Carsten Dentler has served as a Managing Partner at Palladio Infrastruktur GmbH since 2019. He possesses extensive experience in transactions and management within the banking and capital markets sectors. Prior to joining Palladio Partners, he was responsible for establishing and managing the M&A/IPO/DCM advisory businesses of a leading American investment bank—and subsequently a major Swiss investment bank—in Germany and Austria. His career spans more than two decades, including 12 years as an executive board member, and encompasses a broad spectrum of industries. His primary areas of focus included the energy, chemicals, and other energy-intensive sectors, as well as the associated critical infrastructure. Carsten Dentler began his career at Commerzbank AG, where he completed an apprenticeship as a banker. Subsequently, he studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim, earning a degree as a *Diplom-Kaufmann*. His professional career has included positions at firms such as Arthur Andersen GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Bank AG, and UBS Deutschland AG. He currently serves on the supervisory boards of several publicly listed and privately held companies.

After studying law at the University of Cologne and the University of Geneva, Dr. Ralph Drouven completed his legal traineeship within the district of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne. He was admitted to the bar, initially at the Regional Court of Cologne and subsequently at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne. He earned his doctorate under Professor Dr. Gerhard Kegel—Director of the Institute for International and Foreign Private Law at the University of Cologne—writing his dissertation on a topic concerning the law of damages under U.S. law. He has been practicing as an attorney since 1986. He specializes in corporate law advisory services and the legal support of transactions. Having served as a partner in various leading commercial law firms since 1991, he founded the firm Drouven Dietlein Rechtsanwälte PartmbB in 2023. From 1999 to 2022, he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the publicly listed company Splendid Medien AG.

Dr. Melanie Bockemühl possesses extensive experience in executing strategy, business-building, and transformation programs, with a focus on digital and technology-related topics. At IBM Consulting, as a Senior Partner, she led the Strategy Consulting and Digital Agency divisions for the DACH region. Prior to this, she spent many years as a Partner at Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company, advising clients in sectors including telecommunications, media, and technology. Most recently, she was active as a business angel within the start-up ecosystem and served as the head of Strategy & Transformation at Diebold Nixdorf. Dr. Melanie Bockemühl studied Business Administration at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, earned an MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and received her doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) from Göttingen with a dissertation titled "Real Options Theory and the Valuation of Product Innovations." Today, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Economics at the university.