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Team

Heinrich Pecina

Senior Partner

Heinrich Pecina is the founder and Senior Partner of VCP: He has decades of experience as a board member responsible for developing investment banking activities and entering new markets. Since establishing VCP in 1998, Heinrich has personally initiated and arranged the successful closing of many of our milestone transactions.

From 1990 to 1998, he was responsible for developing Creditanstalt Investment Bank (CAIB) from a newly established investment bank into one of the leading and best-known players in Central and Eastern Europe during that time. As Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of CAIB, he was responsible for corporate finance, project finance and fund management. In addition, he was in charge of the successful initiation, and profitable development, of investment banking activities in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia.

Heinrich studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is fluent in English and German, and has a working knowledge of Russian and French

Christian Riener

Partner

Christian Riener is Partner at VCP‘s Vienna office. He has more than 25 years experience in M&A, corporate finance and tax advisory in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Christian joined VCP in 2000, and since then he has successfully led a number of advisory mandates and investments, including VCP’s investments in BorsodChem and FHB Bank. Prior to joining VCP, he was manager in the financial services division of a big four accounting firm.

Christian has a doctor’s degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and has completed study programmes in France. He is fluent in English, German and French, and has working knowledge of Russian. He is a certified tax expert and a member of the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Public Accountants and Tax Consultants.

Stefan Reiter

Director

Stefan Reiter is Director at VCP’s Vienna office, where he focuses on originating and executing advisory mandates. He joined VCP in 2006 and has since been involved in a broad range of corporate finance assignments and investment projects in Austria and CEE countries, including VCP’s investment in FHB Bank. Previously, he worked for UBS Warburg, Merrill Lynch and GE Capital.

Stefan obtained his master’s degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and has also completed a study programme at HEC Paris. He is fluent in English and German and has a working knowledge of French.

Piotr Samojlik

Managing Partner

Piotr Samojlik is Managing Partner at VCP and head of the Warsaw office. Piotr joined VCP in 2006. Under his leadership VCP Poland has successfully developed into a leading Polish investment advisory company. During his professional career, Piotr was involved in numerous transactions related to the acquisition, sale and mergers of enterprises across industries. The experience and know-how he has gained over the past 30 years of M&A advisory practice, now contributes to VCP Warsaw’s string of successful deals.

Prior to joining VCP, Piotr was in charge of the corporate finance operations of a leading pan-European investment bank.

Piotr graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics majoring in foreign trade. He also studied for two years at the department of computer programming at the Rockville Montgomery College (MD, USA). He is fluent in Polish and English and has a working knowledge of Russian.

Przemek Wójcicki

Partner / Head of Healthcare Practice

Przemek Wójcicki is Partner in the Warsaw office and the leader of VCP’s healthcare team. He has almost 20 years of experience in investment banking in Poland and CEE.

During last 4 years he has been in charge of 8 successfully completed high-profile healthcare transactions in Poland, including advising Lux-Med (BUPA Group) on the acquisitions of Orthos, Citomed and Mavit, advising the shareholders of CDT Medicus and Neomedic on the sale processes to Medicover, advising the shareholders of PCZ Brzeziny on the sale to RCO as well as advising Abris on the acquisition of Scanmed. Recently, Przemek was engaged in sell side advisory to the founders of Nordmedic in the process of acquiring new investor – Polmed.

Przemek has a master’s degree from the Warsaw University of Technology as well as a bachelor’s degree from the Warsaw School of Life Sciences. He is fluent in English and Polish.

Piotr Makulec

Partner

Piotr Makulec is Partner in the Warsaw office. He has extensive experience in investment banking in Poland and CEE.

He joined VCP in 2006 and has played a part in a number of high-profile transactions, including advising Mid Europa Partners on the investment in Sage Poland (Symfonia) and subsequently  AKKR in acquiring majority stake in Symfonia from MEP, as well as the acquisitions of Żabka by Mid Europa Partners and Browar Namysłów by Grupa Żywiec (Heineken Group). Recently, Piotr managed buy-side advisory for United Beverages in the process of acquiring Dom Whisky.

Piotr started his career at VCP straight after completing his master’s degree in management from the University of Warsaw. He is fluent in English and Polish, with a working knowledge of German.

Alexander Pendl

Finance Officer

Alexander Pendl has joined VCP Vienna in 2005 and is responsible for group finance and controlling as well as own investments. Prior to his engagement at VCP he worked for 5 years at Deloitte Austria and other international audit companies and previously in the hotel industry.

Alexander holds a master degree in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Wr. Neustadt. He is fluent in English and German.

Christian Neuherz

Compliance Officer

Christian Neuherz is based in the Vienna office of VCP and is responsible for compliance & risk management. Before joining VCP in 2016, Christian worked for 20 years as certified public accountant and tax advisor at PwC Austria, since 2009 as a partner in the service line assurance. Apart from his engagement leader responsibility for audits of Austrian and international (listed) companies in the segment of industrial products, he also bore overall responsibility for the service line’s risk management.

Christian holds a master degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He is fluent in English and German.