Expertise

Iwan has  30+ years of experience structuring, managing and executing industrial cooperation/ offset and countertrade programs including related financing.

Selected career insights:

• Former Group Vice President & Head of Global Trade Management ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. Zuric, Switzerland
• Managing ABB Group’ short term trade finance operations for the global supply management and sales organization resp. their customers
• Senior specialist and advisor for the development and management of country specific or regional industrial cooperation and economic development programs all over the globe mostly for multinational companies headquartered in Europe and the USA
• Leading and executing numerous projects and transactions related to sales support, marketing assistance, supply management, investment, job creation as well as technology transfer among others in power generation, railway, infrastructure, automotive, aircraft, defense and the naval sector
• Executive member and Board member of several national and international associations

Iwan is holder of the Swiss Ferderal Certificate for Business Administration, Berne and the Swiss Federal Diploma for Purchasing (L’examen de Maîtrise) Berne and Lausanne.

Iwan is a Swiss national and fluent in German, French, English & Portuguese (Spanish).

Bernd Wenzler hast 25+ years of experience in corporate development and management, thereof 6 years as CEO/CMO for up to 4.500 employees and a profit responsibility of approx. € 1 bn revenue. Selected career insights:

• Design, management and execution of several major projects in multinational and –funding projects
• Former CEO & Chairman at Airbus Defense & Space
• Former Chairman of EADS Defense Electronics in Spain, Saudi Arabia, Algeria…
• Former Chief Market Officer & Head of International Marketing and Business Development, Member of the Division Board und Member of the Executive Board of EADS Deutschland GmbH
• Terma A/S, Aarhus, Denmark – Member of the European Senior Advisory Board (since 2018)
• Industry expertise in internationally expanding technology companies, both in corporate groups and in medium-sized companies. Special focus on transformation, internationalisation and strategy with business and qualitative results orientation.

Bernd has a Masters in Business from the University of Passau and several post graduate trainings and leadership courses among others from the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia and the Harvard University in Boston.

Bernd is fluent in German and English.

Mansour has 20+ years of experience as an external management consultant, internal executive and CEO for business transformations & post merger tasks.

Selected career insights:

• Started as a management consultant in Munich in the the field of Innovation & Cost Engineering before specializing in Industrial operations management
• Developed & implemented the Siemens Production System in the Siemens Smart Infrastructure & Cities division (former BT)
• Developed and Implemented a regional Key Account Management & Strategic Sales for Siemens utilizing personal networks to secure & execute large industrial projects
• Experience in operational investments, divestments, post merger integration and dedicated value creation programs including several funding approaches from EU, national & regional funding sources
• Accredited consultant by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Mansour received his Master of Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich (Dipl.-Ing.), joined both the Bavarian Elite Academy & the Siemens TOP-Talent program obtaining several scientific awards as well as post graduate & executive education courses incl. MBA, PhD, from renowned international institutes as the Technical University Munich, the Siemens Learning Campus and the Harvard Business School in Boston/ Cambridge MA.

Mansour is fluent in German, Arabic and English and has intermediate skills in French.

Dr. h.c. Tessy Antony de Nassau is a social entrepreneur, business woman, philanthropist, UNAids ambassador, public speaker, activist, medial doctorate and PHD candidate and mother.

Selected career insights:

• Luxembourg military, during which she was deployed in Kosovo as a peacekeeper and only woman of her draft
• Strategic communication supporting governments, institutions and business leaders in impact projects, educational campaigns, women inclusion
• Associate at LSEideas at the London School of Economics
• Ambassador for UNAIDS (Global Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls) and is the patron to UNA-UK along with the creator of the UN Millennial goals Lord Malloch Brown

Tessy graduated from Richmond, The American International University in London with a B.A. in International Relations and earned her master’s degree from SOAS, University of London. Further Tessy received numerous distinctions as honorary doctorate from the Paris College of Arts, NATO Medal of recognition, United Nations Peacekeeping Medal of recognition, Knight of the Order Lafayette by the Order Lafayette/  Switzerland , Pioneer of Growth & Economic Development Award by The Los Angeles City and The Honourable Council of Jamaica in Los Angeles, California, professor honoris causa from the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition in London, Freedom of the City of London as the first female Luxembourgish citizen in all its history.

Tessy is fluent in Luxembourgish, French, English, and German.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Wildemann is an internationally valued expert and industrial advisor working as a consultant, supervisory and advisory board member for leading industrial companies.

Selected career insights:

• Developing, refining and implementing for different industrial landscapes essential methodologies and strategies including production systems, platform strategies and technology transfers
• Through the combination of research institute and management consulting, he repeatedly manages to integrate the results obtained from research and business practice
• Founder of the Munich Management Colloquium the annual German conference for the most reputable industrial personalities and related representatives from politics, science and media

Professor Wildemann studied mechanical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) and business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) In Aachen and Cologne. After several years of practical work as an engineer in the automotive industry, he received his doctorate, stays abroad at the International Management Institute in Brussels and at American universities followed. He completed his habilitation at the University of Cologne (Dr. habil.).

He was awarded the “Staatsmedaille” of the Bavarian State and the federal Cross of Merit, first class, of the Federal Republic of Germany, doctor honoris causa of the university of Klagenfurt, Passau and Cottbus. Further he obtained among others the admission into the Logistics Hall of Fame, the Bavarian Order of Merrit and the badge of honour from the German Federal Logistics Association.

Karim has 30+ years of experience in automotive and automation environment focusing on engineering, design and build and 15+ years of experience in the field of international certifications, registrations and admissions.

Selected career insights:

• Karim started as an IT-technician and established his own business for industrial automation servicing
• Development and implementation of diverse hard and software tools including data acquisition and data mining tools
• Project Management in construction, automation of test benches and building environments
• Experience in design, build and operation of test benches
• Technical consultant of the German delegation to the UN-ECE (Geneva) regarding accreditation and certification of alternative engineering concepts

Karim is also a designated expert in automotive affairs, a technical consultant for German ministries in sustainability projects and strategic consultant to major German corporations regarding the implementation of the above.

He received his Master of Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Munich (Dipl.-Ing.) and numerous accreditations in automotive  related topics .

Long term experience in supporting and proceessing of approval applications, throughout various fields of industry.  Well connected to various certification bodies.

Karim is fluent in German and English and has intermediate skills in Spanish and French.

Alexandra has 15+ years of experience as a procurement executive within corporate procurement organizations for diverse multinational companies as ABB, Electrolux, Nestlé, IWC… Among others Alexandra has been  the driver for procurement transformations, capability building, strategic cost management & sourcing innovations with suppliers.

Selected career insights:

• Expert in Category Management, Commodities, Packaging and Contract Manufacturing
• Developed sourcing strategies, best practice toolkits for negotiation, tools and processes in procurement to optimize costs or reduce total cost of ownership
• Managed suppliers for bringing innovations, rethinking incentives and relationships and creating new business opportunities from products, supply chains or manufacturing operations (such as design optimization, sourcing footprints and manufacturing- task allocation to make the best use of their capabilities.)
• Monitored technologies to create value added services for customers e.g. by sharing data on the performance and operating conditions of products, building connected services through third party software companies…
• Create online platforms communicating innovation challenges for supplier networks

Alexandra has a Post Graduate Diploma (Bac +4) at the “Institut de Formation International” at Rouen Business School in France with a Cluster Program with OHIO University, USA in Supply Chain and Operations and received  her Master of International Purchasing Management (MAI) at Bordeaux Business School in France.

Alexandra is fluent in French, English, Swedish and Italian and has intermediate skills in Spanish.

Moritz Prince von Hohenzollern recently joined as an associated partner utilizing his expertise especially when working with the food tech industry and the major kitchen appliance manufacturers.

Selected career insights:

• Expert in taste, texture, aroma, food presentation and production
• Passionate multi awarded chef with 10 years experience working in Michelin starred restaurants and the most celebrated catering companies in London and Zurich including Gordon Ramsay & the Suvretta House in St. Moritz
• Founder and partner of the catering and private chef company Moritz Kitchen which catered for numerous VIPs
• Working with the prestigious “Küsnacht Practice”, where he is a private chef, using his knowledge as a nutrition consultant to enhance the well being of his clients
• Previous career: Years of practice in law firms with hedge funds & banks

Moritz has a Masters degree in Law from the University of Zurich, completed his studies in nutrition science from the Stanford University and graduated from Gordon Ramsay’s culinary academy with distinction.

Moritz is fluent in German, English and French and has intermediate skills in Spanish and Italian.