Paul Stoop

Paul Stoop is an operational value creation leader, operator and two-time founder with hands-on experience building, managing and transforming businesses in a PE/VC context. He founded and led MainHaven Capital and co-founded Ballentine, where he built the strategy and operations capability and an interim management layer around portfolio-company execution. At ING Corporate Investments, he leads operational value creation across 50+ portfolio companies, supporting strategic repositioning, buy-and-build, operational excellence, commercial acceleration and exit planning. Paul has also managed restructuring and transformation projects on behalf of US and UK private equity funds for European portfolio companies, and previously worked on buy-and-build, post-merger integration and IPO preparation at Intertrust under Waterland and Blackstone ownership