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July 3, 2024

Completion of acquisition DIF Capital Partners by CVC

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DIF Capital Partners is pleased to announce that the CVC acquisition of an initial 60% stake in DIF has been completed [1].

We are delighted to start this next phase of our journey in a joint partnership with CVC. To benefit from the strength of both brand names, our infrastructure business will be renamed CVC DIF going forward. The investment strategies, the composition of the Investment Committees and the branding of the individual investment strategies remain unchanged.

Furthermore, Wim Blaasse, Managing Partner and Head of CVC DIF has announced he will transition to the role of Chair effective on 1 July 2025. From that date, Gijs Voskuyl will be stepping into his position and will head the company as Managing Partner, together with the partner group. Wim Blaasse will remain fully involved in helping drive the business over the next several years, including continuing to chair the investment committees. Gijs joined DIF in 2008 and, alongside Wim, has played an instrumental role in building the DIF platform over the past sixteen years.

Read the press release here.

 

[1] With an additional 20% to be acquired shortly after 31 December 2026 and the final 20% to be acquired shortly after 31 December 2028.