Notification

Baar-Zug, Switzerland, 18 November 2015


Michelle Felman to be nominated as Independent Board Member of Partners Group's Board of Directors

Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, is to nominate Michelle Felman as an Independent Board Member at its Annual General Meeting of shareholders on 11 May 2016. Ms. Felman, an American national, is based in New York and has almost three decades of experience in the real estate investment industry. She previously served as an Executive Vice President at Vornado Realty Trust, steering its growth from an initial market capitalization of USD 6 billion in 1997 to USD 28 billion in 2010. Her previous roles include six years as Managing Director, Global Business Development, at GE Capital.

Ms. Felman brings an in-depth understanding of the real estate market and related industries. Her extensive investment management experience will contribute to board-level initiatives focused on strengthening Partners Group's investment management capabilities and will support the continued build-out of the firm's global investment platform.

Dr. Peter Wuffli, Chairman of the Board of Directors, comments: "We are very pleased to propose Michelle as an Independent Member of Partners Group's Board of Directors. She will further strenghten our Board, and we will greatly benefit from her investment skills and real estate expertise, as well as her business acumen, entrepreneurial approach and strategic judgment."

Michelle Felman adds: "I am thrilled about this opportunity to apply my capability set and experience to a broader and more global platform. I came across Partners Group several years ago and continue to be impressed by the firm's dynamic development, its culture and its people. I look forward to contributing my distinctive perspective to the Board, particularly in the area of investment management."

About Partners Group

Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with over EUR 42 billion (USD 47 billion) in investment programs under management in private equity, private real estate, private infrastructure and private debt. The firm manages a broad range of customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors. Partners Group is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and has offices in San Francisco, Houston, New York, São Paulo, London, Guernsey, Paris, Luxembourg, Milan, Munich, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm employs over 800 people and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (symbol: PGHN) with a major ownership by its partners and employees.

Investor relations contact

Alexander von Wolffradt

Phone: +41 41 784 66 45

Email: alexander.wolffradt@partnersgroup.com

Media relations contact

Jenny Blinch

Phone: +41 41 784 65 26

Email: jenny.blinch@partnersgroup.com

www.partnersgroup.com

Appendix

Biography: Michelle Felman

Michelle Felman has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate and investment business. She currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Zell Lurie Center at Wharton Business School, where she also teaches a real estate entrepreneurship class. She holds a board position at Choice Properties, a REIT, and is on the investment committee at Turner Impact Capital, an investment platform focused on social impact investing in education. From 1997 to 2010, Ms. Felman was Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Capital Markets, at Vornado Realty Trust. During her tenure as EVP at Vornado, she led growth initiatives that enabled the firm to become the largest commercial and retail real estate owner in the New York City and Washington DC markets. She continued to provide consulting services to the firm for two years after her retirement from her executive role. Before joining Vornado, she was Managing Director, Global Business Development at GE Capital with responsibility for structuring and evaluating new markets and products globally (1994-1997). Prior to this, she spent three years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Felman earned her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California in Berkeley and her MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.


Download press release



Provider
 Channel
 Contact
Tensid Ltd., Switzerland
www.tensid.ch


 newsbox.ch
www.newsbox.ch


 Provider/Channel related enquiries
marco@tensid.ch
+41 41 763 00 50