Peter Beske Nielsen

Spear’s Review 

Former BlackRock managing director Peter Beske Nielsen joined EQT in 2021, leading 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. 

Through what it calls an ‘active ownership approach,’ the firm strives for long-term value creation in the businesses it invests in. One particular strength of EQT, Beske Nielsen told 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 explained, the team often follow potential investments for several years before investing. 

In the healthcare space, the firm’s recent high-profile IPO of Galderma, a Swiss dermatology business, saw the business attract an implied valuation of $17 billion.