Senior Advisors

Ralph has nearly 30 years of expertise in the automotive, machinery, industrial automation and electronics industry. He was Head of Business Development at Knorr-Bremse, Director at AlixPartners, Partner of Roland Berger and most recently Partner of the Boston Consulting Group. In these roles, Ralph has lead 200+ cases on strategic and operational subjects, including several […]

Winfried has more than 25 years of international Management experience (Europe, Asia, North America) running global family business’ and PE backed midsize players in sectors such as specialty chemicals, aviation, igt, medical devices and general manufacturing. Winfried served as CEO of Lincotek Group and prior as CEO of VitasheetGroup and VP Coatings Europe for Hexion […]

Carlos is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GE Power in Germany. He’s also a strategy advisor to private companies and public-sector organizations and holds a number of national and international board assignments. His operational career in industry spans about two decades in a variety of senior leadership roles, most recently as CTO & Chief […]

Anders is President and CEO of Mycronic (as from Q2 2019), a publicly-listed Swedish high-tech company engaged in the area of production equipment for the electronics and display manufacturing industry. Prior to joining Mycronic, Anders worked for 6 years as the Group CEO of Piab Group, a globally leading player in the area of components […]

Hein has over 30 years of expertise in the electronic components and semiconductors industry. He was member of the Board of Management of NXP Semiconductors and Executive Vice President at Philips. He worked several years in the USA. Next to his home country the Netherlands, he was based for a number of years in Germany. […]

Dieter studied precision engineering in Germany and started his career in IBM as an equipment engineer. In 1987 Dieter established his own company with the aim to support customers in the integration and programming of industrial robots. Out of this start-up company Dieter developed a world leading company in automation, robotics and advanced laser manufacturing […]

Peter has more than 20 years of executive management experience in major industry sectors such as telecommunications, automotive, machinery and plant engineering, health care and warehouse automation. Since 2017 he and his company think A successfully provide supervisory and advisory capacities on board level. Peter served as CEO and Delegate of the board at Swisslog […]

Helmut was Minister of Economics of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1988 to 1991. Subsequently, he was appointed as parliamentary speaker for European affairs and member of the government´s foreign trade advisory board. In 1991, he became vice president at Capgemini. Due to his long-lasting political and international experience, Helmut is a highly appreciated […]

Oliver studied medical computer science in Munich and Berkeley and is a successful entrepreneur and investor in the Healthcare and IT sector. In 1998, Oliver founded LabNet AG, the first independent laboratory group in Germany financed by Bridgepoint Capital and Atlas Venture. After a successful exit in 2002, he was founder and CEO of Lab’Partners […]