Dr. Hammermann began his career with Robert Bosch GmbH and BHF Bank. In 1995, he was a founding partner of a German mid-cap private equity house. In 1998, he founded the German business of Barclays Private Equity, now Equistone Partners, a leading European small / mid-cap private equity house. He continued in his leadership roles as Managing Director Europe, Member of the Management Board Europe, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Europe for 20 years.

Jens Bender completed training as a bank officer at HypoVereinsbank AG and then attained a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. He begin to work in Corporate Finance, among others at Bankhaus Metzler/Metzler Corporate Finance in 2001. He held the title of Deputy Head of the Mid-Cap M&A team at Commerzbank AG from 2007 to 2012 before co-founding cf:M together with Jörg Leussink in 2012.

Jörg Leussink earned a Degree in Business Administration (Diplom- Kaufmann) at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main before beginning a career in 2000 with Bankhaus Metzler/Metzler Corporate Finance. He was the Senior Director of the M&A team at Commerzbank AG from 2007 to 2012 and co-founded cf:M in 2012 together with Jens Bender.