The Steinbeis M&A Advisory Board
Our advisory board members are selected entrepreneurs and leaders) and bring valuable know-how and network to the projects.
Christian Ancker, Member of the advisory board
- Entrepreneur, Partner and Strategy Consultant
- Managing Partner - Africa Technology Partners
- Managing Director - Jos. Hansen & Soehne GmbH
- Managing Director - Kleine Solutions GmbH
- Partner - Spilling Technologies GmbH
- Lawyer - LWS Lawyers Ludwig Wöhren Schewtschenko Partnerschaftsges. mbH
- Evropský Advokát - UEPA advokáti s.r.o., Prague , Czech Republic
- Director - American Biogas Company, Inc., Wisconsin, USA
- Various advisory board mandates and memberships in business associations
- Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Lower Saxony
E-mail:
ancker@steinbeis-finance.de
ancker@steinbeis-finance.de
Dr. Oliver Arendt, Member of the advisory board
- Founder and Managing Partner - Top-Management Consulting BV
- Group Vice President Strategy and M&A - Aliaxis S.A.
- Group Senior Vice President Strategy and M&A - Solvay S.A.
- Director, Head of Strategy and M&A EMEA - BASF SE
- Senior Manager Marketing and Sales Excellence - BASF SE
- Sales Manager - BASF Polska
- Project Manager Inhouse Consulting - BASF SE
- Project Manager / Engagement Manager - Contrium Consulting AG
- Director Regional Planning, Strategy and Controlling - Bayer Polymers Asia/Pacific
- Consultant / Senior Consultant / Project Manager - Deloitte Consulting GmbH
E-mail:
arendt@steinbeis-finance.de
arendt@steinbeis-finance.de
Konrad Bisser, Member of the advisory board
- Managing Director Faudi Aviation GmbH - Aviation Technology
- Managing Director Köra Packmat GmbH - Special machine construction
- Managing Director Rieger GmbH - Container & Plant Engineering
- Business Unit Manager Prettl Group - Automotive
- Managing Director Wieser GmbH & Co.KG - Tool & Special Machine Construction
- Business unit manager / authorized signatory Forschner GmbH - Automotive
- Technical Manager / Authorized Signatory Metrax GmbH - Electromedical Technology
- Toolmaking Instruments and Implants / Braun - Aesculap Werke
E-mail:
bisser@steinbeis-finance.de
bisser@steinbeis-finance.de
Dr. Jie-Wei Chen, Member of the advisory board
- Managing Director - CrossNet Consulting AG
- Managing Director and Founder - RSRM Ultrasonics GmbH
- Steering Committee Member - SWISS ENERGY AND CLIMATE SUMMIT (SwissECS)
- Senior consultant of a listed Chinese company in the automotive industry
- Senior consultant of a private Chinese company in the field of medical technology
E-mail:
chen@steinbeis-finance.de
chen@steinbeis-finance.de
Alfred K. Dietel, Member of the advisory board
- CEO and investor director for a family office of a telecom company in Bulgaria (Max Telecom OOD)
- Principal and co-founder of a private equity company in London (Pemberton Asset Management LLP)
- Senior New Ventures Investment Manager of a venture capitalist in London (Imperial Innovations plc)
- Co-CEO of a biotech company in Martinsried (Cellcontrol Biomedical Laboratories AG)
- Director M&A at Siemens AG for the Telecoms division in Munich and Boston (ICN, Unisphere Solutions)
- Partner Steinbeis M&A Partners GmbH until 12-2023
- Managing Partner Corporate Venture Partners
E-mail:
dietel@steinbeis-finance.de
dietel@steinbeis-finance.de
Jörn J. Follmer, Member of the advisory board
- Partner at CDC Capital Wirtschaftsprüfung, Munich for ECM/ IPOs
- Founder and CEO DLO AG, Potsdam, Third Party Logistics; IPO General Standard Deutsche Börse
- Founder and CEO CP Telecom AG, Berlin, mobile phone distributor; sale to NASDAQ listed telco
- Senior Consultant with Kienbaum Unternehmensberatung, Düsseldorf
- Limited partner and member of the advisory board of Bankhaus Löbbecke, Berlin
- Supervisory board mandates of listed/private AGs
- Investments in emerging market companies; BizAngel + BAND membership
- Honorary Consul of Jamaica - Consular District Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg
Mobile number:
+49 172 390 1107
+49 172 390 1107
E-mail:
follmer@steinbeis-finance.de
follmer@steinbeis-finance.de
Prof. Dr. Claus W. Gerberich, Member of the advisory board
- Controlling and Strategic Planning BASF AG, Ludwigshafen
- Director of the Planning and Controlling Division SCA AG, München/Sundsvall Schweden
- Manager Schöller Mövenpick GmbH, Nürnberg/Zürich
- Member of the Board of Directors ADIDAS AG, Herzogenaurach
- Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Battelle Europa, Frankfurt/Genf/London/Mailand
- Chairman of the Executive Board STAFF/Zumtobel Leuchten GmbH, Lemgo/Dornbirn Österreich
- Acting partner Gerberich GmbH & Cie. Maschinenfabrik, Mannheim/Thalwil Schweiz
- Member of the Board of Directors Gerberich Consulting AG, Ennetbürgen, Schweiz
- EWIF Member of the Executive Committee
- Professorship at the University of Worms Chair of International Management and Controlling
- Lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Institute for Financial Services
Mobile number:
+49 172 623 4245
+49 172 623 4245
E-mail:
gerberich@steinbeis-finance.de
gerberich@steinbeis-finance.de
Rainer Goehringer, Member of the advisory board
- CFO and Vice-President at Siemens VDO Chassis Electronics
- CFO and Vice-President at Magna Cosma Europe
- COO and Interim CFO BEFESA (a company of the PE firm Triton Partners)
- President BEFESA Industrial Environmental Solutions
- Member of the Advisory Board of HASEC Elektronik GmbH
E-mail:
goehringer@steinbeis-finance.de
goehringer@steinbeis-finance.de
Guido Haarmann, Member of the advisory board
- Independent Consultant/ Senior Leadership Advisor
- Vice President/ Managing Director Airlines Central & Eastern Europe, Amadeus IT Group SA
- Chairman of the Board, ADCO Umweltdienste Holding GmbH (Toi-Toi-Dixi)
- Global Managing Partner Travel & Transportation, Accenture
- Member of the Executive Board Arthur D. Little
- Consultant/ Senior Manager A.T. Kearney
- Various advisory board mandates
E-mail:
haarmann@steinbeis-finance.de
haarmann@steinbeis-finance.de
Sven G. Kistenpfennig, Member of the advisory board
- CEO and shareholder in the family business. Development of the Kistenpfennig Group from a rolling bearing specialist to a full-range supplier. After 22 years sale to IPH S.A.S, with 38 locations in 4 countries.
- Managing Director Zitec Group (Rubix) - M&A, Purchasing, Sales North & D-A-CH Region. Company growth under successor owner (Advent International) to the leading technical distributor in Europe.
- Various consulting mandates, strategic development, real estate projects, development of a buy-and-build strategy for small and medium sized technical distributors.
Dr. Christopher Klein, Member of the advisory board
- Managing Director / CFO – Numaferm
- Chief Corporate Development Officer – Hameln Pharma
- Vice-President Business Development – Paul Hartmann Group
- Head Global M&A – Sandoz (Novartis generics business)
- CFO / Head Global BD&L – Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals
- Manager – Ernst & Young Corporate Finance
- Analyst / Associate – Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance
- Assistent – Biotechnology Unit of European Commission
Mobile number:
+49 172 829 5400
+49 172 829 5400
E-mail:
klein@steinbeis-finance.de
klein@steinbeis-finance.de
Erhard Krauß, Member of the advisory board
- CEO – Etimex Technical Components GmbH
- Managing Director - LINHARDT Group
- CEO - Technical Plastic Systems
- Member of the Board of Directors - Metabo AG
- Managing Director - Heinrich Kopp GmbH and Vice President Operations - ACTUANT Corp.
- Vice President Efficiency Increasing - FAURECIA EXHAUST
- Plant Manager - FAURECIA EXHAUST
- Director Repair & Overhaul - MTU Berlin-Brandenburg and Pratt & Whitney of Canada
- Various supervisory and advisory board mandates, founder of a retail and online trading company, various industry association mandates
E-mail:
krauss@steinbeis-finance.de
krauss@steinbeis-finance.de
Winfried Küppers, Member of the advisory board
- MD V-ZUG Germany
- Head of Steinbeis Board Consulting
- Successful book author & podcaster with over 50.000 listeners per episode
E-mail:
kueppers@steinbeis-finance.de
kueppers@steinbeis-finance.de
Rolf Rickmeyer, Member of the advisory board
- CEO - MAG Group
- CFO and CRO - Loewe AG
- CFO and CRO - Krone AG
- CFO - Vögele AG
- Various supervisory board and advisory board mandates, founder of technology companies, member of the listing committee of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and university lecturer
E-mail:
rickmeyer@steinbeis-finance.de
rickmeyer@steinbeis-finance.de
Dr. Martin Schaele, Member of the advisory board
- CEO - BENTELER Mechanical Engineering GmbH
- CEO - MONFORTS Machine Tools GmbH
- Vice President - HAGER SE
- Managing Director - Berker Schalter und Systeme GmbH
- Managing Director Technology - Novar GmbH
- Division Manager Technology - BOSCH Automotive
E-mail:
schaele@steinbeis-finance.de
schaele@steinbeis-finance.de
Helmuth Zimmermann, Member of the advisory board
- Board mandates: TSG AG, SwissCloud AG, 4USource (Palo Alto), MoonWhale Ventures (Singapore)
- Leading tasks Sales, Marketing, Engineering: 4USource, TSG, VeBS, EDS, Boeing, Siemens, Novartis, ABB
- 22 years of entrepreneurship in the field of information technology, focus on outsourcing consulting, software development, SaaS solutions (onshore, nearshore, offshore) Completion of ICT sourcing transaction at national/multinational level: Finance, Insurance, Transportation, Healthcare, Pharma, Utility, Government
- Accompaniment of various M&A transactions: ICO and private sales of crypto-based assets
- Current: Development/construction of AI-based algorithmic crypto trading platform & crypto portfolio management
E-mail:
zimmermann@steinbeis-finance.de
zimmermann@steinbeis-finance.de
