Knowledge and
Experience
The team has the relevant knowledge and experience to source attractive opportunities and provide flexible and transformative credit solutions to growth companies in Europe.
Dennis Klieber
Founder & Co-CIO
Dennis is a Founder of GCP and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing transactions.
Prior to founding GCP, Dennis was a credit investor at Centerbridge Partners where he was spearheading the firm’s sourcing and underwriting of Growth Debt investments in tech-enabled companies across Europe. Additionally, he was involved in special situations investing across private and public markets.
Previously, Dennis was a Private Equity investor at Lone Star Funds focused on value-driven, control-oriented Private Equity investments in European operating companies.
Dennis started his career as an Investment Analyst at The Blackstone Group in New York and London focused on credit and special situations investing.
Dennis graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics. He was the recipient of the Reuben Jeffery III Scholarship.
Prior to his career in finance, Dennis was a professional biathlete in Germany. Dennis is a certified skiing and tennis instructor.
Damian Hahnloser
Founder & Co-CIO
Damian is a Founder of GCP and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing transactions.
Prior to founding GCP, Damian was a Partner at PrimeStone Capital, a concentrated public equities fund investing in European Mid-Cap stocks.
Previously, Damian was the third member of GIC’s Private Credit Group, helping to grow the portfolio to more than $20bn. He completed more than 30 direct credit deals, investing in 21 PE-sponsored companies.
Before joining GIC, Damian started his career at Perella Weinberg Partners advising on M&A and IPO transactions with a particular focus on healthcare.
Damian has an M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford in Economics and Management. He held a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation.
Damian is an active angel investor. His hobbies are flying (PPL holder), diving, travelling (50 countries) and learning languages (Spanish and Korean).
Charlotte Henderson
Charlotte is responsible for operations, finance & reporting, deal structuring and execution. She is a qualified lawyer with over 20 years of experience practising English and New York law.
She has previously held COO, GC and CCO positions at Telemos Capital, All Seas Capital and ARCH EM Partners, helping to found and professionalise new managers while structuring investments in private credit (hybrid capital) and control PE.
Before this, Charlotte was Investment Director at an EM Credit Fund, structuring investments with equity upside components. She has also been Counsel at Ashmore Group PLC, where she led bondholder committees on numerous restructurings and managed credit positions (corporate and sovereign) as well as private equity and infrastructure/real estate.
Charlotte started her career as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in the general practice group where she worked on M&A and leveraged finance.
Charlotte has an M.A. from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in Jurisprudence. She is fluent in Swedish and has represented Great Britain in (masters) basketball.