Bavarian_Business_Delegation_II

BAVARIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION
TO PAKISTAN
APRIL 2019
Munich
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Honorary Consul Dr. Pantelis Christian Poetis (*25.07.1959)
Chief Executive Officer, POWERGROUP GmbH
Honorary Consul of Pakistan for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Poetis is the strategic head of the POWERGROUP, developer of Business Design Thinking and is responsible for the development
of well-known international brands and innovative concepts. The company grew out of a management buy-out of the TBWA division
of the Omnicom Group, the world's largest agency network (revenue: 15 bn; employees: 79,500), of which Dr. Poetis was a member of
the European executive committee. He previously was CEO of various subsidiaries of the Delton AG/Quandt Group, a privately held
holding which has large share-holdings in BMW and other important German companies, and thus is among the world's ten largest
family offices.
Dr. Poetis focuses in particular on the specialist area of M&A strategy, within the framework of which he has initiated a number of
successful joint ventures and project financing.
Current projects which are managed by the POWERGROUP in Pakistan:
• Made in Pakistan with German Engineering
German-Pakistani cooperation projects with focus on technological upgrade and vocational training
• We Care Everwhere in cooperation with Siemens Healthineers
Technical upgrade of hospital equipment with the aim of making Pakistan an attractive location for medical care.
• Change needs Energy
Projects focusing on generation, deployment and financing of renewable energies
Dr. Poetis is a visiting lecturer of marketing theory, practice and legal aspects at Berlin’s Technical University and the EUROFORUM.
He has initiated several successful charitable movements for the needy as well as the victims of Pakistan’s flood catastrophe in
2010. He is the founder of the German Association Trade & Economy (G.A.T.E.) to Pakistan and a long-standing member and former
President of the German-Pakistan Forum.
Awards:
• Melvin Jones Fellowship for extraordinary humanitarian achievement
• Medal of Honour from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Berlin, Germany, for extraordinary support of the victims
of the great flood
• Award from German Federal Family Minister Dr. Christine Schröder for extraordinary support of Germany's food bank organisation
• Award from German Federal Family Minister Manuela Schwesig for extraordinary support of Germany's food bank organisation
Dr. Poetis studied at Hamburg, Tübingen and Munich Universities and was awarded a Doctor of Laws Degree for his dissertation
on the comparison of religious freedom in the USA and Germany written under the partial supervision of the Law School of the
University of Maryland in the USA.
Picture above: German Pakistan Business Conference organised by the German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GPCCI)
at Avari Towers Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan
Patricia Poetis (*07.03.1962)
Chief Executive Officer, LIFE FUND Equity Invest GmbH
Chief Creative Officer, POWERGROUP GmbH
Mrs. Poetis’ career encompasses a wide range of design assignments for international clothing (among
others, for Aigner, Bogner, Rena Lange, Pierre Cardin, Louis Feraud, Elbeo, Sara Lee), FMCG products as well
as ‘non-tactile’ design challenges for public sector projects and charities.
As chief representative of the LIFE FUND Equity Invest, she focuses on investment opportunities in the area
of scalable IT startups, Fintech, Insurtech and Telecom, cyber security and e-health. The LIFE FUND is a
venture capital investment company which specializes, among others, in early-stage investment and helps
start-ups reach maturity.
With her sense of social responsibility she has initiated and managed several actions on the behalf of Pakistan
including ‘Pakistan needs us now’ and the foundation of Patty’s Child Clinics Pakistan.
‘Pakistan needs us now’ was launched as an emergency aid project to help the victims of the 2010 flood disaster
with the reconstruction of schools and homes. The appeal for donations generated over 1.4 million euros.
Patty's Child Clinics Pakistan consists of a network of currently three clinics and is being continuously
expanded. Patty's Child Clinics have already brought over 3,500 healthy children into the world. A total of
25 Patty's Child Clinics are planned to be built in Pakistan. To secure the expansion, Mrs. Poetis signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with H.E. Aamir Mehmood Kiani, Federal Minister for National Health
Services & Regulation, in October 2018.
She is, since 1994, a university lecturer and member of jury for the graduating classes of ESMOD International
Fashion School. She was also a member of jury and chairwoman of the creative board for brand development
for BERLIN SCIENCES and works with directors of the Berlin Universities, international renowned architects
and representatives from business and politics in Berlin.
Picture above: Patricia Poetis, CEO, LIFE FUND Equity Invest and founder of Lions Club Chillianwala, signing an agreement of Patty‘s
Child Clinics Pakistan with H.E. Aamir Mehmood Kiani, Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination.
In the background are Mr. Rieger, Head of Delegation to Pakistan in Oktober 2018, Murad Mehmood, Manager Business Development,
Honorary Consulate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Prof. Dr. Dr. Walter Schmidt, Managing Director, InterMedia, Honorary
Consul Dr. Poetis, Khurram Jameel, Managing Director & CEO, Siemens Healthineers, Sikander Mir-Kohler, Former Honorary
Investment Counsellor, Board of Investment, Pakistan
Honorary Consulate of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan for Bavaria
and Baden-Wuerttemberg
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