Johannes joined KKR in May 1999 and is a Partner of KKR and Head of KKR’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is also a member of the Firm’s Management Committee and several of the Firm’s Investment Committees. Prior to joining KKR, Johannes was a member of the Management Committee of Investcorp and jointly responsible for Investcorp's operations in Europe. From 1986 to 1991, he worked at Salomon Brothers, where he was a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions departments in London and New York.
Johannes is currently Chairman of Hensoldt AG, and a member of the Boards of Axel Springer SE and Coty Inc.
He is Tresorier and a member of the Conseil d’Administration of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; Emeritus Trustee of the Design Museum in London, trustee of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt, and a member of the Global Advisory Board of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Johannes is an avid skier and cyclist.
He earned a BSc with Highest Honors from the London School of Economics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.