Arno Nonnen

Ertuğrul Taner

Munich

• Managing Director of Dr. Schwarz-Schilling & Partners, joined the firm in 1999.
• Develops firm’s Management Strategy business.
• Internationalization of company’s engagement in Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and China.
• Holds position in supervisory board of an international factoring company.
• Member of the director’s board of a leading international Mobile Virtual Network Operator.
• Achieved numerous project assignments by international companies as well as by international governmental entities.
• Master’s Degree in Economics at Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn.

Prof Dr Christian Schwarz-Schilling

Büdingen

• Founded Dr. Schwarz-Schilling & Partners in 1993
• Supervisory board chairman and advisory board member in several German and international technology companies
• Professor for Politics at University of Sarajevo since 2009
• Former German Minister of Post and Telecommunications, responsible for the liberalisation of the telecom market in Germany, the privatisation of the Federal Post offices, the nationwide cable television network and the worldwide mobil commmunication standard GSM
• High Representative of Bosnia-Herzegovina 2006-2007
• Member of the German Parliament 1976-2002
• Studied East-Asian sciences and history at the Ludwig-Maximilan-University in Munich, Ph.D. in Chinese History

Dr Ingo Hattendorf

Bonn

• Partner of Dr. Schwarz-Schilling & Partners since 2017 with a deep industry expertise especially from a corporate perspective. Experienced strategy director who held several management positions in startups, mid-sized and publicly listed tech companies like QSC AG.
• M&A transaction experience for 15+ years in acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, mergers as well as selling of businesses. Recent projects included cloud, software, internet of things, outsourcing and cybersecurity.
• Profound network relationships on a national and international level. Holds a PhD in Physics at Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn.

Volker Köllmann

Munich

• 15+ years as Managing Director, Country Manager and in other management positions in telco & internet companies provided rich experience and a deep understanding of the mechanics of the industry.
• Corporate Development, Product Management and Regulatory Affairs for directory services and online marketing company telegate AG.
• Non-Executive Board Member in technology companies, e.g. Opendi AG.
• Master’s Degree in Economics at Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn.

Stephan Neuner

Munich

• Rich experience from 20+ years in positions in the IT industry (Hardware and Software).
• Business Development, Project Management, Key Account, Channel Sales positions in leading IT corporations, i.e. IBM, EMC, Silicon Graphics, bea Systems(Oracle) for large multi-national corporations.
• Telecommunications background through position of Director Strategic Alliances in Amdocs with a worldwide responsibility for Network Equipment Providers.
• Master´s Degree (Dipl.-Ing) Electrical Engineering/Computer Science from University of Applied Sciences, Munich.

Stephan Guerin

Paris/Shanghai

• Managing Director and Founder of Onslow Group (Paris, London, Bangkok)
• Formerly with Alcatel Alsthom as Vice President M&A, Vice President Legal and Tax. Responsible for negotiation and implementation of major M&A, incl. ITT, Rockwell Telecom, Teletra, STC submarine and AEG-Kable. Also responsible for developing strategic alliances in the U.S., Brazil, Italy and UK, and establishing the Alcatel group in emerging markets
• Troughout his carrer, starting with the French Trade Commission in California, later with Richardson Merrell, Dowll Schlumberger, Paris and Schlumberger Limited, New York, he has concentrated on international transactions
• Law degree from University of Bordeaux (D.E.S. de Droit), degree from Insitut d’Etudes Politiques (Political Sciences), Master’s degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Manuel Gordillo

Madrid

• 34 years of experience in the Telecom sector and widely recognized as a leading World expert in Telecom Access systems and business
• Managing Director of Ambar Venture Capital since 2010
• In 2000, Manuel launched as shareholder and CEO Skypoint, a Spanish Broadband Operator
• Manuel was Chairman of Alcatel France, Africa and Asia, running a business of EUR 5 bn and 22.000 people and before that created the new business of ADSL, WLL, LMDS, Broadband Nodes and HFC as President of Alcatel Acces Division
• In the mid 80s, Manuel joined ITT Spain, later Alcatel Spain, as Technical Director, becoming soon General Manager for Telecom networks, developing and comissioning more than 40m telephone lines around the World
• He started his career in Radio Systems, developed at Philips (Netherlands), Piher (Spain) and TRW (France and the U.S.)
• Manuel holds a Ms degree in Telecom engineering from Madrid Polytechnic University and graduated in Business at UCLA and IESE

Sanford Henry

London

• Has been involved in structuring,managing and raising funds in Europe, Far East, Middle East and the United States for over twenty years
• Managing Director of Asset Solutions, Ltd, Life Science Management Ltd. He is a member of the Securities Institute and FSA
• Has been a Board Director of some twenty companies with shareholders such as Lazard, AMRO, Barclays, WestLB, Bank of America, Banco de Santander
• He was the found and Managing Director of Lazard Medical Fund. He has also been the Managing Direcotr of two private equity funds with $200m under management.
• For nearly a decade he was the International Vice President for Europe, Africa and the Middle East for US Leasing Int., Inc.

Atilla Okumuş

Istanbul

• Responsible for Turkey and Turki Republics, joined the company in 2008.
• Project Leader in business development, country strategies, expansion and marketing strategies.
• Strong experience in retail-oriented business fields.
• Strategy consultancy for management directors.
• Assignments in international Private Equity, both Buy & Sell side.
• Key management in various M&A transactions and venture capital projects.
• CEO experience for over 14 years at Jumbo and Ipek Group.
• Master’s Degree in Communications at University of Marmara.