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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Oliver Walker has been a Managing Partner at CGS since August 2023. In this function, besides to the investment process, he is primarily concerned with increasing the value of portfolio companies and overseeing portfolio groups.

Before joining CGS, he was CEO of a biotech company listed on the Swiss stock exchange and before that EVP/CFO of world-leading medtech companies headquartered and listed in Switzerland and a group of companies headquartered in Singapore, which was then owned by a leading private equity company. Over the past 20 years, Oliver Walker has also supported various manufacturing and service companies in their development as a member of the Board of Directors.

In his many years of entrepreneurial activity, which also includes events such as economic and financial crises as well as a pandemic, a spectrum of experience has emerged, which ranges from restructuring and turnarounds to company transformations and M&A transactions, some of the latter with a buy & build approach. It was always about the development and implementation of strategies that paved the way to sustainable profitable growth thus creating corporate values.

Oliver Walker holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Bern.

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Andreas Emödi joined CGS as Managing Partner in mid-2023. Prior to joining CGS, he served as CFO/Deputy CEO of MBO-/MBI-projects of various companies in the wholesale and industrial sectors and as a member of the board of directors of a company in the field of trade.

His many years of experience and in-depth knowledge in the field of turnaround and corporate development provide him with the necessary expertise to­ develop sustainable and value-adding measures in complex corporate situations together with the existing management.

He has successfully used this know-how in various projects, both in management and as co-founder of a management consulting company.

He is convinced that the success of an MBO-/MBI-project depends to a large extent on the correct prioritization of the measures. The focus is on the formation of a sustainable, competent team, followed by careful strategic planning and tailor-made structures for implementation.

Andreas Emödi holds a Master of Business Administration and a PhD from the University of St. Gallen.

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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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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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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.

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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