Matthew D Hansen

Matthew Hansen is a Managing Director and Head of UK and European Business at Atlas, based in London. Previously, he was Partner and responsible for European private equity for Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LP, in London. Matthew worked at Cerberus from 2002 to 2015, where his responsibilities included transaction and sourcing execution, management and monitoring of the firm’s distressed debt and control private equity investments. Prior to joining Cerberus, Matthew worked at Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago and London from 1999 to 2002. He also worked in the investment banking group at Bear Stearns in New York and at Centennial Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.

Matthew is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Credicom Consumer Finance SA and Panmure Gordon & Co. PLC. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Greentree Financial (f.k.a. Conseco Financial), Boxclever Consumer Rental LLC, Blue Bird, NABI and Greenstar. He was also on the Investment Committee, Management Committee and Credit Committee at BAWAG P.S.K. in Vienna, Austria, where he led M&A, business development and international corporate investing. Additionally, he served on the WorldCom Creditors’ Committee, the Marconi Creditors’ Committee and the Outsourcing Financial Receivable Solutions Inc. Creditors’ Committee.

Matthew gained several degrees from the University of Texas, Columbia Business School, London Business School and the University of Melbourne.