German Senior Corporate Finance Advisory Board
| Hubertus Krossa |
Hubertus Krossa joined Kepler's Corporate Finance Advisory Board in September 2009. |
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| Prior to joining Kepler as Senior Industry Adviser, Mr. Krossa was a Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG, a DAX 30 (index of the largest 30 German listed companies) member company, with responsibility for its material handling division Kion Group. As Kion's Chief Executive Officer, he led the company's MBO in 2006 which was backed by KKR and Goldman Sachs Private Equity. Hubertus Krossa has over 30 years’ experience as a senior manager in a variety of industries, including material handling, refrigeration engineering and consumer products (household appliances). |
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| Hubertus Krossa is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Balfour Beatty Plc and Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH and Enckelmann AG. Mr. Krossa holds a Master's degree (Dipl.-Kaufmann) from the University of Münster. |
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| Frederik Bernhard |
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| Baron van Dedem |
Baron van Dedem joined Kepler's Corporate Finance Advisory Board in March 2010. |
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| In addition to his role as Senior Industry Adviser to Kepler, Frits van Dedem is also a Managing Partner of Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA), the leading non-cash service card systems provider for commercial and passenger transportation. UTA provides services permitting the convenient and cashless settlement of toll fees across Europe. |
| Prior to Union Tank Eckstein, he has worked in several positions at ABN Amro Bank, incl. in South America, the USA and the Netherlands for a period of 10 years. |
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| Frits van Dedem holds a degree from H.E.A.O Utrecht (Netherlands). He also served as Officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy for 2 years. |
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| Tom Schwab |
Tom Schwab joined Kepler's Corporate Finance Advisory Board in April 2010. |
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| In addition to his position as Senior Industry Adviser at Kepler, he is Managing Partner of Asset Vision Partners GmbH. Mr. Schwab commenced his career in 1996 at TishmanSpeyer Properties Deutschland GmbH with projects in Berlin and Kraków. From 1998 to 2004, he was Managing Director of property management company Polaris Immobilienmanagement GmbH in Hamburg and Berlin. |
| Later he became Head of Operations at GE Commercial Finance. In 2005, he was appointed a Director of the Global Special Situations Group of Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division in Frankfurt. From 2007, he was responsible for the Real Estate Financing Division of Citigroup in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2008, he joined FREO Group as Partner and Head of Asset Management. |
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| Tom Schwab graduated with a Master's degree (Dipl.-Kaufmann) from EBS Oestrich-Winkel and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. |
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