General Atlantic to appoint Sascha Günther as MD and DACH head

• Günther joins General Atlantic from Oakley Capital
• Jörn Nikolay will transition into an advisory director role at the end of 2023
• General Atlantic is a global investor based in New York

General Atlantic will appoint Sascha Günther as managing director and head of DACH, effective 1 January 2024.

Günther will be based out of the firm’s Munich office.

He will join General Atlantic from Oakley Capital, where he most recently served as a partner leading deal origination and execution and investment advisory in the German-speaking region, with a focus on the technology and consumer industries.

The firm also announced Jörn Nikolay’s transition into an advisory director role at the end of 2023. Nikolay joined General Atlantic in 2008 and has served as Head of DACH since 2012.

Nikolay, in this role, will provide strategic counsel to DACH investment teams and portfolio companies.

“The DACH region holds strategic significance within General Atlantic’s global investment portfolio,” said Bill Ford, chairman and CEO of General Atlantic. “Since we began investing in the region in 1995, we have maintained our conviction in its unique entrepreneurial ecosystem and culture of innovation.”

General Atlantic is a global investor with over $77 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of 30 September 30. It is based in New York.