Paul Dankers Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Directo...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2C

Paul Dankers General Information

Biography

Paul Dankers served as Managing Director at QAT Investments. An all-rounder in the areas of start-ups, development and growth. A specialist in the context of strategies, sales and marketing, operational efficiency, growth concepts and crisis management. Business management administration and Master of Business. Entrepreneur and director. A mixture of thinking and action. He has been with QAT/QMG for four or so years as Associate Principal. Subsequent to business administration management studies, he went to work in the Electronics division of Du Pont de Nemours in 1980. The fields Paul was involved with for several years were production planning, global account management and global product marketing. Paul also completed an MBA degree during this time. Paul worked in several countries after 1992, primarily as the person ultimately accountable for the change and development processes. In addition to sales (Frankfurt, Central Europe) and project management (China, Nantong), he also worked as General Director in Mechelen (Belgium, 400 employees / industrial components), Cuijk (Netherlands, 150 employees / high-tech innovations) and Utrecht, 25 employees / software development). Underpinning these companies is the B2B theme, with the focus being on both external development (growth) and the internal optimisation of processes and flows. These were a mixed bag of companies in terms of life cycle, market mix components and scale. Paul's career was given a fillip thanks to executive training at Insead and Stanford.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Director, QAT Investments
Education
INSEAD, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Gender
Male

Paul Dankers Lead Partner on Deals (1)

Paul Dankers has been the lead partner on 1 deal. Their latest deal was with LS Bedding, a home furnishings company. The deal was made on 16-Feb-2012.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
LS Bedding 16-Feb-2012 PE Growth/Expansion Completed Home Furnishings Maldegem, Belgium

Paul Dankers Network (5)

Portfolio Executives (4)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Luc Salens LS Bedding Owner 16-Feb-2012 Maldegem, Belgium
Peter de Meyer LS Bedding Co-Owner & Managing Director 16-Feb-2012 Maldegem, Belgium
LS Bedding Co-Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director 16-Feb-2012 Maldegem, Belgium
LS Bedding Co-Owner & Managing Director 16-Feb-2012 Maldegem, Belgium

Fund Team Members (1)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
QAT Investments Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Belgium

Paul Dankers Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
QAT III QAT Investments Growth/Expansion Liquidated 2011

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