About us

• BVK is the association of private equity and venture capital companies operating in Germany and is based in Berlin
• Founded on 8 December 1989 after a merger of the original BVK and the German Venture Capital Association (DVCV)
• 217 full members (private equity and venture capital companies) and 103 associate members (e.g. law firms, auditors, etc.) as of January 2009

Objective

• Creating the best possible conditions for private equity and venture capital in Germany
• Promoting public understanding for the role of private equity companies 

Tasks 

• Cooperating closely with the media, policymakers, universities and associations nationally and internationally.
• Supporting its members in communicating their business
• Promoting cooperation between different members

Structures

BVK members work in four specialist groups:  

• Venture Capital
• Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
• SME Private Equity and Venture Capital Companies
• Large Buy-Outs

Board/General Management
The Management Board consists of eight members and reflects the specialist group structure

Management Board members:
Rolf Christof Dienst (Chairman), Dr. Günther Niethammer and Dr. Hanns Ostmeier (Vice Chairmen), Prof. Wilhelm Haarmann, Günther Henrich, Klaus Michael Höltershinken, Kurt Müller and Dr. Peter Terhart 
 
Dörte Höppner is the Managing Director

Management & Office

Dörte Höppner
Managing Director
+49 (0) 30 69 82-0

Julia Elsner
Office Manager
+49 (0) 30 69 82-13
elsner@bvkap.de

Attila Dahmann
Consultant for market, analysis and research
+49 (0) 30 69 82-15
dahmann@bvkap.de

Friederike Seliger
PR specialist:
Publications and Websites
030/30 69 82-16
seliger@bvkap.de

Martin Bolits
PR specialist:
Events
030/30 69 82-18
bolits@bvkap.de

Monika Anthony / Marleen Köppe Secretaries
+49 (0) 30 69 82-12 or -0
anthony@bvkap.de,
koeppe@bvkap.de or  
bvk@bvkap.de

Committees
Committees support and advise the association.

• BVK Committee
  Members: Thomas U.W. Pütter, Chairman of the management of Allianz Capital Partners
  GmbH; Ludolf von Wartenberg, Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Albrecht Hertz-Eichenrode, Chairman of Hannover Finanz GmbH
• Research Committee
  Members: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Berens, Chair for Business Adminstration at the University of Münster; Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler, WestLB Chair of Finance der HHL Leipzig; Prof. Jörg Rocholl, Associate Professor at ESMT Berlin

(as of June 2008)