Prior to joining MML Capital Partners in August 2008, Sven spent 3 years in Leveraged Finance at Commerzbank in Frankfurt and London, working on leveraged buy-outs across Europe, most recently as an associate director. He started his career at Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) in Frankfurt where he worked 2 years in Helaba’s Corporate Finance/Leveraged Finance division as an analyst. He graduated in 2003 with a European Master of Business Science from the University of Wales. He also has a degree as Diplom-Kaufmann from the University of Bamberg in Germany.