Our people - Primary Fund Investments

Piet-Hein is a Managing Director in the Primary Fund Investments team where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing fund opportunities in the EMEA region. Piet-Hein represents AlpInvest on a large number and variety of GP advisory boards. He joined AlpInvest Partners in 2008 and has 15 years of experience at AlpInvest and in the private equity industry. Piet-Hein received an MSc, cum laude, in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Marleen is a Managing Director in the Primary Fund Investments team where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing fund opportunities in Europe. She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2009. Marleen received an MSc, cum laude, in Financial Economics and a LLM in Financial Law from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Jeffrey Gruccio is a Managing Director with the Primary Fund Investments team focusing on U.S. transactions. He is based in New York.

Prior to joining AlpInvest Partners, Jeff was an Investment Vice President with Prudential Financial, where he was responsible for sourcing and leading new fund commitments and direct co-investments on behalf of the insurance company in both the U.S. and Europe and was a member of the Alternative Assets Group Investment Committee. Previously, he was with Portfolio Advisors, LLC, a private equity advisor and fund-of-funds manager, where he held roles in the U.S. and Europe.

Jeff received a B.S. in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University.

Joseph is a Managing Director in the Primary Fund Investments team focusing on US transactions. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Joseph joined AlpInvest Partners in 2008 from Cambridge Associates, where he was a Senior Associate in the US private equity research team covering US buyout, distressed and private credit GPs. Joseph received a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University and is a CFA ® Charterholder. He serves on a number of advisory boards of fund partnerships, including those managed by TA Associates, GTCR, Parthenon Capital, Sentinel Capital Partners and Pamlico Capital.

Wendy is a Partner, Managing Director and Global Head of AlpInvest Partners’ Primary Fund Investments team. She is also responsible for the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team in the Asia Pacific region and a member of the Operating Committee.

She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2007 from Macquarie Funds Management, where she was Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific regional private equity fund investments and co-investments. Previously, Wendy was a Director with Deutsche Bank Asset Management and an Associate Director at MetLife.

Wendy received a BS in Business Administration and an MS in Accounting from the University of Southern California. She represents AlpInvest Partners on various Advisory Boards.

Joe is a Principal in the Primary Fund Investments team where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing fund opportunities in Asia. Before joining AlpInvest, he was head of Private Investments – Asia at Lockheed Martin Investment Management Company. Prior to that, Joe was with Mercer Investments as chief representative for its Asia private markets business and previously he held direct investment roles at EQT Partners and Sumitomo Corporation. Joe graduated from University of Michigan with a B.B.A. degree in finance and accounting.

Alexander is a Principal in the Primary Fund Investments team and focuses on equity transactions in Asia. He joined AlpInvest Partners in 2012 from Cambridge Associates’ International Private Equity team in Boston. Alexander received a BA in Business Economics from the University of California.

Aleksandr is a Principal in the Primary Fund Investments team, where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing fund opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining AlpInvest Partners, Aleksandr spent six years at Shell Asset Management Company focusing on Private Equity fund commitments. He started his career at an investment bank in Russia. Aleksandr received a BSc in Economics from the Novosibirsk State University and a MSc in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam.

Serina is a Principal in the Primary Fund Investments team, where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions in North America. Serina rejoined AlpInvest Partners in 2016 and was previously a senior associate at AlpInvest. Before that, Serina worked at GoldPoint Partners as an associate and she started her career at Deutsche Bank as a financial analyst. Serina received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.