Claus Stenbaek

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Mr. Claus Stenbaek is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner & Member of the Investment Committee at Keyhaven Capital Partners. He serves as a Senior Advisor at Blackwood Ventures. He also serves as a Director at Godshill (CM). He has 40 years of direct private equity as well as quoted securities experience. In addition to managing Keyhaven Capital Partners, he is a member of the Investment Committee and is also responsible for leading the investment process. He is the Chairman of Novation 2017 and Novation Tech S.p.A. From 2012 to 2018, he was a member of the Invest Europe Limited Partner Platform Council, and he was also appointed to the Invest Europe Audit and Financial Committee. Before founding Keyhaven, he was the Executive Director of Danske Private Equity. His earlier positions included Founding Managing Director of Richmond Capital Limited, a niche investment bank, and managing a European family office. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of engineering company F.L.Smidth & Cia Espanola and as a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He has served as Chairman and/or Board Member of more than 30 private and public companies in Europe and the United States over the course of his career. He has a BSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and earned an Executive MBA cum laude from Instituto de Impresa, Madrid.