Claus Stenbaek
Managing Director
Claus has over 25 years of direct private equity as well as fund selection and quoted securities experience. In addition to managing Keyhaven Capital Partners, he is responsible for leading the investment process on primary partnerships, secondary investments, and direct investments. Claus serves as an advisory committee member for a number of European private equity partnerships and has been elected as a member of the EVCA Limited Partner Platform Council.
Previously, he was employed as Executive Director of Danske Private Equity. His earlier positions include Founding Managing Director of Richmond Capital Limited, a niche investment bank, and responsibility for the overall management of a European family office. He has also served as CFO of engineering company F.L.Smidth & Cia Espanola, and as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He has served as Chairman and/or board member of more than 30 private and public companies in Europe and the United States over the course of his career.
Claus received a BS in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School and earned an Executive MBA cum laude from Instituto de Impresa, Madrid. He is fluent in English, Danish, Spanish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and speaks conversational French and German.
