Wouter joined AlpInvest Partners in 2005 from The Carlyle Group, where he was a principal responsible for investments in the telecom and media sector. Previously, Wouter was a vice president of corporate finance with JPMorgan. Prior to that, he was a director of corporate finance for Lehman Brothers.

Wouter received an MS in business administration from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He holds multiple advisory board seats, including Lyceum Capital and Paragon Partners.