Board of Directors

Dr. Peter Niggemann Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Peter Niggemann was born in 1965 and is chairman of the board of directors as well as being a partner in the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal firm in Düsseldorf. After completing his training as a banker at the Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale in Münster/Düsseldorf, he studied law at the University of Cologne and Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1998. Since March 1998 he has been a lawyer at the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal firm in Brussels, London and Düsseldorf. His main area of interest is in the field of European and German cartel law. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Cologne.
Dr. Jan C. Heitmüller Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Jan C. Heitmüller was born in 1965 and is deputy chairman of the board of directors. He concentrates his investment activities on undervalued private and listed companies. Previously, he was a private equity manager at Lindsay Goldberg Vogel in Düsseldorf, where he was a principal for ten years. He advised several LGB funds controlling more than $5b in equity capital. Dr. Heitmüller also has more than ten years experience in industry and management consulting. He was CFO of the private water company Eurawasser Aufbereitungs- und Entsorgungs GmbH in Berlin and Head of Corporate Development at Thyssen Handelsunion AG, Düsseldorf. Dr. Heitmüller previously worked at Bossard Consultants and McKinsey & Co. During his education, he benefited from visits to the USA, Spain and Switzerland.
Dr. Matthias Rumpelhardt Member of the Board of Directors Dr. Matthias Rumpelhardt was born in 1960 and is the managing shareholder of the medium-sized holding firm Dacapo 2 GmbH, whose main activities are in the field of media in Europe. His considerable experience of joint business ventures stems both from his previous function as chief executive officer of Ströer Media International, a joint venture between Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG and Oaktree Capital Management and his involvement in expansion activities in the emerging markets of Asia, India, and the Middle East. Dr. Rumpelhardt spent 20 years working for international business consultancies, most recently holding the position of chief executive officer for Central Europe, in addition to being a member of the executive committee for Corporate Value Associates, a global strategy boutique. He is also head of the board of directors at RIB Software AG, Stuttgart. He studied at the Berlin Technical University, where he also wrote his doctorate, following a period spent working in venture capital in Canada.