Hartwig Ostermeyer Partner Active Capital Company

Hartwig Ostermeyer is Partner at Active Capital Company. He is leading our German operations in Munich being responsible for local deal sourcing, screening of investment opportunities and portfolio management.

Hartwig started his professional career in M&A advisory in London focusing on the energy sector. After that, he worked as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group in the Munich office and gained operational experience as a manager at Sixt. Hartwig holds a 'Diplom-Ingenieur' from Technische Universität Berlin.

Dr. Stefan Sambol Partner / Co-Founder OMMAX – BUILDING DIGITAL LEADERS

Digital expert with +15 years of expertise in accelerating growth of digital business models, developing digital growth strategies, customer engagement models in sales and marketing, and scaling digital products. Focus is executing the digital transformation for leading Private Equity firms and drive enterprise value. Work-experience spans across leading consulting and company builder enterprises (Rocket Internet). Responsibility for local and global digital strategy setting and executions across +30 countries. Accountability for data analytics and competitive insights. Proven records of entrepreneurial innovations in the digital world and successfull D2C business models.

BUILDING DIGITAL LEADERS in TECH: We believe that every company can become a digital leader!

OMMAX is a fast-growing digital strategy consultancy in Europe, specializing in transaction advisory, strategy and end-to-end execution of digital initiatives. The vision of OMMAX is building digital leaders in Europe with the overall objective of driving innovation and accelerating digital growth and profitability. Over the last 10 years, OMMAX realized 200+ M&A deals with >€15B deal value, and 1500+ international value creation projects in 7 industries for leading private equity firms in the areas of strategy, digital operational excellence, advanced data strategy and analytics, tech and automation. We achieved high returns (>40% IRR) for PE investments by building strong digital equity stories. As a front-runner for holistic data-driven strategy consulting and end-to-end execution, OMMAX is the leading consultancy within the European Private Equity sphere, specialized as both the architect and the executor of best-in-class value creation.

Andrejs Klisans Country Manager 36BRAINS

With a multi-jurisdictional background in law, Andrejs displayed a keen and early interest for corporate investigations. Having worked in high-profile Southern European investigations for many years, he is now spearheading efforts to expand 36Brains' presence in Germany and Central Europe.

Philip Whitchelo Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer STERLING TECHNOLOGY

Philip is chief strategy & marketing officer at Sterling Technology, a premium provider of virtual data room solutions for M&A, capital markets, and real estate. He has more than 30 years' experience working in strategy, M&A, corporate development, and corporate finance leadership roles in management consulting, investment banking, public companies, and private equity backed firms. Philip is a non-executive adviser to startups, investment management and private equity firms. He has served as an honorary visiting fellow in finance, and as a member of the advisory board of the M&A Research Centre, at Cass Business School. He is a co-author of over a dozen published M&A research studies and papers, as well as a co-inventor and patent holder for computerised, networked secure collaboration technology. Philip graduated from the University of London with Masters degrees in computer science and finance.