Investment Board
Robert Buchalik
Companies: mbb consult + bb sozietät (Buchalik Brömmekamp law firm)
Headquarters: Düsseldorf
Universities: Freiburg and Munich
German, English, Italian, French
Robert Buchalik was director of various Deutsche Bank divisions (Corporate Restructuring, Execution and Securities) between 1983 and 1997. Between 1997 and 2002 he was a partner at the Metzeler, van Betteray & Buchalik law firm.
He has been Managing Director of mbb consult GmbH since 1997 and partner in the Buchalik Brömmekamp law firm since 2003.
Professor Arnold Weissman
Company: Weissman & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG
Headquarters: Nuremberg
Universities: Nuremberg
German, English
Professor Arnold Weissman is Chair of Marketing and Media Management at the Regensburg Technical University and Head of the Master of Strategic Management Programme in St. Gallen.
In 1976 he took over his parents' company (heating systems, oil wholesale and retail for petrol stations and a textile retail and wholesale business).
He founded the famous consulting firm, Weissman & Cie., and has decades of experience in providing consulting services to family-owned companies.
Dr. Helmut Vorndran
Company: Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG (Chairman/Co-founder)
Headquarters: Düsseldorf
University: Würzburg
German, English
Dr. Helmut Vorndran worked for 11 years at the A.T. Kearney firm of management consultants. The last positions that he held there were Vice President Worldwide and Managing Director Japan.
Between 1997 and 1999 he was sole shareholder and managing director of Rolf Schnakenberg GmbH & Co. KG, a leading provider in the event technology sector.
Dr. Vorndran has been board spokesperson for Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG, a private equity consulting firm, since 2000.