Rolf Lanz has been a Managing Partner at CGS since 2000. In this role, he assisted the development of the Electronicparc group, which he put on the Zurich stock market through an IPO. Rolf then built up the Maag group into the market leader in plastics processing and steered it to the exit. He is currently in charge of various portfolio groups.

Before joining CGS, he was the CEO and a member of the board of directors of an international trading company. Rolf has gained extensive experience as CEO and CFO in a variety of industries, especially in construction supplies, electronics, and machinery.

Thanks to his many years working in industries, he has developed expertise in defining the corresponding strategies in the portfolio companies and knows the processes in industrial, medium-sized enterprises. This is the sine qua non to be able to successfully implement strategies.

Rolf holds a Master of Business Administration and a PhD from the University of Zurich (UZH), where he wrote a dissertation entitled Controlling in SMEs.

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Christoph Haller joined CGS in 2010 and was appointed Managing Partner and CFO in 2012. Before CGS, he worked 17 years for the Holcim group, a global market leader in the construction materials sector, where he held various management positions. 

He has many years of broad-ranging experience as a manager in various finance and controlling positions and has accompanied numerous M&A transactions and integration processes at the executive level. His ability to fully grasp and shape the core and support processes of industrial enterprises makes him a competent partner for those responsible within the portfolio companies and for the CGS team.

Christoph holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), with a major in Finance and Controlling. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

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Thierry Biggoer launched his career at an industrial holding company specialized in medium-sized industrial businesses and worked for UBS before joining CGS in 2016.

He has several years of experience in the strategy development and implementation for mid-sized industrial companies, as well as in the integration of international group companies. Portfolio companies’ management value Thierry as hands-on, supportive partner. The execution of company transactions round up his profile.

Thierry holds a Master of Arts in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and is a certified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

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Heinz Saurenmann joined CGS in 2015. His extensive experience covers multiple facets of governance and compliance, particularly in the manufacturing, automotive and aviation industry.

He is responsible for the administration of the Investor Relations division, including regulation, compliance, and reporting.

Heinz is a Swiss Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.

Marcel Rossmann has been with CGS since the start of 2019, supporting the development of the current portfolio companies as well as new acquisition projects. He has worked as an M&A advisor for Lazard in Frankfurt as well as for a leading M&A boutique in Munich.

His work of several years in the M&A area has included projects in the technology and industry sector on the financing and sell side. Experience with Berkshire Hathaway, Standard Chartered, and Ernst & Young round off his finance and assessment expertise.  

Marcel holds a Master in Advanced Finance from the IE Business School Madrid.

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Sandro Zingg joined CGS in the beginning of 2020 and supports the investment team with new acquisitions and the development of existing portfolio companies. Previously, he worked for a private equity firm in the DACH region with a focus on special situations and in strategy consulting at Ernst & Young.

He gained first private equity experience in the technology and industrial sector for medium-sized companies as well as in business consulting and strategy development for companies in various sectors.

Sandro Zingg holds a Master of Arts in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

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Thomas Anderegg joined CGS as a Partner in 2016. Prior to this, he held positions as CEO, board member, sales and marketing vice president and branch manager with a number of industrial companies in Switzerland and Mexico.

He has extensive expertise in different industries, such as plastics processing, machine and plant engineering for plastic products, foodstuffs, and packaging. His strengths lie in improving the operational performance of businesses and bringing together different companies, especially those of different cultural regions.

Thomas holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).

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Markus Laesser joined CGS in 2019 and supports the CGS portfolio companies in operational excellence areas, focusing on digitalization and Industry 4.0. Before this move, he gained many years of international experience working as CEO and in other executive positions in general management, sales, marketing, and IT for companies including IBM, Microsoft, T-Systems, Dätwyler, and Oerlikon.

He has steered multiple business areas throughout structured transformations and change processes into customer-focused organizations. Extensive experience in sales excellence and in the management of global organizations in production and distribution as well as ICT and services rounds off his profile.

Markus holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), with a major in Marketing. He is also an alumnus of INSEAD’s executive programs Transition to General Management and Leading Digital Transition and Innovation, as well as of the Advanced Management Program of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT).

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