Robert Manz

Robert has spent the last 30 years in the private equity industry in Central & Eastern Europe ("CEE").

Robert is a former Managing Partner and Senior Advisor of Enterprise Investors, the leading private equity fund manager in CEE, where he joined the firm at its very start in 1990 and worked until 2020. Robert was Chairman of the Central and Eastern Europe Task Force of Invest Europe, from 2003 until 2020 and was most recently a member of its Mid-Market Council.

Robert was the founding President of the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ("PSIK"), established in 2002, and has served on PSIK's board for 15 years. He currently heads the PSIK Philanthropy Committee that manages the PSIK Social Business Accelerator Program since 2011. Robert is also a co-creator and board member of the Valores Foundation, Poland's first venture philanthropy fund, established in 2014.

Prior to joining Enterprise Investors, Robert worked with Dillon, Read & Co., an investment bank based in New York, in its M&A advisory business.

Robert graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, with a degree in Finance and Management of Entrepreneurship.