Bernard de Backer
Private Equity Investor at StepStone Group Europe LLP
Profile
Mr. De Backer is a member of the private equity team, focused on European fund, direct and secondary investments.
Prior to joining StepStone, Mr. De Backer was a partner at Equity Capital Management GmbH, a Frankfurt-based buyout firm.
Before that he was a senior portfolio manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) where he was responsible for ADIA’s European funds portfolio.
Previously, Mr. De Backer was a London-based partner at Parish Capital and subsequently briefly StepStone Group.
Mr. De Backer started his career in private equity in 2000 at BancBoston Capital in London.
Mr. De Backer holds an MSc.
and Ph.D.
in electrical engineering from the University of Ghent as well as an MBA in finance from Columbia University.
Bernard de Backer active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| StepStone Group Europe LLP | Private Equity Investor | 31/03/2012 |
Former positions of Bernard de Backer
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH
 ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH Investment ManagersFinance ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH is an independent management-owned private equity firm based in Frankfurt. ECM originated in 1994 as H&P Beteiligungsberatung GmbH. The current firm was established in 1999. The firm manages the German Equity Partners series of private equity funds. Their clients are domestic and international financial institutions including German cooperative and government-controlled banks. | Private Equity Investor | 30/11/2018 |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Private Equity)
 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Abu Dhabi Investment Authority - private equity (ADIA) is a private equity arm of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The firm began investing in private equity as early as in 1989 to diversify ADIA’s portfolio and to seek risk-adjusted returns that exceed those possible in the public equity markets. | Private Equity Investor | 30/06/2017 |
Parish Capital Advisors LLC
 Parish Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2003, Parish Capital Advisors LLC is a private equity firm headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. | Private Equity Investor | 29/02/2012 |
BancBoston Capital, Inc.
 BancBoston Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, BancBoston Capital, Inc. is a private equity/venture capital firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. They are a subsidiary of Bank of America NA and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). | Private Equity Investor | 28/02/2006 |
Training of Bernard de Backer
| Ghent University | Doctorate Degree |
| Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 5 |
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BancBoston Capital, Inc.
BancBoston Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, BancBoston Capital, Inc. is a private equity/venture capital firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. They are a subsidiary of Bank of America NA and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). | Finance |
Parish Capital Advisors LLC
Parish Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2003, Parish Capital Advisors LLC is a private equity firm headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. | Finance |
ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH
ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH Investment ManagersFinance ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH is an independent management-owned private equity firm based in Frankfurt. ECM originated in 1994 as H&P Beteiligungsberatung GmbH. The current firm was established in 1999. The firm manages the German Equity Partners series of private equity funds. Their clients are domestic and international financial institutions including German cooperative and government-controlled banks. | Finance |
| StepStone Group Europe LLP | Finance |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Private Equity)
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Abu Dhabi Investment Authority - private equity (ADIA) is a private equity arm of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The firm began investing in private equity as early as in 1989 to diversify ADIA’s portfolio and to seek risk-adjusted returns that exceed those possible in the public equity markets. | Finance |
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