Team

As Executive Vice-President Peter Maenhout is responsible for the Gimv-XL fund and the Belgian buyout and growth capital activities. Before joining Gimv, he was head of the Benelux office for investment manager Amber Capital. Prior to that, he was active in mergers & acquisitions and equity capital market transactions at Petercam and Generale Bank. 

In his various functions he has been working closely together with management teams of both private and public companies, but also with their shareholders and entrepreneurs and this across a wide variety of industries in the Benelux.

Peter Maenhout holds Master Degrees in International Relations (UG) and in Finance (Vlerick) as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Dirk Dewals (°1973) joined the Gimv-XL team in 2009, bringing in the extensive experience he acquired during the ten years he worked for Petercam’s Corporate Finance department. At Petercam he advised companies and their shareholders with regard to mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions and strategic evaluations. Both listed and private companies were among his clients.

Dirk Dewals graduated as a Commercial Engineer at KU Leuven and has worked in the business economics and strategy department of the KU Leuven.

Bart Cauberghe (°1978) joined the Gimv XL team in 2009, after having spent 5 years advising multinationals as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. At BCG, he gained international experience in leading several strategic projects ranging from cost reduction programs, assessing investment programs, re-organizations to pricing and sales channels optimizations.

Bart holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, a PhD in applied sciences from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a postgraduate degree in business administration.

Thomas Dewever (°1981) joined the Gimv-XL team in 2009. Prior to that he worked in the Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse in London, where he was involved in various M&A and capital market transactions across Europe and the Middle East.

He holds a master in mechanical engineering (KU Leuven) and a postgraduate degree in Strategic Management from HEC School of Management in Paris.

Kris De Brabandere (°1982) joined Gimv in 2009. Previously he worked as a management consultant at Accenture in its supply chain management team. For a number of multinational companies in various industries he realised cost optimisation projects in the areas of sourcing & procurement, logistics, inventory management and working capital. 

Kris De Brabandere graduated as an electrotechnical engineer from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and obtained a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (USA).