Know. Want. Work.
Our human capital is just as important as our financial resources. That is why the people of the CAPCELLENCE team are at the heart of our value creation.
Focus on people
CAPCELLENCE is a partner-managed investment company and thrives on the strength of its team, which is up to the most diverse entrepreneurial challenges.
Collective intelligence: 1+1=3
A diverse but specialized team of experts supports CAPCELLENCE with the increasing challenges facing German SMEs - because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Dr. Matthias Daum
Former member of the Advisory Board of 4WHEELS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2011 - present)
Professional background
- Former COO of the CWS-boco Group
- Former member of the Supervisory Board of HTS Textil Servis Slovensko - part of the CWS-boco Group
- Former head of department at the Fraunhofer Institute
Dr. Walter Gnauert
Former Chairman of the Advisory Board of SPHEROS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2005 - 2012)
Professional background
Former CFO of Porsche AG
Former member of the management of the BOSCH Group
Dr. Wilhelm Heilmann
Former Chairman of the Advisory Board of the QUNDIS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2007 - 2012).
Professional background
- Managing partner of TopManagerTeam GmbH
- Former member of the Executive Board of Viterra AG
- Former Chief Representative of VEBA AG
- Former member of the Supervisory Board of Securitas
- Former member of the Supervisory Board of Stinnes AG
Dirk Wedding von Knapp
Former member of the Advisory Board of 4WHEELS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2011 - present)
Professional background
- President of the Volkswagen and Audi Partner Association e. V.
- Former Managing Director of AutoBusiness Group GmbH
- Former Managing Director of Gottfried Schultz GmbH & Co. KG
Bert-Jan Knoef
Mitglied des Beirats von ARGO-HYTOS Gruppe, einem Partnerunternehmen von CAPCELLENCE (2016 - heute)
Beruflicher Werdegang
Ex-CEO der STILL Gruppe
Ex-Mitglied des Vorstands der KION GROUP AG
Ex-Verantwortlicher für Sales & Marketing, Productmanagement, Customer Services und die globale Auftragsabwicklung bei der STILL Gruppe
Ex-Geschäftsführer Sales, Marketing und Service bei Linde Kältetechnik
Horst Marchart
Former member of the advisory board of SPHEROS, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2005 - 2012)
Professional background
- Former member of the Executive Board of Porsche AG
Christoph Mosmann
Chairman of the Advisory Board of ARGO- HYTOS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2016 - present)
Professional background
- Former member of the management and phG of Freudenberg & Co. KG
- Former member of the Management Board of Freudenberg SE
- Former Chairman of the Executive Board at EagleBurgmann
- Former Managing Director Sales/Marketing at EagleBurgmann
Dr. Frank Obergfell
Former member of the Advisory Board of the QUNDIS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2007 - 2012)
Professional background
Founder and Managing Director of the Thales Academy for Business and Philosophy
Chairman and majority shareholder of the OTG Group
Founder and former Managing Director of KUNDO Systemtechnik GmbH, merger with QUNDIS in 2008 and subsequently minority shareholder of the QUNDIS Group
Dr. Dominique Otten-Pappas
Former member of the Advisory Board of 4WHEELS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2011 - present)
Family Manager of the Otten Group
Klaus Dieter Richter
Former member of the Advisory Board of the QUNDIS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2007 - 2012)
Professional background
- Former Managing Director and MBO Manager of Siemens Building Technologies Electronics GmbH, Mühlhausen
Rainer Schamoni
Former member of the Advisory Board of the QUNDIS Group, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2007 - 2012)
Professional background
Former Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Techem AG
Dr. Peter Stehle
Former member of the advisory board of SPHEROS, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2005 - 2012)
Professional background
- Former member of the management and phG of Freudenberg & Co. KG
- Former member of the Executive Board of AEG
- Former Spokesman of the Management Board of Diehl GmbH & Co. KG Group
Christof Temmel
Member of the CAPCELLENCE Advisory Board since 2014.
Professional background
- Entrepreneur, investor and professional advisor
- Former member of the management of the QUNDIS Group
- Ex-Investment Manager at CAPCELLENCE
Georg F. Thoma
Chairman of the CAPCELLENCE Advisory Board since 2014
Professional background
Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Former member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG, Ferrostaal AG and others
Ex-Managing Partner of Shearman & Sterling, Germany
Various global leadership roles at Shearman & Sterling
Hans Wörmcke
Former member of the Supervisory Board of m-u-t AG, a former partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2002-2007)
Dr. Adrian Walti
Member of the Advisory Board of ARGO-HYTOS, a partner company of CAPCELLENCE (2016 - present)
Professional background
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Neoperl Group
- Former Vice President Strategy and M&A at Philipp Morris International
- Former partner at the Boston Consulting Group
Internship
Good minds are not a dime a dozen. But the search is worthwhile. For CAPCELLENCE and for you, if you can imagine a career in the investment sector. Because CAPCELLENCE is not only a special investor, but also a special company.
When choosing our colleagues, we make sure that they can not only think quickly and clearly, but are also creative and interesting.