The global private equity investor, TA Associates, appointed Dietrich Hauptmeier as senior vice president to the firm’s London office.

Hauptmeier joins the firm from Palamon Capital Partners, where he held a spot as an associate principal. He primarily focused on the financial and environmental services, as well as the healthcare, retail and education sectors within the German market. He also served as a finance director for DCisions, a start-up company providing data analytics to the retail investment industry. His career initially kicked off at the M&A Group at Merrill Lynch Investment Banking and he later moved on to serve as a principal at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Hauptmeier will utilize his skills to help TA Associates with growth equity investments, recapitalizations and management-led buyouts throughout the European market including Germany.

TA Associates’ managing director, Ajit Nedungadi, stated in the press release that Hauptmeier is an essential addition given that the firm is trying to expand throughout Germany.  TA Associates has invested in five companies within the region since 2008. One of its most recent German investments took place in April. TA Associates teamed up with Summit Partners to acquire a 67% stake in the casual gaming group, Bigpoint GmbH and paid a total of $350 million for the controlling stake. At the start of 2011 the firm spent €60 million ($82.1 million) for a majority stake on eCircle, a Munich, Germany-based email marketing service provider.

Since its founding in 1968, the firm has raised more than $16 billion in capital. In addition to its London office TA Associates has operations in Mumbai, Hong Kong, and Menlo Park.

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