Peter Beske Nielsen

Spear’s Review 

Former BlackRock managing director Peter Beske Nielsen joined EQT in 2021 to lead its private wealth efforts. He enables high-value private investors to connect to alternative investment opportunities via EQT Nexus, the firm’s private wealth solution, which launched in 2023 and gives private investors the opportunity to access similar opportunities as institutional investors. 

Through what it calls an ‘active ownership approach’, the firm strives for long-term value creation in the businesses in which it invests. One particular strength of EQT, Beske Nielsen tells Spear’s, is the firm’s ability to support companies at every stage of the growth cycle, from scaling up early-stage start-ups through to IPOs and M&A deals. To achieve this, he explains, the team often follow potential investments for several years before investing.