NES 2011 - Investor - Michael Miller


Michael Miller
Managing Director
Perseus, LLC

Michael is a Managing Director of Perseus, a leading private equity firm based in Washington, DC, where he focuses on investments in the clean energy and environmental technology sectors. Prior to joining Perseus, Michael was the Managing Partner of Mill Consulting Group, an investment banking boutique specialized in assisting small and medium sized enterprises in the identification and execution of strategic capital formation and M&A transactions. During 2002 and 2003 he served as one of four partners at Swiss Life Private Equity Partners AG in Zurich, Switzerland, which managed the equivalent of $1.5 billion in fund and direct investments. Michael was Vice President and Group Head of Principal Investments at Enron North America in Houston, Texas, where he focused on investments in new energy technologies and built a portfolio that included three companies in which Perseus was also an investor. He founded and led UBS Capital GmbH, the Frankfurt-based private equity investment unit of the Union Bank of Switzerland Group in Germany. Michael started his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Salomon Brothers Inc in New York City and Frankfurt, Germany.

Michael is a member of the Board of Directors of Seismic Equipment Solutions, LP, SEVA Energie AG, Pro2 Anlagentechnik GmbH, Baumot AG, and Puralube, Inc. and is an advisor and mentor to the Energy Program of the Houston Technology Center.

Michael holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, a B.A. in German and an MBA from Rice University in Houston, Texas.

About Perseus, LLC

Perseus, L.L.C. is a merchant bank and private equity fund management company headquartered in Washington, D.C., with an office in New York and an associated advisory firm in Munich. Perseus has invested in numerous growth equity, turnaround, and buyout transactions in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Perseus manages seven private equity funds. Since its inception in 1995, Perseus has made investments in more than 60 portfolio companies in a wide variety of industries in which Perseus and its principals have expertise, including energy and environmental technologies and highly engineered products, healthcare, and branded consumer products. Perseus has raised more than $1.6 billion in capital commitments. Perseus also co-manages a $449 million fund that invests exclusively in life sciences companies.

 

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