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7-8 OCTOBER 2009, VIENNA 

CONGRESS • GRAND EVENING EVENT: FINANCE AWARD “CFO OF THE YEAR” 

2 nd CFO Summit Emerging Europe & CIS 

Inspiration for 

Top Financial Executives 

www.cfo-summit-ee.com 

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Grand 

Evening 

7 October, 6.30 p.m. 

at Liechtenstein Museum 

Gala dinner with Award ceremony 

“CFO of the Year 2009“ 

Champagne reception 

kindly supported by 

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2 nd floor 

4 th floor 

Floor plan 

• Exhibition and communication � Kleiner Redoutensaal 

• Plenum � Großer Redoutensaal 

• Room Graz 

• Room Vienna 

• Room Linz 

Plenum 

Großer Redoutensaal 

• Room Innsbruck 

Staircase 

Staircase 

Room Innsbruck 

Elevator 

Elevator 

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Vienna 

Room 

Linz 

FINANCE 

Info 

desk 

Main entrance via 

Josefsplatz 

Exhibition and communication 

Kleiner Redoutensaal 

Room 

Graz

7 October 2009 

Plenum/Großer Redoutensaal 

10.15 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 

Welcome Address from FINANCE Emerging Europe 

10.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m. 

Striving to Be the No. 1 

2.30 p.m.-3.30 p.m. 

Panel Discussion I: Reframing the Business Model – 

Lessons from the Crisis 

5.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. 

On-stage Interview: “Never Give up!” – 

How the Philosophy of Boxing Applies to Business 

Room Graz 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Corporate Communications 

4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. 

CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Equity Solutions in Current Market 

Conditions 

Room Linz 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Strategic Challenges in... the Metal Processing Industry 

4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. 

Strategic Challenges... What to Expect from PE in the Current 

Market Environment 

Room Vienna 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Entering New Markets: Turkish Resilience and Return to Growth 

4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. 

Entering New Markets: Suitable Legal and Commercial Concepts 

in Russia and Ukraine 

Room overview 


Plenum/Großer Redoutensaal 

9.15 a.m.-9.30 a.m. 


9.30 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 

Panel Discussion II: Emerging Europe in Need – 

Where Will Growth Come from? 

10.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m. 

Leading the Way: Why CFOs Are Good CEOs 

1.00 p.m.-1.30 p.m. 

How to Survive in a Bankrupt State – Challenges and Strategies 

for Companies in Highly Indebted Countries 

Room Graz 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Strategic Challenges in... Retail and Trade 

Room Innsbruck 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Restructuring Kit 

Room Linz 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Strategic Challenges in... Technology and Automotive 

Room Vienna 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m 

Entering New Markets: Poland’s Promises

Welcome 

Bastian Frien, 

Editor in Chief, 

FINANCE Emerging Europe 

Steven Arons, 

Managing Editor, 

FINANCE Emerging Europe 

Dear Guests of our 2 nd CFO Summit Emerging 

Europe & CIS, 

What initially began as a financial crisis has mushroomed into a fullblown 

global recession. Emerging Europe has been unable to insulate 

itself from the impact. The region is facing challenges that were 

virtually inconceivable just a year ago. Credit lines have dried up, currency 

depreciation has lifted interest payments on foreign-denominated 

loans to dangerous levels, and customers are increasingly defaulting on 

their bills. Liquidity, in other words, has become a scarce commodity. 

This brings momentous changes to CFOs. As access to capital is an 

ever more critical issue, they are forced to play an increasingly 

important role in steering their companies through the storm. Quick 

and competent decisions are crucial in avoiding wreckage – decisions 

that combine expertise with instinct, and resolve with knowledge. 

Cultivation of these qualities is a learning process, and most of it 

is learning from peers. More than anything else, it requires dialogue and 

discussion. 

This, in a nutshell, is, what the CFO Summit Emerging Europe & CIS 

is designed to achieve: By bringing together fellow CFOs from across the 

region, it creates a unique meeting point for you and other elite 

managers to facilitate an intensive exchange of experience and the 

discussion of crisis strategies, market conditions and new growth 

opportunities. 

The unique format of the event ensures that this exchange can take 

place at four complementary levels: keynotes by prominent CFOs and 

other market leaders, expert panel discussions, focussed workshops 

including Q&A sessions and, of course, ample time in between for 

personal contacts. 

We are therefore proud to present the programme for the 2 nd CFO 

Summit. The range of issues covered by its workshops – from equity 

solutions to communication strategies – aims at satisfying the broadest 

information needs of any CFO. 

But we are aware that even though business comes first, it does not 

come alone: there will also be time to relax and enjoy a luxurious 

dinner during the Award ceremony for the “CFO of the Year 2009” at 

one of Vienna’s finest locations exclusively reserved for our guests. 

We are delighted to welcome you to the 2 nd CFO Summit Emerging 

Europe & CIS in Vienna. 

Best regards, 

Bastian Frien Steven Arons 

CFO-Summit 

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Programme at a Glance 

Plenum 

Roundtable Session I 

Plenum 

Roundtable Session II 

Plenum 


Plenum 

Roundtable Session III 

Plenum 

Participating Companies

Programme at a Glance 


10.15 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 


Bastian Frien, Editor in Chief, FINANCE Emerging Europe 

10.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m. 


Martin Novak, CFO, CEZ, a.s. 

11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. 

Coffee break 

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Roundtable Session I 

• Entering New Markets: Turkish Resilience and Return to Growth 

• CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Corporate Communications 

• Strategic Challenges in... the Metal Processing Industry 

1.00 p.m.-2.30 p.m. 

Lunch and networking 

2.30 p.m.-3.30 p.m. 

Panel Discussion I 

Reframing the Business Model – Lessons from the Crisis 

Dr. Andre Carls, CEO, Commerzbank Central and Eastern Europe 

Holding 

Martin Novak, CFO, CEZ, a.s. 

Lauri Veijalainen, CFO, IKEA Russia and CIS 

3.30 p.m.-4.00 p.m. 


4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. 

Roundtable Session II 

• Entering New Markets: Suitable Legal and Commercial Concepts in Russia 

and Ukraine 

• CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Equity Solutions in Current Market 

Conditions 

• Strategic Challenges... What to Expect from PE in the Current Market 

Environment 

5.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. 

On-stage Interview 

"Never Give Up!" – 


Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, Partner, Klitschko Management Group GmbH 

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Grand Evening with Award ceremony “CFO of the Year 2009” 

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9.15 a.m.-9.30 a.m. 


Steven Arons, Managing Editor, FINANCE Emerging Europe 

9.30 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 

Panel Discussion II 

Emerging Europe in Need – 

Where Will Growth Come from? 

Federico Ghizzoni, Head of Poland’s Markets Division, UniCredit Group, 

Member of the Management Board for CEE, UniCredit Bank Austria AG 

Heinrich Schaller, CEO, Wiener Börse AG 

Jacek Siwicki, President, Enterprise Investors 

Adam Stanyer, CEO, GPEC Sp. z o.o., Managing Director Polish Business 

Unit, SW Leipzig GmbH 

10.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m. 


Piotr Jelenski, Chairman of the Executive Board, Asseco South Eastern 

Europe SA, Financial Director, Asseco Group 

11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. 


11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Roundtable Session III 

• Entering New Markets: Poland’s Promises 

• CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – Restructuring Kit 

• Strategic Challenges in... Technology and Automotive 

• Strategic Challenges in... Retail and Trade 

1.00 p.m.-1.30 p.m. 

How to Survive in a Bankrupt State – Challenges and 

Strategies for Companies in Highly Indebted Countries 

Prof. Dr. Lajos Bokros, Member of the European Parliament 

1.30 p.m.-3.00 p.m. 3.00 p.m. 

Lunch & Final Get-together Airport Shuttle Service 


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SPEAKER 


SPEAKER 

Bastian Frien, Editor in Chief, FINANCE Emerging Europe, 

Frankfurt/Main, Germany 

Since the beginning of 2007 Mr. Frien has been Editor in 

Chief of FINANCE and the online magazine “Der Treasurer“. 

One year later, he became Chief Editor of FINANCE 

Emerging Europe. Prior to joining FINANCE, he authored 

market studies on behalf of the German Chamber of Foreign 

Trade (AHK) in Portugal and a study on corporate financing in 

the USA on behalf of Deutsche Bank Research. 

Martin Novak, CFO, CEZ, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic CEZ is a dynamic, integrated electricity conglomerate based in 

Mr. Novak has been working for CEZ, a.s. as Chief Accounting 

Officer since March 2006. As of 2008 he became CFO and 

Member of the Board. Prior to joining CEZ, a.s., Mr. Novak 

worked for ConocoPhillips in Houston, London and Prague, in 

the years 2002 and 2006 as Financial Director for central and 

eastern Europe. He started his career as a Tax Advisor at 

PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

the Czech Republic with operations in a number of countries 

in central and southeastern Europe. Its principal businesses 

encompass generation, distribution and sale of electricity and 

heat as well as coal mining. In December 2008 CEZ, as the 

first company from central Europe to do so, won the title 

“The Power Company of the Year“ in the prestigious Platts 

Global Energy Awards competition. 

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10.15 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 

10.30 a.m.-11.00 a.m.

Roundtable Session I 7 OCTOBER 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Room Vienna Room Graz 

Entering New Markets: 

Turkish Resilience and Return 

to Growth 

SPEAKER 

HOST 

Room Linz 

Süha Güçsav, Vice Chairman of the Board, AKFEN Holding, 

Ankara, Turkey 

Serving at AKFEN Holding as Financing Group President and 

then as President of the Executive Board, Mr. Güçsav has 

been Vice Chairman of AKFEN Holding since 2003. In 

addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of various 

affiliates including TAV Airport Holding. He is Managing 

Director of AKFEN GYO (Real Estate Investment Partnership) 

and CEO of IBS Insurance Brokerage Services. 

Kaan Basaran, CEO, UniCredit Menkul Degerler A.S., 

Istanbul, Turkey 

Appointed CEO in March 2009, Mr. Basaran was previously 

CEO of Credit Suisse in Turkey since June 2006. He was 

responsible for investment banking, private banking and 

asset management divisions and was Head of Fixed Income 

Coverage for Israel and the Balkans. For sixteen years prior 

to Credit Suisse, he worked at Merrill Lynch International, 

Rabobank and Citibank N.A., all in London. 

Strategic Challenges in... 

the Metal Processing Industry 

SPEAKER 

HOST 

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Marc T. Oehler, Managing Partner, BILSTEIN GRUPPE, 

Hagen, Germany 

Mr. Oehler has been Managing Partner at BILSTEIN since 

2005. BILSTEIN was established in 1911 and has become 

the leading producer of cold rolled steel strip in Europe. 

Prior to joining BILSTEIN, Mr. Oehler had been Senior 

Manager at Arthur Andersen GmbH/Ernst & Young Real 

Estate GmbH in Frankfurt/Main for six years. 

Zbynek Zajícek, Relationship Manager, Commerzbank AG, 

Prague, Czech Republic 

Mr. Zajícek first joined Commerzbank Prague as Bank 

Specialist from 1995 until 2002. He was then Leasing and 

Investment Advisor at IKB Leasing CR, s.r.o. for the next four 

years. Returning to Commerzbank Prague in 2006, he has 

been Relationship Manager in Corporate Banking Department 

up to today. 

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CFO Toolbox for the Crisis – 

Corporate Communications 

SPEAKER 

HOST 

Stefan Menzel, CEE Correspondent, Handelsblatt GmbH, 

Vienna, Austria 

Mr. Menzel has been CEE Correspondent in Vienna since 

September 2008. His main activities and responsibilities 

contain reporting about political and economic developments 

in central and eastern Europe. Previously, he was 

Deputy Head of Companies and Markets Section at 

Handelsblatt as well as Automotive Correspondent at 

Handelsblatt and Die Welt. 

Armin Häberle, Editor, FINANCE Emerging Europe, 


Mr. Häberle has been working for the F.A.Z.-Institut and 

FINANCE Emerging Europe magazine since 2008. Besides 

working as an Editor he is also responsible for Business 

Development. Previously, he worked for the British 

Consulate-General in Düsseldorf, supporting German 

companies that were investing or expanding in the United 

Kingdom. 

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Panel Discussion I 2.30 p.m.-3.30 p.m. 

Reframing the Business Model – Lessons from the Crisis 

SPEAKERS 

MODERATOR 

Dr. Andre Carls, CEO, Commerzbank Central and Eastern 

Europe Holding, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 

Dr. Carls is responsible for the CEE activities of Commerzbank. 

Having studied business economics and completed a 

doctorate, he joined Commerzbank in 1990, with various 

positions in corporate finance and capital markets. Until 

2008 he was Member of the Board of Managing Directors of 

comdirect bank, since 2004 CEO of comdirect group. 

Lauri Veijalainen, CFO, IKEA Russia and CIS, Moscow, Russia 

Mr. Veijalainen has been CFO for IKEA Russia and CIS since 

2003. He has participated and been responsible for financial 

issues in the company’s extensive expansion schedule from 

two to twelve IKEA stores as well as for twelve Mega Malls 

located in Russian main cities and regions. Prior to IKEA, 

Mr. Veijalainen worked as the Finance and Administrative 

Director of Skanska in Moscow. Altogether he has worked in 

the CIS region for fourteen years. 

Bastian Frien, FINANCE Emerging Europe 

Martin Novak, CFO, CEZ, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic 

Mr. Novak has been working for CEZ, a.s. as Chief Accounting 

Officer since March 2006. As of 2008 he became CFO and 

Member of the Board. Prior to joining CEZ, a.s., Mr. Novak 

worked for ConocoPhillips in Houston, London and Prague, in 

the years 2002 and 2006 as Financial Director for central and 

eastern Europe. He started his career as a Tax Advisor at 

PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

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Roundtable Session II 7 OCTOBER 4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. 

Room Vienna Room Graz 


Suitable Legal and Commercial 

Concepts in Russia and Ukraine 

SPEAKERS 

HOST 

Room Linz 

Veronika Bienert, Vice President and CFO Russia and 

Central Asia, Siemens Ltd, Moscow, Russia 

Ms. Bienert is CFO of Siemens Russia and the cluster Russia 

Central Asia. In her previous assignment at Siemens AG, 

Corporate Strategy, as Vice President Corporate Region CIS, 

she was involved in the strategic realignment of Siemens 

and the implementation of the new corporate regional 

set-up. Ms. Bienert has broad experience in the sectors 

industry, energy and healthcare in CEE and CIS. 

Dr. Thomas Mundry, Attorney at Law, Nörr Stiefenhofer 

Lutz, Moscow, Russia 

Dr. Mundry has been working in Russia since 1994. He has 

wide experience in advising on investment, financing and 

other projects of western and Russian businesses in Russia. 

He focuses on M&A, joint venture, greenfield and brownfield 

projects. His field of activity covers a wide range of 

industrial sectors, including oil and gas, automotive industry, 

chemicals, engineering, retail, IT and real estate. 

Vitaliy Novikov, Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson 

Ukraine LLC, Kiev, Ukraine 

Mr. Novikov has been Managing Director of Johnson & 

Johnson Ukraine since 2007. He is in charge of the firm’s 

Consumer Products Division, in particular for business 

development, marketing strategies, sales and distribution 

strategy for the country. Before joining Johnson & Johnson, 

Mr. Novikov was Sales Director at Henkel Ukraine, based in 

Kiev. 

Dr. Mansur Pour Rafsendjani, Managing Partner, 

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Kiev, Ukraine 

Dr. Pour Rafsendjani is Head and Managing Partner of Nörr’s 

Kiev office. He specialises in representing and advising 

leading companies in international and national commercial 

law, corporate law, in particular M&A and joint ventures. He 

has been working in international legal advice for over ten 

years now. Before joining Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, he was 

General Counsel of an investment management company. 


Equity Solutions in Current 

Market Conditions 

SPEAKERS 

HOST 

Tadeusz Kozaczynski, Vice President, CFO, Trakcja 

Polska SA, Warsaw, Poland 

Mr. Kozaczynski has been Vice President and CFO of Trakcja 

Polska, the largest Polish railway construction group, since 

2004. He was involved in the company’s restructuring, M&A 

activity and its IPO in 2008. Mr. Kozaczynski has broad 

experience in private equity and equity research. He was 

elected “CFO of the Year 2008” in Poland. 

Pawel Tamborski, Co-Head of Emerging Europe Equity 

Capital Markets, UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking, 

UniCredit CAIB Securities UK Ltd, London, UK 

Mr. Tamborski is responsible for all equity and equity-linked 

products in CEE and joined UniCredit Group (CAIB) in 1994. 

At CAIB in Warsaw, he was Co-Head of Investment Banking 

and Board Member of UniCredit CAIB Poland. He has led 

public, private, Polish and international deals which are 

recognised as landmark transactions for CEE capital markets. 

Karim Makki, Global Head of Equity-Linked Origination, 

UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking, Bayerische 

Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, London, UK 

With UniCredit since 2003 and previously at Lehman 

Brothers in European equity capital markets, Mr. Makki has 

arranged more than fifteen convertible and exchangeable 

bond transactions to date as well as smaller privately placed 

equity-linked issues for companies including the recent first 

ever Bulgarian equity-linked issue for Chimimport. 

Strategic Challenges... 

What to Expect from PE in the Current Market Environment 

SPEAKERS 

Felix Frohn-Bernau, Member of the Executive Board, 

ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg, Germany 

Since March 2007 Mr. Frohn-Bernau has been Member of 

the Executive Board at ARQUES Industries, responsible for 

the departments’ acquisitions and exits. Prior to joining 

ARQUES Industries, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Dooyoo 

AG, a start-up with 180 employees in five countries. He also 

worked for the Bayerische Landesbank in London as an 

Advisor on a project based in the sport and media field. 

DDr. Michael Tojner, Founder and CEO, Global Equity 

Partners Beteiligungs-Management AG, Vienna, Austria 

DDr. Tojner founded the first mail order company in eastern 

Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Poland) and 

with Global Equity Partners one of the first private equity 

companies in Austria in 1998. He is an expert in investment 

banking, private equity & venture capital finance and M&A 

and signs responsible for Austria’s most successful IPO in the 

last ten years: bwin. 

HOST 

Thomas Heidenfeld, Partner, Deloitte & Touche GmbH, 

Munich, Germany 

Mr. Heidenfeld is a Corporate Finance Partner focused on 

advising private equity and large corporate clients in 

Germany. In recent years he advised on well over one 

hundred transactions, both cross-border and domestic, 

ranging in value from EUR 10 million to EUR 4+ billion. 

He has extensive experience primarily in automotive, 

industrial products and manufacturing industries. 

Dr. Sven Oleownik, Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche 

Corporate Finance GmbH, Munich, Germany 

Dr. Oleownik is Managing Partner of the Deloitte & Touche 

Corporate Finance Business. He has over twenty years of 

experience on an international level in the areas of strategic 

consulting, corporate finance and investment management 

(strategic development, M&A, capital markets, performance 

improvement/restructuring) for corporates and PE firms. 

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On-stage Interview 5.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. 

“Never Give Up!” – 


“Such people as Klitschko are currently doing more for Ukraine, for its recognition, than all politicians, deputies, officials together.” 

Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, 

Partner, Klitschko 

Management Group GmbH, 

Hamburg, Germany 

HOST 

Bastian Frien, 

Editor in Chief, 

FINANCE Emerging Europe, 


Few sports attract more enthusiastic followers 

than heavyweight boxing. And no other 

boxing champion may be better known 

around the world than the brothers Vitali and 

Wladimir Klitschko. Just recently, their boxing 

careers have reached new heights: Wladimir, who 

has held the IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles 

since 2006, added his third world championship 

title last year, this time from the WBO. He has 

successfully defended his titles twice since then. 

Vitali’s success may be even more stunning: He 

came back after a four-year pause from the sport to 

recapture the WBC title in the fall of last year, 

making the two brothers the first siblings in boxing 

history to hold simultaneously world titles in the 

heavyweight division. 

Though impressive, the achievements of the 

Klitschko brothers are not limited to sports. 

Both hold Ph.D.s in sports science and 

philosophy and pursue successful careers outside 

the ring. “As a celebrity, you are in a better position 

to make a difference,” Wladimir Klitschko is 

quoted as saying. They support various charity 

projects around the globe. For instance, they are 

ambassadors of the UNESCO as well as the Laureus 

Sports for Good Foundation. Vitali is a member of 

Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine 

the municipal parliament of Ukraine’s capital Kiev 

and of the organisational committee for the 

European soccer championships in 2012. 

But Wladimir Klitschko would not attend the 

CFO Summit if their activities did not also 

include the world of business. Taking charge 

of their own self-marketing, the boxing brothers 

have founded the Klitschko Management Group 

(KMG) together with their long-time manager, 

Bernd Bönte, as Partner and Managing Director. 

The company with offices in Hamburg, Kiev and 

Los Angeles develops marketing strategies for 

companies, brands and personalities. But the 

expertise and reputation of the Klitschkos also 

stand ready to assist companies seeking to expand 

to eastern Europe. The range of services includes 

consultation in areas like market analysis and 

research as well as market entry and location 

studies. The bridges they can build rest on personal 

contacts and their advice on how to enter best 

foreign markets. 

What better door opener can one have?



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Panel Discussion II 9.30 a.m.-10.30 a.m. 

Emerging Europe in Need – Where Will Growth Come from? 

SPEAKERS 

MODERATOR 

SPEAKER 

Steven Arons, Managing Editor, FINANCE Emerging Europe, 


In 2006 Mr. Arons joined the German magazine FINANCE as 

an Editor. Since 2008 he has been Managing Editor of 

FINANCE Emerging Europe. The magazine covers the entire 

range of CFO responsibilities and is intended for CFOs as well 

as for other corporate finance and private equity executives 

from Emerging Europe (EE) and abroad who are already 

investing or seeking investments in EE. 

Federico Ghizzoni, Head of Poland’s Markets Division, 

UniCredit Group, Member of the Management Board for 

CEE, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna, Austria 

In July 2007 Mr. Ghizzoni was appointed Head of Poland's 

Markets Division at UniCredit and Board Member responsible 

for the CEE Banking Division at Bank Austria. Since April 

2009 he has been Member of the UniCredit Group Executive 

Management Committee. He is also Supervisory Board Member 

in various companies of UniCredit Group/Bank Austria. 

Jacek Siwicki, President, Enterprise Investors, Warsaw, 

Poland 

Mr. Siwicki is President of Enterprise Investors, one of the 

largest firms managing private equity funds in Poland as well 

as central and eastern Europe and has led about twenty 

direct investments. He manages the firm’s operations in 

Poland and Romania and is responsible for implementing its 

strategy in the whole CEE region. In 1991 he served as 

Poland’s Deputy Minister of Privatisation. 

Steven Arons, FINANCE Emerging Europe 


Piotr Jelenski, Chairman of the Executive Board, Asseco 

South Eastern Europe SA, Financial Director, Asseco Group, 

Warsaw, Poland 

Mr. Jelenski has been Chairman of the Executive Board of 

Asseco SEE since July 2007. Since December 2001 until June 

2009, he was CFO of Asseco Poland managing financing, 

restructuring and M&A activities. He joined CAIB Financial 

Advisers Sp. z o.o. in 1996 and was responsible for project 

management related to M&A. 

Asseco Poland (ACP) is the largest IT company listed on the 

Warsaw Stock Exchange. In April 2008 the process of merging 

Asseco Poland and Prokom Software was completed. 

As a result of the merger, Asseco Poland became one of the 

ten largest IT companies in Europe in terms of capitalisation. 

The group Asseco SEE is the largest operator in southeastern 

Europe in terms of revenue derived from sales of its software 

and services. 

9.15 a.m.-9.30 a.m. 

Heinrich Schaller, CEO, Wiener Börse AG, Vienna, Austria 

Mr. Schaller is CEO of Wiener Börse AG. He joined Wiener 

Börse as CEO in 2006. Prior to this, he was Member of the 

Board of Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich. Before that, 

he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kepler-Fonds 

KAG and Deputy CEO of Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich. 

He started his career at Raiffeisen Zentralbank 

in Vienna. 

Adam Stanyer, CEO, GPEC Sp. z o.o., Managing Director 

Polish Business Unit, SW Leipzig GmbH, Gdansk, Poland 

Mr. Stanyer is a UK Chartered Accountant having worked for 

KPMG in London and Berlin. He has extensive experience in 

the European energy, retail and construction sectors gained 

from the commercial and financial perspectives in large and 

mid-cap companies. Mr. Stanyer is currently leading a 

significant restructuring programme in a group of energy 

companies based in Poland. 

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Roundtable Session III 8 OCTOBER 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Room Vienna Room Innsbruck 


Poland’s Promises 

SPEAKERS 

HOST 

Jirí Iša, Head of Treasury and Corporate Finance, AGC Flat 

Glass Czech a.s., Teplice, Czech Republic 

Mr. Iša has been Head of Treasury and Corporate Finance of 

the AGC Flat Glass Czech since 1993. Prior to this, he was 

Manager of the internal bank of Sklo Union and worked as a 

Specialist of the social-economic Institute of the Academy of 

Sciences. He started his professional career at the State Bank 

of Czechoslovakia. 

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Host: Michael Wolf, Deputy Head International Corporates, 

BRE Bank SA, Warsaw, Poland 

Mr. Wolf has been Deputy Head of International Corporates 

of BRE Bank SA in Warsaw since 2007. Prior to this, 

he worked in the Corporate Banking Department of 

Commerzbank AG in Cologne and Bonn and since 2004 as 

Senior Relationship Manager at BRE Bank SA, Warsaw, where, 

among others, he was responsible for the cooperation with 

multinational companies investing in Poland. 

Frank Eickholt, Director International Corporates, 

BRE Bank SA, Warsaw, Poland 

Mr. Eickholt has been Head of the International Corporate 

Section of the BRE Bank office in Warsaw from 2004 to 2008 

and since beginning of 2008 as Director International 

Corporates. He followed the delegation to BRE Bank SA in 

1998, starting as a Senior Account Manager in the International 

Corporate Section. Prior to this, he worked three 

years for Commerzbank AG. 


Restructuring Kit 

SPEAKERS 

HOST 

Dr. Christian Frank, Managing Director of Eastern Europe, 

Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria 

Dr. Frank is Managing Director of Eastern Europe at 

Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, Dornbirn, and drives the growth 

initiatives in these markets. Since joining Zumtobel in 2004, 

he had supported the post-merger integration of Thorn 

acquisition into Zumtobel Lighting. Before joining Zumtobel, 

he was Restructuring Expert at Roland Berger Strategy 

Consultants and APAX Corporate Finance. 

Prof. Dr. Jörg Menzer, Managing Partner, Nörr Stiefenhofer 

Lutz, Bucharest, Romania 

Prof. Dr. Menzer is Managing Partner of the Bucharest office 

of Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz. He is also responsible for the 

coordination of the CEE practice for international clients. 

He focuses on M&A, corporate law, VC, privatisations, public 

economic and environmental law. Prof. Dr. Menzer 

specialises in advising M&A transactions and concentrates 

on structuring major foreign investments in Romania. 

Stefan Tkaczyk, CEO, Mazurskie Meble International Carry 

Home Collection (MMI CHC) Sp. z o.o., Olsztyn, Poland 

Mr. Tkaczyk has been CEO of MMI CHC since 2006. 

Previously, from 1993 to 2006, he was CEO of MMI 

Group – a furniture manufacturer belonging to the Schieder 

Group. Since 2003 he has been Head of Chief Counsel of 

Polish Exporters’ Club. 

Dr. Jacek Bak, Head of Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, 

Warsaw, Poland 

Dr. Bak is Head of the Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz office in 

Warsaw. He has advised on numerous M&As and financing 

transactions. His most recent transactions include advising 

Oaktree Capital Management on a loan of EUR 400 million 

and Calyon Investment Bank on a cross-border sale of a 

receivables pool. He also advised Axel Springer. 

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Roundtable Session III 8 OCTOBER 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 

Room Linz Room Graz 


Technology and Automotive 

SPEAKERS 

HOST 

Georgios Gergianakis, Senior Vice President EEME (Eastern 

Europe and Middle East), Seeburger AG, Bretten, Germany 

Mr. Gergianakis is Senior Vice President EEME at 

Seeburger AG. There he is responsible for managing and 

developing Seeburger’s business in eastern Europe and the 

Middle East. He has twelve years of expertise in strategic 

business consulting and served as Communications Sector 

Leader South-East for IBM, responsible for the strategic 

build-up of consulting service units in eastern Europe. 

Dr. Martin Hölz, Partner, Deloitte Consulting GmbH, 

Stuttgart, Germany 

Dr. Hölz is Partner of Deloitte Consulting GmbH, leading the 

global automotive practice in which all activities regarding 

OEMs, suppliers, financial services and wholesalers/retailers 

are combined. He has spent his career in the automotive 

industry since 1994, including several leading positions in 

big automotive companies. 

Robert Horndasch, Partner, Deloitte Consulting GmbH, 

Munich, Germany 

Mr. Horndasch is Partner of Deloitte Consulting GmbH in 

Munich, responsible for the technology industry. He has over 

14 years of expertise in the European telecommunications 

and technology industry, where he worked with start-up 

companies as well as established enterprises in the area of 

management consulting, M&A advisory and IT transformation. 

Alexander Fraess-Ehrfeld, Managing Partner, Deloitte & 

Touche Corporate Finance GmbH, Munich, Germany 

Mr. Fraess-Ehrfeld is Managing Partner of the Deloitte & 

Touche Corporate Finance Business. He has fifteen years of 

experience in investment banking and asset management. 

Before joining Deloitte, he worked for leading international 

investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Dresdner 

Kleinwort Benson. He was also Managing Partner of 

Burckhardt Fraess & Co. GmbH. 


Retail and Trade 

SPEAKER 

HOST 

Dr. Bernd Sagemann, Director Accounting & Commercial 

Affairs, ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG (ECE), 

Hamburg, Germany 

Dr. Sagemann has been in authority of Accounting & 

Commercial Affairs at ECE since summer 2009. Previously, he 

was responsible for accounting and investment controlling 

within the ECE headquarter and foreign subsidiaries. Prior to 

joining ECE, Dr. Sagemann was Manager at KPMG and Head 

of Accounting/Finance in reputable real estate companies. 

Jens Jungmann, Managing Partner, Rödl & Partner, 

Nuremberg, Germany 

Mr. Jungmann is Managing Partner of Rödl & Partner. As a 

Certified Public Accountant and Auditor under Polish and 

Romanian law, he has great expertise and many years 

experience in consulting and audit services for enterprises 

from all business areas and of all sizes. In the years 2001 

until 2005 Mr. Jungmann was Court Expert for Accounting 

at the District Court in Poznan. 

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How to Survive in a Bankrupt State – Challenges and 

Strategies for Companies in Highly Indebted Countries 

SPEAKER 

Prof. Dr. Lajos Bokros, Member of the European 

Parliament, Brussels, Belgium 

Prof. Bokros is Professor of Economics at Central European 

University (CEU) in Budapest and since 2009 Member of the 

European Parliament, where he is a Coordinator of the 

Budget Committee. Previous positions included Managing 

Director of the Hungarian National Bank, Chairman of the 

Budapest Stock Exchange, Minister of Finance of Hungary 

(1995-1996) and Director at the World Bank (1996-2004). 

1.00 p.m.-1.30 p.m.

Participating Companies 

Participating 

Companies 



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Lead Partner 

Commerzbank – an integrated large bank 

Commerzbank is the second-largest bank in Germany and 

one of the leading financial institutions in Europe. Following 

its takeover of Dresdner Bank in January 2009, Commerzbank 

is the leading bank for private and corporate banking 

in Germany. The combined new Commerzbank serves almost 

15 million customers worldwide. 

Commerzbank is a competent provider of financial services 

for private customers and small- and medium-sized enterprises 

(SMEs). It also provides services to many major corporate 

customers and multinational enterprises. Commerzbank 

aims to be the market leader among its core target 

groups. 

The new Commerzbank 

With the takeover of Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank opens 

up a new chapter of its corporate history. As of 12 January 

2009, the takeover has been completed and Commerzbank 

has become the sole shareholder of Dresdner Bank. 

The leading bank for private and corporate customers in 

Germany 

The transaction will make Commerzbank the leading bank 

for private and corporate banking in Germany. With some 

1,200 branches, the new bank will have the strongest 

branch network of all German banks, and its customers 

stand to benefit from an even broader and more attractive 

range of products and advisory services. 

At the same time, the takeover will enhance Germany’s 

standing as an economic and financial centre. The new 

Commerzbank will be an even stronger long-term partner 

for the export-strong SME sector and corporate customers, 

combining the expertise and clear commitment of both 

banks to the German market under a single roof. 

International presence 

Today about one third of German foreign trade is channelled 

through the new Commerzbank, the leading export 

financier for German industry. The bank is directly represented 

in more than 40 countries in all major economic and 

financial centres as well as through a network of more than 

6,000 banking relationships worldwide. In central and eastern 

Europe Commerzbank is well positioned with around 

3.5 million customers. In Poland the bank holds a 70 per 

cent stake in BRE Bank, Poland’s third-largest financial institution. 

We will combine the experience of both banks – in the 

interest of our customers 

The success of our customers has been and will remain the 

benchmark of our activities. The new Commerzbank continues 

to endorse its tried-and-tested customer-oriented 

business model. 

Commerzbank AG 

Kaiserplatz 

60311 Frankfurt/Main, Germany 

Contact person 

Matthias Langer 

Tel.: +49 69 136-28445 

Fax: +49 69 136-41208 

matthias.langer@commerzbank.com 

www.commerzbank.com

Lead Partner 

Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance GmbH 

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory 

services to public and private clients spanning multiple 

industries. With a globally connected network of member 

firms in 140 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities 

and deep local expertise to help clients succeed wherever 

they operate. Deloitte’s 165,000 professionals are committed 

to becoming the standard of excellence. 

Multidisciplinary advisory teams from the field of corporate 

finance, particularly from the M&A transaction services and 

corporate finance advisory sectors, deliver tailor-made solutions 

to complex matters pertaining to corporate acquisitions 

and sales as well as stock market flotation. In the implementation 

of national and international due-diligence 

audits, we support you in the early identification of opportunities 

and risks, as well as the analysis of factors relevant 

to the calculation of the selling price. Our attention is always 

focused on individual transaction consultation geared to 

your needs and integrated into the overall process. This is 

rounded off by the industry specialisation of our consultants. 

Deloitte & Touche 

Corporate Finance GmbH 

Rosenheimer Platz 4 

81669 Munich, Germany 


Alexander Fraess-Ehrfeld 

Tel.: +49 89 29036-8475 

Fax: +49 89 29036-118475 

afraess@deloitte.de 

www.deloitte.com 


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Lead Partner 

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz 

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz is a leading European partnership of 

attorneys, tax advisors and auditors. More than 440 professionals 

advise companies, financial institutions, wealthy 

individuals and public sector entities out of 13 offices in 

Germany, New York and central and eastern Europe. We frequently 

coordinate multi-jurisdictional transactions with 

best friend firms, inter alia from the leading international 

association Lex Mundi. 

Competence in central and eastern Europe: We were 

among the first western firms to establish offices in central 

and eastern Europe starting almost 20 years ago. We have 

continuously grown our offices and increased the early lead 

through experience and networking in industry, politics and 

administration. Today, our clients include not only foreign 

investors, but increasingly domestic enterprises. 

Corporate/M&A practice: Our corporate/M&A and banking/finance 

practice is one of our core business with a 

strong focus on transactional advice (including capital markets) 

and more than 150 specialists across all our offices, 60 

thereof in our CEE offices. 

Experienced and well-established 

Each year: more than 300 transactions 

Total volume: double-digit billion euro amount 

Mergermarket, Thomson Reuters: one of the top ten 

M&A firms 

Legal 500 EMEA: ranked first tier for mid-sized M&A 

deals 

Legal Publishers: many of our partners are “leaders in 

their fields” 

Strengths 

Seamless cooperation of international practice groups 

and sector teams 

Efficient management of teams by an experienced 

contact partner 

Deep knowledge and understanding of sectors and 

markets from continuous operational advice 

The scope of our advice includes 

Acquisition and sale of companies 

Auctions/tenders 

Mergers and amalgamations 

Cooperations and joint ventures, greenfield investments 

Privatisation 

Private equity and venture capital 

Capital markets (IPOs, takeovers) 

Reorganisation and restructuring 

Legal, tax and financial due diligence 

Financing and tax structures 

Tax optimisation during acquisitions and sales of 

companies 

Transaction management/post M&A integration 

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz 

Brienner Str. 28 

80333 Munich, Germany 

Contact person Czech Republic, Slovakia 

Mgr. Jaroslav Melzer 

Tel.: +420 233 1121-11 

jaroslav.melzer@noerr.com 

Contact person Germany 

Dr. Christian C.-W. Pleister 

Tel.: +49 30 2094-2058 

christian.pleister@noerr.com 

Contact person Hungary 

Dr. Alexander Birnstiel, LL.M. 

Tel.: +36 1 22409-00 

alexander.birnstiel@noerr.com 

Contact person Poland 

Dr. Jacek Bak s 

Tel.: +48 22 57930-60 

jacek.bak@noerr.com 

Contact person Romania 

Prof. Dr. Jörg K. Menzer 

Tel.: +40 21 31258-88 

joerg.menzer@noerr.com 

Contact person Russia 

Dr. Peter Zier 

Tel.: +49 89 28628-178 

peter.zier@noerr.com 

Contact person Ukraine 

Dr. Mansur Pour Rafsendjani 

Tel.: +380 44 49530-88 

mpr@noerr.com 

www.noerr.com

Lead Partner 

UniCredit Corporate and Investment Banking 

The Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) of UniCredit 

Group is one of the two pillars in the Corporate & Investment 

Banking and Private Banking (CIB & PB) Strategic 

Business Area. With a service model for corporate clients 

varying by segments – ranging from SMEs to multinationals, 

CIB meets the demands of companies with effective, tailormade 

solutions by rapidly evaluating the requirements of an 

individual company, its growth potential and the markets in 

which it operates. CIB is active in a wide-spread network of 

banks, branches and offices from which it can provide an 

extensive cross-border reach in Europe and in the world. 

With 15,000 employees, CIB also serves as the group's access 

to the capital markets, thanks to it being one of Europe’s 

longest-established investment banking networks. In 

2008, total revenues amounted to EUR 6,470 billion and 

loans to clients to EUR 325 billion. 

CIB completes its range of more traditional corporate banking 

products with fully-fledged investment banking, transaction 

banking and leasing services which are provided by 

the respective product lines. Thus its international platform 

of core competence products includes acquisition & leveraged 

finance, project finance, structured commodity finance, 

cash management & eBanking, trade & export finance, 

supply chain finance, capital markets, M&A, principal 

investments, structured derivatives, rates, FX, equities 

and research. Through UniCredit Leasing, we are also Europe’s 

main leasing provider, with core activities in the areas 

of vehicle, equipment, machinery and real estate. In addition, 

we offer a variety of value-adding services such as insurance 

services, construction and fleet management. 

UniCredit Corporate & 

Investment Banking 

UniCredit CAIB UK Ltd. 

Moor House, 120 London Wall 

London EC2Y 5ET, UK 


Sarah Williams 

Tel.: +44 207 826-7971 

Fax: +44 207 826-7992 

sarah.williams@caib.unicreditgroup.eu 

www.unicreditgroup.eu 


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Partner 

Klitschko Management Group GmbH 

The Klitschko Management Group (KMG) is the marketing 

and management agency of the boxing brothers Vitali and 

Wladimir Klitschko. Its Managing Director and Partner is the 

Klitschko brothers’ long-standing manager Bernd Bönte. 

Together they have set up a company with offices in 

Hamburg, Kiev and Los Angeles. 

KMG focuses on the idea of combining Vitali’s and 

Wladimir’s personal long-term international marketing 

experiences with their Partner’s expertise in areas like 

management and public relations. With this interaction of 

knowledge, they offer new and effective solutions, which 

include several marketing concepts and integrated, topicrelated 

cooperations for companies, brands and personalities. 

By doing so, KMG provides comprehensive, integrated 

support of the customer. Through the specific teamwork of 

KMG and the customer, individual, unique concepts can be 

developed into an authentic, exclusive marketing strategy. 

Communications with potential sponsors and partners, 

negotiation of testimonial contracts as well as their placement 

in relevant media are components of KMG’s service 

range. The company leverages synergies and develops measures, 

which can be transferred into an effective strategy. 

KMG seeks to support their customers in an optimal partnership 

of cooperation in order to let a positive image transfer 

take place. 

In addition, KMG offers purposeful consultation and support 

for companies that would like to expand to eastern 

Europe and vice versa. KMG’s portfolio covers consultation 

in areas like market analysis and research as well as market 

entry and location studies. Further, KMG has proven experience 

in planning, organisation and execution of high-class 

events. For instance, a record-breaking 61,000 spectators 

followed a Klitschko fight in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, 

Germany, in June 2009 along with 11.5 million TV 

viewers in Germany (market share of 58 per cent) and 

broadcasts in more than 110 countries worldwide. In entertainment, 

KMG holds the exclusive license rights for the 

internationally successful TV format Ukraine’s Next Top 

Model, co-produces cinema documentaries and films and 

also develops new TV formats. 

The already-existing Klitschko brothers’ agency, K2 Promotions, 

also acts under the roof of KMG and has the function 

of coordinating the boxing matches of Vitali and Wladimir 

and several other athletes. 

Klitschko Management Group GmbH 

Borselstr. 28 

22765 Hamburg, Germany 


Bernd Bönte 

Tel.: +49 40 25499-4655 

Fax: +49 40 25499-4699 

b.boente@k-mg.com 

www.k-mg.com

Partner 

Rödl & Partner 

Rödl & Partner was founded by Dr. Bernd Rödl in 1977. 

Consisting of 3,000 employees in over 40 countries and in 

more than 80 locations, domestic and worldwide, it belongs 

to the top German-speaking consulting firms in the areas of: 

Auditing 

Tax consulting 

Legal advice 

Outsourcing 

From the start, Rödl & Partner has maintained a follow-up 

strategy for German-speaking companies settling abroad. 

Our clients are attended by German-speaking contact personnel 

in collaboration with local professionals, a worldwide 

network of offices, and strong headquarters of experienced 

specialists. 

Rödl & Partner has entered the CEE/SEE region as the first 

German-speaking office. At present, we maintain offices in 

all important regions – from Moscow to Zagreb, from 

Prague to Kiev. We are there for your needs! 

Our localities offer auditing, tax consulting, legal advice and 

outsourcing. Local qualified and interdisciplinary teams engage 

in individual case proceedings and project-orientated 

due diligences, extending into M&A transactions. International 

inquiries receive responses through the support of our 

headquarters as well as via our extensive network. In this 

manner, a project leader is always at our client’s disposal. 

Further information and our subsidiaries can be found at 

www.roedl.com 

Rödl & Partner 

Certified Public Accountants 

Tax Consultants 

Attorneys-at-Law 

Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 100 

90491 Nuremberg, Germany 


Jens Jungmann 

Tel.: +49 911 9193-3002 

Fax: +49 911 9193-9002 

jens.jungmann@roedl.pro 

www.roedl.com 


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Exhibitor 

CEU Business School 

CEU Business School provides management education 

programmes, and is part of the Central European University, 

an American university with its campus in Budapest, 

Hungary. CEU is accredited by the Middle States Association 

of Colleges & Universities in the United States, and is also 

accredited as a private Hungarian university. 

Our focus on developing transnational leaders delivers 

global management theories in the context of the real 

issues facing businesses in changing economies. Students 

will maximise their potential among a diverse community, 

drawing upon the experience of their fellow MBA candidates, 

CEU Business School faculty and top executives from 

local and multinational organisations. 

The Executive MBA Program – “International Master’s in 

Management” (IMM) is a joint effort of four premier 

business schools: Purdue University’s Krannert School of 

Management, Tilburg University’s TiasNimbas Business 

School, GISMA Business School, Germany and CEU Business 

School. It was ranked No. 1 for “international course experience” 

and No. 15 for overall programme content by the 

Financial Times (October 2008) in its worldwide survey of 

executive MBAs. This integrated, modular executive MBA, 

which begins in March each year, is for experienced professionals 

who seek to obtain their dual degree while maintaining 

their full-time job responsibilities. Rotating on-campus 

instructional time is focused into six two-week residential 

sessions over 18 months. 

The Full-time MBA is a 60-credit degree programme, which 

commences in September of every year and brings together 

students from more than 20 countries for an intensive 

11-month management education programme. CEU provides 

the right balance between theory and practice, with 

plenty of attention paid to the realities of the emerging and 

transition economies of the region. 

The modular Executive MBA, with the same rigorous 

curriculum and the same high-quality American degree as 

the full-time programme, can now be earned on the weekends 

with no career interruption. The programme starts in 

January each year and runs in parallel at both the Budapest 

and Bucharest campuses. Classes run intensively from Friday 

afternoon to Sunday noon, once every two to three weeks, 

for a total of 19 weekends per year. Both MBA programmes 

are also fully accredited by the Association of MBAs. 

The school also offers a Master of Science in IT Management 

programme, a unique offer in this region. It is a USaccredited, 

specialised business degree that focuses on the 

relevant management issues in the technology and service 

disciplines across various industries and provides a unique 

blend of business management skills development. The MSc 

in IT Management is a 30 US credit degree programme, to 

be completed in six modules from the beginning of 

September through the end of July. 

CEU Business School 

Frankel Leo ut 30-34 

1023 Budapest, Hungary 


Andrea Vági 

Tel.: +36 1 887-5014 

Fax: +36 1 887-5133 

info@ceubusiness.org 

www.ceubusiness.org

Exhibitor 

Prime Communication & Corporate Finance 

Consulting GmbH 

Prime Consulting has positioned itself as a management 

consultancy specialising in all aspects of finance-related 

communication and corporate finance consulting. In addition, 

Prime Consulting is, for the first time in Austria, 

offering single-packaged advice to clients that embraces all 

aspects of corporate communication and corporate finance. 

Our consultants possess international, sector-specific expertise 

and experience. The consulting concepts of Prime 

Consulting integrate experience and expertise in providing 

actionable, workable solutions for accessing capital markets, 

coaching, management consultancy, public relations and 

investor relations. 

Our services tailor solutions to customer specific needs – 

these are founded on long-term experience in dealing with 

media agents covering all aspects of capital markets. 

Philosophy 

Jointly engage on behalf of our clients to spearhead 

effectiveness and efficiency – this is the central philosophy 

of Prime Consulting. 

We therefore combine our individual skills with the aim of 

tailoring packaged products to suit our clients’ needs. Consequently, 

we view personnel counselling and comprehensive 

servicing as central attributes of the partnership with 

our clients. 

Prime Consulting offers integrated consultancy of corporate 

finance, corporate recovery, investor relations, credit relations 

and corporate governance. 

Assets 

Prime Consulting is the ideal partner for companies for consultation 

in all areas related to raising equity or loans and 

the subsequent communication to the financial community. 

Range of services 

Corporate finance 

Mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, private placements 

Corporate recovery 

Restructurings, interim management, Basel II consulting 

Corporate governance 

Realisation and implementation, adoption of tasks and functions of the 

supervisory board 

Investor relations 

Credit relations 

Public relations 

Networking 

Lobbying 

Prime Communication & Corporate 

Finance Consulting GmbH 

Währinger Str. 2-4 

1090 Vienna, Austria 


Mag. Albert Haschke 

Tel.: +43 1 3172582-13 

Fax: +43 1 3172582-20 

haschke@prime.co.at 

www.prime.co.at 


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Cooperative Partner 

BEITEN BURKHARDT 

BEITEN BURKHARDT is an independent commercial law 

firm. We have over 360 attorneys and tax advisors working 

in six countries in Europe and Asia, which makes us an international 

law firm with European traditions. 

BEITEN BURKHARDT has 13 offices in total, all of which 

comprise our closely integrated system. Five of our offices 

are located in major business and financial centres in 

Germany, such as Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, 

Munich and Nuremberg. Our other eight offices are located 

in Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, Kiev, Shanghai, Moscow, 

St. Petersburg and Warsaw. 

In May 2004, the firm opened its first office in Ukraine. 

Immediately upon official opening, the Kiev office of 

BEITEN BURKHARDT became legal advisor in the country’s 

major transactions. Assisting high-profile companies operating 

in the Ukrainian market, the firm renders a wide range 

of legal services pertaining to local and international legislation. 

BEITEN BURKHARDT, in addition to having a number of 

own offices, has built solid business relationships with many 

law firms throughout Europe, thus securing its presence in 

all major European business and financial centres. 

Our main global practice areas include foreign investments, 

corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, 

real estate, banking and finance, tax and labor law, public 

and procurement, intellectual property and information 

technology. 

We have proven experience in various industry sectors 

including the automotive, banking, brewing, chemical, civil 

and mechanical engineering, electronics, healthcare and 

pharmaceutical, life sciences, media, metallurgy, publishing, 

retail, telecommunications, tourism and sports. 

For more detailed information about BEITEN BURKHARDT, 

our offices and attorneys, please visit our website at 

www.beitenburkhardt.com 

BEITEN BURKHARDT 

Attorneys-at-Law 

38 Turhenevska St. 

01054 Kiev, Ukraine 

Contact persons 

Felix Rackwitz 

Dr. Julian Ries 

Tel.: +380 44 49404-00 

Fax: +380 44 49404-01 

Felix.Rackwitz@bblaw.com 

Julian.Ries@bblaw.com 

www.beitenburkhardt.com

Cooperative Partner 

The Vienna Stock Exchange 

The Vienna Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1771, is 

one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world, but today, 

it is a modern, customer and market-oriented financial service 

company. It operates the only securities exchange in 

Austria. The principal task of the exchange is to ensure the 

smooth and efficient execution of exchange transactions 

and to act as an intermediary for market participants by 

operating internationally recognised, electronic trading systems. 

The Vienna Stock Exchange also makes the data and 

information on all securities trading in Austria available. The 

core business of the exchange is the operation of a cash 

market (equity market, bond market), a futures market as 

well as a market for trading in structured products. 

Additional services include data vending, index management 

and specialised financial market seminars and training 

courses. 

Strategic goals of the exchange operating company, 

Wiener Börse AG 

The principal objectives of the Vienna Stock Exchange as the 

driving force behind a transparent Austrian capital market 

comprise continuous efforts for the establishment of framework 

conditions supportive of the capital market and the 

ongoing development of investment culture in Austria. The 

Vienna Stock Exchange works to heighten interest in the 

Austrian capital market among private and institutional investors 

in Austria as well as among international investors 

and trading participants. 

Additionally, the strategic objective of the Vienna Stock 

Exchange as one of the leading stock exchanges in central 

and eastern Europe and as the majority owner of the three 

neighbouring stock exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana and 

Prague is to strengthen, advance and internationally position 

the entire CEE capital market. It cooperates closely with 

many stock exchanges in the region – also without participating 

interests – in the areas of index development and 

data vending as well as many other capital market projects. 

Wiener Börse AG 

Wallnerstr. 8 

1014 Vienna, Austria 


Beatrix Schlaffer 

Tel.: +43 1 53165-131 

Fax: +43 1 53165-140 

beatrix.schlaffer@wienerborse.at 

www.wienerborse.at 


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