CEE WEALTH - Key Persons
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- CEO, C - Quadrat Investment Group, Austria
- Founder and CEO of Vienna
Alex Schütz is founder and CEO of Vienna based C-QUADRAT Investment Group, one of the largest independent asset managers in Austria with over EUR 8 billion assets under management and active in over 20 countries in Europe and Asia with offices in Frankfurt, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Madrid, Warsaw and Yerevan. Until May 2021 he served as a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank AG. Since January 2021, he is chairman of the supervisory board of stock-listed cyan AG, a leading European cybersecurity provider.
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- Co - Founder and Board Member of Fidelis Partners
Antoni Gburek is a co-founder and board member of Fidelis Partners, a multi family office
Getin Noble Bank. Antoni graduated from Warsaw School of Economics. Also studied at
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- Managing Director of AB Holdings Ltd
- Managing Partner, AB Holdings Ltd, UAE & Austria
Arindam Bose is the Managing Director of AB Holdings Ltd, the family office of Arindam Bose and Jay Daga. Through his family offices he invested in over 20 portfolio companies in venture and seed rounds in sectors such as healthcare, technology, F&B and IOT. This has taken Arindam across the world and he currently maintains offices in the UAE, USA, Austria and India.
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- CEO at Agro Concept Management ( AgCM ) and Partner at Myroxylon Gmbh, Bulgaria
- CEO of Agro Concept Management
Arkadiusz Stefaniak is the CEO of Agro Concept Management (AgCM). AgCM focuses on alternative investment opportunities in the agricultural and livestock sectors in South America (Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina), and on forestry and tree plantation projects in Southeast Europe (Bulgaria). Founded by a group of forestry and finance professionals and headquartered in Germany near Munich, Myroxylon GmbH is a consultant that deals with private equity investments in international agriculture - forestry - and timber-related operations and generating the resulting verified Carbon units.
Arkadiusz is goal-oriented with many years of experience managing successful businesses of all sizes, small and large. On behalf of AgCM investors, he moved to Bulgaria and successfully set up tree plantation operations there. He personally negotiated land contracts, organised effective company structures and managed the project to effectively achieve its goals.
Agriculture is an important part of his life, but not only as a business focus. In his personal life he is passionate about organic farming and regenerative agriculture. Additionally, he loves sports and especially cycling.
Ben Ruschin is Co-Founder & Managing of the M&A advisory firm Big Cheese Ventures, Co-Founder & shareholder of the HR scaleup WeAreDevelopers, an active angel investor and runs his own family office focused on VC & real-estate (UK & DACH). Ben is a "Forbes 30 Under 30" list-maker, former European Digital Leader of the World Economic Forum and holds a variety of private & public sector board seats.
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- CIO, St. Gotthard Fund Management, Switzerland
Daniel has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector, and over 20
years in asset management. Having always worked on the buy-side, he was involved
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- Founding Partner of Korify Capital Fund ONE
Davide is a founding partner of Korify Capital Fund ONE, a VC fund focusing on investing in longevity and mental health. Before that, he co-founded Korify Capital AG to invest in opportunities in venture capital and special situations. He has a background in life science consulting.
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- Business Consultant
- Chairman & CEO, MRL Corporation, United Kingdom
- Economist and Energy Expert
Cornelia Meyer is a business consultant, macro-economist and energy expert as well as a media
commentator. She is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MRL Corporation and Chairman
Johannes is Austrian and has 27 years of experience in corporate banking and general management of financial institutions in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, last CEO of a regional bank in Tyrol. He left the classic banking system to become an entrepreneur to make a change - and started the project ALIA - Austria´s first impact bank (in formation). Clean funds for clean investments with positive impact on planet, people and economy. He is convinced, that the financial sector must take a stewardship in this transformation. As owner of a consulting firm, he advises corporates in financial, sustainability and strategic matters and is a promotor of cooperatives in western Austria.
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- Co - Founder
- General Partner
- Founding General Partner, PeakBridge VC, United Arab Emirates
Erich Sieber is a Co-Founder and General Partner of PeakBridge, a global FoodTech funds manager.
Erich has 18 years of experience as Partner with Nestlé's strategic venture fund manager. Formerly,
Erich was an executive at Nestlé, the World Economic Forum, and the German Finance Ministry.
Erich holds a B.A. in business, economics and law from HSG University of St Gallen, Switzerland, a tri-
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- Director of Telelink Investments SFO
- Director, Telelink Investments Single Family Office, Bulgaria
Hans van Houwelingen is Director of Telelink Investments SFO and Founder & Managing Partner of Urban Impact Ventures. Until 2019, Hans was Chief Executive Officer of ACTIAM NV, a global leader in Sustainable and Impact investing with 65 billion of Assets under Management.
Hans began his career in financial services in 1999 and fulfilled various international executive and non-executive leadership roles in the investment management, insurance and technology industries, within respectively ING Group, NN Group, Telelink Holdings, Symbid and VIVAT. At present Hans is Chairman of Telelink Business Services and Member of the Supervisory Board of Aqua4All, as well as a Mentor for start-up and scale-up entrepreneurs at both Endeavor and The Greentech Alliance.Hans received an MS degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Eindhoven University of Technology and an Executive MA degree in Business Administration from INSEAD Business School, Hans is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Hans van Houwelingen is a Director of Telelink Investments SFO and Managing Partner of Urban Impact Ventures. Until 2019, he was CEO of ACTIAM, a pioneer in Sustainable and Impact investing with 65 billion AuM. Before that he fulfilled various international executive and non-executive leadership roles in the investment management, insurance and technology industries, including organizations like ING Group, NN Group and Telelink Group. Hans is a Mentor for founder entrepreneurs at Endeavor Global and Reaktor Berlin.
Heiner A. Weber is a largely hands-on investor in growth companies through Katalysen Ventures, Stockholm, is also on the board of several Fintech companies and of the business intelligence consultancy Alaco (Suisse). He started his career in electronic options trading, as co-founder and managing partner at a pan-European options trading company, and was later responsible for teams covering semi-institutional clients at Swiss banks. Other assignments included being the managing partner of a start-up boutique investment bank mainly focusing on frontier markets and leading the financing strategy in a mega real estate project in Spain. Heiner has a CAIA, PRM and CQF, studied at EPFL and IMD.
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- Founder and CEO of Time Partners
Mark is the founder and CEO of Time Partners. He has been involved in the private equity industry, working as an adviser to private equity groups and investors for 35 years. At Time Partners, he specialises in advising institutions and families in purpose, strategy, private capital and long term investing, with a focus on building and scaling PE fund investment portfolios to create rolling portfolios with compounding capital gains over time.
Mark was a member of the Prime Minister's G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force, and the founding Chairman of B Corps in Europe . He was Governor for England at the BBC, where he led a new approach to purpose-led reporting and was Chair of the BBC Service Review for England. He was on the board of the UK Home Office from 2018-2020. He co-founded a number of think tanks including The Centre for Social Justice. Mark speaks across the world on "The Next 30 Years".
Sebastian Kurz served in the Austrian government for more than 10 years, starting as State Secretary, then Foreign Minister and afterwards he became the youngest head of government elected in the world.
In December 2021, Sebastian Kurz left politics and started his career in the private sector as consultant and investor with his own company. He remains politically active on a voluntary basis as a member of the IDU Honorary Advisory Board and the International Advisory Council of GLOBSEC.
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- Co - Founder and Executive Chairman of Netguru
Wiktor is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Netguru, the consultancy, product design, and software development company recognized for its growth by the Financial Times, Deloitte, and Forbes. Netguru offers consulting, tools, and resources to companies of all shapes and sizes, to make beautifully designed digital products in a way that is fast and fits their needs. As the Executive Chairman, Wiktor is responsible for co-running key initiatives such as supporting diversity in the company or developing Netguru's social footprint.
Yulia Denisenko is the founder of real estate company Yulia‘s Magic House, where she focuses on fix-and-flip deals in Milan residential market, and principal in Monaco-based Apolis S.A.M., a private investment office specialized on mid-market SMEs growth lending. Prior to that, Yulia worked as a consultant in Russian judicial system, having then turned to diplomatic career where she progressed up to vice-consular rank. Yulia holds a master's degree in civil law from Voronezh State University, master's degree in international relationships from Diplomatic academy in Moscow and executive master's degree in finance from Bocconi University.
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- Chief of Division of Public Private Partnerships
Akos is Chief of Division of Public Private Partnerships at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) since August 2022. Previously he coordinated UNIDO's partnerships with the Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. Prior to his above functions, Akos has held various positions in UNIDO's technical cooperation programmes and was responsible for some of UNIDO's largest projects in several regions. He holds an M.Sc. degree from the University of Technology of Budapest and an MBE (Master of Business Engineering) from the Steinbeis University of Berlin.