4 Speakers Profiles of Speakers

4
Speakers
Profiles of Speakers
Profiles in alphabetical order
2–81
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Jacques Abramowicz
Silvia Quandt Research GmbH
Sanmit Ahuja
ETI Dynamics
19 years of Investment Banking experience
working for Merrill Lynch, WestLB and WestLB
Asset Management
Founder of TMT-Consulting in Düsseldorf
Studies at the European Business School
in London
Sanmit Ahuja is the Chief Executive of eti
Dynamics Ltd, a London headquartered
economic development and investments firm
focused primarily on emerging markets.
Prior to founding eti Dynamics, he was the
Director of Investments and Ventures at the
Commonwealth Business Council. He has extensive experience
of working across Asia and Africa on various programmes
including policy development, mobilising infrastructure finance
and enhancing international trade in particular through SouthSouth initiatives.
Adriano Agosti
GoldenPeaks Capital Partners AG
Qualifications: Degree in Business Administration, SIU Berne; 2006 to date: GoldenPeaks
Capital Partners AG, Founder, Managing Partner
and Chairman,
Active Ownership Investment Fund, Zug; 1999 to
date: Altamira Holding AG, Non-Executive Chairman, Investment and Management Company, Zug; 2002–2005
Jean Frey AG: Execu-tive Chairman and Shareholder, Print
Media Group, Zurich; 1999-2006 Sterling Investment Group Ltd:
Shareholder and Member of the Board, Activist Investment Fund,
Monaco; 1992–1999 Integral Immobilien-Treuhand AG: Founder
and Business Development Manager Real Estate Management,
Greater Zurich
At eti Dynamics his special focus is in developing and executing
new innovative PPP models for developing countries. He is currently spearheading development of new models in the following
areas: waste to energy; combating intellectual property & financial crime; micro-enterprise; sovereign infrastructure funding. He
is also championing an initiative to identify new investors and
investor classes with an interest in high growth markets.
Since joining eti Dynamics he has already initiated the process of
four major investments in infrastructure sectors. He was also instrumental in setting up eti Cavendish LLP an investment and finance joint-venture with Cavendish Capital Partners LLP which is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, UK.
He has an Engineering Degree in Electronics from University of­­­
Pune, India and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
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Ian Armitage
HgCapital
Dr. Hubert Aulich
PV Crystalox Solar
Ian Armitage has led HgCapital since 1990
having joined in 1988. As Chairman, Ian is also a
member of HgCapital’s Investment Committee
and Valuation Committee. He previously spent
ten years with 3i plc, in London and Dublin. Ian
has made over forty investments across a wide
range of industries. Ian Armitage is Chairman of LPEQ and has
also served as chairman of the Investor Relations Committee of
the British Venture Capital Association. He is a frequent speaker
on private equity. He has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and
Economics from Oxford University.
Dr. Hubert A. Aulich is a Member of the Board of
PV Crystalox Solar PLC, one of the world’s
leading independent developers and producers
of solar grade silicon products. Dr. Aulich
received his Ph. D in Physical Chemistry from
New York University, USA and worked for more
than fifteen years at Siemens covering mainly technology topics
in optical communication and solar electricity. His last position
was as Senior Vice President at Siemens Solar. In 1997 together
with his partner Dr. F.-W. Schulze he founded PV Silicon GmbH in
Erfurt, Germany, and later in 2002 with Crystalox Ltd. UK, established PV Crystalox Solar GmbH. In 2007 PV Crystalox Solar
PLC, UK made a successful IPO at the London Stock Exchange.
Dr. Boris Augurzky
Rheinisch - Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
Boris Augurzky is division chief of the health
department at Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut
für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (RWI) he joined in
2003. Additionally, he is managing partner of the
Institute for Health Care Business GmbH (HCB)
he founded together with partners in 2006.
At the RWI he coordinates basic and commissioned research
(policy advice) projects. His focus is on the in-patient sector
(hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation), on health insurances,
and in general on reforming the health system. Among other
things, he is the author of the annual Hospital Rating Report.
At the HCB, e.g., he advises investors in the German health care
market and assists in due diligences. Between 2001 and 2003
he worked as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in
Germany with a special focus on the financial services industry
and risk management issues. He studied economics and mathematics at the University of Heidelberg and finished his Ph.D. in
econometrics in 2000.
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Dr. Christa Bähr
DZ BANK AG
Andreas Beitzen
KfW Bankengruppe
Christa Bähr joined DZ BANK Equity Research in
January 2000 to build up the Life Science Team.
In July 2003 she became group leader of the
newly founded group which includes Life
Science,­Chemicals, Telecoms, Real Estate and
Financials. Besides she is in her position as lead
analyst healthcare responsible for the fundamental analysis of
healthcare stocks. She is CEFA Investment Analyst/DVFA und
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and chairwoman of the DVFA
Committee Life Science.
Andreas Beitzen was born in Weil der Stadt/
Baden-Württemberg on 24 November 1967.
After his apprenticeship in banking and finance
he studied economics at the University of
Cologne. Since 1997 during ten years within
Dresdner Bank AG he gained experience in
finance at various levels and functions covering corporate
finance issues as well as business start-ups up to MBO’s/MBI’s
and financial engineering challenges. After two years of debt
advisory within KPMG Europe LLP he joined KfW Bankengruppe
in 2009 as a specialist for long-term financing of mid- and large
cap clients focussing on subsidy management solutions.
Following an apprenticeship as bank clerk at Commerzbank
AG, she studied business administration and economics at the
University of Cologne. After that she worked as an assistant at
the Seminar for Public Finance at the University of Cologne and
obtained her doctorate in economics (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1994. Before and during her studies, she worked for Commerzbank AG in
Bonn, Cologne and London. From 1994 to 1998, she worked for
Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG in Berlin, and from 1998 to 1999 for
BHF-BANK AG/ING Group in Frankfurt as investment analyst for
pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology and chemical stocks.
Olena Bilan
Dragon Capital
Olena Bilan has worked at Dragon Capital’s
research department since April 2006, providing
the company with her extensive knowledge of
Ukraine’s economy as well as broad expertise in
macroeconomic analysis, forecasting and
economic modeling. Prior to Dragon Capital,
Olena spent three years as a research associate doing macroeconomic analysis for Ukraine’s IER, an economic research and
policy think-tank, and then joined foreign-owned private equity
company SigmaBleyzer as an economist, where she conducted
academic research, wrote economic and investment reports on
Ukraine and prepared monthly economic updates on neighboring
transition economies. She has presented at international
conferences and published articles in academic journals in both
English and Ukrainian.
Dr. Kurt Becker
EXPERIENCE
07/09 - Sal. Oppenheim, Cologne; 12/02-06/09,
Collineo Asset Management GmbH, Dortmund,
Head of Economic and Credit Research,
Prokurist; 08/00-11/02, Allgemeine HypothekenBank AG, Frankfurt, Economic & Research
Department, Senior-Analyst; 07/99-07/00, Viterra
AG, Bochum, Portfolio-Manager; 12/95-06/99, Bast-Bau GmbH,
Düsseldorf, Research Analyst / Assistant to the Management
10/90-07/98, College lecturer in Economics
Olena holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University
of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, from which she graduated with honors
in 2002. She also has a specialist degree with honors in computer science from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. She speaks fluent
Ukrainian, Russian and English.
EDUCATION;
07/98, University of Dortmund, Doctorial Dissertation, magna
cum laude, “Analysis of the cyclical patterns of residential and
commercial-industrial real estaste investments”; 05/92, University of Dortmund, Diploma in Economics, Thesis: “The Kondratieff
Cycle – The existence of long waves”
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Martin Billhardt
PNE WIND AG
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blättchen
BLÄTTCHEN & PARTNER AG
Martin Billhardt was born in 1962 in Offenbach
(Main), Germany. He completed his full degree ­in
Law at the University of Freiburg, Germany and
at the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg,
Germany in 1990. In 1991, he became the
manag­ing director at a family office in Bremerhaven where he managed properties and investments.
Wolfgang Blättchen is Member of the Board of
Management of BLÄTTCHEN & PARTNER AG.
Since 1985 the Company has been acting as an
advisor in numerous transactions, including
more than 90 successful IPOs or 11% of all
German IPOs. In addition to that, 40 Management Equity Programs have been implemented.
In 2002, Martin Billhardt joined the Plambeck Holding AG, Cuxhaven, where he was responsible for setting up a Private Equity
Fund in Switzerland. In 2004, he was appointed to the Management Board of PNE WIND AG (formerly known as Plambeck
Neue Energien AG) and since 01 July 2008, he has been the
Chief Executive Officer of this Company.
Wolfgang Blättchen is a member of the “Issuer Markets Advisory Committee“ of Deutsche Börse AG, longtime member of
the DVFA and temporarily member of its advisory board and
member of the General Assembly and of the District Assembly
(district of Böblingen) of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce
of the Stuttgart region. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of MARC O’POLO AG, Stephanskirchen, Deputy Chairman of
the Supervisory Board of HAUBROK AG, Düsseldorf, as well as
Member of the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON AG, Aachen,
APCOA Parking AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, and DATAGROUP
IT Services Holding AG, Pliezhausen, all located in Germany.
His responsibilities include Company and Project Finance, Sales,
Business Development – National and International, Investor and
Public Relations, Human Resources and Shareholdings.
During his time at PNE WIND AG he focuses the company on its
core business wind farm developing and started the international
expansion.
In October 2002, Dr. Wolfgang Blättchen was appointed Professor of Faculty I – Taxation, Accounting and Auditing – of the
SRH University of Applied Sciences of Calw, Germany, to take
up his functions as Head of the Finance Department. In 2006, he
was appointed Assistant Dean of the Faculty. He has published
various articles and books about the stock market, IPOs and
takeovers of listed companies.
Michael Bissinger
DZ BANK AG
Michael Bissinger joined DZ BANK Equity Research in May 2007. He is investment analyst
responsible for healthcare stocks with a focus
on the medical technology and inpatient care
sector. He is CEFA Investment Analyst/DVFA and
Certified International Investment Analyst/­ACIIA
(CIIA). Following an apprenticeship as bank clerk, he studied
business administration at the university of applied sciences in
Kempten and the California State University Los Angeles with
focus on finance and controlling. During his studies he worked
for the Life Science Team of DZ BANK Frankfurt. After his diploma he worked as area manager for ALDI SÜD Germany before
starting his work as equity investment analyst at DZ BANK.­
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Dr. Hendrik Brandis
Earlybird Venture Capital
Dr. Wilhelm Breuer
Dr. Breuer Capital Market Advisory
Hendrik brings together long standing investment, operational and entrepreneurial experience. He was a board member of element5 AG,
where he successfully participated in its sale to
Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV), dooyoo.de AG
(Berlin) which was sold to leguide.com S.A and
Dianoema S.p.A., which listed on the Borsa Italiana (Milan: NOE.
MI). He currently serves on the boards of Earlybird portfolio
companies conject AG (Munich) and nfon (Munich).
Dr. Wilhelm Breuer is owner of Dr. Breuer Capital
Market Advisory. He advices companies in
capital market transactions, reporting and
investor relations. In addition, he provides
placement agent services to both listed and not
listed companies mainly in the real estate
industry. Before he was from 1997-2008 director and head of
Investor Relations/Capital Markets of the MDAX-listed Real
Estate Group IVG Immobilien AG. Furthermore, he was project
leader of IVG´s REIT project and several other corporate finance
projects. Before joining IVG he worked from 1994-1997 as asset
manager in the securities department of a big German banking
group. Dr. Breuer holds a degree (Dipl.-Kfm.) and a doctorate (Dr.
rer pol.) in business administration from University of Cologne.
Hendrik gained his entrepreneurial experience as a Co-Founder of GMM, a group of private investors focusing on buy-outs
of mid-sized companies and gained his operational experience
as Project Manager in the Technology Department of Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (now Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace) focusing on the design and innovative manufacturing processes of
composite aircraft structures.
He is founding member of EPRA´s (European Public Real Estate
Association) “Best Practices Committees“ and was significantly
involved in working out the “EPRA Best Practices Policy Recommendations”, which have become the reporting standard in the
listed European real estate industry. In addition, he is member of
the expert group “Real Estate” of the German Financial Analysts
Association DVFA.
Previously, Hendrik was a Partner with McKinsey & Co., in their
Munich and Madrid offices where he led McKinsey’s small and
mid-sized company initiative and participated in creating McKinsey New Venture. He attended the Technical University of Munich
and holds a Dipl.-Ing. (MSc equivalent) and PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering.
Georg Bucher
Deutsche Bank AG London
Georg Bucher is a Director within the European
Equity Capital Markets Division of Deutsche
Bank in London. His focus is on permanent capital, SPAC and real estate equity issuance across
Europe. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2007,
he worked at UBS Investment Bank in London
and Frankfurt for seven years. Georg studied International
Business at Lancaster University and Hong Kong City University.
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Daniel Buchter
MINDSET HOLDING AG
Wenceslao S. Bunge
Credit Suisse, Investment Banking
Daniel Buchter (1968) is a member of the Board
of Directors of Mindset Holding since 2005
where he also acts as Chief Executive Officer
(“CEO”) since 2008. He is in addition a member
of the Board of Directors of Mindset Ag as well
as its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since 2009
after having served as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) since the
company’s incorporation in 2007. Mr. Buchter became partner at
CommCept AG in 2004.
Wenceslao Bunge is a Managing Director and
Head of the Real Estate Group, in the Investment Banking division, based in London. He has
responsibility for the group’s activities in EMEA
and Latin America.
Mr. Bunge joined Credit Suisse in 1994 where he worked in the
Latin American group. In 1995 he moved to Brazil and in 2000 he
moved to London where he worked in the M&A group. In 2002
he joined the Real Estate group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse Mr.
Bunge worked at Bunge & Born Group for 5 years.
Prior to his assignment with CommCept and Mindset Holding,
Mr. Buchter had worked for two years as a turnaround consultant for Swiss and German small- and medium-sized information
technology companies. From 2000 until 2002 he was working for
SwissLEM AG, the former Swiss market leader for lightweight
electro vehicles. As the right hand of the Head of Technology,
his responsibilities included all operations regarding research,
development and engineering.
Mr. Bunge, holds a degree in business administration from the
University of Buenos Aires.
Between 1997 and 2000, Mr. Buchter was CEO of InMedia AG a
German medical-software supplier following an engagement as
a trader in medical devices and clinical disposables, primarily in
the Middle East and Africa.
Mr. Buchter studied information and business management
at the University of Mannheim and completed various management programs at the Institute of Management at the University
of St. Gallen.
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Shameek Chaudhuri
AZB & Partners
Alexander von Cramm
Prime Office AG
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Law, National Law School of India­
University, Bangalore 1998; Advocate, Bar
Council of Maharashtra & Goa 2003.
Nach seinem Studium in den USA startete
Alexander von Cramm seine berufliche Laufbahn
1987 als Management Trainee bei der Deutschen
Bank in Hamburg und wechselte nach zwei
Jahren in das Investmentbanking nach Frankfurt.
Von 1992 bis 1995 war er persönlicher Assistent
des damaligen Vorstandssprechers Hilmar Kopper.
EXPERIENCE
Partner, AZB & Partners, April 2007 onwards.
Es folgten fünf weitere Jahre bei der Deutschen Bank und Morgan Stanley in London und Frankfurt mit den Tätigkeitsschwer­
punkten Mergers & Acquisitions sowie die Begleitung von
Börsenemissionen.
PRACTICE AREAS
CAPITAL MARKET: Advised issuers and banks in relation to issuance of shares, GDRs, FCCBs, MTNs, bonds and IDRs in domestic and international markets.
ACQUISITIONS, JOINT VENTURES: Advised clients in relation to:
Overseas acquisitions and joint ventures, Telecom acquisitions in
India, the regulatory framework governing such transaction.­
FINANCING / INFRASTRUCTURE: Advised clients on overseas
acquisition financing, advised an operator in the Mumbai MRTS.
LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING: Drafted along with the Department of
Company Affairs and Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division), the first draft of the, “the Companies Amendment bill 2000”.
Ab 2001 baute von Cramm als CFO und Mitglied der Geschäftsführung erfolgreich die Loyalty Partner GmbH, den Betreiber des
Kundenbonussystems Payback, mit auf.
Seit 2005 betreute er bei der im SDAX notierten Vivacon AG den
Bereich Unternehmensstrategie. Zuletzt stand von Cramm der
börsennotierten KWG Kommunale Wohnen AG als Vorstandsvorsitzender vor.
Im September 2007 wurde Alexander von Cramm in den Vorstand der Prime Office AG berufen und leitet ab sofort als Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) die Finanzgeschäfte der Gesellschaft.
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Prof. Herman Daems
Gimv
Tim van Delden
Holland Private Eqity
Herman Daems is chairman of the Board of
Gimv (a Private Equity firm listed on Euronext),
chairman of the Board of BNP Paribas Fortis
and chairman of the Board of BARCO (a listed
technology group). He was chairman in 2004
and 2005 of the European Private Equity and
Venture Capital Association. Today he is also chairman of the
Belgian Corporate Governance Commission and chairman of
IPEV, the international Private Equity Valuation Guidelines board
which sets guidelines for assessing values in private equity
funds. Herman Daems is a member of the executive committee
of the Belgian employers association and holds several board
positions.
Tim van Delden is co-founder, Managing Partner
and CIO of Holland Private Equity. In the years
before, he held various positions with the
multi-billion technology-focused private equity
firm General Atlantic Partners and with the
special situations firm Avenue Capital Group. In
his last position, Mr. van Delden headed the German operations
of Avenue Capital in Munich. He started his career with Morgan
Stanley in the investment banking department.
Professor Daems was on the faculty of the Harvard Business
School. Today he is on the faculty of K.U. Leuven.
Daems studied Theoretical Physics and Economics and holds a
PhD in Economics.
Dr. Wolfgang Danner
Doertenbach & Co. GmbH
Dr. Wolfgang Danner joined Doertenbach in April
2009 as Managing Director coming from Nomura
where he was general manager and head of
Investment Banking in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. Before Nomura, Wolfgang worked
for Citigroup Global Markets, Metzler Bank in
Frankfurt and New York and chemical company BASF.
Wolfgang Danner received a Master of Science in Business Administration from Regensburg University and holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck.
Mr. van Delden’s outstanding investment track-record includes
successful investments such as D+S Europe AG, Wirecard AG
and Smartrac AG. In his role as an investor, he served on various
Supervisory Boards.
Mr. van Delden is a founding member of HRH Duke of York
Sports Foundation (London, UK) and a Member of the Board of
Trustees of the Kurt Hahn Foundation (Essen, Germany).
Dr. Michael Dettmeier
Lovells LLP
Michael Dettmeier is a Lawyer and Certified
Tax Advisor (Steuerberater). In addition to his
PhD from the University of Cologne he holds
an LL.M. / Maîtrise degree from the University
of Paris I (Sorbonne). He joined Lovells in
October 2001 after working in the tax department of KPMG for almost two years.
As a partner of the Practice Group Tax and Accounting he specialises on real estate related investments, especially advising private equity investors, but also institutions, i.a. banks and
open-ended property funds. He advises on all tax aspects of
such transactions – tax structures, tax due diligences and models – and has sound expertise in advising on the national and international accounting (IFRS and US GAAP) issues which arise in
relation to such investments (esp. structured sale-leasebacks).
Michael Dettmeier writes and lectures regularly on tax and balance sheet issues. He is a lecturer at the University of Cologne
on international accounting. He is an active member of the „Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)“ and in this
respect organises and holds conferences on international tax
issues.
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Alexander Dexne
alstria office REIT-AG
Alexander Dexne joined alstria office REIT-AG in
June 2007 as Chief Financial Officer and
member of the management board. After his
business studies in Goettingen and his MBA in
New Zealand he gained more than 15 years of
experience in international financial management. Mr. Dexne had positions with Price Waterhouse management consultants and the Japanese Olympus Group. Before
joining alstria Mr. Dexne was the CFO of MediGene, a publicly
listed biotechnology company based in Munich, San Diego and
Oxford.
Rolf Christof Dienst
Wellington Partners GmbH
Founding general partner of Wellington Partners,
since 1991 with offices in Munich, London,
Zurich. Wellington manages approx. EUR 800
million for global investors in technology and life
science on a European scale.
Christian von Dreising
Silvia Quandt & Cie. AG
5 years Investment Banking (M&A, ECM)
experience with Citigroup and WestLB Panmure
in London, Berlin and Frankfurt; focus on
European Banks and German corporates
European MSc in Management from the ESCPEAP European School of Management in Paris, Oxford and Berlin
Dr. Henrik Drinkuth
CMS Hasche Sigle
Born in Mainz in 1964. Bank apprenticeship with
Dresdner Bank from 1985 to 1987. Studied
jurisprudence in Bayreuth, Mainz, Bonn,
Lausanne and Dallas/Texas from 1987 to 1991;
legal trainee in Mainz and Brussels from 1992 to
1994. Obtained a doctorate on European
Corporate Law in 1996. Practicing since 1996. Joined the law
firm Bruckhaus Westrick Stegeman in 1996; joined CMS Hasche
Sigle in 1997. Partner since 2001.
President Matuschka Group (investment banking and venture
capital) 1968 – 1990
Various publications on corporate and capital markets law. Coauthor of the manual on listed stock corporations (2nd ed. 2008)
Head of Matuschka Venture Capital 1978 – 1990 incl. setting up
TVM Capital as joint venture with Siemens and TA Associates in
1983
Areas of Practice:
Stock Corporation Law, Capital Markets Transactions, particularly Initial Public Offerings, Public Takeovers; Private Equity, M&A.
Started and co-started over 10 successful companies as entrepreneur (Tellsell, ImmobilienScout etc.)
Former Chairman of the board of the BVK, the German Private
Equity and Venture Capital Organisation
Actively involved with the LMU Entrepreneurship Center at the
Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, München and honorary senator
of this university.
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Adi Drotleff
Mensch und Maschine Software SE
Adi Drotleff (born 1953) is the founder, CEO and
main shareholder of CAD/CAM (Computer Aided
Design / Manufacturing) vendor Mensch und
Maschine Software SE (M+M) headquartered in
Wessling near Munich. M+M is a public
company listed on the German Prime Standard.
Drotleff graduated in 1979 at the Technical University of Munich
(TUM) as ‘Diplom-Informatiker’ (Computer Scientist), starting his
carreer as an Assistant for Computer Architecture at the Computer Science Department of TUM. Next he worked as a system
engineer for a manufacturer of scientific instruments and then
co-founded a small software development company, gaining his
first entrepreneurial experience.
In 1984, Drotleff founded Mensch und Maschine and took over
the distribution for Autodesk, at that time a completely unknown
US manufacturer of CAD-Software. Today the company is one of
the leading European CAD/CAM vendors with approx. 500 employees.
Odeniyaz Dzhaparov
DWS Investment GmbH
Joined the Company in October 2006, after 13
years of experience. Previously worked in the
Central Bank of Turkmenistan (1993-2000) being
responsible for international operations of the
bank; Belgian Bankers Academy, Brussels (2001)
as consultant on Eastern European projects;
Warburg Invest, Frankfurt (2001-2005) and Griffin Capital
Management, Gibraltar (2005-2006) as fund manager for Eastern
European equities.
BSc in Economics, Ural State University, Yekaterinburg; Masters
Degree in banking and finance, University of Antwerp
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Dr. Thorsten Eggert
evocatal GmbH
Thorsten Eggert is CEO of evocatal and one of
the founders. He studied biology at the RuhrUniversity in Bochum and received his PhD
degree in microbiology in 2001 with special
emphasis on enzyme-optimization through
molecular engineering. After completing his PhD
degree he was head of the group “Directed Evolution” at the
Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology of Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf and successfully expanded it into a key group
of the institute as well as at the Centre for Microbial Biotechnology (CMB) at the Research Centre Juelich. In May 2007 he
finished his post doctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) in
molecular microbiology. The topic was “Novel biocatalysts for
technical applications by evolution and design”.
Axel Eichmeyer
ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH
Axel Eichmeyer is the Managing Partner of ECM
Equity Capital Management GmbH (“ECM”).
ECM manages the private equity fund German
Equity Partners III which invests in mediumsized companies in the context of corporate
spin-offs or ownership successions. Prior to
joining ECM in 1998 Axel Eichmeyer had worked for five years
for Price Waterhouse in London and Berlin primarily in the
business recovery group. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics and Politics from Edinburgh University and is a qualified
Chartered Accountant.
Rolf Elgeti
TAG Immobilien AG
Rolf Elgeti, was born in Rostock, Germany on
11/4/1976, he is married and has two children.
He has a Masters in Business Administration,
Diplomé de l’ESSEC, MBA, CFA.
In July 2009 he became CEO of TAG Immobilien
AG and Bau-Verein zu Hamburg AG. From October 2008 to June
2009 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of TAG Immobilien AG. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Supervisory
Board of Treveria plc. Since 2007 he has been an independent
real estate fund manager, founding Elgeti Ashdown Advisers Ltd.,
London, valued at approximately 150 Million Euros. Since 2003
he has founded and administrated many German real estate investment firms, valued at approximately 60 Million Euros. From
2004 – 2007 he worked as Chief analyst for ABN AMRO, London.
Since 2003 he has set up many German real estate firms. Mr.
Elgeti was an analyst for Commerzbank, London, between 2000
– 2004, lately Chief analyst.1999 – 2000 he has been analyst for
UBS Warburg, London.
Hamburg, September 2009
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Dr. Carl J.G. Evertsz
MeVis Medical Solutions AG
Carl J.G. Evertsz, Ph.D. (born 1960) has been
Chairman & CEO of the MeVis Medical Solutions
AG since June 2007. He has been part of the
MeVis Group since the early 90s and has a
significant role in its dynamic development to
this day. He is a co-founder of MeVis Medical
Solutions AG (formerly MeVis Technology GmbH & Co. KG) and
led the company through a successful initial public offering in
November 2007. He also co-founded MeVis Research GmbH,
which was integrated into the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in January
2009 as Fraunhofer-Institute for Medical Image Computing
MEVIS. In addition, Carl Evertsz is currently Managing Director of
MeVis BreastCare GmbH & Co. KG (a joint venture between
MeVis Medical Solutions AG and Siemens AG) and of the
independently owned subsidiaries MeVis Breast Care Solutions
GmbH & Co. KG and MeVis Medical Solutions Inc. Wisconsin,
USA. Until 2000 Carl Evertsz, a native Dutchman, dedicated
himself to his scientific career as a physicist. He studied
theoretical physics at the University of Groningen (Netherlands)
and received his Ph.D. there in 1988. Subsequently, he worked
as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute for Applied Physics
at Yale University (USA), before coming to Bremen in 1991. Carl
Evertsz held the position of deputy director of the Center for
Complex Systems and Visualization (CeVis), and concurrently
was a private lecturer for the Department of Mathematics at the
University of Bremen. He has conducted various research and
development projects in the field of financial mathematics and
medical imaging and was also coordinator of the International
SCREEN and SCREEN-TRIAL projects in the field of digital
mammography funded by the European Commission from 2000
to 2004. Additionally, Carl Evertsz is the author of more than 60
scientific publications in the areas of medical image data
analysis, computer-aided diagnosis, financial mathematics,
fractal geometry and statistical physics of non-equilibrium
systems.
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Karl Fickel
Lupus alpha
Dr. Reto Francioni
Deutsche Börse AG
Karl Fickel is a managing partner with responsibility for the entire Portfolio Management Small
and Mid Caps department at Lupus alpha. He
has more than 18 years of experience in portfolio
management and is regarded as one of the first
and most successful fund managers in the
European growth markets.
Reto Francioni has been Chief Executive Officer
of Deutsche Börse AG since 1 November 2005.
Karl Fickel began his career in retail asset management at Commerzbank. He then switched to portfolio management, joining
Anglo-American investment company INVESCO in 1994. He decided to branch out on his own in October 2000, joining forces
with four other partners to found Lupus alpha Asset Management
GmbH in Frankfurt.
Markus Fischer
Viscardi
Since 2004: VISCARDI AG Investment Banking;
1997-2003: Deutsche Bank AG Investment
Banking; 1992-1997: Business Administration at
University of Regensburg; 1990-1992: Apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG
From April 2002 to October 2005 Reto Francioni
was Chairman and President of the SWX Swiss
Exchange. Prior to assuming this post, he was
co-CEO of Consors Discount Broker AG, Nuremberg. Earlier
in his career, he was named in 1993 to the board of Deutsche
Börse AG, where he was responsible for its entire cash market
division and, as of 1999, became Deputy CEO. Reto Francioni
studied law in Zurich where he also earned his PhD in law. He
held different management positions in the securities exchange
and banking sectors of Switzerland and the USA, as well as in
the directorate of the corporate finance division of Hofmann LaRoche AG, Basel.
He is a professor for applied capital markets theory at the University of Basel, adjunct professor of economics and finance at
the Zicklin School of Business, New York, as well as member of
the International Advisory Board of Instituto de Empresa, Madrid.
Publications: “Equity Markets in Action”, (Wiley 2004, Robert A.
Schwartz and Reto Francioni) and “The Equity Trader Course”,
(Wiley 2006, Robert A. Schwartz, Bruce W. Weber and Reto
Francioni).
Dr. Gert Frank
Geratherm Medical AG
Studies in Hamburg and Paris, Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.
Management experience: BAT Industries and
UBS Warburg; Developing of Medtech- and
Biotech-companies; 20 years experience in the
Med-Tech-business
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Dr. Alexander von Frankenberg
High Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Christian Fuest
WestLB AG
Dr. Alex von Frankenberg is Managing Director
of the High-Tech Gründerfonds. Before taking
that position in October 2005 he was responsible for spin-offs as Venture Manager at the
Siemens Technology Accelerator (STA). Before
joining the STA in April 2002 Alex was head of
sales and marketing of an IT start-up. Prior to that he headed the
Innovation Practice at Siemens Management Consulting. He
started his career designing and implementing large IT systems
with Andersen Consulting. Alex holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin (1992) and a PhD from the University of
Mannheim (1997).
Christian Fuest joined WestLB at the end of
1994, where he was Chief Operating Officer in
the equities business unit until 1999. Since
October 1999, as Head of Corporate Broking,
Christian Fuest has been responsible for the
post-IPO coverage of corporate clients within
the framework of designated sponsorship. Since the beginning of
2003, he was Head of Equity Capital Markets. Since May 2009,
in his role as Head of Equity Solutions he heads both the Equity
Capital Market as well as the Mezzanine business of the bank.
After graduating in business studies (Diplom-Kaufmann),
Christian Fuest gained practical experience as a product
development and strategic marketing specialist at Deutsche
Terminbörse in Frankfurt/Main. In this function, he was responsible for introducing new derivatives in close co-operation with
the members of Deutsche Terminbörse.
Arno Fuchs
FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH
Arno Fuchs is the founding partner and CEO of
FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH. He is
responsible for the strategic direction of the
company and works directly with the international financial community and the company’s
clients towards successful transactions.
Prior to FCF, Mr. Fuchs was a Managing Director and founding
partner of the German investment banking boutique Viscardi AG,
where he headed the technology team. Prior, Mr. Fuchs held various positions in investment banking and finance with SG Cowen
and JP Morgan & Co. in the US. He is also a supervisory board
member of selected European companies.
Arno Fuchs received his MBA in finance from Pace University,
New York, his Bachelor in finance from Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton.
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Dr. Thomas Gabelmann
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA
Christoph Geck-Schlich
Montan Alternative Investment GmbH & Co. KG
1994: Graduate in Economics, University of
Bonn; 1994 – 1998: Research Assistant, Faculty
of Economics and Business Administration,
University of Frankfurt; 1998 – 2000: Department
for Energy Economics, VDEW (German Electricity Association), Frankfurt; 2000 – today: Industry Group Energy/Public Sector, Investment Banking, Sal.
Oppenheim, Cologne
Christoph Geck-Schlich (born 1972) has been
Managing Director of Vilmaris Management
GmbH since September 2008. Furthermore he is
Managing Director of Montan Alternative
Investment GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of
Komrowski Befrachtungskontor GmbH & Co.
KG. Montan Alternative Investment is a company that specialises
in structuring and advisory of asset management products within
the shipping industry.
Dr. Hendrik Garz
WestLB AG
Dr. Hendrik Garz is heading the Extra-Financial
Research team at WestLB AG in Düsseldorf. He
joined WestLB in 1997 and has more than 10
years of relevant business experience as an
equity strategist servicing an international
institutional client base. Hendrik owns a M.A.
degree in Banking & Finance of the University of Georgia at
Athens (USA) and received his Phd from the University of
Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, where he worked as an assistant
professor focusing on empirical and behavioral finance. Hendrik
is the author of numerous commercial and academic research
notes and has written a book on portfolio management. In 2006
he was part of a WestLB team that won the FT ‘Sustainable
Banker of the Year’ award and was honored to be among the
best in long-term research by the ‘Farsight Award’, which is a
project between the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme
(USS) and Gresham College in London. In 2007 Hendrik
contributed to ‘The London Accord’, which is a unique collaboration between investment banks, research houses, academics
and NGOs producing the first ‘open source’ research resource
for investors in climate change solutions. He and his team has
recently won the World Finance ESG Award 2009 as ‘Best ESG
Research House Germany’. Hendrik is co-chairing the DVFA’s
(Association of Investment Professionals in Germany) Committee
on ‘Non-Financials’ and is a member of the EFFAS (The
European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies) Commission on ESG. Furthermore he’s contributing to investment related
working groups of the UNEP FI, the PRI, and the GRI. Hendrik
remains also active in the education of up-and-coming young
investment professionals – e.g. he teached ‘Portfolio Management’ at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf from
2007-2009.
2000-2003 he was employed at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
in Franfkurt, being responsible for the trading of Risk Arbitrage
and Event Driven Strategies. He started his career in 1998 as an
analyst for emerging market funds at UBS Brinson Asset Management. Christoph Geck-Schlich studied Business Administration at the Technische Univerität Berlin.
Dr. Heiko Gemmel
Lovells LLP
Dr. Heiko Gemmel started working for Lovells as
a fully qualified lawyer in 2003 and was admitted
as tax adviser in 2006. Heiko Gemmel’s work is
focussed on national and international tax law.
He advises German and international clients, in
particular in the real estate sector, on the
development and implementation of tax optimised corporate and
finance structures. Furthermore, he deals with (indirect) real
estate investment structures, in particular German REITs and
with all questions of investment and investment tax law for
German and foreign real estate investors.
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Thomas Gerhardt
DWS Investment GmbH
Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities
Senior fund manager Asia and Global Emerging
Markets; Joined DWS’ equity fund management
in 1993; Before, he worked as an assistant auditor at KPMG
Master’s degree in Business Management, Frankfurt University;
Born September 1st, 1964
Frank Gerstenschläger
Deutsche Börse AG
Frank Gerstenschläger is as Member of the
Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG,
responsible for the XETRA Division (XETRA
Market Development, Sales and Operations). He
is also Chairman of the Management Board of
the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse.
After his graduation as an industrial engineer at the Technical
University Darmstadt, he began his career in the financial services division of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). In 1990
he joined Deutsche Terminbörse GmbH (DTB - Predecessor of
Eurex) as Director responsible for Trading & Clearing. In 1994
he joined Goldman Sachs as Executive Director and Compliance Officer.
Andrei Giro
Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus
Geboren am 20.10.1967 in Minsk, Belarus. Herr
Giro ist Absolvent der Dolmetscherfakultät der
Minsker Staatlichen Pädagogischen Hochschule
für Fremdsprachen, Fachrichtung „Deutsch und
Englisch“ (1991) sowie des Instituts für Öffentlichen Dienst an der Verwaltungsakademie bei
dem Präsidenten der Republik Belarus, Fachrichtung „Außenpolitik und Diplomatie“ (2003). Zwischen 1991 und 1993 war er
Referent bei der Belarussischen Gesellschaft für Freundschaft
und kulturelle Verbindung mit dem Ausland. Im Laufe der
nächsten drei Jahre besetzte er die Posten dritter und zweiter
Sekretär im Außenministerium der Republik Belarus. Zwischen
1996 und 1999 war er zweiter und erster Sekretär bei der
Botschaft der Republik Belarus in der Schweiz, sowohl Geschäftsträger der Republik Belarus in der Schweiz, Bern. In den
nächsten zwei Jahren hat er als Konsultant im Außenministerium
der Republik Belarus gearbeitet. Zwischen 2001 und 2005 war er
Mitglied des Botschaftsrates bei der Botschaft der Republik
Belarus in Österreich, Wien. In den Jahren zwischen 2005 und
2009 war er Leiter des Westeuropa-Referats, der Konsularabteilung, der konsularischen Hauptabteilung im Außenministerium
der Republik Belarus. Am 03.09.2009 wurde er ernannt zum
außerordentlichen und bevollmächtigten Botschafter der
Republik Belarus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Herr Giro
spricht vier sprachen: Belarussisch, Russisch, Deutsch und
Englisch.
He returned to Deutsche Börse Group at the end of 1995 and
has worked in various positions. He was the responsible Project
Manager for the development and implementation of the Xetra®
trading system. He also was Member of the Board of Deutsche
Börse Systems AG, Member and Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of the European Energy Exchange, Chairman of the Board
of entory AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Silverstroke
AG und Managing Director at Deutsche Börse AG.
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Dr. Henner Gladen
Solar Millennium AG
Peer Görner
LBBW
Dr. Henner Gladen was born in 1962. He studied
at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
and graduated in Materials Science Engineering.
Dr. Gladen initially worked as a Scientific
Assistant for the Institute of Materials Science
Engineering, after which he worked as a Quality
Management and an Assurance Engineer at BROSE
Fahrzeugteile GmbH from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he
was a Technology Consultant for the Technology and Management Transfer Team in Nürnberg, Fürth and Erlangen. Following
this role Dr. Gladen then worked for various Venture Capital
companies from 1997 to 1998 focusing on the management of
equity investments. In 1998, Dr. Gladen co-founded Solar
Millennium AG and was appointed Member of the Management
Board. He is responsible for the Technology Development sector
within the company.
After graduating as Economist in Bochum,
Peer Görner was active for several years in the
syndicate business and in the treasury of
Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart. Since 2000 he has
been responsible for heading the structuring of
IPOs and equity-based transactions at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.
Stefan Gratzer
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
Stefan Gratzer is a Managing Director in the
Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse,
based in London and Frankfurt. He is Head of
Equity Capital Markets Germany/Austria in the
Global Markets Solutions Group.
Dr. Gladen is an expert surveyor for new technologies and strategic project development in the environmental sector and power
generation. He has extensive experience in Research and Development of power plant and structural engineering.
Before joining Credit Suisse in January 2009, Mr. Gratzer was
a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers International London
where he was Head of Germany/Austria ECM since 2006. Prior
to Lehman Brothers, he worked for Morgan Stanley where he
was Head of Equity Coverage for German-speaking Europe. Prior
to this, he was at Goldman Sachs, also in equity coverage for
German-speaking Europe.
Denis Gladilin
The Ministry of economy of the Republic of Belarus
Mr. Denis Gladilin graduated the Belarusian
State University of Economics in 1998. After
finishing his education, he worked in the tax
controlling area (1998-1999). In March 1999 he
was appointed as a main economist and head
of the planning department at the “Belit” Company (electronic components for TV production), in January 2002
became CEO of the company “Alfa-opt” (transportation) and the
CFO of the “Innovation technology” Ltd. (electronic components
production for the electronic refreshing of the air).
Mr. Gratzer holds a degree in Business Administration (MA) from
the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administrations
Ralf Grönemeyer
Silvia Quandt Research GmbH
Since May 2003, working as head of departments at the following state offices:
2003-2007 – Head of economics department at the Ministry of
Energy of Republic of Belarus;
2007-till present – Head of department for investment forecasting
and analysis at the Ministry of Economy of Republic of Belarus.
Since 1983 Ralf Groenemeyer is working in the
capital market sector. He started his career as a
broker for German stocks with focus on English
and American investors. In the following years
he was employed with well-known banks in
Frankfurt, Munich in several, managing positions
and earned himself a wide knowledge in the areas marketing,
sales, capital markets and stock analysis. In 1997 the
“Deutschland Strategieprodukt”, which he developed, was voted
best in the market from institutional investors. At last, Mr.
Groenemeyer was Manager of the German products with
Commerzbank. Before he came to Silvia Quandt Research
GmbH in fall 2007, he started to focus on real estate and the
finance sector.
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Axel Gronen
gronen.de Limited
Seit 2002 Betreiber von www.wortfilter.de
Unternehmensberater
Geschäftsführer der gronen.de Limited
Harald Gruber
Silvia Quandt Research GmbH
Senior Analyst
Head of Chemicals, Basic Goods, Renewables
23 years of experience at German and international investment banks, i.e. Nomura Research,
Société Générale, Warburg Dillon Read, Julius
Bär, WestLB
Economics degree from the Justus-Liebig University Giessen,
Germany (Diplom-Ökonom)
Focus on the chemical, basic goods, renewable energy/cleantech industries, special themes, i.e. nanotechnology, agriculture
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Marcel Hagemann
CMS Hasche Sigle
Peter-Thilo Hasler
Viscardi AG
Born in Düsseldorf in 1973. Study of law and
first state law exam (1998) in Trier. Second state
law exam in Düsseldorf in 2000. Research
assistant at the chair for civil, commercial and
corporate law of the Heinrich Heine University
Düsseldorf from 2001 to 2002. Doctorate on a
company group law topic under Prof. Dr Ulrich Noack from 2001
to 2003. Admitted to the German bar and entrance into CMS
Hasche Sigle in 2004. Executive Master of Business Administration (eMBA, Münster) in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions from
2005 to 2007.
Peter Thilo Hasler joined Viscardi AG, an
independent investment bank in Munich, as
Director Research in 2006. He has over 17 years
of experience as a research analyst in a variety of
sectors with a strong background in Real Estate,
Technology, Media and Private Equity/Holding
companies. During his career, he was responsible for more than 20
IPOs, capital increases and secondaries in different sectors,
among them Deutsche Telekom, Premiere, SKW Stahl-Metallurgie,
Software AG and Arques. He focuses on high quality equity
research for German mid and small caps companies with a market
cap of less than EUR 1bn, i.e. on companies, which are not
adequately researched even though they might enjoy strong
market positions on a European or even global basis. Since 2005,
Mr Hasler has been lecturer for the DVFA Investor Relations
Workshop, which takes place several times a year in Frankfurt.
Main focus of legal advice provided to corporations and partnerships on national and international M&A transactions as well as
on establishing and implementing joint ventures and on establishing of SEs.
Speaker activities and publications, inter alia, regarding the SE
(“Die Europäische Aktiengesellschaften in den anderen Mitgliedsstaaten” (“The Societas Europaea in the other Member
States“) in Jannott/Frodermann, Handbuch der Europäischen
Aktiengesellschaft – Societas Europaea (Manual of the Societas Europaea), Heidelberg 2005) and the stock corporation law
(“Grundzüge” (“Basic Principles”) in Henn/Frodermann/Jannott,
Handbuch des Aktienrechts (Manual of the Stock Corporation
Law), 8th ed., Heidelberg).
Dr. Herbert Harrer
Linklaters LLP
Dr. Herbert Harrer is a partner of the capital
markets group of Linklaters LLP. He specialises
in capital markets work, focussing on initial
public offerings, placements of securities, equity
linked products as well as securities trading and
stock exchange law. This focus includes advice
to foreign issuers with respect to listings in Germany. He is a
primary contact as listing partner of Deutsche Börse AG for Asia
and participated in a roadshow of Deutsche Börse earlier in 2009
in India. Dr. Herbert Harrer studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and Columbia University in New York,
and is dual qualified in Germany and the US. He has been a
partner of Linklaters LLP since 1999.
Prior to joining Viscardi, Mr Hasler held various positions at HypoVereinsbank and Unicredit, including head of Small Caps Research and head of Neuer Markt Research at HypoVereinsbank.
In 2000, Mr Hasler became CFO of Scotia International Film, a
leading German film distributor and producer. During the 90s, Mr
Hasler was Deputy Head of Company Research at HypoVereinsbank.
From 1984 to 1990, Mr Hasler studied economics at the University
Passau. Mr Hasler is married and has two children.
Dr. Ilga Haubelt
Union Investment GmbH
Dr. Ilga Haubelt, born in 1976, started her
studies of Economics at the University of
Freiburg, Germany, in 1995. In 1998 she was
awarded a DAAD scholarship and spent two
terms at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
USA. She graduated with a diploma in economics in 2001 and finished her dissertation at the University of
Freiburg in 2005. During her doctoral thesis, she participated in a
study program on real estate appraisal offered by the Deutsche
Immobilien Akademie (DIA) in Freiburg and received the title of
“Diplom-Sachverständige (DIA)”. From 2003 to 2005 she worked
as a freelance consultant at DIA Consulting AG in Freiburg. In
2005 Dr. Haubelt started to work as a real estate research
specialist at MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re. She joined
Union Investment as portfolio manager in April 2007, specialising
in the research coverage of property equity and is in charge of
the fund Unireits.
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Axel Haubrok
Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH
Stephan Heinemann
Taylor Wessing
As Federal Director of the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW), the largest
private investor association in Germany, and as
a business journalist, Axel Haubrok, an economics graduate and securities analyst, gained
considerable insight into the need for financial
communications consulting on the part of publicly listed
companies in Germany in terms of financial communications
consulting. This led to the foundation of his own consulting
company, Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH, in Düsseldorf in
1990, which was converted into Haubrok AG in 1999. Axel
Haubrok has published numerous articles and contributions to
books on matters relating to investor relations and financial
market communications.
Stephan Heinemann is a partner at the Munich
office since 1999 and is responsible for the firm’s
Equity Capital Markets department. Apart from
multinationals, banks and listed corporations, his
range of clients also includes technology-driven
medium-sized companies. He specialises in
on- and off-market equity capital finance, listings, capital marketoriented corporate acquisitions and compliance in capital
markets. Although Stephan advises clients and handles
transactions of various industries, he has particular industry
know-how in the field of optical and laser technologies.
Wilhelm Hecking
eviag AG
1969: Started work at gearbox manufacturer A.
Friedrich Flender AG in 1969 and became Head
of Purchase and Materials Department;
1990-1998: Upper management positions at
engineering groups Jagenberg AG and BDAG
Blacke Dürr AG; 1998: Head of Supply Management & Logistics at Babcock Borsig Energy GmbH (then owner
of turbine manufacturer Nordex AG); 1999: CEO of wind turbine
manufacturer Südwind Energy; Südwind was merged with
Nordex AG in 2000; 2001-2003: Member of the Management
Board of Nordex AG (Supply Management & Logistics) and CEO
of Südwind Energy; 2003-2008: Partner at “proLean Consulting
AG” management consultants; Since 2008: CEO of eviag AG
He studied law at the universities of Saarbrücken and Cologne
and, after an internship at the legal department of the Central
Bank of Bavaria, passed his legal state exams in Cologne and
Düsseldorf. After the second state exam he moved to Munich
where he was admitted to the bar in 1996.
Stephan is a member of several supervisory boards, including of
Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG, and has authored a number of publications on stock market and capital market-related
topics.
André Hergert
GK SOFTWARE AG
In 1991, after studying business management
and political science at the University of
Lüneburg and Loughborough University, André
Hergert began working as an accounting
manager and a financial director at various
companies in the financial and IT sectors.
As a partner at a management consultancy firm, he concentrated
on mergers and acquisitions and worked as a strategy consultant
and developer of internal and external reporting from 2006 onwards. André has been a member of the management board at
GK SOFTWARE AG since 2008.
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Frank Heun
equinet AG
Roland Höger
Vilmaris Management GmbH
Herr Frank Heun blickt auf eine mehr als 25
jährige Erfahrung im Corporate Finance zurück.
Seit Anfang 2000 ist Herr Heun bei equinet für
die Akquisition und Beratung von mittelständischen Unternehmen und Konzernen bei Advisory-, Kapitalmarkt-, und M&A-Projekten und
deren Durchführung mitverantwortlich. Zuvor war Herr Heun bei
der Dresdner Bank/Dresdner Kleinwort seit 1986 mit der
Beratung von Unternehmen und der Durchführung von Kapitalmarktfinanzierungen mit Eigenkapital-, Hybrid- und Fremdkapitalinstrumenten betraut und hat in dieser Funktion eine Vielzahl
von Kapitalmarkttransaktionen, wie IPOs und Aktienplatzierungen, mittelständischer Unternehmen sowie internationaler
Konzernunternehmen projektverantwortlich begleitet.
Wilken von Hodenberg
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
Wilken von Hodenberg, born 1954, joined DBAG
in 2000 as Member of the Board of Management
and its Spokesman. Studied law in Hamburg and
Lausanne. 15 years of experience in investment
banking, three years of service as a finance
director for a major German retail chain.
Stefan Höfer
Deutsche Börse AG
A Business Administration graduate, Stefan has
over 19 years experience with Deutsche Börse.
Starting his career with the ‘Electronic Trading
System’ department he moved to the ‘New
Market’ team in 1997. From 1999 he managed a
number of projects developing exchanges in
Central and Eastern Europe. In 2001, Stefan was appointed Head
of Marketing for NEWEX Börse AG, the central and eastern
European exchange. Since May 2002 he has been Key Account
Manager for Issuers and Listing Partners. Currently his role as Vice
President and Expert includes responsibilities for development
and promotion of Deutsche Börse listing activities in Russia & CIS.
Roland Höger (born 1953) has been Managing
Director of Vilmaris Management GmbH since
September 2008. Furthermore he is Managing
Director of Komrowski Befrachtungskontor
GmbH & Co. KG, which is the ship managing
partner of Vilmaris GmbH & Co. KGaA.
He has a long standing experience within the shipping industry,
having been Managing Director of MPC Marine Trading (MPC
Gruppe, Hamburg), “Star Reefers” (Oetker/Blue Star Line, London) and R.A.O. Bulk Services (Oetker, Sydney) amongst others.
Moreover, Roland Höger worked for Dry Bulk Operating R.A.
Oetker Australia, as a shipbroker for Anglo Eastern Hong Kong)
as well as for Reederei Nord (Hamburg).
Having started his career at Hapag Lloyd AG in 1971 in Hamburg, Vilmaris presents a managing director, who has 37 years of
experience within the maritime economy.
Ulrich Höller
DIC-Deutsche Immobilien Chancen AG&Co.KGaA
As CEO of DIC-Deutsche Immobilien Chancen
AG&Co.KGaA, Ulrich Höller FRICS (43) is
responsible for the implementation of DICGroup’s corporate and real estate strategies in
their three business areas: Portfolio- and
Asset-Management with the stock-listed DIC
Asset AG, Development and Opportunistic Investments. Ulrich
has over 18 years professional experience, 15 years in leading
positions as managing director of a German Real Estate group.
A Business Administration graduate, Ulrich also completed
post-graduate studies in Real Estate Economics as well as Retail
Sector Real Estate at European Business School (ebs) and is
Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in London.
Furthermore, he is a member of several Supervisory Boards and
Advisory Boards in the Real Estate Sector.
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Dirk Hörig
commercetools GmbH
Dirk Hörig is executive director and founding
member of commercetools GmbH, provider of a
Software-as-a-Service eCommerce platform.
Prior to that, Dirk was project manager and
consultant handling the implementation of
leading eCommerce solutions for well-known
companies. He has studied Computer Science and Business
Administration at the Technical University in Munich.
Dr. Gert-Jan Huisman
CENTROTEC Sustainable AG
Dr. Gert-Jan Huisman (born 1968), a Doctor in
Economics, became member of the Board of
CENTROTEC Sustainable AG in 2000 and CEO
in 2002. Previously he was at McKinsey for 5
years and held management positions for
Commerzbank. He is chairman of the supervisory board of CENTROSOLAR Group AG.
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Herbert Jackel
WestLB AG
Dr. Bernhard Jünemann
DAF Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen AG
Herbert Jackel is Executive Director at WestLB
AG’s Corporate Finance Department and
in-charge of Mezzanine/Private Equity transactions. From 2001-2008 he headed a private
equity team at WestLB, focussing on the
Financial Services sector (banks, insurance and
leasing companies). Prior to that he held various positions at
WestLB’s Investment Department. During that period he was on
the Supervisory Board of several international financial companies. Based in Tokyo from 1988-1991, he was head of WestLB’s
Swap Department for the entire Asia region. He studied Economics and related subjects at the Universities of Cologne and
Bath/U.K.
since 2009 Chief Presenter of Deutsches Anleger
Fernsehen, Columnist for the German weekly
investors’ magazine DER AKTIONÄR, 1997 –
2009 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the weekly
investors magazine BÖRSE ONLINE, inter alia in
charge of TV presentations and productions,
extensive writing on Investment Psychology and Behavioral
Finance, 1994 – 1997 financial correspondent of the business
weekly WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE, 1987 – 1994 presenter and from
1990 also Editor/Producer of the TV programme TELE-BÖRSE,
1985 – 1994 Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsfernsehen, 1980 – 1984
staff editor of WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE, 1980 doctorate in
Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), thesis on competition analysis of
German and British media markets, 1972 – 1980 University of
Aachen, Freiburg and London School of Economics and Political
Science, born 1950 in Bremen.
Wolfgang Jensen
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA
Mr. Jensen is Managing Director in the Investment Banking division of Sal. Oppenheim jr. &
Cie. KGaA since 1998. He is responsible for
Equity Capital Markets and Special Transactions.
In 1996, Mr. Jensen joined Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell as Director, where he was entrusted with
the counselling of exclusive German customers. He also was
responsible for the management of national and international Investment Banking transactions.
Books:
Money Management – Die Formel für Ihren Börsenerfolg (Money
Management – Your Fortune Formula For The Markets), 2007;
Psychologie für Börsenprofis – die Macht der Gefühle bei der
Geldanlage (Psychology For Market Professionals – The Power
Of Emotions When Investing), 1997/2000
After having passed his second legal state examination Mr. Jen­
sen joined the Corporate Finance Department of Deutsche Bank
in 1983.
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Dr. Jürgen Kaiser-Gerwens
Schott Solar AG
Dr. Jürgen G. Kaiser-Gerwens (born 1962) served in the German
military for two years. He studied business administration (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) and law at the University of Münster and
business administration at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). In 1990, he was warded a doctorate from the University
of St. Gallen. From June 1990 until February 2002, Dr. Jürgen
G. Kaiser-Gerwens served in diverse managerial positions in the
area of finance at the Unilever Group. From March 2002 to July
2006, he served as managing director of Synamit Nobel GmbH
Expoviestoff- und Systemtechnik. In 2006, he became CFO of
SCHOTT Solar. There he is a member of the Managment Board.
Prof. Christoph Kaserer
Technische Universität München
Christoph Kaserer is co-director of the Center
for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS)
and Full Professor of Finance at Technische
Universität München (TUM). His area of
expertise is private equity, corporate finance,
financial markets, and asset management.
Christoph Kaserer published his research in leading international
and German academic journals. He is among the top 100 worldwide downloaded authors on the Social Science Research Network (ssrn.com). Recently, he acted as an expert to the German
Government in the context of private equity and venture capital
regulation. Since 2008 he is the Chairman of the Governing Body
of the Private Equity Research Exchange Platform (PEREP) established by the EVCA.
In joint projects with Deutsche Börse AG he created the IPO
Sentiment Index as well as the German Entrepreneurial Index
(GEX©). For the latter he was awarded with the “Initiativpreis
Stiftung Industrieforschung” in 2005.
Before joining TUM Business School, he became Full Professor
of Financial Management and Accounting at Université de Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1999. Since 2005 he is the Dean of TUM
Business School at Technische Universität München. The Business School has been founded in 2002. According to recently
published university rankings TUM Business School is among
the top 10 of business administration departments at German
universities.
Dr. Alexander Keller
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH
Dr. Alexander Keller studied Chemistry at the
Technical University of Karlsruhe and Business
administration at the University of Hagen,
holding a Ph.D. in Technical Chemistry.
He started his career at Roland Berger Strategy
Consultants in 1997 joining the International Competence Center
Energy & Chemicals.
Dr. Keller currently holds the position of a Partner with global responsibility for the Practice Group Chemicals & Oil. His experiences comprise various projects with strategic and operational
focus in particular evaluating the chemicals and petrochemicals markets in Western/Eastern Europe and Asia (with focus on
China and India) to evaluate appropriate growth/entry strategies
for international as well as local players in the aforementioned
markets. Second focus of his work is conducting Operational
Excellence programs in the above mentioned industries including
process optimization, asset footprint optimization and comprehensive cost reduction programs in all business areas along the
value chain as well as in general and administrative functions.
Dr. Keller is married and has two children.
Robert Kirchner
BE Berlin Economics GmbH
Robert Kirchner, born in 1974, is a consultant
with the private Economics Consultancy Berlin
Economics for several years. After studying
economics in Germany (University of Potsdam)
and the UK (Warwick Business School), he spent
several years working as a research fellow at the
University of Potsdam. The focus of his research and consulting
activities are macroeconomic and financial sector issues,
particularly in the context of transition countries.
As part of his activities for Berlin Economics, Mr. Kirchner is active in a number of economic policy advisory projects in Ukraine,
Belarus and Russia. Special mention should be made to the
long-term projects “German Advisory Group Ukraine “ and “German Economic Team in Belarus” (GET Belarus). In the framework
of these projects, high-ranking policy makers are being advised
on concrete economic policy issues. The funding of these projects is conducted through the Transform successor program by
the Federal Government of Germany.
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Carsten Klante
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie KGaA
Branka Koren
SGL CARBON SE
Carsten Klante is a Managing Director in the
Equity Capital Markets team of Sal. Oppenheim
in Frankfurt. He has worked for more than 14
years in the Investment Banking industry in
Frankfurt and London and has gained considerable experience in advising clients on their
funding strategy as well as on structuring and executing
numerous capital market transactions for medium sized
companies and multinationals. This includes a significant number
of initial public offerings, capital raisings, equity-linked bonds as
well as secondary placements on European stock exchanges as
well as SEC-registered transactions on Nasdaq. Prior to working
at Sal. Oppenheim, he worked for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt
and London as a Director in Corporate Finance and Equity
Capital Markets. He graduated as a Diplom-Kaufmann (International Business Administration) from the European Business
School (EBS), Oestrich-Winkel.
Branka Koren joined SGL Group in 1996 and
worked in several functions as legal counsel for
the Company. Her responsibility included
numerous M&A transactions in Europe and Asia,
advising in antitrust laws and the development
of group-wide compliance programs, the
organisation and execution of the annual shareholders’ meeting,
development of equity-based executive compensation plans,
capital market and corporate law matters – most recently the
conversion of the Company into a Societas Europaea, and equity
and equity-linked capital market transactions. She is now
Director Legal and as Head of Group Compliance responsible for
the global compliance management and organization of SGL
Group. Branka studied law at the universities of Mannheim and
Geneva, including internships in Malaysia. She was admitted to
the bar in 1996.
Markus Koch
DIC Asset AG
Dr. Alfred Krammer
Krammer Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Markus Koch is Chief Financial Officer at DIC
Asset AG and deputy chairman of the Board of
Management. He is responsible for Financing,
Controlling and Transaction Management. Prior
to joining DIC Asset AG, Markus Koch was CFO
at a German real estate group. He started his
career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, working as certified auditor
with sector focus in real estate. Markus Koch holds a degree in
Business Administration.
Dr. Alfred Krammer is a partner of Krammer Jahn
Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft in Munich. Krammer
Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft is a law firm
with offices in Munich and Bayreuth focused on
commercial law. Mr. Krammer´s areas of practice
are Corporate, Banking & Capital Markets Law.
In particular he advises clients on company law, securities law,
banking law, stock exchange law, investment law and compliance. He completed his first state exam in 1996 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and his bar exam in 1998. Mr.
Krammer earned his doctoral degree for a thesis in law on
securities and internet law in 2002. After being admitted to the
bar in 1999 he worked for a midsized audit firm based in Munich
and Dresden. From 2002 through 2003 he worked for Dr. Grewe
& Partner LLP, a well-established tax and law firm based in New
York. He is member of the supervisory board of several stock
listed and privately held corporations. Mr. Krammer is fluent in
English.
Philipp Koecke
SolarWorld AG
Mr. Philipp Koecke was born in 1971 and is a
German national. He holds a technical-oriented
degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of
Stuttgart, Germany. Following his studies, Mr.
Koecke worked a year for the management
consultancy Roland Berger & Partners in
Stuttgart, Germany. From 1998 until 2002, Mr. Koecke worked for
TechnoMedia Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft Köln mbH, where
he was Senior Manager responsible for the support of different
investments. Since 2003, Mr. Koecke has held the position Chief
Financial Officer of SolarWorld AG.
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Dr. Elmar Kraus
DZ BANK AG
Dr. Valery Kulazhenko
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus
After graduating in biology and obtaining his
PhD in immunology at the University Würzburg/
Bavaria Dr. Elmar Kraus worked for two years at
the University of Oxford/UK. Since returning to
Germany he has been working over five years
with Fresenius AG in the areas of Production and
Quality Control before taking over a position in Project Management for biotechnology developmental projects as well as
Business Development.
Mr. Kulazhenko holds a Master Degree in
Political Economy at the Belarusian State
University. In 1990 he obtained Ph.D. at the
Belarusian State Institute of Economics. In 1977
he started teaching Political Economy and
Economic Theory in multiple Belarusian
Universities. Since 1992 he works for the Belarusian Government. In 1995 he took the position of Deputy Director at the
Financial Markets Supervisory body of the Ministry of Finance of
the Republic of Belarus. He is a Member of the supervisory
board of the Belarusian Currency Stock Exchange. Mr. Kulazhenko keeps his teaching activities. He is married and has a
daughter.
From 2005 till mid 2008 he was working for Biotest AG as Head
of Bioanalytics and also as Project Leader for the development
and clinical supply of a monoclonal antibody.
Dr. Elmar Kraus is working in the Life science team of DZ BANK
since 2008.
Thomas Krupke
SOLON SE
Thomas Krupke was born on February 1st, 1962
in Bonn. He is married and has got two children.
After a professional training with Sparkasse
Bonn Thomas Krupke studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Munich.
Thomas Krupke started his professional career with Paul Berwein
Wertpapierhandels- und Börsenmakler AG. He then pursued
professional commitments with nationally and internationally
renowned financing and consulting companies before he joined
SOLON in 2002. After two years of serving as the company’s
CFO, he was appointed CEO in 2006.
Thomas Krupke is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Younicos AG and Blue Chip Energy GmbH. He is a Non-Exclusive
Board Member of SpectraWatt Inc. and an Advisory Board Member of Berlin Partner GmbH.
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Florian Lahnstein
Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP
Florian Lahnstein is the founding partner and
chief executive officer of Berger Lahnstein
Middelhoff & Partners LLP. From 2008 to August
2009, Mr. Lahnstein was chief executive officer
and executive director of Germany1 Acquisition
Limited. From 2007 to June 2008, he was
Co-Head of European Investment Banking and a Member of the
Executive Committee at Bear Stearns International, based in
London. From 2001 to 2006, Florian Lahnstein was Head of
German telecom, media and technology (TMT) and subsequently
Co-Head of German Investment Banking at UBS Investment
Banking in London and Frankfurt. He is the founding partner of
Arrow Capital, a venture capital firm focusing on TMT start-ups,
founded in 2000. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Lahnstein was Head of
German TMT at Merrill Lynch Investment Banking in London.
From 1990 to 1998, he held various positions in New York and
Hamburg with Bertelsmann AG, a privately held media company,
including Managing Director of T1 New Media and Executive
Vice President of Bertelsmann New Media and Director of Artist
Development at Arista/BMG. Florian Lahnstein has executed
mergers and acquisitions deals worth over €40 billion. He holds a
Masters in finance and marketing from the University of Cologne,
and is a guest lecturer in corporate finance at the WHU Koblenz/
Bucerius Law School Programme (Master in Law and Business)
Hamburg. Mr. Lahnstein’s business address is Berger Lahnstein
Middelhoff & Partners LLP, 10 Duke of York Square, London SW3
4LY, United Kingdom.
Thomas Lemke
Sana Kliniken AG
Upon completing his business administration
degree at the Technical University of Berlin,
Germany, he began his career as an auditor for
the former international auditing company Arthur
Andersen.
After he was appointed as a tax consultant and certified public
accountant he became a senior manager at Arthur Andersen.
Since the merger in 2002 between Arthur Andersen and Ernst &
Young he was continuing his career at Ernst Young where he was
working with many clients from the public health sector.
In 2006, Thomas Lemke joined the Executive Board of Sana
Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA in Munich where he was responsible
for financial reporting, cash management, tax planning and tax
strategies, capital investment planning as well as investor relations. Since the change of legal form in 2007 he became additionally responsible for the information systems.
Ulrich Lenz
Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Ulrich Lenz is Entrepreneur and a Senior
Manager of Ernst & Young GmbH in Cologne.
After finishing his Studies in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim (Diplom
Kaufmann) and first working experiences he was
engaged as a managing director of a medium
sized company in the paper industry. Hereafter he founded in
1994 a property management company where he is managing
partner until today. Since 1996 he is with Ernst & Young where he
worked the first four years as a restructuring consultant in
several Industries. In 2001 he designed with Ernst & Young a
Restructuring-Software which is based on Fuzzy-Logic and
neuronal grids. By finishing his part-time postgraduate program
at the European Business School in Ostrich-Winkel he graduated
as a “Finanz-Oekonom (ebs). In the past years Ulrich Lenz
focussed his work on Debt Advisory for medium-sized, familyowned companies. This is subject of several lectures as well as
many articles in business papers.
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Dr. Dagmar Linder
Deutsche Bank AG
Dr. Linder is a holder of Associate in Arts Degree
at the American University in Paris, Law Degree
at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich
and a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration at Universität der Bundeswehr in Munich.
Her academic activities are completed with
Referendariat in Augsburg, Munich, Landsberg a.L., Speyer and
Paris. She is member of the Working Group on Emerging Markets
Crisis Resolution of the Institute of International Finance, Inc.,
Washington D.C./USA (IIF); the Special Committee on Emerging
Markets Crisis Prevention and Resolution of the IIF; the Principles Consultative Group. Her career started in the corporate
banking sector in Munich. In 1995, Dr. Linder became Member of
the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Team, Chairing the London
Club Creditor Committee for the restructurings of Russian and
Indonesian debt. She took part in the Korean debt restructuring,
Turkish debt crisis as well as in efforts around the Argentine bond
default of December 2001. In 1998, she took a position as
Relationship Manager for multilateral financial institutions and
since 2001 also for German banks. Since 2005 till present she
works in the Regional Management for Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE).
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Sourav Mallik
Kotak Investment Banking
Sanjay Mandal
KPIT Infosystems GmbH
Sourav Mallik is Executive Director – Mergers &
Acquisitions at Kotak Investment Banking. He
also closely tracks the Materials sector. Sourav
joined the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1999.
During his career as an investment banker, he
has advised a wide range of clients on their
growth strategies, M&A and restructuring plans. This includes
Lafarge and CRH on their India entry and acquisition strategies;
Owens-Illinois on restructuring of their India business; Abbott
Laboratories on their India growth and consolidation strategy;
Godrej Consumer, United Breweries and GE Shipping on
restructuring; the promoters of Micro Inks and Gokaldas Exports
on divestment; and most recently, Tech Mahindra’s acquisition of
Satyam. He has also advised many Indian and multinational
companies on open offers, buybacks and delisting offers,
including Citigroup’s delisting offer for e-Serve. Sourav’s
outbound M&A expertise has been built by liaising with international investment banks across Japan, Western Europe and UK.
He has assisted Raymond, M&M and Micro Inks in their overseas
acquisitions/restructuring and is currently working on many initiatives covering these geographies. Sourav is a specialist in M&A
Advisory, Deal Structuring, Restructuring, Valuations, Joint
Ventures and India Entry services. He is also very familiar with
the regulatory framework for M&A (including cross-border M&A),
open offers, buybacks and delisting offers. Prior to joining Kotak
Investment Banking, Sourav was with Prime Securities Limited, a
boutique investment bank, as a part of their corporate finance
practice. Sourav brings to bear a multi-disciplinary background,
being an Engineer (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and MBA
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) with an M&A and
Advisory services experience of over 15 years in investment
banking. Sourav is widely quoted and interviewed in the Indian
media on topics related to M&A and the Materials sector.
Sanjay Mandal is Managing Director of KPIT
Infosystems in Germany. In this role he is
responsible for KPIT’s operations and business
development in German speaking countries.
KPIT is an India based global IT company with
4,500+ employees. KPIT focuses on IT and
Engineering solutions for Manufacturing, Automotive & Banking
sectors.
Prior to joining KPIT, Sanjay was a Partner at KPMG Consulting
(re-branded BearingPoint) focusing on Automotive & Transportation sectors. Sanjay has bachelors degree from National Defense
Academy, India and Masters degrees from University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has extensive work experience in
the United States, Germany, France, UK, India and Korea.
Dieter Manz
Manz Automation AG
Dieter Manz, Engineering degree with major in fine mechanics
CEO Manz Automation AG, Reutlingen/Germany; 1961-11-25
Born in Stuttgart, Germany; 1982 - 1986 Study / University of
applied sciences in Esslingen, Germany; 1986 - 1987 Sales of
industrial robots and technical consulting with IBM Germany;
1987-07 Foundation of Manz Automatisierungstechnik GmbH,
Managing Director; 1993-05 Foundation of acs GmbH as sole
shareholder, Managing Director; 2001-10 Fusion of Manz Auto­
matisierungstechnik GmbH and acs GmbH. Commutation to
Manz Automation AG, CEO; 2006-09-22 IPO; 2008-09-22 Inclusion in the technology index TecDAX
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Rakhi Mehta
Deutsche Bank
Ralf Michaelis
Commerzbank AG
Rakhi joined as Transaction Manager for the
Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipt business in
August 2006.
Rakhi supports the depositary receipts group
with deal management from initial structuring
to completion of American and Global Depositary Receipts offerings, listed and unlisted program launches and transfers of
existing depositary receipt programs of issuers from numerous
jurisdictions.
She was previously with the London office of Latham & Watkins,
specializing in international capital markets transactions.
Rakhi received a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from
North Carolina State University in 1993 and a Corporate Law
Certificate from the Legal Assistant Program at Meredith College
in 1994.
Dr. Henrik Meincke
Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.
Dr. Henrik Meincke was born 2nd May of 1967.
He studied chemistry and economics at the
Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany.
Since January 2000 he works as an economist
for the Association of the German Chemical
Industry (VCI). In April 2001 he became the chief
economist leading the VCI’s economist and statistics team. He is
responsible for analyzing and forecasting the business of
chemistry in Germany, Europe and a worldwide perspective. The
impact assessment of chemical relevant legislatives and general
economic policies are also on his agenda.
Ralf Michaelis joined the Equity Capital Markets
team at Commerzbank as Deputy Head of Equity
Capital Markets in July 2008. Previously he
worked for Dresdner Kleinwort since 1995.
He has executed a number of IPOs, rights issues
and placements in various branches. He also advised on recapitalisations, restructurings and anti raid mandates.
Furthermore, he has been working as executive assistant to Prof.
Dr. Lipp, Member of the Board, who was responsible for the international Corporate Finance activities of Dresdner Bank.
Dr. Rüdiger Mrotzek
Hamborner Aktiengesellschaft
Dr. Rüdiger Mrotzek ist seit März 2007 Vorstand
der HAMBORNER AG und verantwortet die
Bereiche Finanz- und Rechnungswesen,
Steuern, Immobilien, Risikomanagement und
Controlling sowie EDV. Zuvor war er lange Jahre
u.a. bei der E.ON, Viterra AG, Wohnbau
Rhein-Main AG und der Deutschbau in verschiedenen leitenden
und geschäftsführenden Positionen tätig. Er engagiert sich für
eine wertorientierte Unternehmensführung auf Basis der
langfristigen strategischen Ziele. Dr. Rüdiger Mrotzek ist
promovierter Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, 1957 in Gelsenkirchen
geboren, verheiratet und hat vier Kinder.
Wolfgang Müller
Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Professional Focus:
Audit of Financial Statements (German GAAP,
IFRS, US-GAAP), IFRS-Conversions, Transaction
and IPO-Support, Lecturer at University of Saarbrücken (Auditing, International Accounting)
Philipp Melzer
CMS Hasche Sigle
Philipp Melzer works at CMS Hasche Sigle’s
Frankfurt office since 2001. He specializes in
capital market transactions. Philipp was
involved in all IPOs advised by CMS Hasche
Sigle since 2004. He has also advised on
a number of DCM Transactions such as the
inaugural bond issue of Merck KGaA as well as the public
takeover of Polis Immobilien AG.
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Klaus Müller
KfW Bankengruppe
Pranav Nahar
Evolution Markets India
Dipl.-Vw. Klaus Müller, Jahrgang 1964, war nach
seinem Studium von 1991-1995 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Konjunktur,
Wachstum und Verteilung der Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt. Er trat 1996 in
die volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung der KfW ein
und wurde 2000 stellvertretender Abteilungsleiter der volkswirtschaftlichen Abteilung. 2005 wechselte er als stellvertretender Abteilungsleiter in die Beteiligungsfinanzierung.
Pranav is an expert on Carbon & Renewable transactions, structuring and securitizing carbon deals, and derivatives, futures
and options related to Carbon & Renewables. He has executed
trades worth 140 million Euros, including term sheets for large
fuel switch, biomass, wind and energy projects efficiency, including a merchant finance IPO listing of a HFC manufacturing firm.
In addition he is supported by a management team in India that
has done carbon transactions worth 440 million Euros. Prior to
Evolution Markets, he established the operations of LSE listed
firm EcoSecurities in India. He has lectured at over 20 seminars
and conferences on this subject and was featured on CNBC as a
“Young Turk” in 2007. Pranav has also established his own firm
in Melbourne, Australia that dealt with various aspects of project development and consultancy and conceptualized a course
on Carbon Trading at Swinburne University, Melbourne. Pranav
received an MBA from London Business School and Columbia
Business School and has been awarded the British Chevening
Scholarship and Deans List honors. Prior to attending business
school, Pranav was the Founder and Director of an Oslo based
firm Global Entrepreneurs AS and played a key role in negotiating
NOK 9 Million government funding. During his tenure the company expanded rapidly into 37 countries. He also has experience
in consulting with organizations such as Sustainability UK and
Proctor and Gamble. He has been part of Peace Corps and is an
ardent Vipassana meditator. Pranav is an active citizen and has
volunteered with the Big Brother, Big Sister Program as well as
Centre or Sustainable Leadership and the Compeer program.
Stefan Müller
flatex AG
Stefan Müller started his apprenticeship 1985 at
the former Bayerische Vereinsbank AG. After
several in-house educations and a part-time
course he earned a diploma in banking management. From 1997 through 2000 he directed the
security department at Bayerische Vereinsbank
Hof. A function as portfolio manager private banking for the
region Oberfranken/Oberpfalz followed. In the year 2002 he
changed to flatex AG – former United Capital Management AG -,
where he was appointed to the managing board in 2003.
Reto Munz
Partners Group
Reto Munz is working as a portfolio manager for
the listed alternatives team and is a member of
Partners Group’s listed alternatives investment
committee. He graduated with a master’s degree
in finance and investment from the University of
Exeter, UK and a bachelor’s degree in business
administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Berne.
Previously, he worked in the fixed income portfolio management
at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Zurich. Mr. Munz is a CFA
Charterholder.
Maxym Nefyodov
Dragon Capital
Maxim Nefyodov joined Dragon Capital in
November 2006 as an industrial sector and
banking analyst. Prior to joining Dragon Capital,
he worked for nearly three years as an M&A
analyst with a medium-sized Kyiv-based
investment boutique, where he was actively
involved in all recent major fixed telephony M&A transactions in
Ukraine. Maxim has also developed valuable skills and contacts
during internships at TAKO, a medium-sized mining company;
at International Construction, a small development firm, and at
Ukrinkom-Inter, a medium-sized publishing house. In 2007,
Maxim worked with engine manufacturer Motor Sich on the company’s landmark IPO – a deal which became known as one of the
year’s most successful transactions.
Maxim graduated with honors from Kyiv National Shevchenko
University where he holds a Master’s degree in economics and
business. He speaks fluently Russian, Ukrainian and English.
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Christian Niederle
Network Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG
Christian Niederle ist Managing Partner der
Network Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG.
Nach Abschluss des Volkswirtschaftsstudiums
und verschiedenen Stationen innerhalb der
Deutsche Bank Gruppe war er vor seinem Eintritt
bei Network Corporate Finance im Jahre 2007
langjährig leitend für die HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG im
Bereich Corporate Finance tätig. Dort betreute er zahlreiche
internationale Kapitalmarkt- und Unternehmenstransaktionen.
Yuliya Nosal
Mriya Agroholding
Yulia joined the Mriya team as analyst for the
investment relations department in 2009. She
has gained two years of professional experience
in the agribusiness while working at the
Kyiv-based investment bank Sokrat. Her primary
areas of coverage were agriculture and consumer goods. Yulia also developed and polished her valuable skills
during work in the investment bank Concorde Capital and one of
the top Ukrainian banks - Ukrsibbank (BNP Paribas Group).
Yulia graduated with honors from the National University in
Kharkiv, where she holds two degrees in management and law.
She speaks fluently Ukrainian, Russian and English.
Dr. Vladimir Novik
JSSC Belarusbank
After graduating with Masters Degree in Physics
and IT (double major) in 1975 the Belarusian
State University in Minsk Mr. Novik has started
his career at the Computer Research Institute in
Minsk. In 1979, he changed to the Scientific &
Production Holding “Cascade”in Saint-Petersburg where he was engaged in the field of IT/Software Development. In 1995 he became Member of the Belarusian Parliament
and Chairperson of the Committee on Industry exercising this
activity for five years. In 1995, he held a Masters degree in
International Finance at the Academy of Public Administration in
Minsk. Three years later he became a Doctor in Economics at the
same institution. Since 1996 till present Dr. Novik takes position
as a Member of the Board of OSSJ Belarusbank and is responsible for: international cooperation, international funding,
international project financing; implementation of a centralized
business model, new organizational structure and core banking
system; information technologies; corporate governance
implementation based on OECD principals.
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Dr. Alfred Oberholz
DECHEMA
Born 1952 in Essen, Germany
Chemist, Diploma and Thesis at RWTH Aachen
1980 Hüls AG, Chemical Engineering, Thermal
Separation Processes
1982 Plant Manager
1984 Head of Chemical Reaction Eng.
1991 Corporate Strategy and Development
1993 Head of Business Unit Silanes and Silicones
1996 Member of the Board of Management
1998 Member of the Board of Managemt. of Degussa-Hüls AG
2000 Member of the Board of Managemt. of Degussa AG
2006 Deputy Chairman of Degussa AG
2008 Member of the Board of Managemt. of Evonik AG
retired 31.12.2008
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Dr. Axel Paeger
AMEOS Gruppe
Per Hornung Pedersen
REpower Systems AG
Axel Paeger, M.D., has served as CEO of
AMEOS Group since 2003. Prior to his current
position, A. Paeger was chief managing officer
of Asklepios Kliniken GmbH. Before that, he was
a member of the Pacific Health Corporation, Inc.
board. He has also served as an associate
partner for Health Care Consultancy in Cleveland, OH, USA.
Per Hornung Pedersen, geboren am 15.11.1953
in Kopenhagen, ist seit Januar 2008 Vorstandsvorsitzender (CEO) der REpower Systems AG. Er
hat einen MBA-Titel und ist Bachelor of Science
in Accounting & Finance.
Pedersen begann seine berufliche Karriere als Wirtschaftsprüfer
bei Arthur Andersen & Co. Nach Stationen als CFO in der Verpackungsindustrie und der Telekommunikation (Bosch Telecom)
stieg er im Jahr 2000 in die Windenergiebranche ein: Bei NEG
Micon/AS (heute zu Vestas gehörend) war er vier Jahre als Group
Chief Financial Officer tätig.
AMEOS is among Europe’s leading healthcare service providers and primarily serves German speaking regions (37 facilities in
acute medicine, psychiatry and nursing).
Dr. Eugen Paravicini
Hessiches Ministerium für Wirtschaft,
Verkehr und Landesentwicklung
Born 1946 in Austria. Current Position: since
August 2003 Hessiches Ministerium für Wirt­
schaft, Verkehr und Landes­entwicklung (Ministry
of Economics, Transport and Regional Development), Director General, Head of Division “Economic System, Financial Services, Exchanges”;
Education: Degrees 1st and 2nd State ­Examination in Law,
Doctor of Laws; Professional Experiences: 1974–1975 Managing
Director of the F.D.P.-parliamentary­ party­in the City Council of
Wiesbaden; 1975–1984 Hessiches­ Ministerium des Innern
(Ministry of the Interior), Legal Affairs­­of the Criminal Investigation
Department, Head of the Department­­ for Parliamentary and
Cabinet Affairs; 1984–1987 Hessiche­ Landtag (Parliament of the
State of Hesse), Senior Expert­ of the F.D.P. -parliamentary party;
1987–1991 Hessiches Ministerium­ ­für­­Wissenschaft und Kunst
(Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts), Head of
the Minister’s Cabinet; 1991 Fraport AG, Head of the office of the
board of management; ­1992–1993 Consultant to Governement
of Hungary; 1994–1996­European Commission, Senior Expert for
the reform of the governmental­system in­Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia; 1997–1999 European Commission,
Consultant for the reform of the administrative system in centraleuropean candidate countries for accession to the EU; 1999–
2003 Hessiche Staatskanzlei (State Chancellery), Director
General and Head of administration of the Representation of the
State of Hessen to the Federal G­overnment
2004 wechselte Pedersen als CEO zu Suzlon Energy A/S, einer
Tochter des indischen Windenergieanlagenherstellers Suzlon
Energy Ltd. und war für die Internationalisierung des Suzlon-Geschäfts in Märkten wie Dänemark, Portugal, Italien, China, Brasi­
lien, Australien und die USA verantwortlich.
Als CEO bei der REpower Systems AG ist Pedersen für die Bereiche Personal, Recht, Investor Relations, Unternehmenskommunikation und -entwicklung, Vertrieb und Projektmanagement
zuständig.
Roger Peeters
Close Brothers Seydler Research AG
Roger Peeters is a board member of Close
Brothers Seydler Research AG since April 2008.
Formerly, he spent 8 years in a leading position
at “Platow Boerse”, which in 2008 received the
“Deutschen Boersenbrief” award as best general
market newsletter. During this time, Peeters,
who is a qualified CEFA investment analyst, was also an advisor
to Deutsche Bank for its DB Platinum II Platow fund, originally
conceived by himself, with focus on the German stock market.
Born in 1973, Peeters is well known to investors through
numerous TV and Radio interviews as well as appearances at
specialist Trade Shows. Peeters has also published two books;
„Profit an der Börse- Der Blick nach vorne“ (Gabler 2004) and
„Finde die richtige Aktie“ (Gabler 2008)
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Jörn Pelzer
PINOVA Capital GmbH
Prof. Dr. Robert Pitz-Paal
DLR
Joern Pelzer is Partner at PINOVA Capital, an
independent Private Equity firm focusing on high
growth Engineering and Services companies in
German speaking Europe taking minority and
majority positions. Before co-founding PINOVA,
Joern Pelzer spent 9 years with 3i in Germany
and US (Silicon Valley). He was responsible for Engineering and
late stage Technology investments achieving numerous successful exits on both sides of the Atlantic. He co-founded 3i’s
Cleantech practice in 2005. Prior to 3i Joern Pelzer worked at the
Fraunhofer Institute and, like all PINOVA partners, has an
entrepreneurial family background.He holds a M.Sc. in Industrial
Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and a M.Sc. in
International Relations from the London School of Economics.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal graduated from
the Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich
with a degree in physics in 1988. Until 1992 he
worked as a research scientist at the Ruhr
University in Bochum in the field of solar
volumetric receivers. In 1993 he received his
PhD in mechanical engineering. In 1993 he joined the German
Aerospace Centre’s Solar Division in Cologne where he worked
on design and modelling of solar receivers and systems. He hold
various positions in this division and spent a sabbatical at Sandia
National Laboratories in Albuquerque, USA in 1997. In 2003 he
became the manager of the DLR solar research unit with approx.
60 members of staff located in Cologne, Stuttgart and Almería,
Spain. This position is jointly assigned with a professorship for
Solar Technology at the RWTH Aachen University.
Ihor Petrashko
Troika Dialog Ukraine
Ihor Petrashko has more than 10 years of
experience in consulting and investment banking
with the leading companies in USA, Russia and
Ukraine. Ihor has joined Troika in 2007 as a Head
of Investment Banking. Prior to Troika, he has
lead the Transaction Advisory services group at
Ernst & Young in Ukraine and was a Partner. International
experience includes Enron (energy, USA), Intelsat (Telecommunications, USA). He has legal and business degrees from Ukraine
and received an MBA from Vanderbilt University (USA).
He serves as associate editor for the ASME Journal on Solar
Energy Engineering and the Journal of Solar Energy. He was
member of several national and international scientific committees and evaluation boards. He has served in various roles in the
SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) implementing agreement of the International Energy Agency and is its
vice-chairman today. His team has been awarded the title “Centre of Excellence” in the field of Concentrating Solar Technology
by DLR Board of Directors in 2006.
Markus Plümer
Commerzbank AG
Markus Plümer has been Co-Head of Research at Commerzbank AG since October
2006, responsible for Equity and Credit
Research, Technical Analysis and Portfolio
Strategy. In addition he heads Equity
Brokerage Sales and Trading in Frankfurt,
London and New York since October 2007.
Before joining Commerzbank AG, he was Global Head of
Research at WestLB AG from 2002 to 2006, with eight years
experience as Senior Research Analyst focussing on Automotive and High Tech Engineering.
Mr. Plümer studied Economic Science at the Gerhard-Mercator
University of Duisburg.
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Dr. Peter Podesser
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
Thorsten Preugschas
COLEXON Energy AG
1985-1989 Master of Business Administration
and Languages at the University of Economics
and Social Sciences in Vienna, Austria. Studies
in Spain, France, and Brazil 1996 PhD in
Strategic Planning from the University of
Economics and Social Sciences in Vienna
1989-2000 Management positions at RHI AG: M&A projects in D,
F, and A (1989 - 93), built and headed the China business from
concept to implementation (1993 - 97), General Manager of the
first Joint Venture in North Eastern China. 1998-2000 CEO of the
Asia Pacific Division: Management of all group activities in the
Asian Pacific region from Singapore 2001-2005 CEO & President
of EV-Group: Development of the organization from start-up to
globally acting player in the semiconductor and nanotech
equipment industries 2005-2006 President Unaxis Wafer
Processing Division at Oerlikon (Unaxis): Strategic reorientation
and restructuring of the Group’s US and Switzerland divisions.
Dr. Peter Podesser joined SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG in November
2006 as CEO.
Born in 1965, Graduate Engineer with a
specialization in mine surveying. Mr. Thorsten
Preugschas graduated from RWTH Aachen
University with a degree in Engineering,
specializing in mine surveying. He was awarded
the German academic title, Assessor des
Markscheidefaches (Mine Surveyor) after passing the Second
State Examination. Mr. Preugschas first worked for three years in
an engineering and planning office on revitalizing industrial
wastelands before moving on to a listed project developer in the
field of environmental cleanups where he was responsible for
engineering. Subsequently, he spent three years in the management of an international group engaged in expanding the UMTS
mobile phone network. In 2003, Mr. Preugschas was the
controlling shareholder in the founding of Maaß RegenerativeEnergien GmbH (a company that now belongs to COLEXON
GmbH), which he ran as its Managing Director and contributed to
a company then called Reinecke + Pohl Sun Energy AG (now
called COLEXON Energy AG) in September 2005. In his capacity
as the Chief Operating Officer of COLEXON Energy AG, Mr.
Preugschas is responsible for purchasing, sales, project
implementation and strategic corporate development.
Volker Potthoff
CMS Hasche Sigle
Volker Potthoff works with CMS as a capital
market expert since August 2006. He is founder
and majority shareholder of ADDWIS s.à.r.l., a
Luxembourg based business advisory company.
In addition he is a non-executive director of
Vtion Wireless Technology AG. Between 1994
and 2006 he worked in several functions as executive for the
Deutsche Boerse Group. During his time with Deutsche Boerse
he was member of the executive board being responsible for the
Stock Exchange Business (2000-2003) and as Managing Director
responsible for the Banking and Custody Business (2003-2006).
Volker Potthoff started his career as associate with the law firm
White & Case in New York (1984-1985) and worked thereafter as
legal counsel in the banking and capital market area with
BHF-Bank (1986-1994). Volker Potthoff has been a member of
the German Federal Government Commission for Corporate
Governance (until July 2006) and is a lecturer on capital market
law at the University of Zurich.
Alexander von Preysing
Deutsche Börse AG
Alexander von Preysing joined Deutsche Börse
in 1996. He was member of the core team that
launched Neuer Markt, by the end of the last
decade Europe’s leading technology market. He
was Co-Founder of NeuerMarkt.com, which
operated an investment portal in 2001. His
responsibility included content syndication, content generation
and all sales activities. Since 2002 he has led and participated in
various projects for the development of issuer services. Some of
those are positioning and organizing the German Equity Forum
and the introduction of the Entry Standard, the Deutsche Börse
primary market offering with a focus on small and medium-sized
companies. He is now senior vice president and responsible for
the Deutsche Börse listing activity in China.
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Dr. Roland Rausch
Morgan Stanley
Dr. Volker Riebel
GEWOBA Aktiengesellschaft Wohnen und Bauen
Dr. Roland Rausch is an Executive Director of
Morgan Stanley leading the equity capital
markets business with focus on equity and
equity-linked capital for German Speaking Countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
Roland Rausch joined Morgan Stanley in 1999 and has specialized in the origination and execution of equity capital markets
transactions across the globe with transaction experience in
Asia, U.S. and Europe.
Roland Rausch has worked on more than 50 equity transactions including the largest European mandatory convertible for
Deutsche Telekom and the largest European debt convertible for
Siemens, the largest equity transaction in Germany since 2003
for HeidelbergCement and the first Austrian fully underwritten
rights issue for Wienerberger.
Before his role in Europe, Roland Rausch was in charge of the
South-East Asian capital markets and the East coast technology equity franchise in the US. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley
in 1999 Roland worked at Deutsche Bank and KPMG. Roland
graduated with a Ph.D. in Finance and holds a Master degree in
Mathematics from the University of Graz, Austria, and Boston
University.
Carolin Reichert
RWE Effizienz GmbH
Kurzbiographie Carolin Reichert
1990 – 1997: Studium der Wirtschaftsinformatik,
Mannheim; Freiberufliche Tätigkeit bei der SAP
AG, Walldorf und UK und Siemens AG, Frankfurt
1997 – 2003. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Düsseldorf und Frankfurt Senior Projektmanager, Projekte in über 20 Unternehmen mit funktionalen
Schwerpunkten in den Bereichen Strategie und Restrukturierung
Industriefokus in Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie,
Telekommunikation und Medien; 2003 – 2005: Infineon Technologies AG, München, Vice President Strategische Planung &
Management Verantwortungsbereich: Strategische Planung, Kostensenkungsprogramme, Portfoliomanagement, Steuerungssystem; 2006 – 2007: RWE AG, Essen Leiterin Strategische Planung;
2008 – 2009: Leiterin Neue Geschäfte Schwerpunkte: ElektroMobilität, Smart Home, Erneuerbare Energien; Seit 07/2009: Geschäftsbereichsleiterin Elektro-Mobilität RWE Effizienz GmbH
Nach dem Studium der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum und
der Promotion zum Dr. rer. Oec. übernahm Dr.
Volker Riebel die Assistenz des Vorsitzenden der
Geschäftsführung der Treuhandstelle für
Bergmannswohnstätten im rheinisch-westfälischen Steinkohlenbezirk (THS). Über verschiedene Leitungsfunktionen wurde er ab 1991 Geschäftsführer der THS Consulting
GmbH, Essen und ab 1992 Geschäftsführer der THS, Essen.
2001 ging Dr. Volker Riebel als Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung (CEO) der Deutsche Annington Immobilien GmbH nach
Düsseldorf. Im Jahr 2007 wurde er Vice President der Terra
Consilia, terrafirma GmbH, Frankfurt. Seit 2008 ist Dr. Volker
Riebel Vorstandsvorsitzender der GEWOBA Aktiengesellschaft
Wohnen und Bauen in Bremen. Er ist in seiner Funktion verantwortlich für die Abteilungen Unternehmenskommunikation/
Marketing, Unternehmensentwicklung/Controlling, Prozessmanagement/IT und Servicemanagement sowie die Unternehmensbereiche Immobiliendienstleistungen, Technik-Planung-Bau und
Personalmanagement.
Rainer Riess
Deutsche Börse AG
Rainer Riess is Member of the Management
Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and
Managing Director XETRA Market Development
at Deutsche Börse. He is responsible for sales,
business development as well as issuer and
investor markets of all cash market activities of
Deutsche Börse AG, comprising of the electronic trading system
Xetra® and the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Currently,
more than 250 member institutions from 18 countries use the
Xetra system. Altogether, the cash market of Deutsche Börse
comprises of more than 380,000 stocks, bonds, exchange-traded and actively managed funds, certificates and warrants.
Rainer Riess holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and a Master of
Business Administration from the University of Miami. He is a former Fulbright scholar.
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Stephan Rind
Colonia Real Estate AG
Michael Rüdiger
Credit Suisse
Stephan Rind is CEO of Colonia Real Estate AG
since 2003. He is responsible for the business
strategy, investments and investor relations.
Prior to this mandate, he was Chief Investment
Officer of the FortmanCline Group in Switzerland
from 1997 to 2002 and responsible for private
equity investments.
Michael Rüdiger is Chief Executive Officer of
Credit Suisse for Central Europe, based in
Frankfurt. He is responsible for all business
activities of Credit Suisse in Germany, Austria,
Luxembourg and the Eastern European
countries of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Stephan Rind started his career in 1991 at Prudential Securities
in New York and Düsseldorf. Among other positions he was US
REITs Analyst and Financial Adviser to European institutional investors in listed Real Estate Companies. He was also co-initiator
of the Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (German Alternative Investment Association) in 1997. He is also founder and
director of the German Institute of Real Estate (IDDIW), member
of the Issuer Markets Advisory Committees (IMAC) of Deutsche
Börse AG and member of the advisory committee of the German
Academy of Real Estate Economics (ADI).
Prior to his appointment as CEO Central Europe in March 2008,
Mr. Rüdiger was Head of Private Banking Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and UHNWI EMEA, based in Zurich. He was also CEO
of Credit Suisse Deutschland AG, responsible for expanding
Credit Suisse’s Private Banking onshore presence in Germany
from 2000 to 2006.
Dr. Thomas von Rüden
DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH
Dr. Thomas von Rüden joined DIREVO in April
2006. Prior to becoming the Managing Director
at DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH in
March 2009, he was the Chairman of DIREVO’S
Advisory Board and worked as President and
Chief Executive Officer at DIREVO Biotech AG
until the company was successfully acquired by Bayer Schering
in September 2008. Beforehand, he spent six years as the CSO
and Executive VP of Business Development with MorphoSys AG
in Munich. After holding academic positions at the European
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Heidelberg, and the Institute of
Molecular Pathology, Vienna, he joined Boehringer Ingelheim in
Vienna, where he was appointed Director of Molecular Biology
responsible for drug discovery in oncology. Thomas studied at
the Universities of Frankfurt, Princeton, and finally Mainz, where
he gained a Ph.D. He also holds several advisory board positions
in biotechnology companies and public research organizations.
Before joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Rüdiger held various senior
management positions in Investment Banking, Risk Management
and Asset Management, including CEO of Allianz Asset Management and member of the Board of Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft (Deutschland) AG/UBS in Frankfurt. From 1991 to 1996,
he held various senior roles in Corporate Banking with Schweizerische Kreditanstalt in Zurich and Frankfurt, including Head of
Credit & Risk Management for the Central Europe region.
Mr. Rüdiger holds a degree in Economics from Justus-LiebigUniversity in Giessen.
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Michael Salcher
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Chetan Savla
Kotak Investment Banking
Michael Salcher studied business administration
at the University of Augsburg. He started his
career at the Deutsche Bank (Corporate and
Investment Banking) and joined KPMG Corporate Finance in January 2000. He then was
based in the Munich, Frankfurt and London
office. In 2007, Michael was promoted to partner.
Chetan Savla is part of the leadership team with
oversight responsibility for origination and
execution of all IB products across several
sectors (including alternative energy, auto,
industrials & engineering, logistics, media,
metals & minerals, transportation). He additionally spearheads a number of large client relationships. Chetan
joined the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1994 and during this time,
has worked extensively on equity capital market and advisory
issuances. Chetan has worked on the development of some of
the most path breaking innovations in the Indian capital markets
including the introduction of book building in public offers and
the introduction of Qualified Institutional Placements in India. He
has a wealth of capital market execution experience in managing
public offers, QIPs and GDR offerings. Chetan has also worked
as a sector banker for M&A transactions in the pharmaceuticals
and healthcare space. Chetan has been involved in several
marquee capital market transactions for companies such as
Maruti Suzuki, Hughes Software, ONGC, GMR Infrastructure,
Godrej Industries, Mahindra Gesco, PTC India, Power Grid
Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, Nicholas Piramal, Cadila
Healthcare, HDIL and many others. All these transactions have
helped place Kotak Investment Banking at the forefront of equity
league tables in India. He has also worked on offshore listings of
Indian corporates through GDR issues such as Cipla, LIC
Housing and Apollo Hospitals. Chetan has extensively worked on
several capital market transactions by the Government of India
such as Maruti, ONGC, IBP, Power Finance Corporation and
Dredging Corporation. In addition, he has extensive healthcare
sector experience, having worked on transactions for Zydus
Cadila, Divis Laboratories, Biocon, Apollo Hospitals, Nicholas
Piramal, Cipla, Fortis Healthcare and USV. Chetan is a post
graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Michael is a valuation specialist and focuses on giving advice
and expert opinions to clients on enterprise and asset valuations
for transactions and accounting purposes. He works for clients
worldwide, particularly in the energy and logistic sector.
Michael is in charge of the product „Fairness Opinions“ and
leads the respective working group at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Germany. He is also Co-Solution Leader of
KPMG Advisory‘s IPO Services in Germany and advises clients
on going public.
He has spoken about valuation issues at various conferences, in
particular on the subject of IFRS 3/IAS 36 and on Fairness Opinions and has published several articles.
Sector expertise: Wide ranging experience, particularly in logistics/transportation, aviation and industrial products, Fairness
Opinions, Fair Value Accoutung (PPA, Impairment Text) and IPOs
Peter Sang
BankM - biw AG
Peter Sang is a qualified banking specialist and
stock market trader with more than seventeen
years of experience in securities trading and
settlement. In addition he is one of the cofounders of BankM, a German investment bank
focussed on the integrated and long term
support of SMEs trading in Germany.
Most recently, he worked as a lead broker, market maker/designated sponsor and financial trader at a listed German securities
firm focusing on the SME sector. His responsibilities included
building up the designated sponsoring unit and serving more
than one hundred small and mid-cap companies. He was also in
charge of post-IPO support and liquidity provision. Before that,
he was employed in securities settlement, securities advisory
and portfolio management at a public-sector bank.
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Max H.-H. Schaber
DATAGROUP IT Services Holding AG
Max H.-H. Schaber studied Mechanical
Engineering in Stuttgart, Augsburg and Reutlingen. He completed Mechanical Engineering in
1981 and acted as engineer, followed by being
assistant to the management of Friedrich und
Co. Gesellschaft für Software- und System-Entwicklung mbH. In 1983 he founded DATAPEC, Gesellschaft für
Datenverarbeitung mbH, later named as DATAGROUP GmbH. Mr
Schaber has been CEO of all subsidiaries and of tec2b AG,
which DATAGROUP acquired in 2003 and which is now part of
DATAGROUP IT Services GmbH. He has been CEO of DATAGROUP IT Services Holding AG since February 16th, 2006 and is
responsible for finance, law, HR and the development of
DATAGROUP. Mr Schaber is member of the advisory board of
Marketing Club Reutlingen and member of the IHK Gremium
Reutlingen.
Daniel Schäfer
Financial Times
Guido Schenk
Dow Jones & Company
Guido Schenk got into Venture Capital in
summer 1999 by joining msc – Multimedia
Support Center GmbH (a Business Incubator for
the region Cologne/Bonn) as Business Consultant/ Investment Manager.
He took the responsibility of heading the sales team at VC on target GmbH, a private company developing Venture Capital controlling software for about two years before joining Dow Jones &
Co. as Account Executive for the German-speaking part of Europe, Finland and Eastern Europe.
In summer 2006 Guido Schenk was promoted to Sales Manager
for the International Sales team and in February 2008 to Associate Director of Sales. His team is working with new clients as
well as with existing accounts for Venture Capital- and Private
Equity- Information services in Europe, Middle East/Africa and
the Asia Pacific region. Guido is also in charge with managing
strategic partnerships for Dow Jones Private Markets in these
regions.
Daniel Schäfer is Frankfurt Correspondent at the
Financial Times. Before joining the FT in 2008,
he worked as companies and financial editor at
the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and as
Stuttgart correspondent for Reuters, the news
agency. Daniel studied communication science
and economics at the University of Hohenheim in Germany and
at the University of Kent at Canterbury in Great Britain. He has
won several prestigious journalist prices. Daniel is the author of a
popular German book on private equity.
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Siegfried Scheufele
Ernst & Young GmbH
Siegfried Scheufele, Partner, Certified Public
Accountant (Germany)/Wirtschaftsprüfer,
Steuerberater, Diplom-Kaufmann
Siegfried has over 20 years of experience in assurance services. 1997 through 1998 he spent
two years with Ernst & Young Detroit, MI, USA. After transferring to Ernst & Young Boston, MA, USA, he was the head of the
US organization of the Ernst & Young German Business Network
from 2002 through 2006. He returned to E&Y Frankfurt, Germany
in 2006.
Areas of expertise: Subject Matters Expert for the “Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz” (BilMoG); Audit of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements of multinational
companies; US-GAAP, US GAAS, SEC/PCAOB, Sarbanes Oxley
Act 404; Corporate Governance, Internal Controls Systems, Risk
Management; IFRS, Conversion Projects; German GAAP (HGB)
Industry focus: Industrial Products: particularly but not limited to
manufacturing companies, especially of the automotive industry
and automotive suppliers as well as of the chemical industry
Experience: Siegfried has extensive experience in auditing
and advising multinational listed companies as well as mediumsized companies. He specializes in international accountancy
and auditing.
Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt, Rechtsanwalt, joined
Willkie Farr’s Frankfurt office in 2008 as a partner
und heads the German capital markets team.
Previously he was partner at Fried Frank, Allen &
Overy as well as Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz. He
has significant experience in international capital
markets transactions, particularly IPOs, rights issues, convertible, exchangeable, hybrid and high yield bond placements as
well as block trades/accelerated bookbuilds and public takeover
transactions. He advises investment banks and international
groups of companies on capital markets, stock corporation and
takeover law.
Michael Schlitt is honorary professor at the University of Cologne
and has published numerous articles on issues relating to equity
capital markets, stock corporation and takeover law and has
written, co-written and co-edited a number of legal handbooks
and commentaries. He is ranked as one of the leading individuals
in capital markets by all relevant independent publications, e.g.
Juve, Chambers Global, Legal 500, PLC and Who is Who Legal.
Silke Schlünsen
Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG
Silke Schlünsen joined Close Brothers Seydler
Bank AG in July 2009 as Head of Designated
Sponsoring, one of the paramount trading
departments of the bank. She brings with her a
wealth of experience in equities, following 14
years with HSBC T&B Düsseldorf where she was
also responsible for the DSP Department. Silke Schlünsen
completed an extra occupational course of study in Business
Administration and in addition holds a CIRO certification as
Certified Investor Relations Officer since May 2009.
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Dr. Christian Schlüter
Credit Suisse, Investment Banking
Dr. Christian Schlüter is a Director of Credit
Suisse in the Investment Banking Division, based
in Frankfurt. He heads the bank’s Real Estate
Investment Banking franchise for Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. In his capacity, Christian
Schlüter is in charge of originating and executing
real estate M&A and capital market transactions. Recent assignments include: public takeovers, corporate real estate sale-andleasebacks, portfolio transactions, equity and equity linked
issuances, as well as advisory assignments on restructuring and
re-capitalizing listed property companies.
Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2004, Christian Schlüter worked
for the Real Estate Investment Banking departments at Deutsche
Bank and JP Morgan.
Christian Schlüter holds a PhD in Law as well as a post-graduate
degree in Real Estate Management (Immobilienökonom ebs) and
is a qualified lawyer admitted to the German bar.
Steffen Schneider
FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH
Steffen studied in Mannheim (D), London (GB)
and Ann Arbor (USA) and holds a Master in
Business Administration (MBA) from London
Business School and is Dipl.-Betriebswirt (BA)
from Berufsakademie Mannheim. Prior to joining
FCF, Steffen worked for over nine years in
Citigroup’s investment banking division in Frankfurt and London.
He focussed on small and midcap clients, in particular in the
technology and healthcare space. He participated in the
execution of M&A and equity transactions. During his time with
Citigroup, Steffen executed the IPO of Qimonda, SFC Smart Fuel
Cells, Openshop AG and Mediclin AG. He also executed various
M&A transactions for Carlyle, Heraeus, Infineon, Linde, Mobilcom, MVV Energie, NewLogic, Nokia, NorskHydro, Qimonda,
TerraFirma and ThyssenKrupp. He also executed debt and equity
linked transactions for Infineon, Qimonda, Siemens, Treofan and
VAC Vacuumschmelze. Prior to his MBA Steffen worked for 5
years with Dresdner Bank.
Steffen speaks fluent German and English.
Karlheinz Schmelig
Creathor Venture Management GmbH
Karlheinz Schmelig is a Partner at CREATHOR
VENTURE and has been active in the venture
capital industry since 1999. He started his venture
capital career as an Investment Manager at
Technologieholding and later was an Investment
Director with 3i.
Prior to his venture capital career, Mr. Schmelig spent ten years in
several global management positions with Boehringer Mannheim
and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, with seven of those years spent in the
USA.
During his international career he was responsible for global marketing of biochemical R&D reagents for the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and the academic R&D market and held leading
functions in the field of supply-chain-management and R&D project management for laboratory and point of care diagnostics.
Carsten Schoenen
Commerzbank AG
Carsten Schoenen ist Senior Project Manager im
Equity Capital Markets-Team der Commerzbank.
In seiner Funktion betreute er in den letzten
Jahren zahlreiche Unternehmen bei Börsengängen oder Kapitalerhöhungen. Sein spezieller
Branchenfokus liegt auf Unternehmen aus den
Bereichen Real Estate und Construction. In diesem Zusammenhang war Herr Schoenen auch frühzeitig in die Diskussion zur
Etablierung des German Reit involviert. Vor seiner Tätigkeit für
die Commerzbank war Herr Schoenen neun Jahre im ECM-Team
der WestLB tätig. Davor absolvierte Herr Schoenen ein Traineeprogramm bei der Dresdner Bank mit Schwerpunkt Firmenkreditgeschäft. Herr Schoenen ist Diplom-Volkswirt (Universität
Konstanz) und gelernter Bankkaufmann.
Mr. Schmelig studied business in Mannheim and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kelley School of
Business, University of Indiana (USA). He is a member of the Beta
Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Administration. Mr.
Schmelig also holds a Certified Production Inventory Manager
(CPIM) designation and is a member of the American Production
and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
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Dr. Ulrich Schröder
KfW Bankengruppe
Dr. Stefan Schulte
Fraport AG
Dr. Ulrich Schröder was born in Melle near
Osnabrück on 19 March 1952. After studying law
and business administration and after receiving
his doctorate he joined Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale in 1983. Following various
management positions, among them in the
corporate clients unit, as a branch manager and board member
of WestLB France and as the manager of the Chemicals/Life
Sciences unit, he was appointed to the Managing Board. In
August 2002 he joined the Managing Board of the newly
established NRW.BANK and took over as Chairman in 2006. In
September 2008, Dr. Ulrich Schröder took office as CEO of KfW
Bankengruppe. He is married and has three children.
Dr. Stefan Schulte (49)
Professional Career:
September 2009: Chairman of the Executive
Board and Executive Director Traffic and Terminal Management, Airport Expansion of Fraport
AG; April 2007 Vice Chairman of the Executive
Board and Executive Director Traffic and Terminal Management,
Airport Expansion of Fraport AG; April 2003 Fraport AG, Member
of the Executive Board, CFO; 2001 – 2003 Deutz AG, Cologne
Member of the Executive Board, CFO; 1998 – 2000 Infostrada
S.p.A., Milan Member of the Executive Board, CFO; 1997 – 1998
Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co. Director Controlling; 1996 CNI
Communication Network International GmbH General Manager
Finance; 1991 – 1996 Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main Director Group Development, Controlling Equity Investment
Peter Schropp
VIB Vermögen AG
After his education as a banking clerk and
successfully completing his studies of business
administration, Peter Schropp started his
professional career in 1987 as corporate
accounts officer (procurist) at IKB Deutsche
Industriebank AG. In 1996 he changed positions
and became special representative for the financing business at
R+V Versicherung AG. From 2000 on he acted as investor
advisor (procurist) for the entire area of Bavaria at Deutsche
Genossenschaftshypothekenbank AG, before being appointed
Chief Executive Officer of BBI Bürgerliches Brauhaus Immobilien
AG in 2006. In addition, as of January 1st, 2009, he has
strengthened the management team of VIB Vermögen AG by
becoming member of the management board with responsibility
for real estate.
In the course of his professional development Mr. Schropp
gained evident expertise in the fields of real estate and financing.
Moreover, given his occupation as chairman of BBI Immobilien
AG, he already possesses comprehensive experience in running
a stock-listed real estate company.
Felix von Schubert
zouk ventures
Felix von Schubert is founder and partner of
zouk, a London-based pan-European private
equity firm focussed on Cleantech and renewable energy investments. He has over 14 years
of private equity and investment banking
experience. Mr. von Schubert is one of very
investors in Europe with over 10 years investment experience in
the environmental field.
Mr. von Schubert is a member of the boards of Triton Water AG,
a German water technology company, Nanotron Technologies,
an energy efficiency company, and Sulfurcell Solartechnik, Europe’s leading solar thin film company. Mr von Schubert has
been a board member of the The CarbonNeutral Company since
2000 and is Chairman of Zooplus AG, an internet retailer listed
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Prior to founding zouk, Mr von Schubert spent several years with
JPMorgan’s oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity teams. He previously held a research position with
the French Ministry of Finance, where he focused on European
deregulation.
Mr. von Schubert holds a M.A. in Economics and Political Sciences from the University of Cologne, Germany and a CEP from
the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. He was a visiting scholar
at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Rolf Schumann
Better Place
Markus Schunk
Holtzbrinck Digital GmbH
Rolf Schumann is a business-development
executive focused on Europe and, in particular,
the German market. In this role, he is ­responsible
primarily for engaging key constituencies with
the ultimate goal of creating infrastructure for the
mass adoption of electric vehicles at a national
level. To this end, he works closely with governments, financial
institutions, automobile manufacturers, energy providers and
other potential partners.
Markus joined the Georg von Holtzbrinck
Publishing Group in September 2004. In his first
assignment, Markus was responsible for the
financial controlling of the foreign portfolio
companies Macmillan and Macmillan US.
Subsequently, Markus was a project leader for
Mergers & Acquisitions. In this function, he conducted many
transactions in the digital and traditional media fields. Markus
took over as commercial director of Holtzbrinck eLAB in October
2007. Since March 2009 he is Chief Financial Officer of Holtzbrinck Digital.
Schumann brings nearly 20 years experience in strategic planning, business network transformation and the introduction of
new technologies within markets and corporations to his role.
Before joining Better Place, Schumann worked for eight years
at SAP as chief technology officer in the Europe, Middle East
and Africa (EMEA) region, overseeing the software company’s
platform­business, including SAP NetWeaver, and leading the
platform solutions sales organization. Prior to that, he served as
an eBusiness Principal for Siemens, managing strategic IT planning, network management, operations and outsourcing.
Schumann received a degree in “Wirtschaftsinformatik” from the
Universität Mannheim and a Master of IT Management from ZfU
International Business School, and published the book “Simplify
your IT”.
Carl-Friedrich von Schumann
Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking
Carl-Friedrich von Schumann joined the management of Cazenove AG, in 2009 (as of April 2009
Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking). He previously worked at Dresdner Kleinwort, UBS Investment Bank and Sal. Oppenheim in London
and Frankfurt in their respective Corporate
Finance, M&A and Equity Capital Markets divisions. In the past
12 years Carl-Friedrich advised on numerous large- and mid-cap
M&A and Capital Market transactions in Germany, Continental
Europe, Israel and Russia/CIS. He holds a Master’s degree in
economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Before joining Holtzbrinck, Markus was a Senior Consultant for
KPMG in Munich working in the field of corporate finance.
Markus attained his Master degree in General Management at
the Eberhard-Karls University in Tübingen.
Jan Schwendemann
LBBW
Jan Schwendemann, LBBW, Executive Director,
Head of Equity Syndicate & Transactions. Over
ten years of comprehensive professional
experience in corporate finance advisory for
small- and mid-cap companies and international
equity transactions, in particular IPOs, secondary issues and rights offerings, placements, convertibles,
mezzanine and public take over bids. After two year practical
training with BHF-Bank Frankfurt studies of Economics and
Business administration with a degree of University of Hohenheim. Jan Schwendemann is a qualified DVFA/CEFA investment
analyst. He started 1999 at BW-Bank corporate finance as a
manager for equity origination and execution of capital market
transactions. Since 2006 he is responsible at LBBW for equity
syndication and execution, transaction services and designated
sponsoring business.
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Prof. Dr. Christoph Seibt
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Robert Seiter
Ernst & Young Corporate Finance Beratung GmbH
Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Seibt, LL.M. (Yale) ist
Rechtsanwalt, Attorney-at-Law (New York),
Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht und Partner im
Hamburger Büro der international tätigen
Sozietät Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Seine
Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte sind die gesellschaftsund kapitalmarktrechtliche Beratung von Unternehmen, insbesondere die Begleitung von Unternehmenskäufen, Unternehmensumstrukturierungen und Kapitalmarkttransaktionen. Er hat bei
einer Vielzahl von Unternehmensübernah-men beraten, zuletzt
z.B. die Aurubis AG (Norddeutsche Affinerie AG) beim Beteiligungsaufbau der A-Tec Industries AG und die Continental AG
beim Übernahmeangebot der Schaeffler-Gruppe. Auch als Autor
zu diesen Themenberei-chen ist er bereits vielfach hervorgetreten
und ist Honorarprofessor an der Bucerius Law School für
Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht. Von Branchendiensten wie
JUVE und Chambers wird er seit einigen Jahren in der Liste der
führenden Anwälte im Gesellschaftsrecht (“Rainmaker”/ “TOP
20” / „Corporate Lawyer of the Year“) geführt.
Study of economics, Freie Universität Berlin (Dipl.-Volkswirt) and
École de Gestion Paris. In almost 20 years of of professional
experience, Robert has worked with Schering AG, Berlin, Otis
International, Paris, the Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaft (DIW)
as well as the corporate finance divisions of Price Waterhouse
and Arthur Andersen, who merged with Ernst & Young in 2002.
Robert is focused on the energy sector, in recent years particularly on renewable energies, as well as public transport, specifically in the field of privatisations and M&A. In this context, he
has advised numerous clients in the energy and public transport
industries. In the early 1990s, he worked on various privatisation
mandates for the Treuhand-Anstalt following the German unification and the liberalisations of the German energy and public
transport markets.
Christoph von Seidel
Ernst & Young GmbH
Christoph von Seidel is Partner at Ernst & Young
GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft,
Eschborn, Germany and member of the Capital
Market Service Group. He has 13 years of expertise in auditing and advising multinational
companies. This includes a two year secondment to E&Y LLP, Boston, USA. Areas of expertise include IFRS
Conversion Projects, Purchase Price Allocations and the Audit of
the multinational companies as well as Corporate Governance
Advise.
Florian Seubert
ZOOPLUS AG
Florian Seubert is the Chief Financial Officer /
Finanzvorstand and co-founder of zooplus AG.
He embarked on his career with JP Morgan
International during the 1990s before setting up
zooplus AG in June 1999. From these early
beginnings, he has overseen zooplus’ development into a leading European e-Commerce group with an active
presence in more than 15 markets. Florian’s prime responsibilities are finance & controlling, investor relations, legal, as well as
zooplus’ international business units. He holds an M.A. in
Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He is
an active private investors in the European internet sector.
James Shapiro
Bombay Stock Exchange
Jim joined the BSE in September 2009 with
responsibility for market development, institutional sales and the exchanges international relationships. He is a member of the exchange’s
management committee. Before joining the BSE,
Jim was Senior Managing Director of Galileo
Global Advisors, a New York boutique investment bank, and CEO
of Galileo Global Securities. Prior to joining Galileo, Jim worked
for 16 years at the New York Stock Exchange in various senior
management positions in research, strategic planning and
international business development. He holds a B.A. from
Harvard College and M.A. and M. Phil. degrees in economics
from Yale University.
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Jagjit Singh Kohli
Digicable Network India
Leonid Solovyev
Financial Dynamics
Mr. Jagjit Singh Kohli, a pioneer and veteran in
the Cable TV Industry spearheaded the Cable TV
Revolution in the 1980’s. Mr. Kohli was the first
to conceive and develop the concept of MSO
(Multi System Operator) which attracted the
Global Business Giants – the Hindujas – to
associate with him to create the first MSO – In Cablenet in the
year 1994. In 1999 Mr. Kohli joined hands with Rahejas to build
another MSO “Hathway”. Again it was Mr. Kohli who helped the
Zee Group to revive Siti Cable under the brand name of “WWIL”.
Mr. Kohli is a visionary and always finds new and unique
methods in his business models. The concept of a B2B channel
was initiated by him when he launched “etc” channel, which
tremendously helped the film industry to promote their films. The
unique model made ETC No. 1 Music Channel within a year of its
launch – across all age groups. “etc Channel Punjabi”, which
again was No. 1 Punjabi Channel was his creation – its USP
being the live telecast of Gurbani everyday.
Leonid has more than fifteen years of experience
in the field of corporate and financial communications, having worked on both agencies’ and
clients’ sides. He joined FD in spring 2006 and
since 2007 heads up company’s operations in
Russia & CIS region. Leonid has worked on a
numbers of IPO and M&A transactions and advised high profile
clients on financial, corporate and crisis communications
assignments. His current and past clients include AFI Development; AIG; Cherkizovo Group; ENRC; DST, IBS; Mail.ru; MHP,
RTM; Severstal; Snegiri; Synergy; Tata Motors; Yuzhuralzoloto
and many others. Leonid is a graduate of Moscow Engineering
Physics Institute (Engineer diploma) and University of Northern
Iowa (Master of Arts in Communications). His previous experience includes client services director position with Russian
affiliate of Fleishman Hillard where he advised many Fortune 500
companies on its communications needs in Russia.
After such a successful track record in entertainment industry, it
was but natural that Mr. Kohli started his own MSO “Digicable”
in partnership with Ashmore Investments of U.K. Within a short
span of two years – Digicable has grown to be one of the largest
– if not the largest – MSO in the country. As MD & CEO of Digicable, Mr. Kohli has a lot of unique plans for value addition to the
TV viewing public, which will be rolled out shortly.
The greatest strength of Mr. Kohli, besides his long term vision
and passion for uptodate technology, is his care and concern for
people, which is vividly reflected in the fact that a large number
of people have moved along with him – be it employees or business associates.
Robert Stassen
Credit Suisse, Investment Banking
Robert Stassen joined the Credit Suisse Real
Estate Equity Research Team in September
2008 from Fortis where he was head of the real
estate equity research team in Amsterdam.
He peviously worked for Deutsche Bank, where
he was part of the Non-food Retail team and
Paribas Capital markets in Amsterdam and London. Robert holds
a Masters in Business Economics from Erasmus University in
Rotterdam and an MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona.
Kay Steffen
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Kay Steffen is Head of Equity Syndication &
Corporate Broking at DZ BANK Deutsche
Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank AG in Frankfurt.
After studying business in Bochum and at
Manchester Business School, he initially worked
at WestLB in the international equity origination
team, before joining DZ BANK in 1997. At DZ BANK he worked on
some 60 IPOs, secondary offerings, equity-linked and mezzanine
placements. Furthermore, he is responsible for the execution of
corporate actions such as share-splits, squeeze-outs, share
buy-backs and the coverage of more than 30 corporate broking
clients. Kay Steffen completed a bank clerk apprenticeship and he
is a fully qualified DVFA/CEFA investment analyst.
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Christof Stein
KfW Bankengruppe
Dr. Martin Steinbach
Deutsche Börse AG
Born 1958, Oct. 27th in Gelsenkirchen. Apprenticeship in banking and finance. Studies
of economics at the universities of Bonn and
Tübingen. Since 1987 KfW-Bankengruppe.
Stages in the bank were the credit secretary,
the departments of financing of environmental
friendly projects and financing of sme’s. In the meantime from
2003 to 2005 head of a unit in the Ministery of Environment,
responsible for the market launch to Renewable Energies and
supporting of R&D of Renewables. 2006 - 2009 First Vice President in the Credit Secretary: Promotional Policy Environment,
Housing, Municipalities, Education - Sales and Marketing
Management. Since 2009 First Vice President of Reconstruction
of sme’s
Dr. Martin Steinbach (Master of Business
Administration, degree in Banking Administration, Frankfurt) has spent over fifteen years in the
Corporate Finance field. His professional
experience includes IPO’s and SPO’s, mid-cap
M&A transactions and technology focussed
Private Equity deals. His professional background encompasses
both from his time as director and head of investment banking
with GZ Bank in the cooperative banking sector as well as in the
venture-capital sector as a managing director with SG-Capital
and corporate perspective from working as corporate finance
director for entory AG and as a member of several supervisory
boards and investment committees. Since January 2003 Martin
has led Deutsche Börse’s Issuer & Investor Markets. He is
responsible for promotional activities and the development of
market segments, the relationship management towards listed
companies and campaign management targeting investors.
Dr. Michael Stein
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Michael Stein is a quantitative analyst in the
Credit Research department of Landesbank
Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Before joining
LBBW, he was a scientist at the Institute of
Applied Informatics and Formal Description
Methods in Karlsruhe. His academic work mainly
focussed on the efficient optimization of large portfolios.
Patricia Szarvas
CNBC
He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of
Karlsruhe in 2007.
Patricia Szarvas is CNBC’s presenter based in
Germany. She previously co-anchored “Morning
Exchange” out of London and also launched
“European Closing Bell” during her time in
Frankfurt. Over the past eight years she has
reported for CNBC in the U.S., for N24 in
German and Class CNBC in Italian.
At Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, he is responsible for the
coverage and analysis of credit derivatives and convertible
bonds. He also explores Credit Markets from a quantitative perspective.
Szarvas’ experience as a broker and portfolio manager prepared
her well for a career on CNBC Europe. Fluent in five languages,
she has worked in Italy for Rai Television, France and on Radio
Luxembourg.
Prior to becoming an anchor, she worked at some of the top investment banks after studying Economics and Communications.
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Philippe Tapia
JT ASSET COMPENSATION
Philippe Tapia is Managing Partner of JT, based
in Basle (Switzerland). He is responsible for the
entire business. Since the establishment of JT
(2003) he is a partner with unlimited liability.
He has over 5 years extensive experience in
banking services. He has worked for diverse renowned private
banks (LOMBARD ODIER DARIUS HENTSCH & Cie, Geneva)
and for various universal banks (CREDIT SUISSE).
He has a in-depth knowledge of e-banking process structuring, all areas of the administration of stock option programs as
stock option valuation, share pooling administration, account
and deposit account processing, convertible bonds and marketing strategies.
He holds a University Masters degree in Economics (lic. oec.
HSG, 2000) and a University Masters degree in Law. (lic. iur.,
2004). At the moment he is pursuing advanced studies for controlling and accounting rules. He is Swiss and not married.
Elmar Thöne
DZ BANK AG
Mr. Thöne has been an executive at DZ BANK
since 1990. From 1990 to 2002 he was in charge
of and with his teams supported more than 60
IPOs and more than 50 secondary offerings. In
the period 2002 to mid-2007 he was responsible
for the Automobile, Mechanical Engineering and
Renewable Energies for classical key corporate account
business. Since mid-2007 he has been back at Equity Origination
and head the corresponding team.
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Dr. Frank Ulbricht
F.I.B. Frankfurter Investmentbank AG
Dr. Frank Ulbricht is member of the Board of
Management of F.I.B. Frankfurter Investmentbank AG. He worked for broker companies
before he joined F.I.B. in November 2008. Within
the Board of Management of F.I.B. he is
responsible for Finance, Legal and Trading. He
worked inter alia in several management positions e.g. for KST
Wertpapierhandels AG. Dr. Frank Ulbricht started his Investmentbanking career as a stock trader at Bankgesellschaft Berlin and
Berliner Bank.
Dr. Matthias Ummenhofer
European Investment Fund
Matthias Ummenhofer, joined the EIF in 2001
and has since then worked on investments with
lead responsibility for more than 40 investments
in VC and PE funds totalling about EUR 600m of
commitments. Alongside representing EIF on
numerous Boards, including 3 transatlantic
funds, he was responsible for the acquisition, structuring and
implementation of two tailored investment mandates (EUR 500m
“ERP-EIF Dachfonds”, EUR 50m “LfA-EIF Dachfonds”) for which
he continues to have lead responsibility on the execution and
investor relationship side.
Prior to joining EIF, Matthias advised a member of European
Investment Bank’s (EIB) Executive Board and through this appointment became involved in the assessment of private equity
fund investments. Before that he worked in the Project Directorate of the EIB where he was responsible for the assessment and
structuring of infrastructure financing projects and where he was
exposed to project financing transactions worldwide. He has
also worked in France as a consultant in the transportation and
logistics sector. In parallel, he founded the research unit “Logistics & Environment” at the University of Aix-Marseille II and from
1996-1998 he was Director for the “Environmental Application
Division” of the Society of Logistics Engineers (Hyattsville, USA).
He holds a B.S. in Technical Economics from the University of
Karlsruhe, a M.S. in International Finance from the University
of Aix-Marseille II, a DEA in Transport Economics and Logistics
Management and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the
same University. He has been speaker at numerous Venture Capital related conferences and participated in a working group advising the German Minister of Economics on VC issues. He has
lectured at Business Schools and Universities in several European countries and at the “Kauffman Fellows Program” in the US.
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Marian Valkov
Deutsche Börse AG
R. Vijaykumar
Gemini Communication Ltd
Graduating his Master of Science in Management in 2005, Marian found his way to Deutsche
Börse in 2004. His career started in the Strategic
Planning, where he was actively involved in the
project Cash Market 2005. Thereafter he did
some benchmark analysis for Clearstream and
later changed to Eurex, where he conducted analysis of the
derivative markets. In May 2006 he took a position as a Key
Account Manager at the Issuer & Investor Markets Department at
Deutsche Börse. His responsibilities encompass the active
promotion of issuer services and the Deutsche Börse listing
activities in Russia, CIS and CEE.
Mr. R.Vijaykumar is one of the Co-founder &
Group Chairman of Gemini Communication Ltd.
He is the driving force for the company’s
aggressive growth plans and instrumental in
PointRed Telecom P Ltd’s acquisition. He has
been instrumental in driving the success of
Gemini Communication Ltd and helped it in diversifying the
company to various product developments. An individual with
sound financial & technical knowledge. His aim is to make
Gemini one of the largest Broad Band Company in the world and
to take RFID to every single home.
Peter Vanhecke
Renaissance Capital Ukraine
Peter Vanhecke is CEO of Renaissance Capital
Ukraine and leads a team of bankers responsible
for the full range of investment banking products
(M&A, ECM and DCM). Mr. Vanhecke joined
Renaissance Capital Ukraine from Renaissance
Capital’s Moscow headquarters in January 2008
as Head of Investment Banking in Ukraine. Prior to his arrival at
Renaissance Capital in 2006, Peter worked in investment
banking in London, Frankfurt and Moscow for Dresdner
Kleinwort. Previously, he worked in the M&A departments of
Wasserstein Perella & Co in London (2000-2001) and Lazard in
Paris (1999-2000). Peter was a strategic consultant for the
Boston Consulting Group from 1997-1999 and a lawyer for Baker
& McKenzie from 1992-1995.
Biense Visser
aap Implantate AG
Biense Thomas Visser (57), Pharmacist, MBA
2009-present: CEO of aap Implantate AG, Germany; 2002-2009: CEO of De Ruiter Seeds
Group, Netherlands; 1999-2001: CEO/President
TEVA Europe & board member of Teva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ), Israel
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS (among others)
2006-2008: Supervisory Board memberof aap Implantate AG,
Germany; 2006-present: Supervisory Board memberof HZPC,
Netherlands; 2004-present: President Supervisory Board of Keygene NV. Netherlands; 2002-present: Vice President Supervisory
Board of Mediq NV, Netherlands
During his career, Peter Vanhecke has advised on an impressive
number of M&A and capital market transactions covering a wide
variety of geographies and sectors. In particular, Peter and his
team have played key advisory roles during the consolidation of
a number of food and beverage sectors in Russia and the CIS.
Peter Vanhecke holds a law degree from Catholic University Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), a master of law degree from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL) and an MBA degree from Columbia
University (New York, NY).
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Dr. Helmut Vorndran
Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG
Dr. Helmut Vorndran is a co-founder and the
CEO/Managing Partner of St. Gallen-based
Ventizz Private Equity AG and of Duesseldorfbased Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG
(“Ventizz”). Before establishing Ventizz in 2000,
Helmut Vorndran had acquired in an MBI
transaction Rolf Schnakenberg GmbH & Co. KG, a market leader
in event and stage technology. Prior to that he worked for 11
years for the US-American top management consultancy A.T.
Kearney, Inc. in Munich and Tokyo. He worked on more than 100
consulting projects, mainly for clients in the energy, chemical,
pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries. His last
positions at A.T. Kearney were Vice-President Worldwide and
Managing Director of the Japanese operations at Tokyo-based
A.T. Kearney K.K. Helmut Vorndran successfully completed his
master studies in business administration at the University of
Wuerzburg, where he also received a doctoral degree in business
administration in 1991.
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Dr. Ulrich Wandschneider
MediClin AG
Prof. Dr. Olaf G. Wilhelm
WILEX AG
Dr. Ulrich Wandschneider is CEO of MEDICLIN
Aktiengesellschaft since 2004. Before joining
MediClin he was one of the international
partners of the consulting companies Arthur
Anderson and Deloitte and in charge of the
business consulting sector European life science
& healthcare industry.
Prof Olaf G. Wilhelm, co-founder of the Wilex
Biotechnology GmbH, was Managing Director
from 1997 until 2001, and has been CEO of
WILEX AG since April 2001. In 2001, he was
appointed Extraordinary Professor of Gynaecology at the Technical University of Munich. From
1990 to 1997, he was employed as senior physician for obstetrics and gynaecological oncology at the gynaecological hospital
of the Technical University of Munich (Frauenklinik des Klinikums
rechts der Isar) and a member of the clinical research group.
From 1987 to 1990, he worked as a scientist for Eli Lilly in the
USA. Prof Wilhelm received the Midwest Trainee Award of the
American Federation for Clinical Research and has authored over
70 publications. He received his MD from the Technical University of Munich.
Dr. Wandschneider started his career in 1987 after studying Business Administration at the universities of Hamburg and Zurich.
In June 2006 he was elected to 1. Vizepräsident des Bundesverbands der Deutschen Privatkliniken.
Dr. Tobias Weiler
SPECTARIS Fachverband Medizintechnik
Since November 2007 German Industry
Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronical Industries, SPECTARIS e.V., Member of
Executive Office and Head of Department
Medical Technology, Berlin; 2006 – November
2007 Association of German Engineers (VDI),
Head of Brussels Office; 1999 – 2006 Association of Research
Based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA), Head European Affairs,
Berlin; 1996 – 1999 Federation of German Industries (BDI),
EU-Representation, Brussels; 1994 – 1995 European Commission (Directorate General Research and Development), Parliamentary Coordinator, Brussels
Dr. Lothar Weniger
DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Managing Director of DZ BANK AG and Head of
Equity Research
Dr. Lothar Weniger has been employed at DZ
BANK since 1998 and heads up a team of 50
employees who follow the global equities and
raw materials markets. His previous employers
include Salomon Brothers in London, Dresdner Bank and SBC
Warburg in Frankfurt. Previously Dr. Weniger was employed as
an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C and at the Federal Ministry of Economics in Bonn.
He holds an MBA Degree from McGill University in Montreal and
received a PhD degree, in economics, from Christian Albrechts
University, Kiel.
WILEX AG is a biopharmaceutical company based in Munich.
The Company was founded in 1997 and is listed at the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) since 2006. WILEX’s mission is
to develop drugs with a low side effect profile and targeted treatment of different types of cancer as well as diagnostic agents for
specific detection of tumours. The product candidates are based
on antibodies and small molecules. The antibody-based substances RENCAREX and REDECTANE are currently undergoing
Ph III registration trials. The uPA inhibitor MESUPRON is in Ph
II trials in two indications. WILEX acquired a MEK inhibitor (WX554) and a PI3K inhibitor (WX-037) as well as three antibody programmes under the terms of the strategic partnership with UCB.
WILEX aims within a few years to be able to finance its R&D programmes from its operating cash flow.
James Wilson
Belarus EU Business Council
James Wilson is the President and founder of
Macmillan Ltd a specialist government relations
firm based in Brussels, with interests in Belarus,
Ukraine and South East Europe. He is a
co-founder and Director of the Belarus EU
Business Council aisbl established in 2007 to
promote trade and business between Belarus and the EU.
James has worked internationally in government and business in
Hong Kong, Britain, Belarus, Ukraine and Belgium and has more
than 35 years of international business experience in Public Affairs and global multi-site corporate communications gained with
the Hong Kong Government, Toshiba, Bass PLC and the InterContinental Hotels Group.
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Kai Winkelmann
equinet AG
Frank Wöllstein
Wöllstein Business Communications GmbH
Education: Bankfachwirt
Experience: Based on 15 years of experience
in trading Kai Winkelmann is responsible for
all Market Making activities within the equinet
group. His core competence is creating volume
for small and midcap companies on the Xetra System and advising them in trading activities. Kai Winkelmann joined equinet in
2003 as Head of Designated Sponsoring. Since then he is mainly
responsible for the successful internationalization and extension
of this core business.
Stefan Winners
TOMORROW FOCUS AG
After completing his studies with a master’s
degree in business administration, Diplom-Kaufmann Stefan Winners (*1967) was employed as a
consultant for Roland Berger in Munich. From
1994 to 1998 Winners served as director of sales
and customer service at Heinze GmbH in Celle,
a company belonging to the Bertelsmann Group. Following this,
he joined awk Aussenwerbung in Koblenz, where he managed
the marketing and sales division from 1998 to 2000. From March
2000 to June 2005 Winners was employed as managing director
at CyPress GmbH in Höchberg near Würzburg, a company
belonging to Vogel Business Medien GmbH & Co. KG, where he
was also a member of the board. Winners is currently the CEO of
Tomorrow Focus AG, a position he has held since June 16, 2005.
Winners is also Chairman of the Board of Administration of the
HolidayCheck AG in Bottighofen, Switzerland and member of the
Board of directors of the Playboy Publishing GmbH, Munich. In
2008 Stefan Winners graduated successfully in the “Advanced
management Program at Harvard Business School.
Frank Wöllstein ist Geschäftsführer und
Seniorberater der PR Agentur WBCO Public
Relations. WBCO wurde 2001 als PR-Agentur für
nationale und internationale Kunden rund um die
Financial Industry gegründet. Seitdem unterstützt Wöllstein mit seiner Agentur für Public
Relations und Business Communications Banken, Finanzdienstleister, Beratungsgesellschaften, Verbände und Unternehmen
in allen Fragen der Unternehmenskommunikation und vor allem
bei deren Media Relations. Mit Sitz am Finanzplatz Frankfurt
entwickelt WBCO PR Konzepte und setzt diese auch verantwortlich um.
Frank Wöllstein studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der
Universität Frankfurt/Main und greift inzwischen auf 14 Jahre
PR-Erfahrung zurück. Vor der Gründung der Agentur WBCO hat
Wöllstein auf Unternehmensseite im Marketing sowie für eine der
führenden PR Agenturen in Deutschland gearbeitet.
Mit rund 250 Presseveranstaltungen pro Jahr, also Pressekonferenzen, Pressegesprächen sowie Interviews – pflegt die Agentur WBCO sehr enge Kontakte zu den führenden Tages- und
Wirtschaftsmedien und hat vor diesem Hintergrund eine enge
Anbindung an die Redaktionen und entsprechend vielfältige Erfahrung in der Pressearbeit und im Umgang mit Journalisten.
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Kezhong Wu
PreIPO Capital Partners Limited
Dr. Josef Wünsch
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Kevin K. Wu is the president of PreIPO Capital
Partners Limited and the partner of Pantheon
China Acquisition Corp.
Mr. Kevin K. Wu worked in universities and government departments engaged in teaching and
economic work since 1987. In 1992, he started
to join in the work of China’s securities investment consulting
and investment banking, when the China’s stock market was
built at early stage. Since 1995, Mr. Kevin K. Wu specialized
in venture capital and private equity investments in the United
States in Wall Street. In 2002, he returned to China and began
to invest in Chinese companies. Now, he has invested in dozens
of companies, including financial services, media, telecommunications, distribution network, consumer products, new types
of materials business. Mr. Kevin K. Wu is the very first person
who brings and practices the Pre-IPO investment in China, and
is also the first spreader of SPAC fund, making it popularized as
an investment tool in China. Because of his good performance in
investment, Mr. Kevin K. Wu attracted more than 50 large hedge
funds of the United States, and raised the Pantheon China Acquisition Corp, which principally invests the listing companies at
Pre-IPO stage. As the partner and principal manager of the Fund,
he selected merger object for SPAC, and successfully merged in
the end of 2008 .
Josef R. Wuensch has been the CTO of BASF
Venture Capital since July 2006. He began his
career in 1992 in research and development
at BASF. Following this he had responsibilities
in technical services and marketing for Polystyrene (packaging, refrigeration, white goods)
and was made market development manager for Special Polymer applications. In 2000 he moved inside the BASF Group
to North America, where he took over as business manager
for Special Polymers in the North American headquarters in
New Jersey. He returned to Germany in 2004 where he worked
in global innovations as senior manager in strategic planning.
Josef R. Wuensch studied Chemistry at the University of Göttingen.
Mr. Kevin K. Wu degreed in engineering and technology economy by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the latter by the United
States Univ. of Southwestern LA MBA.
Stephan Wulf
Sal Oppenheim
After covering Utility and Renewable Energy
stocks at WestLB Panmure and MM Warburg,
Stephan Wulf joined Oppenheim Research in
2001 and coordinates currently the Renewable
Energies Team.
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Dr. Andreas Zanner
CMS Hasche Sigle
Dr. Andreas Zanner is partner in CMS Hasche
Sigle’s Frankfurt office since 1997. He is
specializing in transactions on the capital
market, especially in IPOs. He is head of CMS
Hasche Sigle’s IPO-department. Dr. Andreas
Zanner advises issuers as well as banks. He
regularly publishes articles and gives lectures on subjects of the
capital market law.
Dr. Alexandra Zech
BEITEN BURKHARDT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Dr. Alexandra Zech is a partner in the Frankfurt
office of Beiten Burkhardt where she works in
the Banking & Finance/Capital Markets practice
group. She specialises in equity capital markets
transactions (including IPOs and secondary
offerings) and public M&A.
Alexandra joined Beiten Burkhardt in January 2009. Before joining Beiten Burkhardt, Alexandra worked for three years as a
transaction lawyer at UBS Investment Bank after three years as
a lawyer at the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Alexandra is a graduate of the University of Augsburg (1996).
After her second state examination (1998) she worked for several years as a research assistant at the University of Augsburg
(1999-2002) and also earned her Ph.D. from the University of
Augsburg.
Ruth Zehetmeier-Müller
Lovells LLP
Ruth Zehetmeier-Müller is a partner in the
Corporate Practice Group of the international
law firm Lovells LLP in Munich.
Qualified as lawyer and tax advisor she has a
broad experience in both corporate and tax law
issues. Her focus lies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity
and venture capital transactions as well as the formation and
reorganization of companies, in particular drop-downs, spin-offs
and mergers. She has repeatedly advised on employee participation models, most recently on the participation of the employees
of Adam Opel GmbH in “New Opel”.
Ruth Zehetmeier-Müller is member of the board of the Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions e.V.
Christoph Zeiss
Wuppertal Institut
Christoph Zeiss is working in the Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy as
Research Fellow since 2008. The Wuppertal
Institute is taking an interdisciplinary approach
and working towards systems understanding.
Applied sustainability research is the Wuppertal
Institute’s stated mission. The Wuppertal Institute has the legal
status of a non-profit limited company and receives basic
funding from the Land North Rhine-Westphalia. The Institute was
founded in 1991 under the direction of Professor Ernst Ulrich von
Weizsäcker.
Professional Experience:
2000 - 2002 Research Fellow for energy policy in the German
Bundestag
2002 - 2004 Project Manager Mobility, German Energy Agency
2006 - 2008 Research Fellow, parliamentary commission “The
effects of long-term significantly increasing prices for oil and gas
imports on economy and consumers in North Rhine-Westphalia”
Since 2008 Research Fellow, Wuppertal Institute
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Dr. Gebhard Zemke
BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG
Natallia Zhernasek
State Committee on Property of the Republic of Belarus
Gebhard Zemke is senior partner in BDO
Deutsche Warentreuhand AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg, where he is CPA in
the sector of assurance services. He is specialized in auditing and consulting of national and
international companies in diverse industry
sectors. As responsible senior partner Gebhard Zemke is
heading the Competence Centre China Desk dealing with
German clients on their way to China as well as with Chinese
clients that require assurance services in establishing business in
Germany or Europe including the Going Public and Being Public.
Gebhard Zemke was part of the IPO teams in the IPO of
ZhongDe Waste Technology AG and Asian Bamboo AG, which
are the first listed Chinese companies in the Prime Standard of
Deutsche Börse.
Natalia Zhernosek graduated the Belarusian
Polytechnic Institute with a Master Degree in
Economics and management of the Machinery
Sector. She possesses 30 years of professional
experience in the field of Government Property
Management, including privatization of stateowned enterprises and attraction of investments. Miss Zhernosek has 12 years of working experience in the Economic
Research and Development Institute of the Belarusian SSR and
18 years of experience in Ministry for State Property Management, the Ministry of Economy and the State Committee on
Property of the Republic of Belarus. Since 2003 till present she
keeps position of Director of the State Property Fund.
Yunlai Zhu
China International Capital Corporation Limited
Xiaohong Zhao
KING & WOOD
Ms. Zhao specializes in corporate finance, private equity and
mergers and acquisitions.
Ms. Zhao advised the initial public offering of both Asian Bamboo AG and Vition Wireless Technology AG.
Ms. Zhao has extensive experience in IPOs of Chinese companies, advises the issuers and underwriters for both Chinese
domestic markets (Shanghai and Shenzhen) and overseas markets, including Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Singapore and AIM UK.
Ms. Zhao also advises leading private equity and venture capital,
funds in the investments and exits from companies in China.
Ms. Zhao’s experience includes companies in industries such as
consumer, healthcare, pharmaceutical, mining and resources,
technology and telecom, internet and media, traditional manufacturing and automotive.
CEO, Managing Director, Chairman of Management Committee.
China International Capital Corporation Limited
(CICC)
Since joining CICC in 1998, Mr. Zhu participated in the overseas IPO of Petro China and took
the lead in many projects such as the mobile assets acquisition
of China Telecom (HK) (now “China Mobile (HK)”), the overseas
IPOs of Sinopec, Chalco, China Telecom, China Netcom, China
Life, PICC, Air China, China Shenhua, China Construction Bank,
Dongfeng Motor, China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Coal. He was ranked among “Top
10 Creative Talents of 2004” by China’s Talents magazine, “Top
25 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Asia of 2004” by Fortune
magazine and “Top 10 Most Powerful Investment Banking Leaders of 2006” by China Finance Net. He was also recognized as
“The Asian Banker Achievement Award 2005 for Investment
Banking” by The Asian Banker.
Prior to CICC, Mr. Zhu worked in New York headquarter of CSFB,
the world-wide investment banking company, and Chicago office of Arthur Andersen, an international accounting firm. Before
entering the financial industry, he carried out post-doctoral research on Meteorology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr.
Zhu holds Ph.D. degree in Meteorology from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Besides, he holds Master degree in Accounting
from DePaul University of Chicago and MBA from International
Bankers’ School of Credit Suisse First Boston.
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Dr. Holger Zinke
B.R.A.I.N Aktiengesellschaft
Dr. Holger Zinke (46) ist Mikro- und Molekularbiologe und Vorsitzender des Vorstands der von
ihm 1993 gegründeten BRAIN Aktiengesellschaft, einem auf die Weisse Biotechnologie
spezialisierten Technologieunternehmen mit zur
Zeit 75 Mitarbeitern. Auf Basis umfangreicher
Sammlungen natürlicher Mikroorganismen und Metagenombibliotheken werden mit klassisch-mikrobiologischen, molekularbiologischen und molekulargenetischen Methoden Enzyme-,
Biokatalysatoren und bioaktive Naturstoffe für die Industrie
entwickelt. BRAIN hat seit 1993 über 60 Kooperationen mit
zahlreiche Unternehmen der chemischen und der Konsumgüterindustrie erfolgreich bearbeitet. Für sein unternehmerisches
Wirken als „Pionier des nachhaltigen Wirtschaftens“ wurde ihm
zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker 2008 die
höchstdotierte europäische Umweltauszeichnung, der Deutsche
Umweltpreis, verliehen.
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