Teneo appoints Senior Managing Directors in Belgian and German offices
Teneo has announced the addition of three new Senior Managing Directors to its Strategy & Communications business in Europe.
Andreas Nick (Frankfurt), Carsten Kestermann (Berlin) and Theo Birmpoutsoukis (Brussels) bring experience spanning technology and infrastructure policy, mergers & acquisitions and capital markets, competition, regulatory affairs and strategic communications.
Nick has a career spanning investment banking, public policy and strategic communications. He joins Teneo from Brunswick Group, where he was a Partner, and previously served as a member of the German Bundestag and held senior M&A roles at UBS and private bank Sal. Oppenheim.
Kestermann has spent more than 20 years working at the intersection of technology, government and public policy. He joins Teneo from ByteDance, where he served as Director and Head of Infrastructure Policy Europe, following more than a decade in senior public policy roles at Amazon Web Services.
Birmpoutsoukis has advised multinational companies on complex political, regulatory and reputational issues, with particular expertise in competition and regulatory affairs. He joins Teneo from Kekst CNC, where he was Managing Partner of the Brussels office, and previously served at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition.
Commenting on the appointments, Philippe Blanchard, President for Continental Europe at Teneo, said: “Europe is an important growth market for Teneo and we continue to invest in exceptional senior talent with the experience and expertise our clients need. Andreas, Carsten and Theo each bring distinctive capabilities at the intersection of business, policy, regulation and reputation. Their appointments deepen our expertise in areas that are increasingly important to leadership teams.”
Globally, Teneo employs over 1,800 professionals worldwide across more than 45 offices.
