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Martin C. Wittig (born 20 January 1964) is the German CEO of the management consultant firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He is the successor of the former CEO Burkhard Schwenker, who is now the chairman of the board. Martin Christof Wittig is married and lives with his wife and his two sons near Zurich (Switzerland).
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Life
Martin C. Wittig studied Mining and Business Administration at RWTH Aachen University (Germany) and worked as a miner for two years.[1] With a thesis about investment planning, he achieved his PhD summa cum laude at the Technical University of Berlin. At this time, he held lectures at the TU Berlin.
In 1995, he joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and became an associate partner in 1999 and a full partner in 2000. Since January 2001, he has been acting as managing partner and director of the branch in Zurich.[2]
In December 2002, Wittig was elected chief financial officer (CFO) by the partners in the global executive committee of Roland Berger. In 2006, the partners confirmed his mandate. Wittig was elected the CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants unanimously by 180 partners.[3]
During his work as a consultant his areas of expertise were focused on corporate finance and turnaround management with the industrial focuses of aviation/transportation as well as financial services.
Martin C. Wittig has held a lectureship at the University of St. Gallen since 2007.[4]
The Federal Foreign Office of Germany appointed Wittig to the Honorary Consul of Germany for the nation of Switzerland, more accurate for the Canton of Schwyz and the Canton of Zurich.[5]
Sociopolitical Engagement
Beside being the CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Dr. Martin C. Wittig got involved in several sociopolitical organisations and clubs. Wittig is a jury-member of the Best of European Business-Award.[6][7] Furthermore he is a collector of contemporary art and a member of the Board of the Association for the Promotion of SIK-ISEA.[8]He also supports the Museum of Photo Winterthur[9] and the Children Fund Right to Play.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Roland-Berger-Chef Wittig war früher Bergmann focus.de, German Newsmagazine, 31. March 2011
- ^ Press release of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, 16 July 2010
- ^ Kathrin Terpitz: Generation change at Roland Berger (in German), Handelsblatt, 19 July 2010
- ^ Website of the University of St. Gallen
- ^ Website of the German Federal Foreign Office
- ^ http://www.best-of-european-business.com/best-of-european-business/jury/switzerland.html, Website of the BEB-Award
- ^ Asien steals Amerika the show, wissen.de (German knowledge website), 25. February 2011
- ^ http://www.sik-isea.ch/Mitgliedschaft/Vorstand/tabid/142/Default.aspx, Website of SIK-ISEA
- ^ http://alumni.unisg.ch/de/home/alumni-clubs/fachspezifische-clubs/hsg-alumni-konferenz/referenten/martin-wittig/, HSG Alumni Conference of the University of St. Gallen, September 2010
- ^ http://www.righttoplay.com/switzerland/the-team/Pages/FundersandPartners.aspx, Website Right to Play
External links
- CV of Martin C. Wittig, rolandberger.com
- Interview with the former CEO Burkhard Schwenker and Martin C. Wittig, translation of an interview original published in WirtschaftsWoche, 22 July 2010
- Hans-Jürgen Klesse: Where the new boss of Roland Berger have to charge (in German), WirtschaftsWoche, 22 July 2010
Categories:- German chief executives
- 1964 births
- Living people
- RWTH Aachen University alumni
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