Katharina is a Managing Director, Co-head of Investment Management, and Head of Research at Capital Dynamics. Katharina is also a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Investment Committee at Capital Dynamics. In 2010, Katharina was named one of the most influential women in European finance by Financial News, and she currently serves in a number of roles within the wider financial community. Katharina is a board member for the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines Board, representing the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA). She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for PEI Media's quarterly journal, the Review of Private Equity. Katharina has been serving on the jury of the Deutscher Journalisten Preis since inception, and she serves on the BAI (a German association for alternative investments) Wissenschaftspreis jury. Katharina also served as a juror and coach for the Swiss Venture 2010 Business Plan Competition. Previously, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and a researcher at the Basel Institute for Immunology. Katharina holds a Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Immunology from the Biocenter Basel.