Originally from Antwerp, Jordy started his career with Citi Corporate & Investment Banking in London and Amsterdam where he was involved in a broad range of transactions across multiple industries. He has experience as private equity investor with Verlinvest (international B2C & consumer brands) and Bencis (small-midcap buyout), where he was involved in deals such as e.g. Armonea, Valtech, Tony’s Chocolonely, Equine Care Group and Geo Square. Jordy focuses on growth and buy & build within various sectors, and was previously responsible for leading the M&A activities at AXI (Strada portfolio).
Jordy is passionate about football, enjoys cooking, traveling and various sports. He holds a Masters' degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp and a Masters' in Finance (China).
Phaedra started her career at Allen & Overy’s corporate M&A department, sharpened her legal, paralegal and compliance skills at Gimv’s legal department, supported the investment team at Fortino Capital as both legal assistant and office manager and supported Pamica’s legal activities.
With a degree in both translation and journalism, she is an expert in corporate communications and with her built-up experience of +15years in various paralegal roles, she oversees Strada Partners’ activities from a compliance as well as operational perspective.
After hours, Phaedra is enthusiastically running her beloved toddlers around on her cargo bike and looking after her pets.
Louis is a business engineering graduate from KU Leuven, studied abroad in Canada, and completed an additional masters' in financial management at Vlerick Business School. After his studies, he further sparked his interest for private equity while working in Berlin at Moonfare during a 3-month internship.
Over the past 2,5 years, he worked in the Transaction and Restructuring Services department of Eight Advisory Belgium, offering support on a wide range of M&A transactions and carve-outs across IT, energy, industrial, and healthcare industries.
Louis is a curious individual with a strong appetite for experiencing new cultures and food and learning about new technologies.
Nicholas is a business engineering graduate from KU Leuven, studied abroad in Bangkok and Lisbon and successfully completed all three levels of the CFA program. He gained a solid foundation in corporate finance, valuations and due diligence during his time in the Deals Rotation Program at PwC Belgium. Later, he worked in the corporate development teams of Cargill and Kraken Digital Currency Exchange, where he advised on a wide range of M&A transactions and investments across the food, agriculture and blockchain industries.
Nicholas strongly believes in balancing his professional work - healthy mind - with physical activity - healthy body - and has a passion for spicy food and (blockchain) technology.
Some key deals prior to joining Strada Partners:
Kaylee is a Business Administration graduate of Ghent University and deepened her corporate finance knowledge with the Executive Corporate Finance program at Vlerick Business School.
She started her career at Tobania, a Belgian IT-consulting firm, in corporate M&A, where she built up experience in corporate finance and transactions.
In her role as Finance Director, Kaylee will oversee the fund finance function and take an active role in our deal & portfolio work.
She is passionate about learning and enjoys dancing in her free time.
Key deals prior to joining Strada:
After completing internships at Vendis Capital and GP Bullhound, Sander started his career as an M&A Consultant at PwC Brussels. He later joined Bain & Company, where he advised private equity and corporate clients on acquisitions, growth strategies and transformational initiatives across various industries.
Sander holds a Master’s Degree in Business Engineering – Finance from Ghent University.
In addition, Sander is an avid basketball player and loves dining out and spending time with family and friends.
Annick Van Lange is a Belgian native with a passion for marketing and a competitive spirit honed on the field hockey turf. While pursuing her academic endeavors, Annick competed at the highest level of field hockey in the United States for the past five years.
Having recently obtained a master's degree in Marketing from the Leon Hess Business School at Monmouth University, Annick brings a fresh perspective to our company and is looking forward to contributing.
Annick enjoys traveling, catching up with friends and baking.
Matthias started his career as an engineer at ExxonMobil in Belgium and Italy, and moved into private equity after his MBA. He joined Gimv in 2011, with a focus on technology and industrial companies in the European SME space. From 2016 to 2021 he worked at Fortino Capital where he led the EUR 240M Growth private equity fund focusing exclusively on mature European software and IT services companies. His key strengths are buy & build, software and digitalization of traditional businesses.
Matthias is fluent in Dutch, French, English and Italian, and has a basic knowledge of German. He holds an MBA from London Business School (UK) and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BEL) and ENSIMAG Grenoble (FR).
What else should you know about me?
"I am a native of Leuven and have lived in Sicily and London, but always return to the great city of Antwerp, where I settled after my studies. I am blessed to have three young boys with my wonderful partner Christine, who works in corporate communications and gracefully manages all the complexity that entails. I am more comfortable on a bike than on a golf course, and I do not plan to retire before I can complete an amazing deal in Italy."
Strada investments
Prior investments*
*Deals represent prior experience at Gimv, Fortino Capital and deals on personal account. Other investment professionals not employed by Strada Partners were involved in the identification, evaluation, negotiation, investment, execution and operations and any sale processes with respect to such companies.
Bart is an engineer by training, who started his career at Bain & Company in Brussels as a strategy consultant. He has over 12 years of experience as private equity investor in mid- to large-size companies (EUR 100-500M+ equity checks) across Europe at Bain Capital (London and NY) and Core Equity Holdings (Brussels), where he was a Managing Director. Bart focuses on growth and consolidation stories in business services and healthcare.
Some key deals before setting-up Strada include:
He has also invested and privately supported several scale-ups such as MaisonRouge (acquired by Alychlo), Huapii (acquired by SD Worx), Optimile (acquired by Touring) and Carbon-Alt-Delete.
His key strengths are buy-and-build, financing, developing teams and supporting companies in thinking through and testing out growth strategies.
In his spare time, Bart is a gifted table tennis player and board game fanatic.
*Deals represent prior experience at Bain Capital, Core Equity Holdings and deals on personal account. Other investment professionals not employed by Strada Partners were involved in the identification, evaluation, negotiation, investment, execution and operations and any sale processes with respect to such companies.
