Chairman and founder

Matthew Peacock founded Hanover Investors in 2002. Since then Matthew has led the firm and its investment decision-making and continues to also focus on portfolio company delivery. He currently sits on the Boards of Kalibrate, Brady and ZetaDisplay and Investment Committees across Hanover strategies.

Matthew set up each of Hanover’s investment search & analysis, execution and operational capabilities before handing them on to be run by other partners. He has led material operating change and acquisition strategies across both turnaround and growth, as well as public and private company businesses. He has led multiple public and private Boards as Chairman across industrial, media, technology, financial and outsourcing businesses in the UK and US with operations across the globe.

In his early career Matthew ran International M&A in London for Barclays BZW, having worked in NY and London for CSFB. Over the 1990s he led a series of successful private transactions as a lead shareholder and CEO.

Matthew has a Masters Degree in Law from Cambridge University.

Senior Partner, Credit & Private Equity

Jason leads Hanover's Credit strategy and supports the Private Equity funds serving on the boards of eCOGRA, Brady and Fairline.

Jason joined Hanover in 2021 having spent the past 16 years investing over €600mn in complex debt and equity special situations assets across the UK, Germany, Nordics, Benelux, Australia and developing markets as a partner at BlueMountain Capital Management and Watling Street Advisors LLP. In these portfolios, Jason has owned, lent to, restructured and exited companies in the TMT, services, manufacturing and automotive sectors in traditional, stressed and distressed scenarios. He was previously a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch working in Sydney, Hong Kong and London.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Director, Credit & Private Equity

Markus is a Director in the Capital Solutions (Credit) and Private Equity teams. He is also a board observer for Brady and Fairline.

Markus joined Hanover in 2021 after spending 6 years as principle at Wtling Street Advisors where he executed investments in complex debt and equity special situations across UK, DACH and Scandinavia. He led traditional and stressed/distressed transactions in TMT, industrials, services and infrastructure sectors. Prior to this, Markus worked for five years in PwC's transaction advisory teams in Munich and London.

Markus holds an MBA from Cass Business School and BSc from the University of Technology, Munich.