Founder of equinet Bank AG, Gert Purkert is a businessperson who has been the head of 9 different companies and is Chairman at Aurepa Management AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of AUREPA Advisors AG and Member-Executive Board at AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, Chairman-Supervisory Board at HanseYachts AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for 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). Mr. Purkert is also on the board of Isochem SAS and VERTILAS GmbH and Member-Management Board at AURELIUS Management SE.

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