Yolanda Bobeldijk
The investment will be made by KKR’s $6bn KKR Asia Fund II which it raised in 2013
The firm has hired a managing director of Walt Disney and former vice president of Unilever
The Netherlands-based firm amassed €1.25bn for its Waterland Private Equity Fund VI as well as €300m for a separate vehicle
The firm, which has been fundraising since October 2013, will focus on maximising value in its remaining portfolio
The appointments come a few months after the Scandinavian firm strengthened its ESG team
The London-based firm has returned more than £600m to its LPs in the last 18 months
The firm currently manages $1.5bn on behalf of Canadian institutional investors
The transaction, which is likely to have an enterprise value of between €500m and €600m, will be the second deal from the firm’s White Knight Fund IX
The senior executive, who spent 10 years with the firm, left HarbourVest at the end of March
The firm has teamed up with IVEST Consumer Partners to buy the Canadian engagement ring business