Lars Niggemann is an executive director at LGT CP Ltd. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, he was an associate partner and investment director at CGS Management, a Swiss private equity fund manager, where he was responsible for direct investments in European, Asian and US small buyout companies. Mr. Niggemann's prior experience includes several years as an investment manager at Adveq in Zurich, as well as playing a leading role in establishing a venture capital fund for a European business angel network. Before that, he established and managed his own event-marketing company in Zurich. Mr. Niggemann holds a business degree from the University of Zurich and an MBA in Finance from the University of Rochester in New York. He is fluent in English, German and French.