Teun de Ven is a Senior Advisor at Cap Expand Partners. 

He is also is Managing Partner of Deventures and a member of the Board of Directors of Plättli Ganz Baumaterial Holding AG. Previously, Teun was Founding Partner and Chairman of Proventis Partners, a mid-cap M&A advisory firm in Europe.

After obtaining his degree from the University of St. Gallen (lic. oec. HSG), Teun started his career as a management consultant at St. Gallen Consulting Group. Subsequently, he worked for Swisscom as Head of Residential Customers. Most recently, he was with Jacobs Holding as CEO/Chairman of Brach's Confections Inc. (USA), as President of the Board of Vernell Industries S.A de C.V. (MEX) and as CEO/Chairman of Boards & More.

Teun has more 20 years of M&A experience in structuring, leading and implementing numerous, complex M&A transactions for family businesses, publicly traded companies, family offices and PE‘s. He brings in-depth knowledge of industrial and commercial companies and their business models, value chains and challenges.