Alexander de Faria e Castro

After receiving his masters degree in International Management, Mr. de Faria e Castro worked in corporate finance at DuPont de Nemours. For the past 20 plus years he has gathered extensive experience as managing director, CEO or owner of noumerous entities within the field of real estate development, manufacturing and distribution, financial investments, as well as consulting. His international career has taken him to France, Russia, USA and Germany. Currently Mr. de Faria e Castro resides and works in the USA.

Jürgen Schlensog

After receiving his Bachelor of Commerce in the Insurance Industry, Mr. Schlensog began a 25-year career with ATS, the company he founded and developed as a leading broker agency for industrial insurance. As owner and CEO, he lead the company until its sale to Aon Corp. He also spent 8 years as a Member of the Board of the Insurance Industry Association VDVM in Germany.  In 1987, he founded the International Broker Association  IBA / Brussels, which he lead until 2004. After the sale of ATS to Aon Corp., Mr. Schlensog served as Managing Director at Aon Jauch & Hübner GmbH, responsible for their Industrial Markets operations. In October 2009, he was appointed partner at albatross invest.

Jens Wünscher

Jens Wünscher has an accreditation as a lawyer. After several years at leading law firms, he joined Baden-Württembergische Bank for 17 years. His responsibilities included syndicated transactions, mergers & acquisitions and corporate loans. Besides his positions as Managing Director at several subsidiaries, Mr. Wünscher served as Managing Director of a bank and leasing operation (WKV Group) and at GE Bank (later GE Money Bank).

F.-Thilo Zimmermann

With a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mr. Zimmermann spent over 20 years in the IT industry. He served 18 years as Managing Director (MD), including 12 years as sole MD. During his career, he spent almost equal periods at American, German and French privately held and public corporations and groups. Lastly, Mr. Zimmermann took responsibility at Atos as CEO for Central Europe and was member of the group’s Executive committee. Besides managing the day-to-day operations, Mr. Zimmermann gathered comprehensive experience in M&A and Corporate Finance transactions. He is founder (2003) and Managing Partner at albatross invest and holds Board / Advisory Board seats.

Associates

Alexander Haller

After obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering, Mr. Haller started his career at the German Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. During an 11 year period as sales manager and MD, he transformed a German midsize company (WAGNER Group GmbH) into an international player in Europe, Hongkong, China and United Arab Emirates. Afterwards he spent 3 years at a medium sized plastics-processing manufacturer (BULLYLAND AG) as CEO, leading sales and production units in Europe, Hongkong and the US. In 2009 Mr. Haller joined albatross invest as Associated Partner.

albatross invest possesses comprehensive international networks, including Board Members, Managing Directors and Shareholders in diverse segments, i.e. Automotive, Manufacturing, Financial Services and Insurance.