Josef Moosholzer joined TVM Capital in April 2001, and serves as Partner in corporate finance. In this role, he leads the Munich accounting and controlling team. His responsibilities include the preparation of TVM Capital’s financial statements, the coordination of internal tax aspects as well as preparation of the quarterly and annual investors’ reports.

Prior to joining TVM Capital, he worked for nearly three years with Apple Computer as Manager of Credit & Financial Services, and also spent six years at Ernst & Young, Germany, where he most recently served as Manager specializing in auditing IT and telecommunications companies. During his time at Ernst & Young, he gained extensive experience in auditing national and international companies, financial due diligence as well as extensive knowledge in German and U.S. GAAP. Prior to Ernst & Young, he worked as Controller at an international software distribution company.
Mr. Moosholzer earned a degree in business administration at the University of Munich.

Rolf Starck joined TVM Capital in January 2002, and is a Controller for the corporate finance team. He is responsible for reporting, group-controlling and internal controlling. Prior to TVM Capital, he spent more than seven years at Deutsche Telekom, where he served in several positions in finance and controlling. He also was Senior Controller at Tech Data Europe, an international IT distribution company, where he was responsible for international group controlling and reporting. He has extensive experience in controlling and reporting as well as in German and U.S. GAAP.

Mr. Starck holds a business economics degree from the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) in Munich.

The Private Equity World Awards MENA recognises the leaders, innovators, creative talents and pioneers in the regional Private Equity industry.

The fund which held its first closing in February 2010 is the first global private equity fund with a focus in healthcare and life sciences to establish operations in the MENA region. Its investments to date include Nobel Prize Winning IVF facility Bourn Hall International. Bourn Hall was the world’s first IVF clinic and the deal with TVM Capital marks its first international expansion.

Previously the firm announced its investment in Pro Vita Abu Dhabi, the only long-term care and rehabilitation facility for patients requiring ventilator support in the UAE. Both deals are consistent with the fund’s strategy of involving leading global operators to provide unique and specialized healthcare services in the Middle East, directly catering to growing demand.

‘’An enormous amount of hard work has gone into the development of the fund and the response from leading regional investors is testament to TVM Capital’s growing reputation as the forerunning healthcare PE firm in the region. To win such a well-respected regional accolade as Best New PE Fund is a real achievement,’’ said Dr. Helmut M. Schuehsler, Chairman and CEO of TVM Capital MENA.

He continued, ‘’ The MENA region represents a unique and attractive investment environment in healthcare and TVM Capital MENA is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this opportunity. We look forward to leading a positive future for healthcare investment.’’

Building on a 25-year track record of successful healthcare investments in Europe and the U.S., the resulting experience and broad networks in the health market, as well as stable and high quality deal flow, the TVM Capital management team is equipped to bring top-rated Western operators to the MENA region and help develop pioneering companies locally.

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The founders of Bourn Hall are the inventors of IVF, after pioneering the first birth of child conceived using IVF in 1978. Last month it was announced that Bourn Hall founder Dr Bob Edwards has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the invention.

The investment in Bourn Hall International marks the second investment by private equity firm TVM Capital MENA in the last four months; the previous being Pro Vita, the first long-term care and rehabilitation facility for patients requiring ventilator support in the UAE. “Both deals are consistent with TVM Capital MENA’s strategy for involving leading global operators to provide unique and specialized healthcare services in the Middle East” said Dr. Helmut M. Schuehsler, Chairman and CEO of TVM Capital MENA. Bourn Hall is synonymous with IVF on a global scale and pioneered most of the standard treatment protocol procedures adopted worldwide.

In the Middle East Bourn Hall International will operate a network of branded IVF facilities across the region that will operate at the same quality level and operating procedures as the clinic in the UK. The first clinic in the region is due to open in 2011.
TVM Capital is the first global private equity firm with a focus in healthcare and life sciences to establish operations in the MENA. It held the first closing of its shari’a-compliant, MENA focused healthcare private equity fund in February 2010.The Bourn Hall International investment was syndicated with leading regional generalist investors, a testament to TVM Capital’s growing reputation as the forerunning healthcare PE firm in the region.

Marios Fotiadis, Managing Director, TVM Capital MENA said, “We are delighted to announce the completion of our second investment in a short time period since the first closing of our fund earlier this year. This is the first time that Nobel-prize winning medicine has been directly brought to the patient population of the Middle East. We remain enthusiastic about our model of bringing unique, specialized, world-class medical services to the MENA region, and BHI is a transaction that perfectly matches our investment model.”
Dr Mike Macnamee, Chief Executive, Bourn Hall said, “We have been working in close partnership with TVM Capital for the last year for the launch of the first international expansion of Bourn Hall. We are truly pleased to have had the opportunity to match our strong brand and excellent team with the leading health care private equity operator in the MENA region.”

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