Dr. Theo Weber, Managing Director, is Head of Origination of Private Debt in Germany within BlackRock International Fixed Income, responsible for the sourcing and execution of middle market direct bond investment opportunities in the German market. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2016 Theo was Head of GE Capital’s market leading Leveraged Finance team in Germany. With a team of eight he covered the German private equity market and led numerous mid-market transactions in leveraged finance. In addition, he was responsible for the GE/Ares joint venture in DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). He joined GE Capital in 2007 with responsibility for healthcare investments (equity and debt). During his 9 years at GE he originated and executed numerous leveraged finance transactions across Europe including club transactions, syndicated lead deals and unitranche financings. He also represented GE in various occasions at private debt conferences and on panel discusisons. Prior to that he was leading Deloitte’s and PwC’s Private Equity Advisory practices closing several first time deals for UK private equity funds in Germany. Theo graduated at University Erlangen-Nuernberg and earned a PhD from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.