Rafael Natanek - Gilde Healthcare

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Rafael Natanek
General Partner
Private Equity
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Rafael Natanek

General Partner
Private Equity

Rafael Natanek is a partner in the private equity team of Gilde Healthcare.

He is leading deal origination and deal execution in several healthcare vectors in Europe. He serves on the supervisory board of KLIFO and Acti-Med and he previously was on the board of Symeres.

Besides his investment role, Rafael is responsible for coordinating the fund’s portfolio management activities.

Prior to joining Gilde Healthcare, Rafael was a Partner at Bain & Company in London, where he advised private equity funds on healthcare transactions, and pharmaceutical and medtech companies on strategy, organization and commercial issues.

Prior to Bain, he was with McKinsey & Company. Rafael holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering from Lund Institute of Technology, and a MSc in Biomedicine from Lund University, Sweden. He did his thesis at UC Berkeley, California.

Joep Heldens

Investment Manager
Private Equity
Joep Heldens joined Gilde Healthcare in 2018 following previous experiences at GIMV, Duff & Phelps and Roland Berger. He gained extensive experience in M&A, turnarounds, and business development. Joep holds a MSc degree in both...

Jasper van Gorp

Managing Partner
Private Equity
Jasper van Gorp joined Gilde Healthcare in 2008 following nearly ten years with McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Jasper was a junior partner working in Healthcare and various other sectors. He gained deep international expertise...

Stephan Wachtveitl

Senior Associate
Private Equity
Stephan Wachtveitl joined the private equity team of Gilde Healthcare in 2020. He is involved in deal origination, assessment of investment cases, (dis)investment processes and portfolio management. Prior to joining Gilde Healthcare, Stephan began his...