Management
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Executive Board
Ulrich Hauck is CEO and founder of COMITANS Capital AG. He held various top-level management positions in stock-listed corporates, family owned corporations and private equity holdings in the automotive supply industry as well as in the healthcare and chemical industry.
Ulrich has significant expertise in company transactions and restructuring. Read more
Supervisory Board and Advisory Council
Manfred Vehreschild is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Comitans Capital AG. He has more than 30 years of management experience in the international healthcare and chemical industry and held top-level management positions at Bayer Group.
Hubert Heinle is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Comitans Capital AG. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT- and telecommunications sector and is founder and managing partner of the IT company smartUP solutions.
Robert Selk is member of the Supervisory Board of Comitans Capital AG. Having been active as a lawyer for more than 20 years, he is partner in a Munich law office. Beyond that, Robert is partner and founder of a company for CRM-software.
Senior Team
Bülent Ayar
General Manager Consumer goods and Retail
Positions held, e.g.:
- CEO, Russia/Belarus, BSH Hausgeräte
- International Executive, MediaMarktSaturn
- CEO, Turkey, Praktiker
- Senior Manager International, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
- Key Account Manager, Procter & Gamble
MBA (equivalent), European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel
Helmut Bode
General Manager with focus on strategy and sales
Positions held, e.g.:
- CEO, Asia-Pacific, Schaeffler
- President Industrial Greater China, Schaeffler
- President Industrial Asia-Pacific, Schaeffler
- Head of Business Unit Production Machinery and Systems, Schaeffler
- Head of Industrial Management for Machine Tools, Wood Processing & Paper Machines, Schaeffler
- Various assignments in the area of application engineering
Master degree (equivalent) in Engineering, University of Kassel
Reinhold J. Heidner
Operations Executive
Positions held, e.g.:
- EVP Operations Special Tasks, Schaeffler
- COO Asia/Pacific and China, Schaeffler
- SVP Operations, business area Engine, Schaeffler
- Head of business area Engine Components, Schaeffler
- Several assignments as Head of operations and plant manager, Schaeffler
Master degree (equivalent) in Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Olaf Lischke
IT- and Carve-Out expert
Positions held, e.g.:
- Various managerial assignments in controlling departments of Bayer, BASF und Abbot
- Senior Consultant Seidel, Post & Partner
Conducted a multitude of projects in the area of IT carve-out and IT integration as well as restructuring for Bayer und BASF
MBA equivalent, Ruhr-University, Bochum
Michael Loefler
General Manager with special expertise in restructuring and turn-around
Positions held, e.g.:
- CEO GSteel PCL
- CEO GJ Steel PCL
- CFO, Golden Agri International
- Board member and turn-around consultant, Brahmani River Pellets Ltd,
- Managing Partner Asia, P4Mlabs SAS
Lawyer, Law studies at the University of Munich (LMU)
Felix Overbeck
General Manager with special expertise in areas sales, production, logistics
Positions held, e.g.:
- CEO Connected Wind Services Group
- Vice President International Sales,
Siemens VDO Automotive - Head of Sales, Locanis
- Deputy Head of Sales, Koki Technik
- Head of Plant logistics Mannesmann VDO Automotive
Master degree (equivalent) in Engineering, University of Aachen (RWTH)
Bachelor of Economics
Helmut Philipps
Operations Executive
Positions held, e.g.:
- Senior Vice President, Operations Industrial Engineering, BU Engine Components, Schaeffler
- Head of Lean Production, Engine Systems, Schaeffler
- Industrialization of projects, Division Engine Systems, Schaeffler
- Head of Industrialization in a plant, Schaeffler
Master degree (equivalent) in Engineering, University of Applied Sciences of the Saarland, Saarbrücken
Gerrit Schildmeyer
CFO with comprehensive expertise in acquisitions, turn-around and restructuring
Positions held, e.g.:
- Head of Corporate Controlling, Global Functional Leader Controlling, Bayer
- CFO Division ConsumerCare, Bayer
- Vice President, Global Head of Business Planning, Finance & Adminstration, Bayer HealthCare, Product Supply
- Head of Corporate Staff & Services, Bayer Brasilien
MBA (equivalent), University of Münster
Jörg Schumacher
Purchasing Executive
Positions held, e.g.:
- CEO & Co. Founder Valeroo
- VP Purchasing, STS Group
- Director Purchasing, KKR
- Director Purchasing, Kautex Textron GmbH
- Head of Global Purch., Stahlgruber O. Gruber
- Purchasing Manager Europe, Autoliv
MBA, Lincoln University
Engineering degree, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne
Dirk Spindler
Executive Research & Development
Positions held, e.g.:
- CTO and member of Executive Committee Schaeffler Industry Division
- Head of Development, Schaeffler AG
- Head of Central Technology, Schaeffler AG
- Supervisory Board Member, Schaeffler AG
Special expertise building up worldwide R&D
Master degree (equivalent) in Engineering, Technical University of Kaiserslautern