Nicole Zomerhuis

Company: Karmijn Kapitaal
Job Description: Investment Manager
Age: 31
Years of working experience: 4,5 years M&A; 2 years PE

Bio
Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance and a Master of Science in Financial Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Nicole completed internships in Management Consulting at PwC and in Debt Advisory and M&A at KPMG. With nearly five years at Oaklins, Nicole progressed from Analyst to Associate in M&A. Currently, Nicole has been at Karmijn Kapitaal for over two years, starting as an Investment Associate and now serving as an Investment Manager.

What are the specialties of this talent?
Nicole has the right combination of being very analytical, and also able to use these skills practically and in good communication and connection with entrepreneurs, and being very commercial.

Nicole’s has the academic background and a great learning experience of having been with Corporate Finance boutique Oaklins for over 4 years.This experience has given her a great amount of real live deal knowledge in a good firm.

Nicole is a very cooperative colleague and has shown her partnership in recent transactions like our investment in Elite and Unikidz. The latter has been executed under the leadership of Nicole and currently she is the investment manager on this portfolio transaction.

With the adding of years of transactional experience and broadening of Nicole’s network both with entrepreneurs, advisors and other PE funds, Nicole’s strategic capabilities grow steeply.

How does the talent distinguish itself from its peers?
The distinguishment is in several aspect. Nicole is talented on the content but adds the social and communication talents to it. When compared to the more commercial driven talents, Nicole really stands out on the content and the experience gained.

Nicole is competitive and has an enormous drive for success. Her energy and commitment to get the success in house makes her exceptional, also vis-a-vis several others (general speaking) in her generation.

What impact does the talent have within the organization?
Nicole brings energy, courage, drive for success and adds content and experience on several levels. Nicole is willing and capable to support our whole team on any topic that comes to our table. 

What impact does the talent have outside the organization?
Nicole shows interest in the entrepreneurs and the companies they have build. Her open communication style and supporting attitude results in real committed relationships with our portfolio companies and the potential target companies.

To what extent does the talent makes the difference to clients?
For the answer to this question I refer to question 7. Clients often feel at ease at the table. The tone of voice is good, a real interest is shown and support and high quality outcomes are presented.

Why does the talent deserves this nomination?
Nicole combines the best of what we view good private equity transaction making requires: humanity and high quality content. Nicole is very committed to do good business and is an example of what that looks like.