Hans-Georg Burghardt

Hans-Georg (Hannes) Burghardt joined GLP in January 2013 as an Operating Partner.

Prior to joining GLP, Hannes spent 18 years with Deutsche Bank where he was Head of EMEA Gaming and Leisure & Travel.

Over that period, Hannes has been involved in many of the region's key gaming transactions such as the merger of Gold Reef and Tsogo Sun, the privatisation and secondary equity offering for Opap, the acquisition of Gioco Digitale by Bwin, the acquisition of Praesepe by Gauselmann, buy-outs of William Hill, SNAI, Ritz Bingo Clubs and Regency Entertainment, the IPO of German online gaming company Tipp24, as well as equity and debt financings for Intralot, Lottomatica, Cirsa and Holland Casino.

He was also involved in a number of Europe's key leisure travel deals, including the £3.5bn merger of First Choice and TUI Tourism, numerous equity and debt financings for both TUI AG and TUI Travel plc, the sale of Landal GreenParks to Wyndham for Charterhouse, the sale of Havas Voyages Grand Public to Thomas Cook for Amex and the sale of online travel group Go Voyages for Accor.

Hannes advised Accor on acquiring stakes in Polish hotel chain Orbis and German hotel chain Dorint, Deutsche Bank on the disposal of Interhotel and Starwood Hotels & Resorts on the disposal of various luxury hotels, including the Danieli in Venice.

Hannes holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford.

Antoine Del Serra

Antoine Del Serra is responsible for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Household and Personal Care (HPC), Food & Beverages sector.

He joins from HSBC where he was a Senior Director in the Global Consumer Group. During a career spanning over more than a decade at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Deutsche Bank and HSBC, Antoine built up extensive experience and knowledge, covering the areas of Food & Beverages and Household & Personal Care in both Western and Emerging markets. The most recent completed assignments include advising Kraft on its disposal of E. Wedel; advising Henkel on its disposal of a 51% stake in Henkel India to Jyothy Laboratories; advising BC Partners on its acquisition of the pan-European household products company, Spotless; assisting in the financing of the acquisition of Parmalat by Lactalis; advising Sodiaal on the disposal of Yoplait; advising Bidvest on its acquisition of Nowaco and Farutex; advising Danisco on its disposal of its sugar business; advising Lebedyansky on the acquisition of the company by PepsiCo; advising Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Leaf alongside CVC Capital Partners and advising BC Partners on its disposal of Galbani.

A French national, Antoine is also fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. He graduated from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po Paris) and hold an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA).