Our Directors apply their specific skills in strategy and corporate finance to every project or transaction and are a high-calibre team of experienced professionals. They are our go-to persons in our projects, typically dedicating between 50 and 100% of their time to them.
Eike is a Senior Director and works out of our Düsseldorf office.
He is an experienced strategist, specialising in growth scenarios and their implementation. His second focus is on deal execution and facilitation on the buy- and sell-side, including the preparation of commercial due diligences. While Eike has built a reputation in digital infrastructure, he also operates comfortably in a range of other industries.
Eike joined us back in 2014, bringing professional experience from different positions in venture capital, strategy and transaction advisory. He holds both M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, and benefits from more than two years of international experience gathered in China, Ireland, Japan, Spain and the UK.
Maximilian is a Director at Rautenberg & Company and works in our Frankfurt office.
He advises primarily small- & mid-cap as well as private equity clients on all aspects in the field of corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions.
Maximilian has several years of experience in M&A, executing sell- & buy-side projects in the German-speaking and European region. His focus included management buy-out and carve-out transactions, with an emphasis on business services as well as industrials & manufacturing sectors.
Maximilian completed his master's degree in management (focus: finance) at ESMT Berlin. During his studies he also gained broad experience, for example in the European Parliament, United Nations Organization and at one of Europe’s largest banks, in the investment banking department. In addition to his academic education, Maximilian is also a reserve officer of the Austrian Armed Forces.
Most recently, Max worked for an Austrian M&A boutique with a focus on small and medium-sized companies.
Sebastian is a Director and works out of our Düsseldorf office.
He is a seasoned expert for commercial and technical due diligences as well as for strategy development, business cases and value creation plans. He is experienced in a wide range of industries, particularly telecommunications, IT /software, and healthcare, and has accumulated expansive international experience.
After earning his Master’s degree in Development Economics at Cambridge University, Sebastian launched his career with Kaiser Associates in London, providing strategy creation services and M&A transaction support. This way, he built a successful track-record with clients ranging from small family-owned firms to financial sponsors and their portfolio companies to globally-leading technology firms.
Prior to joining Rautenberg & Company in 2020, Sebastian was the General Manager of the Cambodian branch of BIMA, an Allianz-affiliated micro-insurance company, where he was directly responsible for about ~300 FTEs.
Ami is the Director People & Culture at Rautenberg & Company and works out of our Frankfurt office.
As Director People & Culture, Ami is responsible for our HR department and all topics related to the employee journey, starting with onboarding.
Ami joined us from a global consulting firm where she worked for several years in various HR functions. Her main focus was on the professional development of consultants, both through personal support and coaching and through formal appraisal and performance management.
Through several additional qualifications in coaching and facilitation, Ami contributes new impulses to "People & Culture". She holds a Master's degree in Political Science from Lund University in Sweden and a Bachelor Professional of Human Resources Management (CCI) from the IHK.
Mark is a Director and works out of our Düsseldorf and Frankfurt offices.
He focuses on M&A advisory and deal execution, drawing on an extensive track-record of cross-border and domestic transactions involving mid-sized companies, private equity investors and stock-listed corporations. Mark has in-depth expertise in financial, valuation and buyout models.
Mark joined us from the M&A advisory and corporate finance partnership Bassewitz & Hochberg. He holds a degree in electrical engineering and management from the Technical University of Berlin and received a doctorate in business economics from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. He has previously worked in mergers and acquisitions at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Schröder, Münchmeyer Hengst & Co. Mark is a Professor of Finance at Leibniz FH School of Business in Hannover.
