Martijn Daemen

Investor at EMK Capital | Ex-Bain

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Martijn is an investor at EMK Capital, where he is part of the pan-European investment team, focused on supporting entrepreneurs, founders and management of mid-market companies to achieve transformational growth. Before EMK, Martijn worked at Bain & Company where he was part of the Private Equity Group, focusing on commercial and operational due diligences, and value creation plans. Before joining Bain, Martijn worked at a global strategy boutique (CVA) in the London office. Martijn holds a MSc. in Strategic Management from HEC Paris in France (Highest Honours) and MSc. in Commercial Engineering from KU Leuven in Belgium (Distinction). During his studies, he interned at KBC Bank (strategy & innovation), Deloitte (M&A) and B-Hive/Scale-Ups.eu (business development).

Experience

  • Investor at EMK Capital
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    EMK is a pan-European private equity firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs, founders and management of mid-market companies to achieve transformational growth. EMK has over €7 billion of assets under management (“AUM”) and is currently investing EMK Fund III, which closed in 2023 at its €3 billion hard cap.

  • Bain & Company (Full-time · 4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Consultant
      Jun 2023 - May 2025 · 2 yrs

      Dedicated to Bain's private equity group (PEG) Transferred to Amsterdam office in May 2024

    • Senior Associate Consultant
      Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Associate Consultant
      May 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Corporate Value Associates (London Area, United Kingdom)
    • Senior Consultant
      Jan 2020 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Main projects: - Digital transformation for large bank (Belgium) - Investment strategy for sovereign wealth fund (Europe) - Insect protein market assessment for global services & utilities company Other studies: - Future sales & distribution model for leading automotive player - Value creation in the EV ecosystem for large leasing player

    • Consultant
      Sep 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Main projects: - Digital transformation for large bank (Belgium) - Innovation strategy for global captive (France) - LCV Strategy and Customer insights for global rental company (France) Other studies: - Assessment of M&A opportunity in leasing space (Europe) - Digital transformation of global leasing company (across Europe) - Downstream mobility strategy for global OEM (France) - EV Strategy exploration for global leasing company (Europe) - HCV Mobility strategy for global OEM & captive (Germany) - New market entry for global OEM (US) - New product development (Insurance) for global OEM (US & LATAM)

  • Vice President & Head Of Partnerships at HEC Business Game
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2018 · 10 mos

    Co-headed team of 25 students to organise business game for 210 students (out +700 applicants) and coordinated team of 5 to acquire corporate partners (AB InBev, Bain & Company, Edenred & Wavestone) and co-develop real-life business case.

  • Student Consultant at cBrain
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2018 · 4 mos

    Assessment of potential market entry (strategies) into France.