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Wolfgang Tatzer

Chief Executive Officer
Wolfgang Tatzer

Wolfgang joined TOPCAST as Chief Executive Officer in August 2023.

Wolfgang Tatzer is a seasoned executive with more than 35 years of leadership experience.

Prior to joining Topcast, Wolfgang Tatzer worked as the VP of Sales and later as President of Telair, the world’s leading Tier 1 supplier of aerospace cargo loading solutions.

Prior to this, he spent more than a decade at Aerospace Distributor Satair, overseeing product management teams with responsibility for some of the largest product lines of the Satair portfolio of aircraft system OEM’s supporting full scale global distribution contracts.

Qualifications

Wolfgang holds a master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany. He also is a Master of Systemic Counselling and Coaching and participated in the Transdigm Leadership Program at the USC/Marshall School of Business in California, USA.

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Yi Xiao

Non-Executive director
Yi Xiao

As a member of Permira’s Portfolio team, Yi focuses on investment opportunities across all sectors. He has worked on a number of transactions in Asia, US, and Europe.

Prior to joining Permira, Yi worked as a VP of Transformation for Platinum Equity’s portfolio companies in Asia, leading the development and execution of value creation initiatives with both growth and cost efficiency levers.

Qualifications

Yi holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston and has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin with honours.

Yi possesses multiple professional certifications including PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), SME Lean Bronze Certification, and is a Prosci certified professional in change management.

 

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Daniel Tan

Non-Executive director
Daniel Tan

Daniel focuses on investment opportunities in the Services and Technology sectors. He has worked on a number of transactions including English First Kids & Teens, Magento, Pepperjam, and Tricor.

Prior to joining Permira, Daniel worked for Serent Capital for two years, investing in middle-market growth businesses. Before that, he spent two years with Barclays Capital’s investment banking division covering the Technology sector.

Qualifications

Daniel holds a degree in Economics and Music from Vassar College, USA and has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA.

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Steen Karsbo

Non-Executive director
Steen Karsbo

Steen has close to 40 years of experience in the aviation industry and has held various senior management positions for Satair, an Airbus company. Covering business development, sales, product management thru marketing & communication leadership. Most recent role was Vice President and Head of Business Development.

Since July 2019, with the creation of his company Karsbo Consulting, he has focused on providing independent consulting and advisory services to a wide range of OEM’s, investors, distributors, PE and VC companies and start-ups. Areas of service includes amongst others : After Market & Sales Strategies, M&A support/assessment, Supplier Management, New Business Strategies, Systems & Powerplant Supply Chain, Board Director and Board Advisory roles.

Steen has since August 2020 supported Topcast as a Senior Advisor to Executive Management and to the Board.

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Chenxing Yu

Non-executive Director
Chenxing Yu

As a member of Permira’s Services team, Chenxing focuses on investment opportunities across all sectors. He has worked on a number of transactions including English First Kids & Teens, Full Truck Alliance and Topcast.

Prior to joining Permira, Chenxing worked for The Abraaj Group for one year, investing in middle-market buyouts across southeast Asia.

Qualifications

Chenxing holds a degree in Economics from University of Cambridge, England, and has a Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management, USA.

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