Born in 1950, in Bremen (Germany), Dieter Ammer studied economics at the Universities of Kiel, Montpellier (France) and Freiburg. He started his professional career in 1976 as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co and earned his degree as Public Accountant and Tax Advisor. He worked for the audit and consulting company in Hamburg, Hanover and Teheran. In 1992, Dieter was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Zucker AG and of Nordzucker GmbH. Subsequently, the brewery Beck & Co in Bremen appointed Dieter its Chief Executive Officer. After the sale of Beck & Co by Interbrew S.A., he became a Member of the Executive Board of the new mother company in 2000. In June 2003, Dieter became the Chief Executive Officer of TCHIBO Holding AG in Hamburg. Dieter is the Chief Executive Officer of Conergy AG since November 2007. He chairs the Supervisory Boards of Beiersdorf AG and Conergy AG, and hold Supervisory Board positions of the GEA Group, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, Heraeus Holding GmbH, and tesa AG. Dieter is the co-founder of Conergy AG (founded 1998), and the founder and Managing Director of AMMER ! PARTNERS GmbH, the Hamburg based private equity and venture capital sister-company of TriVest. He has closed approx. 20 Venture Capital and Private Equity deals to date.

André Stürmer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Freiburg, and an MBA from the IESE Business School in Barcelona. André joined JPMorgan in London in 2000 and worked for 3 years in the Debt Capital Markets division. After completing his bilingual MBA in 2005 he lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working for one year as a management consultant. Upon his return to South Africa in 2006, André re-joined JPMorgan to drive the expansion of the Sub-Saharan Africa Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives franchise. In that time he worked with a very broad spectrum of borrowers, from the government and parastatals to large corporates and financial institutions, offering a complete range of financing and derivative solutions. He also interacted regularly with domestic investors, in the placement of fixed income instruments, including bonds and mezzanine finance. André joined TriVest in early 2009 as a partner, and is the Managing Director of the firm. 

Niels von Hase was born in Windhoek, Namibia. He obtained a Master’s degree in Commerce (Accounting) and an Honours degree in Business Science (Finance) at the University of Cape Town and is a registered Chartered Accountant (SA). He joined KPMG in 2003 and completed his articles contract in the Consumer Products and Industrial Markets business unit gaining insight into a variety of different markets including retail, oil and gas, the listed loan stock property market, advertising, fishing and manufacturing. He continued his career at KPMG in the Regional Audit business unit where he acted as the engagement manager responsible for the audits of companies including New Clicks Holdings, AVI group subsidiaries (Irvin & Johnson), Safmarine Container Lines (subsidiary of AP Moeller Maersk), Halliburton South Africa, Acucap Properties and Atlas Properties. Niels joined TriVest in early 2009 as a partner, in the capacity of Finance Director.

Hagen Späth was born in 1975, in Pretoria (South Africa). He holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and General Management, which he attained at the Hamburg University of Technology, the University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Hamburg. He started his professional career with Airbus Industries, where he qualified as an Aeronautical Technician. He worked on various consulting and turn-around projects as a Research Associate at the Hamburg University of Technology, where he also lectured Logistics Management at the HSL Hamburg School of Logistics’ MBA  Program. After moving to South Africa in the beginning of 2006, Hagen worked for a leading logistics company as the Business Development Manager, managing ramp-up projects, and redesigning the company’s organizational and product structure. He is a founding partner of TriVest and a member of the firm's Advisory Council.