About
Founded in 2011, Montana Capital Partners AG (together with its affiliates, “MCP”) is a FINMA-regulated specialist private markets investor, with a core focus on secondaries, spanning both private equity and private credit strategies, alongside primaries and co-investments.
With more than USD 5bn in assets under management and more than 145 transactions completed across the platform, we partner with LPs and GPs in the European and North American lower- and mid-market. We deliver a flexible suite of investor solutions, from commingled funds to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and bespoke, project-based mandates, tailored to each investor’s unique objectives.
We are committed to providing innovative, customer-centric liquidity solutions for investors and fund managers. Our approach focuses on designing customized win-win solutions that meet the needs of investment partners and investors alike. With over a decade of track record, we have designed solutions spanning from diversified LP portfolios over strip sales to complex GP-led continuation vehicles with deferred payment structures.
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Stephan Wessel
CEO and Managing Partner
Before joining Montana, he acted as independent advisor on behalf of two European private equity investors. In this capacity, he led a team to manage a diversified portfolio of control investments in Europe and North America, successfully guiding each company to exit over the course of c. 4 years. Furthermore, in the role of CIO, he ran global private investing for a leading European family with a focus on mid-market fund and co-investments. Prior to that, Stephan led the direct investment teams of two single family offices to pursue control investments in consumer & retail companies. He began his career in 2004 with UBS Investment Bank in M&A advisory in London and Frankfurt. Stephan holds a Dr. rer. pol. of Business and Economics from Otto-Beisheim School of Management, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Münster and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from Samford University, USA.
Jan Ramsay
Director
Before joining MCP, Jan was a Director at UBS and responsible for evaluating, selecting and monitoring private equity funds on a global basis for the Private Bank. Prior to that he spent ten years at Credit Suisse predominantly working in a similar capacity within the Private Equity Group. Jan started his career within the Sales & Trading Services at Credit Suisse in Zurich. Jan holds a B.A. HSG in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.