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I don't know Cinven that well, but it's very common for European PE to have only 3 levels (Associate, Principal / Director / VP, Partner / MD). So the time your listed in each position is quite normal for associate level and i'd say 5 years at principal level is probably light, would think promotion to partner happens after 6-8 years at the earliest (they do have senior principal though I just noticed on their website). Generally speaking, Euro PE funds (or companies in general), promote people at a much slower pace than in America.

 

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