Founder of equinet Bank AG, Gert Purkert is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and is Chairman for Aurepa Management AG and Member-Executive Board at AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, Chairman-Supervisory Board of HanseYachts AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of AURELIUS Beteiligungsberatungs AG, Member of the Executive Board at Aurelius (Private Equity) and Member-Management Board at AURELIUS Management SE (which are all subsidiaries of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA). Gert Purkert is also on the board of Isochem SAS and VERTILAS GmbH and Member-Management Board at AURELIUS Management SE.

He previously occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Berentzen-Gruppe AG, Partner at Hübner Schlösser & Cie GbR, Chairman for fidelis HR GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of AURELIUS Portfolio Management AG, Senior Associate at Mckinsey & Co., Inc. (Germany) and Member-Executive Board at AURELIUS Management SE.