DMF Team
Dutch Mezzanine Fund was founded by Erwin de Jong and Gerard de Kool. In 2017, the mezzanine activities were spun off from Delta Lloyd. Since then, DMF has been an independent player. The investment team was expanded with Maurice Meertens in 2018. In 2022, DMF established the Frankfurt office to further develop & expand the German activities headed by Michael Franz Müller and further strengthened by Dr. Timm Gödecke who joined in 2024. The team has more than 90 years of combined experience in leveraged finance, debt financing, (re)structuring, debt and M&A advisory.
Gerard de Kool
Partner / Portfolio Manager
Gerard has over 15 years of experience in various private equity and corporate transactions in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, debt restructuring / refinancing and equity advice.
Prior to the start of DMF I, Gerard worked for 10 years at Bank Oyens & van Eeghen Corporate Finance Services, ABN AMRO Private Equity Advisory and ABN AMRO / RBS Corporate Finance. He holds a MSc in Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management.
gerard@dutchmezzanine.nl
+31 (0)6 5251 3277 | LinkedIn
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Erwin de Jong
Partner / Portfolio Manager
Erwin has over 30 years of experience in the field of debt financing, debt advisory and (re)structurings.
Prior to the start of the DMF I, Erwin was employed as Managing Director Corporate Finance at Oyens & van Eeghen, Head of Restructuring & Debt Advisory Benelux at Lazard, Co-Head Leveraged Finance at ABN AMRO / RBS and Senior Account Manager Project & Export Finance at Commerzbank. He holds a MSc in Financial Economics from Rotterdam Erasmus University and a BSc from Maastricht Hotel Management School. In addition he followed the Non Executive Board Program at Nyenrode University.
erwin@dutchmezzanine.nl
+31 (0)6 4626 6549 | LinkedIn
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Maurice Meertens
Investment Director
Maurice has over 8 years of experience in the field of structuring and advising of debt (re-)financing.
Prior to DMF, Maurice worked at Delta Lloyd Asset Management (Portfolio Manager Private Debt) and Rabobank (Credit Analyst Acquisition Finance). He holds a MSc in Finance and BSc in Business Economics from Tilburg University.
maurice@dutchmezzanine.nl
+31 (0)6 2206 4061 | LinkedIn
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Michael Franz Müller
Regional Head Germany
Michael is an experienced banker with a proven track record of more than three decades in corporate banking, leveraged finance, debt restructuring and mezzanine. Since mid-2022 he has been responsible for transactions in Germany within Dutch Mezzanine Fund.
michael@dutchmezzanine.nl
+49 162 2611 110 | LinkedIn
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Dr. Timm Gödecke
Investment Manager
Timm has over 3 years of experience in the field of Corporate Finance and M&A advisory, (re)structuring and financing.
Prior to DMF, Timm worked at Commerzbank (Associate Financial Engineering) and LBBW (Analyst M&A and Leveraged & Acquisition Finance). He holds a PhD in Finance from TU Darmstadt, a MA in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen and a BSc in General Management from PFH University Göttingen.
timm@dutchmezzanine.nl
+49 (155) 1052 8401 | LinkedIn
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