Dr. Cornel Riklin serves as Founding Partner at Caphaven Partners. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as Chairman at Deutsche Prüfservice & Rezatec. He has over 20 years' experience both as a company CEO and Managing Director and as a private equity investor. Since 2011 Cornel has been investing in small businesses focusing on companies where he can provide operational input and support. From 2005 to 2010 he was CEO of two private equity owned businesses, European Directories, owned by Macquarie PE, a directory and lead generation company operating in eight European countries, and of Findexa, owned by TPG Capital. From 1999 to 2005 Cornel was Managing Director at TPG Capital in Europe, responsible for TPG's European portfolio of companies and a member of the TPG's Investment Committee. Before that he was Group Operations Director and then Group Managing Director at Trinity Mirror plc from 1993 to 1999. Prior positions include CEO of Borthwicks plc and five years at Bain & Company in strategy consulting.