TEAM
Frank Günther
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- 25 years corporate finance and restructuring experience
- CEO & Head of Supervisory Board at Rinol AG
- Member of Supervisory Board at Premiere AG
- Co-Head European Media Group, Co-Head Munich/ Germany at Morgan Stanley
- Head of Germany at SalomonSmithBarney
- Global Client Relationship German Industrials at JPMorgan
- Head of Frankfurt/Germany at Booz Allen,
- Frank holds a German Dipl.-Kfm. degree (University Mannheim)
Wolf Waschkuhn
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- 25 years restructuring experience
- Partner at Kroll Talbot Hughes London; Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) at Kroll Talbot Hughes Deutschland GmbH
- Head of Corporate Development at SGS S.A., Geneva
- Partner at KPMG, Germany, Restructuring
- Director at Arthur Andersen, London / Prague, Corporate Recovery
- Divisional R&D manager at Mannesmann Sachs, Schweinfurt
- Wolf holds a German Dipl.-Ing. degree (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and M.Sc. in Management (London Business School)
Asmus Ohle
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- 13 years corporate finance and restructuring experience
- Assistant Manager at NM Rothschild & Sons (Media team)
- Investment executive at distressed PE fund SISU Capital Ltd
- Restructuring Consultant at Nigura Metzler Optics International GmbH
- Asmus holds a B.Sc. International Management (University of Bath) and a M.Sc. Accounting and Financial Management (Lancaster University)
Markus Held
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- More than 10 years corporate finance and restructuring experience
- Private Equity Investment Manager at DZ Equity Partner GmbH
- Corporate Finance Advisor to the CFO at LICON Wohnbau GmbH
- Investment Manager renewable energies at WV Energie AG
- Markus holds a B.Sc. with distinction in international Finance (HfWU Nürtingen) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Mergers & Acquisitions (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
Carsten Biel
VICE PRESIDENT
- 5 years shipping and restructuring experience
- Shipping Agent at Karl Geuther GmbH & Co. KG
- Carsten is a qualified shipping agent, holds a B.Sc. In Shipping Management (University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer) and a M.Sc. In Finance & Accounting (University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management Munich)
Tomas Samel
VICE PRESIDENT
- 5 years of corporate finance and restructuring experience
- Valuation and financial modelling consultant at Deloitte Corporate Finance, Austria
- Tomas holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) and a Masters in Finance (London Business School). He passed all three CFA exams.
Jochen Ihler
SENIOR ADVISOR
- More than 25 years of experience in supporting small and medium-sized as well as large industrial companies in corporate financing and restructurings
- Head of mid-market business group at Commerzbank AG and voting member of the group's credit committee
- Chairman of the Board of Commerzfactoring GmbH
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH
- Member of the Executive Board Corporate Banking of Dresdner Bank AG
- Studied at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Harvard Business School and the University of Lausanne
Sibylle Engel
SENIOR ADVISOR
- 20 years of experience practicing law with a focus on real estate
- Support for a large number of successful real estate transactions
- Structuring and execution of real estate disposals out of distressed situations
- Judicial appointment as trustee for real estate assets and real estate portfolios (in German „Gerichtlich bestellter Betreuer")
- Sibylle Engel studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and practices law since 1995
André v. Holtzapfel
SENIOR ADVISOR
- 25 years international corporate finance and restructuring experience incl. LBO/ABS financing
- Member of the managing board of DZ Equity Partner as Chief Risk Officer
- Managing Director und Co- Head Large Transactions Group Dresdner Bank Corporates & Market
- 6 years of industry experience as consultant for the executive board of MW Energie AG
- André has a degree in banking management from the Bankakademie Frankfurt
