Alexandra Dhavernas von Elverfeldt

Senior Advisor at L Catterton focused on Europe

Previously, Alexandra was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse covering strategic European clients and heading the mid cap M&A activities in Northern Europe. Prior to Credit Suisse, she ran her own M&A boutique, Trocadero Corporate Finance, with a focus on primary deals in the automotive, education, luxury goods, food and beverage sectors in French and German speaking countries on behalf of prominent European Family Equity Investors.

Earlier, Alexandra spent more than twelve years building the investment portfolio of Quilvest Group, and five years as CEO of Quilvest Capital in Germany.

ESG/Innovation Engagements

• UZH (University of Zurich) Member of the Innovation Council: serving as a bridge between the University and the Economy notably for Life Science, Med Tech, Earth Observation, Mobility and Infrastructure
• UZH Healthy Longevity Center – Member of the Advisory Board
• Member of Institut Montaigne (nonprofit, independent think tank, Paris) crafting public policy proposals aimed at shaping political debates and decision making in France and Europe. Bringing together leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds – government, civil society, corporations and academia – to produce balanced analyses, international benchmarking and evidence-based research
• Ashoka Germany Support Fellow: Global network of social entrepreneurs
  Supporting innovative social entrepreneurs pioneering a more inclusive, efficient and impactful economy
  Assisting the League of Changemaker Companies, engaged in solving social and environmental problems at scale through their core business by building strategic partnerships between companies and social entrepreneurs generating innovation and new territories for growth
  Facilitating Carry4Good programs from Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds
• Femmes Forum: brings together women recognized as references in their profession from diverse industries (ex. researcher, philosopher, judge, police negotiator, artist, entrepreneur, surgeon…) meeting monthly to share best practices in a sisterhood spirit

Alexandra is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris

Working on a client by client, business by business, country by country basis