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Gerhard Schumacher    -    Vienna, Managing Partner

>> Gerhard has more than 20 years experience in Central and Eastern Europe, with a special focus on the South East, where he started his career in a Yugoslavian-owned Austrian trading house in 1982. He has significant experience in the financial services and trading sector, covering corporate finance, leasing & credit, international trading operations, financial analysis and control as well as financial & operational restructuring. Prior to establishing ARBOS he has worked as Managing Director of...   more...
Ivo Gewolf    -    Klagenfurt, Partner

>> Ivo has an excellent command of information technology as well as project management. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional with a very high multi tasking potential, and is co-founder of ARBOS . After completion of studies in photography at the Higher Graphic Institution of Vienna he studied law at the Universities of Vienna and Graz. Back in 1997 Ivo moved to the U.S.A. to commence flight training. Between 1997 and 2001 he subsequently worked and lived as commercial pilot and flight instructor...   more...
Simone Marzaroli    -    Gorizia, Partner in Italy

>> Simone has a strong focus on marketing and business development in the SME sector, especially in South East Europe. He started his career in 1997 by joining an Italian consulting company located in the region of Friuli Venice Giulia, where he gained his first experience as advisor to SMES interested in the development of their commercial activities into the Balkan regions. Between 1999 and 2002 he has worked as advisor for SME for international institutions such as World Bank and the European Union...   more...
Knidi Bashari    -    Tirana, Partner in Albania

>> Knidi has a unique experience in project management and administration. During his career he was responsible for managing funds of several projects both in private and public sector. He has a strong control of administrative procedures and laws, working as Adviser to the Minister of Finance, responsible for taxation policies and procedures.  Knidi gained his experience in consulting drafting different business plans and financial analysis for several businesses in Albania.   more...
Alexander Chernev    -    Sofia, Partner in Bulgaria

>> Alexander has more then 15 year’s experience in the management of Bulgarian companies, in the area of food and consumer goods production as well as in the trading sector. In his last position, prior to his independence as Consultant and partner of ARBOS , he managed a Group of Companies for Sveta Sofia, one of the most important Bulgarian Holdings. In this position he was responsible for  acquisition, management, appraisal and selling of stakes in the companies, ...   more...
Dumitru Lazar    -    Bucharest, Partner in Romania

>> Dumitru has a strong focus on marketing and business development as well as on project - and finance-management. He gained his first experience in 1997 as Area Sales Manager for Mobil Star LTD where he builds up a network of dealers in Romania. In 2002 Dumitru has switched to the financial services sector and started to work as project manager. His track-record in this sector includes feasibility studies, mergers & acquisitions, business plans development, financial analysis and financial consultancy.   more...
Iulia Pietreanu    -    Bucharest, Partner in Romania

>> Iulia started working as financial advisor in 1997. She benefits from the in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Romanian market, having significant exposure to both private and state-owned companies. Working between March 2000 and September 2005 for Raiffeisen Group - one of the leading financial groups acting on the Romanian market -, Iulia concentrated on project management and team coordination, but also gained experience in assessing and implementing strategic, marketing, ...   more...
Miroslav Milic    -    Belgrad, Partner in Serbia & Montenegro

>> Miroslav is a manager with 15 years experience in the IT, trade and financial services sector who benefits from his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the entire market of former Yugoslavia. He gained his first management experience as independent contractor in 1991 when he co-founded PC PLUS doo, one of the first private companies in the IT-sector in Serbia. His knowledge of the food and trading industry derives from the time between 1998 and 2001 when he co-founded a mill plant and managed SAFRAN doo, ...   more...
Nickolai Oseiko    -    Kiev, Partner in the Ukraine

>> Nickolai has a very high proficiency in the financial and accounting sphere, including the management of human resources and information technology. He gained his first management experience back in 1994 as a Finance Director of Tambrands Ukraine, a member of the Procter & Gamble Group, where he implemented a modern western – standard IT, accounting and reporting system. After managing companies like Landis & Gyr – Ukraine, JV Focus (Local partner of Kodak, 29 branches with 1200 employees) and...   more...
Victor Rozhnatovsky    -    Kiev, Partner in the Ukraine

>> Victor is a manager with a clear focus on marketing and business development. He has more than 12 year’s experience in market research, marketing, investment consulting & management and corporate governance issues in the Ukraine. Victor gained his first marketing and consulting experience in the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade in Kiev, where he has dealt with international market research of industrial products and sectors of the Ukraine.   more...