Industry Experts

SynCap works with more than 30 industry experts. These industry experts have held or currently hold positions as directors, executives, or other senior functions in prestigious companies. They have excellent knowledge of their industries and a wide personal network, and can make valuable contacts for you. The industry experts will complement your project team. They know exactly what is important in your industry and can open doors that may remain closed to others.

Industry, sector industry experts
Automobile industry  
Automotive Subsupply Industries Dirk Echtermeyer Dirk EchtermeyerDirk Echtermeyer

Seit 2009 Plastal Holding GmbH Senior Vice President
Sales and Programs
2005 - 2008 Federal-Mogul Holding GmbH Director Sales Global
2000 - 2004 Alfred Engelmann GmbH Director Sales and
Member of the Board
1996 - 2000 Knirps GmbH Managing Director
Sales and Finance
1989 - 1996 Robert Bosch GmbH Sales Director
, Jürgen Köster Jürgen KösterJürgen Köster

AUTOLIV INC. Division President Textiles Worldwide
COLLINS & AIKMAN Managing Director Textiles Division Europe
VIKTOR ACHTER/ MILLIKEN Managing Director
KEIPER RECARO GMBH Plant Manager
ALFRED TEVES GMBH Head of QS
, Dr. Lothar Bopp Dr. Lothar BoppDr. Lothar Bopp

2010 Consultant/manager of strategy, turnaround, controlling, M&A, post-merger integration, co-owner and coach of startup companies
2008 - 2010 Hansa Metallwerke AG Member of the board
2001 - 2007 Voith AG Managing director of Voith Paper GmbH, e.g. project management for the acquisition and integration of an enterprise; Advisory council on domestic and foreign companies
2000 - 2001 Keiper GmbH Managing director
1998 - 2000 VIAG AG (now E.ON AG) Head of corporate business planning, controlling and M & A
1981 - 1998 Robert Bosch GmbH Staff and management positions in the field of controlling, finance, investments, purchasing/logistics, at last commercial director of a division
Industrial Services / BPO  
 
Quality Assurance Dr.-Ing. Gerwig Köster Dr.-Ing. Gerwig Köster Dr.-Ing. Gerwig Köster

15 years as CEO of TÜV Baden-Württemberg e.V.
14 years of leading positions at ABB Group,
in particular in BU "Industrial Automation"
Leasing Wolfgang Spahn Wolfgang Spahn Wolfgang Spahn

Since 2002 SpahnConsulting Owner
2001-2002 Deutsche Leasing AG Key Account Manager
2000-2001 arxes Financial Services GmbH Managing Director
1994-2000 VPL Verbundpartner Leasing GmbH Managing Director
1985-1994 Rank Xerox Leasing GmbH Managing Director
1984-1985 Rank Xerox GmbH Head of Finance & Leasing
1981-1984 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Manager Leasing
1977-1981 Commerz- und Industrie Leasing GmbH Branch Head Commerzbank Group Frankfurt
Financial Services  
Banking Prof. Dr. Hans Waschkowski Prof. Dr. Hans WaschkowskiProf. Dr. Hans Waschkowski

1999-2002 Member of the Board LBBW, Stuttgart
1987-1991 Member of the Board Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart
  Equity Sales and Trading Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, München
Insurances Bernhard Achter Bernhard AchterBernhard Achter

1988/2001 BU Head / Management Board Cap Gemini & debis Systemhaus (today: T-Systems)
2002/2003 Managing Director plenum AG / plenum Systems GmbH
2004/2010 Chairman of Managing Board agens GmbH&Co.KGaA, Managing Director agens Consulting GmbH
  Strategy, Finance, Controlling, Turnarounds, Benckmarking, M&A, Post-Merger Integration
Health Care  
Medtech Stefan Hartl Stefan HartlStefan Hartl

Ab 2010 Inhaber einer Unternehmensberatung  
Since January 2008 Unternehmensberater  
2002 - 2008 EMS SA Switzerland, Producer of Medtech devices CEO
1999 - 2002 MEDIA!AG President Sales&Marketing Gürtler Media AG Member of the Board
1996-1999 New Media Board Lizenzvertriebs-AG Founder and President Sales & Marketing
Cosmetic products Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hemel Prof. Dr. Ulrich HemelProf. Dr. Ulrich Hemel

Since 2004 Strategie und Wert Unternehmensberatungs- und Beteiligungs GmbH Owner and Managing Director
2005-2007 2D Holding GmbH Owner and Managing Director
2001-2004 Paul Hartmann AG Chairman of the Board
1991-1996 Boston Consulting Group Consultant
Pharmaceutical industry Frank Füßl Frank FüßlFrank Füßl

Chairman of the Advisory Board of STADA Arzneimittel AG
Owner of the Metropolitan Pharmacy at Frankfurt Airport
Delegate of the Hessian Pharmacists’ Association
Foundation of www.vitadirect.de, one of the first pharmacy online shop in Germany
Advisor to several pharmacies owned by his family regarding the online shop www.arzneimittel.de, marketing and distribution
Wholesale and Retail  
Bakery products, confectionary Stefan von Klebelsberg Stefan von KlebelsbergStefan von Klebelsberg

LUCENDI GmbH Managing Director
United Bakeries Member of the Board
Kamps AG Member of the Board
Barry Callebaut AG / Stollwerck AG President Consumer Products Europe / Chairman of the Board
Chupa Chups Van Melle GmbH & Co. KG Chairman of the Board
Hochland AG Member of the Board
Suchard Tobler GmbH Director sales department stores
Food retailing Jürgen Erbach
Steel trading Prof. Dr. Lothar Grebe Prof. Dr. Lothar GrebeProf. Dr. Lothar Grebe

Since 1998 Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen Professor in economics
Since 1994 SBC Stahl-Beratungs-Centrum GmbH Owner and Managing Director
1990-1994 Salzgitter Handel GmbH Director
1978-1990 Bundesverband Deutscher Stahlhandel Managing Director
1975-1978 Mannesmann Marktforschung GmbH Project Manager
1975 Promotion Dr. rer.pol.
1972-1975 Assistant at the University of Cologne
1968-1972 Studies of economics at the University of Cologne
Capital goods  
Plant construction Ulrich Urban Ulrich UrbanUlrich Urban

15 years Deutsche Babcock AG, Engineer
5 years Thyssen Engineering GmbH, Divsion Head
7 years Babcock Omnical Group, Divsion Head
9 years Standard Lentjes Group, Corporate Development
Coalmining machinery Heinrich Korfmann Heinrich KorfmannHeinrich Korfmann

Maschinenfabrik Korfmann GmbH (mining, tunneling and stone cutting machinery) Managing Director
Burkhardt GmbH Sales Manager
VDMA (preparation of market study in the dimensional stone industry space) Consultant
Siegfried Gölz GmbH&Co.KG (Diamond tools and construction equipment) Board Member
Dr.Bender GmbH (Electrical tools for stone processing, drive ystems) Board Member
Sanitary Dr. Lothar Bopp Dr. Lothar BoppDr. Lothar Bopp

2010 Consultant/manager of strategy, turnaround, controlling, M&A, post-merger integration, co-owner and coach of startup companies
2008 - 2010 Hansa Metallwerke AG Member of the board
2001 - 2007 Voith AG Managing director of Voith Paper GmbH, e.g. project management for the acquisition and integration of an enterprise; Advisory council on domestic and foreign companies
2000 - 2001 Keiper GmbH Managing director
1998 - 2000 VIAG AG (now E.ON AG) Head of corporate business planning, controlling and M & A
1981 - 1998 Robert Bosch GmbH Staff and management positions in the field of controlling, finance, investments, purchasing/logistics, at last commercial director of a division
Packaging machinery Jürgen E.A. Bouvier
Consumer products  
Cosmetics, tissues Dr. Gerd Hänel Dr. Gerd HänelDr. Gerd Hänel

2005 - 2008 Homann Chilled Food GmbH Senior Advisor
2005 - 2008 Heissner GmbH Senior Advisor
2003 - 2004 Gardena AG Member of the Board
2001 - 2003 Information Resources GfK GmbH Managing Director
1999 - 2001 Hakle-Kimberly Deutschland GmbH Managing Director
1993 - 1999 Hakle Werke GmbH Managing Director
1990 - 1993 Reemtsma International GmbH Managing Director
1984 - 1990 L'Oréal Marketing Direktor Vichy Deutschland
1976 - 1984 Reemtsma Junior Product Manager, Product Manager, Marketing Manager
1974 - 1976 Tragos, Bonnange, Wiesendanger, Airoldi (TBWA) Account Director
 Executive Search Christoph Kleinen Christoph KleinenChristoph Kleinen

Since 1999 Korn/Ferry International Senior Client Partner
Consumer & Retail Markets
1997 - 1999 Tengelmann/ A&P Senior Buyer
1992 - 1997 Kraft Foods Sales & Marketing
1990 - 1992 Empirica Consultant
Aerospace  
Aerospace Dr. Volker Behrendt Dr. Volker Behrendt

Dr. Behrendt Personaldienstleistungen Management Consultat
DIS Deutscher Industrie Service AG Head of Munich branch
Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH Head of several divisions
Dornier System GmbH, Friedrichshafen Division head and systems analyst
Media  
Entertainment Arwed-Ralf Grenzbach Arwed-Ralf GrenzbachArwed-Ralf Grenzbach

present www.conflutainment.com Managing Director
2007-2010 Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products International Vice President International, London/NY
2004-2007 Take 2 Interactive, GSA-Region Managing Director
2000-2004 Greenlight Media AG - Berlin / L.A. EVP Marketing & Licensing
1998-2000 The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH Retail Manager - Disney Consumer Products
1995-1997 Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH Product Manager - New Business Development
Film funds Dr. Ernst-August Schnieder
Publishers Axel Bartholomäus Axel Bartholomäus
Commodities  
Commodities Bernard Tubeileh Bernard TubeilehBernard Tubeileh

Global Oil & Gas AG Chief Executive Officer
Business Media China AG Chief Financial Officer
Sinostar Investments GmbH Founder/Managing Partner
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank Ltd Director in Equity Research/Investment-Banking
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. Senior Associate in Equity Research/Private Client Advisor
Morgan Stanley Asset Management Small- and Mid-Cap Research
Telecommunications / IT Services  
Telecommunications Andreas Bernhardt Andreas BernhardtAndreas Bernhard

10/05 – 12/07 Siemens AG AG Member of the Board of Management of Siemens COM
Since 04/04 Executive Advice Founder and CEO
01/83 – 04/04 Alcatel SEL AG Chairman of the Board of Management
, Bernhard Steimel Bernhard SteimelBernhard Steimel

Seit 2000 MIND Business Consultants Inhaber
Heitzig Consult Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
DIALOG Software + Telekommunikations AG Marketingleiter
o.tel.o Key Account Management Vertrieb Handel
Eutelis Consult Berater
IT Management & Consulting Bernhard Achter Bernhard AchterBernhard Achter

1988/2001 BU Head / Management Board Cap Gemini & debis Systemhaus (today: T-Systems)
2002/2003 Managing Director plenum AG / plenum Systems GmbH
2004/2010 Chairman of Managing Board agens GmbH&Co.KGaA, Managing Director agens Consulting GmbH
  Strategy, Finance, Controlling, Turnarounds, Benckmarking, M&A, Post-Merger Integration