The Steinbeis M&A Industry Experts
Our industry experts have extensive knowledge, decades of experience and an in-depth understanding of the market in their specialist areas.
Christian Blume
Main focus: ICT & Fintech
- Consultant, Investor & Interim Manager
- Chairman of the Board – cleverbridge AG
- Head of Product Management & Business Development – element 5 AG (today Digital River Inc.)
- Managing Director – FERI Digital Investor GmbH
E-mail:
blume@steinbeis-finance.de
blume@steinbeis-finance.de
Rainer Goehringer
- 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
Dr. Jie-Wei Chen
- 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
Rolf Rickmeyer
- 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
Helmuth Zimmermann
- 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
Prof. Dr. Claus W. Gerberich
- 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
E-mail:
gerberich@steinbeis-finance.de
gerberich@steinbeis-finance.de
Prof. Dr. Philipp Haberstock
Main focus: Telco & Infrastructure
- Professor of Strategic Management and Finance at the International School of Management (ISM)
- Head of Corporate Development KG EOS Holding
- Manager Group Strategy Deutsche Telekom AG
- Authorized signatory Investment Banking M.M.Warburg & CO
- CFO and Co-Founder of a technology company
- Manager Strategy Consulting A.T. Kearney & Arthur Andersen
- Various advisory board mandates
- Mentor Start Up Accelerator
E-mail:
haberstock@steinbeis-finance.de
haberstock@steinbeis-finance.de
Keran Lin
Main focus: Automotive
- Partner – EELION Capital:
Growth capital investing in technology sector – automotive, advanced material, semiconductor Advisory – China/Europe cross-border deal sourcing in automotive/Industrial sector - China Representative – LBO France
A French buyout fund – fund raising/portfolio exit/add-on value transaction/
crossborder deal sourcing - BU General manager
Sales marketing, Network distribution, Product management Mercedes-Benz China JV (LSH Group)
E-mail:
lin@steinbeis-finance.de
lin@steinbeis-finance.de
Dirk C. Löchner
Main focus: Automotive
- Consultant and Interim Manager
- Member of the Board CD – Schaltbau Holding
- GF Corporate Development – Gebr. Bode
- CFO – BPW Bergische Axes
- CEO – Heinrich Schomäcker
- VP Corporate Development – mg technologies
- Consultant – Roland Berger & Partner
- VP Project Management – O&K Orenstein & Koppel
- Various supervisory board and advisory board mandates
E-mail:
loechner@steinbeis-finance.de
loechner@steinbeis-finance.de
Joseph R. Schneider
Main focus: Technology & ICT / Retail
- CEO – Pyramid Computer
- Managing Director – Turmix / EDAK
- Business Developer – D. Keller Group
- Owner Real Estate Company (Industrial Park Freiburg)
- Managing Partner – Schneider Leichtbau
- Manager International Sales Asia – arvato logistics services
- Manager International Projects – ContiTec
E-mail:
schneider@steinbeis-finance.de
schneider@steinbeis-finance.de
