Managing Partner
London
Joined Advent in 1993
Experience
John Singer joined Advent International in 1993. He was a founding
member of Advent’s Executive Committee and is currently Chairman,
Europe. John has more than 24 years of private equity experience and
has served as Chairman of the European Venture Capital Association.
He has led transactions primarily in the business services and media
sectors, including Venere.com, Argenta, Financial Dynamics, Elior,
Alexander Mann Group and Colofon. Prior to Advent, John was Managing
Director of Granville Europe AG, a subsidiary of investment bank
Granville Holdings. Before that, he was Group Director of Finance and
Administration at Central & Sherwood PLC. He also worked as a senior
consultant at McKinsey & Co., spent five years in corporate finance and
ran several turnaround businesses.
Qualifications
John has an MA in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University and a MBA from INSEAD in Paris.
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