General Atlantic Team

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Henry Galis

Vice President, GA Credit London

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Henry Galis is a Vice President at General Atlantic and focuses on Atlantic Park investments. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Henry was a Vice President at Blackstone, where he worked across Blackstone’s GSO and Life Sciences Private Equity platforms. Henry began his career at J.P. Morgan in Healthcare M&A.

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Rayen Wang

Associate London

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Rayen Wang is an Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s Consumer sector. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Rayen was a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group focusing on growth and private equity projects.

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Nicolai Stubkjaer

Associate London

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Nicolai Stubkjaer is an Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s Technology sector. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Nicolai was a Private Equity Associate at TPG Capital. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Media & Communications Group.

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Hal Wilkinson

Analyst London

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Hal Wilkinson is an ESG Analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts for its global operations and across its portfolio. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Hal was on the audit graduate scheme at KPMG.

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Jeppe Damberg

Analyst London

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Jeppe Damberg is an Analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s EMEA region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Jeppe was a Summer Analyst at Altor Equity Partners. Prior to that, Jeppe worked on economic research at Columbia University and the Brattle Group.

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David Doepfner

Analyst London

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David Doepfner is an analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s EMEA region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, he worked as a summer intern at XN.

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Ade Okuwoga

Associate London

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Ade Okuwoga is an Associate on the BeyondNetZero team at General Atlantic. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Ade co-founded an infrastructure and carbon project development firm. Prior to that, he was an Associate at SYSTEMIQ and a Business Analyst at McKinsey focused on energy, sustainability and private equity projects.

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Florence Ajdenbaum

Analyst London

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Florence Ajdenbaum is an Analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the EMEA region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Florence was a Visiting Analyst at Eurazeo Growth. Prior to that, Florence interned at Tikehau Capital and worked as a Founder’s Associate at a French fintech start-up.

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Sam Robson

Associate London

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Sam Robson is an Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s Financial Services sector. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Sam was an Investment Banking Associate at Evercore.

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Raya Schrauwen

Analyst London

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Raya Schrauwen is an ESG Analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts for its global operations and across its portfolio. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Raya was a Research Intern at Climate Impact Partners. Prior to that, she was a Research Assistant at Imperial College London. Before that, she was an Sustainability Intern at Rabobank.

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Christian Nahas

Associate London

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Christian Nahas is an Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s Capital Partnering efforts. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Christian was an Associate at Crescendo Capital. Prior to that, he was an Analyst at BrickVest.

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Gabriel Caillaux

Co-President,
Managing Director,
Head of Climate
London

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Gabriel Caillaux is Head of Climate, Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in EMEA. He is also a member of the firm’s Management, Investment and Portfolio Committees. Since joining the firm in 2004, Gabriel has helped expand the firm’s investment focus across the greater European region to include Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He focuses on investments in the Financial Services and Technology sectors. Before joining General Atlantic, Gabriel worked in the telecoms, media & technology division at Merrill Lynch in London and New York.

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Lance Uggla

Co-Founder of BeyondNetZero London

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Lance Uggla is co-founder of BeyondNetZero, General Atlantic’s first climate growth equity fund focused on supporting and scaling high-growth companies that are developing innovative solutions seeking to meet and exceed net zero emissions targets. Before joining General Atlantic in 2022, Lance was Chairman and CEO at IHS Markit, the global information company, prior to its $44 billion merger with S&P Global. Lance founded Markit in 2003, took it public in 2014 and co-led its merger of equals with IHS in 2016. Earlier in his career, he held executive roles at both Toronto Dominion Bank and The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

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Melis Kahya Akar

Managing Director,
Head of Consumer for EMEA
London

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Melis Kahya Akar is a Managing Director at General Atlantic and leads the firm’s Consumer investments across EMEA, in addition to focusing on investments in Turkey. Before joining General Atlantic in New York in 2015, Melis was a Vice President at TSG Consumer Partners where she focused on investments in the Retail and Consumer sectors. Previously, she was an Analyst in the Investment Banking division at J.P. Morgan where she concentrated on the consumer and retail sectors.

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Lord John Browne

Co-Founder of BeyondNetZero London

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Lord John Browne is a Managing Director at General Atlantic and the co-Founder of BeyondNetZero, General Atlantic’s first climate growth equity fund focused on supporting and scaling high-growth companies that are developing innovative solutions seeking to meet and exceed net zero emissions targets. He also advises the firm on environmental, social and governance considerations. Lord Browne served as Group Chief Executive of international energy company BP from 1995 to 2007, after having joined the company in 1966 as a university apprentice. He led the company through a period of significant growth and transformation, including BP’s merger with Amoco in 1998. His landmark speech at Stanford University in 1997 established BP as a global leader in the way it thought about and sought to address climate change. In 2007, Lord Browne joined Riverstone, where he was co-head of the renewable energy private equity fund until 2015. He is also a former Chairman of Wintershall Dea, a European independent oil and gas company. Lord Browne is Co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology. From 2010 to 2015, he was the UK Government’s Lead Non-Executive Board Member. He was knighted in 1998 and made a life peer in 2001. Lord Browne is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow and Past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He previously served on the boards of DaimlerChrysler, Goldman Sachs, Intel and SmithKline Beecham.

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Chris Caulkin

Managing Director,
Head of Technology for EMEA
London

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Chris Caulkin is a Managing Director and Head of Technology for EMEA focusing on General Atlantic’s investments in the Technology sector. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2011, Chris was an Analyst and Associate at Warburg Pincus in London for four years where he concentrated on investments in the media, technology, and business services sectors. Before Warburg Pincus, Chris was an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group in London where he worked on a range of media, technology, and financial services projects.

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