Niklas Ponnert
Director & Chief Strategy Officer at ewpartners
Niklas Ponnert
Director & Chief Strategy Officer at ewpartners
Riyadh
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer
2022 - Current
We fund and bridge growth and late stage Asian companies to GCC/MENA/SEA
Head Of Investor Relations
2021 - 2021
Global multistage investment platform focusing on the digital transformation of traditional industries (AUM: $7B)
Partner
2019 - 2021
Venture fund investing in fintech, blockchain, AI, and Web3 ventures worldwide. Three unicorns, three listings, and two ICOs to date
Partner & Managing Director
2007 - 2019
Joint venture between GLG/MAN Group, the global alternative asset manager, and one of China’s first independent venture firms (AUM: >$2B). Focus on global private market, cross-border investments linked to China.
Investment Associate, Asia Coverage
2001 - 2006
Corporate venture capital group of Siemens AG (now known as Next47). Early and growth stage investments in China, India and SE Asia: communications/TMT, cleantech, healthcare and industrial technologies
Financial Analyst
2000 - 2001
NASDAQ listed economic and financial expert services firm (now trading as Berkeley Research Group). Global Telecom & Technology practice group.
Research Assistant
1999 - 2000
UC Berkeley affiliated research institute that conducts research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific
Education
BA
1996 - 2000
Exchange program
1997 - 1997
PPE
1995 - 1995