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Christopher Wright

Partner

Christopher is a Partner with Potentia. Christopher has held merchant banking and corporate roles in several countries. He was until 2003 Global Head, Private Equity sitting also on the Group Management Board at Dresdner Kleinwort; and Acting Global Head of PE/Infra investing, Standard Bank of South Africa (2006/7). He is a co-founder and continuing board member of Roper Technologies Inc (NYSE, S+P 500). He is Chairman, Yimei Capital, Shanghai; Advisory Director (Emeritus) at Campbell Lutyens; and board member of other US/EUR companies, public and private.

Christopher is a Director of Merifin Capital, a Brussels based investment company. He has advised family offices in the USA, Germany, Italy and the UK. 

Christopher has a Certified Diploma (Accounting/Finance), and holds an M.A (Oxon). He is Hon. Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is (pro bono) director, The Sutton Trust; and a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Arts.

Notable Transactions

Investment into Caffe Nero

Several Investments through Roper

GP in Brazilian PE Fund

GP Abingdon (UK)


Past & Current Boards

Merifin, Roper (ROP (NASDAQ))

Abingdon Software

Yimei Capital, Shanghai; 

Advisory Director (Emeritus) at Campbell Lutyens

Christopher Wright
Email
T:

(1) 212 445 3401

Education

MA, Oxford, Honorary Foundation Fellow, Corpus Christi

Sectors

Industrial, Retail, B2B Software

Location

New York

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