DevCo strengthens its team with three new hires - Petru Huurinainen, Alex Lindbom and Nicolina Zilliacus

DevCo Partners strengthens its team with three new hires. Petru Huurinainen and Alex Lindbom join as Investment Professionals, and Nicolina Zilliacus joins as Administrative Manager and Executive Assistant.

Petru joins DevCo from Siemens Smart Infrastructure, where he headed the division’s global Strategy and M&A. Before that, he worked at KONE in Strategy Development and later in P&L roles as regional Managing Director. Earlier in his career, Petru worked at McKinsey & Co. and at Citigroup, focusing on industrial M&A. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Aalto University of Technology.

Alex brings extensive private equity experience, having served as Director at EQT Partners in its private equity strategy, where he focused on European mid- and large-cap buyouts. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Co. Alex holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Turku School of Economics.

Nicolina joins DevCo after working as an Executive Assistant at Advium and eQ. She also has experience as an entrepreneur and as Marketing Manager at the Stockholm School of Economics. Nicolina holds an MSc in Economics from Hanken School of Economics.

DevCo in brief
DevCo is a long-term oriented active owner and development partner dedicated to building world-leading companies in selected niche markets. DevCo provides its companies with hands-on operational resources, strategic support and significant financial resources to support step changes in their performance. DevCo is currently a significant owner of three global niche leaders, Vexve, Medix Biochemica, and Bluefors.