Prior to joining Raiffeisen Investment, Peter gained ten years of experience in investment banking and advising financial sponsors working in London and CEE for KPMG Corporate Finance, JPMorgan and as an independent advisor / investor. He has significant transaction experience working both on the buy-side and sell-side of private equity buy-outs, raising expansion finance and distressed assets (non-performing loan portfolios and debt buy-out transactions). Peter has gained industry experience across a number of sectors, including energy, telecoms/media/technology, industrials and consumer products.

Peter is a Czech / German national and holds a first class BSc. degree in Physics from Imperial College in London and a Masters degree in Economics from the Prague School of Economics. Peter has completed the British FSA exams.

Peter Köhler is Director of the Financial Sponsors Department and the Real Estate Department.