«Especially in times when even a handshake is often no longer valid, I want to be a reliable and personally committed counterpart for my clients.»
( Teun de Ven )
Professional background
Teun de Ven is Managing Partner of Deventures. He is also Senior Advisor at Cognitive Corporate Finance.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of Plättli Ganz Baumaterial Holding AG.
Former founding partner and Chairman of Proventis Partners. Proventis is a mid-cap M&A advisory firm in Europe.
He started his career as a management consultant at St. Gallen Consulting Group.
Subsequently, he worked for Swisscom as Head of Residential Customers.
He was with Jacobs Holding as CEO/Chairman of Brach's Confections (USA), as Chairman of Vernell Industries (MEX) and as CEO/Chairman of Boards &
More.
20 years of M&A experience in structuring, leading and implementing numerous, complex M&A transactions for family businesses, publicly traded
companies, family offices and PE's.
Academic and personal background
Degree from the University of St. Gallen (lic. oec. HSG).
International experience: Benelux, DACH region, UK, Scandinavia, USA, Argentina, Mexico.