss Marketplace Group, Chrono24, ParshipMeet, Nucom Group, Hemnet, Klarna, Control€xpert, Flix, Axel Springer Digital Classifieds, Citco and Markit.
In addition to this role at Brighton Park Capital, Joern is currently the independent chairman of Swiss Marketplace Group, the chairman and external investment committee chair of Kadera Capital and a board member of the charity, Ein Herz für Kinder“.
Prior to General Atlantic, Joern worked at TA Associates, Bain & Company and Morgan Stanley.
He graduated from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management with a masters in Business and Economics.