Our MVC / Venture Fund Consoritum leadership team works alongside our Enterprise & Corporate Partnerships Board focused on developing major enterprise and corporate partnerships for our funds, our Companies and for our LPs and on developing relationships to deliver rapid growth and expansion.
Dr. Ralf Köster (Chairman EMEA)
Former CEO of Bartec, an enterprise software company which Ralf built to $500M EUR in annual sales, Germany Entrepreneur of the year
Ralf worked in various Executive and CEO roles in the European and US Technology & Manufacturing sectors e.g. for Honeywell, Lignum and Bartec.
He is an experienced company builder and a known expert in the field of international business cooperations with deep expertise in the APAC region and China.
Dr. Koester was Entrepreneur of the Year (2015) in Germany.
Oliver Ahrens
Senior Corporate VP & President Pan Asia Pacific Region, President EMEA Business Operations, Acer, Full P&L for US$8B Revenue
Eric Stonier
Former Global Vice President for Experian, a $30 billion global leader in data and analytics, Former Global Director, HP
Joerg Jung
Executive Vice President & General Manager EMEA Central, South and Israel at Infor, Former T-Systems International SVP Global Cloud Go-to-market and Chief of Staff Office of the CEO, Head of Global Partner Operations & Services and SVP Global Partner Operations SAP AG
Dr. Dirk Leising
Former Senior Vice President of Global Customer Interface & Logistics, VP Sales, Germany and VP for Airports and Automotive, Siemens AG, the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe
Laird Popkin
Former CTO for Heart Transportation, Sothebys and NewsCorp. Built Pando Networks to 150M Users, sold to Microsoft
JIM BELFIORE
Former Managing Director of Client Innovation Services & Global Center of Excellence at IHS Markit
As a former Managing Director of Client Innovation Services at IHS Markit, a $26B dollar (market-cap) information and expert industry company with 5,000 analysts, data scientists, financial experts and industry specialists that provides services to 50,000 customers across over 140 countries with an 80% penetration of the Fortune Global 500 and 94 of the 100 largest US corporations, Jim worked with and led industry-leading teams of analysts, data scientists, subject matter experts and executives spanning many industries including aerospace & defense, finance, energy, transportation, medical, chemical and consumer products. Jim led hundreds of innovation and strategy projects and delivered AI-enabled innovation management solutions at over 700 client accounts around the world, many in the Fortune 500. Jim built and mentored successful innovation consulting businesses in both established and emerging markets throughout the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, with significant experience growing new business in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and Japan. Jim Belfiore is a published thought-leader, a speaker and a certified innovation master with extensive experience helping global technology and manufacturing firms create and manage teams, innovation strategies and breakthrough solutions that establish and extend market dominance.
HELEN CURRIE
Chief Economist at ConocoPhillips
Helen Currie was recently honored as one of Oil and Gas Investor’s 25 Influential Women in Energy. With over 25 years of experience in business, government and academia, Dr. Helen Currie brings unique perspectives to corporate strategy, planning and portfolio risk management. In her current role as ConocoPhillips’ Chief Economist, Currie manages strategic planning initiatives, oversees long range plan development, and advises on investment analyses & political risk. At BG Group, she built and led the Americas Market Analysis research team, advised on M&A opportunities with Strategy & BD and developed Gas and Power Trading strategies. Dr. Currie is a frequent speaker at industry venues and guest lecturer for training programs and universities. She has published research in finance, economics and management journals in addition to industry journals. She is a member of the Mississippi State University Foundation Board of Directors and College of Business Executive Advisory Board as well as the University of Texas Energy Institute Executive Advisory Board.
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