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Jochen Zeitz is the charismatic CEO of Puma. In fifteen years, he revived the brand restoring its image.

Graduated in 1986 from the European Business School Oestrich-Winkel in Germany, Jochen Zeitz shows his talents in the company Colgate Palmolive in New York and Hamburg. His style and creativity allow him to be spotted by a headhunter who encouraged him to join the sports goods manufacturer Puma. He enters in Puma 1990 as marketing manager of the shoe section before being appointed a year later in charge of international marketing. In 1993, then aged of 30 years old, he became CEO of Puma. He became the youngest president of a company listed on the German stock exchange.


Therefore, the new president is working to make Puma "the most desirable brand in the world." Puma which had difficulties to exist alongside the giants companies as Nike and Adidas realized profits in just six months. To achieve to this situation, Jochen Zeitz decided to release the brand of stages to take it in the street and on the catwalks of fashion shows. Hiring the fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, he manages to give it a soul by installing it as a trendy brand near of luxury. The design is reviewed, the lines are uncluttered, Puma is present in parties of the hippest capitals.

Sponsorship is also reviewed. Jochen Zeits reinforces the presence of Puma in football in particular in Africa and extends his strategy to new disciplines most elite such as sailing and golf. A winning strategy since the benefits of Puma have continued to grow until 2008 when for the first time, Puma recorded a decline in profits of 13.5%. But the turnover has continued to increase.

In August 2007, Jochen Zeitz was appointed to the Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson Inc..

In March 2011, called for bigger responsibilities in the group PPR, he leaves some of his responsibilities to Franz Koch, the director of strategy for Puma.

Jochen E. Tilk is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies. Mr. Tilk is Member of C.D. Howe Institute and Member of Business Council of Canada and on the board of 6 other companies. In the past Mr. Tilk held the position of Chairman for Canpotex Ltd., Executive Chairman of Nutrien Ltd. President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Potash Corp. (both are subsidiaries of Nutrien Ltd.), Chairman for Petaquilla Copper Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer of Inmet Mining Corp. and President for Copper Range Co. He received a graduate degree and an undergraduate degree from RWTH Aachen University.

Presently, Jochen Hanebeck occupies the position of Chief Operating Officer of Infineon Technologies AG and Chief Operations Officer for Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (a subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG). He is also on the board of Infineon Technologies (Kulim) Sdn. Bhd. and Infineon Technologies Austria AG. He previously was Head-DRAM Technology Development at Siemens Microelectronics Center and President-Automotive Division at Infineon Technologies AG. Jochen Hanebeck received an undergraduate degree from RWTH Aachen University.

Jochen Eickholt is currently the Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA. He is also the Deputy Chairman-Supervisory Board at EthosEnergy Group Ltd.
In addition, he holds the position of Director-Supervisory Board at Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co.KG.
Furthermore, he serves as a Member-Executive Board at Servicegesellschaft Für Elektrik Und Mechanik GmbH and Siemens Energy Management GmbH.
Previously, Dr. Eickholt held the position of Chief Executive Officer-Mobility at Siemens AG from 2012 to 2020.
He was also the Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Home & Office Communications GmbH from 2006 to 2009.
Additionally, he served as the Vice Chairman-Supervisory Board at Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH and Chairman-Supervisory Board at Valeo Siemens Eautomotive GmbH.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Eickholt worked as the Technical Director & Plant Manager at Kostal UK Ltd.
from 1994 to 1997.
He also held the position of Director at BenQ Mobile International from 2005 to 2006.
Moreover, he served as the General Manager-Display Glass Business Unit at Schott Desag AG from 1997 to 1999.
He was the Head-Corporate Planning at Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG from 1994 to 1997.
Additionally, he worked as the Chief Technology Officer at Mobile Abwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. oHG.
Furthermore, Dr. Eickholt served as the SVP-Supply Chain Management & Development at Siemens Elektromotory sro from 2004 to 2005.
He was also a Member-Executive Board at Siemens Energy AG from 2020 to 2022.
He held the position of Senior Vice President-Supply Chain Management at Siemens COM from 2004 to 2005 and Siemens ICM CP from 2000 to 2004.
Moreover, he worked as the General Manager-Display Glass Business Unit at Desag AG from 1997 to 1999.
Dr. Eickholt's education includes a graduate degree from Imperial College London and undergraduate and doctorate degrees from RWTH Aachen University.

Jochen M.
Goetz held various director positions at Proterra Operating Co., Inc., Daimler Trucks North America LLC, and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp.
He was also the Chief Financial Officer & Director at Daimler Truck AG from 2019 to 2023.
In addition, he served as an Independent Director at Proterra, Inc. from 2021 to 2022.
Mr. Goetz was the EVP, Finance & Controlling-Daimler Trucks & Buses at Mercedes-Benz Group AG from 2018 to 2023 and the CFO & Member-Management Board at Daimler Truck Holding AG from 2021 to 2023.

Jochen Schmitz is Co-Managing Director at Schmitz Hydraulikzylinder GmbH, Managing Director at Kühltransporte Schmitz GmbH & Co. KG, Chief Financial Officer for Siemens Healthineers AG and Chief Financial Officer for Siemens Healthcare GmbH. He is also on the board of Siemens Sp zoo. He previously was Controller & Vice President at Siemens AG Chief Financial Officer at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd. and Chief Financial Officer-Diagnostics Division at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Siemens AG). Jochen Schmitz received an undergraduate degree from the University of Karlsruhe and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

William Zeitz currently works at Lucchese Boot Co., Inc., as Head-Brand Marketing from 2012.

Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Inc., Dr. Zeitz was previously employed as an Associate Analyst by Avondale Partners LLC.
He joined Avondale in August 2007.
He is a Board Certified anesthesiologist.
Dr. Zeitz earned his M.D.
at the University of California at Davis in 1994.
Before that, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from U.C.
San Diego with a BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology in 1990.
He completed Level III of the CFA.

Josh Zeitz is currently a Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs at MWW Group LLC since 2011.
He has a graduate and doctorate degree from Brown University and an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College.

Harold A.
Zeitz is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Fiber LLC and the Managing Director at WaveDivision Capital LLC.
Previously, he held positions such as Vice President & General Manager at McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., Senior Vice President-Media Software & Services at RealNetworks, Inc., Vice President-Consumer Marketing at New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., President & Chief Operating Officer at WaveDivision Holdings LLC, President at Memory Lane, Inc., Chief Operating & Marketing Officer at ShareBuilder Corp., and President & Chief Operating Officer at WorldStream Communications, Inc. Mr. Zeitz obtained an MBA from Stanford University in 1988 and an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1984.
He also holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Melanie Zeitz currently works as a Director at Bialik Hebrew Day School.

As Head of Communications, Josh oversees THL’s marketing and communications, including earned media, digital marketing, content strategy and internal communications.
He partners with Investor Relations to illustrate the value we seek to provide to LPs and works with the Strategic Resource Group and portfolio companies to highlight the stories of THL’s partnership with our management teams.
Before joining THL, Josh held communications leadership positions at Citadel Securities, Google and AppNexus.
He began his career in academia and politics and has published several books on American political history.
Josh is an avid reader, writer and vinyl collector, and a long-ago competitive swimmer who still gets in weekly laps.
He lives in Hoboken with his wife and two daughters.

Jochen Müller began his career in 1996 as EVP, MD-Operations & Accounting Services at SimCorp A, where he currently holds a position.
Prior to his current role, he served as Managing Director-SimCorp CE at SimCorp GmbH from 1999 to 2012.
Dr. Müller obtained a doctorate degree from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in 1996.

Jochen Zill currently works as a Managing Director at Dresdner Lackfabrik Novatic GmbH & Co. KG.

Jochen Dauber has a current job as the Head of 3D Printing at KISTERS AG.

Jochen Huppert is currently the Co-Managing Director at Freßnapf Tiernahrung D & K GmbH, Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH, ActiVet Tierarztpraxen GmbH, and Fressnapf Luxembourg GmbH.
Previously, he held positions as the Chief Executive Officer at Hagenuk Marinekommunikation GmbH, and as the Chief Financial Officer at Tesat Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG.
He also served as the Co-Managing Director at Freßnapf Heimtierbedarf GmbH.

Before Dr. Jochen Klemmer joined Afinum, he worked for the management consultancy of the professors Picot and Reichwald and then at TA Triumph-Adler AG in the investment management department.
Dr. Klemmer holds a diploma in Business Administration and PhD from the University of Munich.
His private equity career Dr. Jochen Klemmer startet in 1997.

Mr. Jochen Wermuth is Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Invest.
Adviser at Wermuth Asset Management.

Jochen Fischer is currently the Co-Managing Director at Prym Consumer Beteiligungs GmbH and the Investor Relations Manager at Nynomic AG.
He previously worked as the Manager-Investor Relations at Vectron Systems AG.

Jochen Förster was the founder and had held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Fluxome Sciences A from 2002 to 2013.
In 2002, he founded Fluxome Sciences A.
Dr. Förster has a doctorate from the Technical University of Denmark and a graduate degree from the University of Dortmund.

Jochen Klein is currently the Managing Director at I-Invest GmbH, serVonic GmbH, 3K Beteiligungs-GmbH, and Partner at DoeHLER-Euro Citrus Natural Beverage Ingredients GmbH.
He is also a Member-Supervisory Board at Döhler Group SE.
Previously, he served as a Member-Supervisory Board at Krones AG and Consortium Gastronomie GmbH.

Mr. Jochen Breuer is a Portfolio Manager at FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Ltd.
He joined firm as an analyst in 2013 covering the regional energy, chemicals and shipping sectors.
In 2015, he worked more closely with the equity income team and joined the portfolio manager academy programme.
Mr. Breuer joined Fidelity’s London office in 2007 as an analyst covering small-cap industrials and then media stocks.
During that time, he was also the TMT sector leader.
He studied Finance & Asset Management at the International School of Management in Dortmund and holds a Msc.
Investment Management from Cass Business School, London.

Jochen Repp currently works at Broermann Holding GmbH, as Member-Supervisory Board and Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA, as Member-Supervisory Board.

Jochen Möbert currently works as an Analyst at Deutsche Bank AG (Broker).

Mr. Jochen Hummel is an Independent Member-Supervisory Board at Epigenomics AG and a Chairman-Supervisory Board at exceet Card Group AG.
He is on the Board of Directors at Epigenomics AG, 2invest AG, exceet Card AG, CARDO Holding AG, Latonba AG and MISTRAL Media AG.
Mr. Hummel was previously employed as a Vice Chairman-Supervisory Board by PlanetHome Investment AG, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by AEE Gold AG, and a Member-Supervisory Board by c.a.r.u.s.
AG.
He received his undergraduate degree from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.

Jochen Heinzmann is associated with Seeing Machines Ltd.
as the founder, which was founded in 2000.

Mr. Jochen Schnadt is a Director-White Label Business Development at Flybe Group Plc.
He received his graduate degree from Cranfield University.

Jochen Fleger currently works at Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank -, as Head-Finance.

Jochen Etzel is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Continental Tire the Americas LLC since 2011.
Previously, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Hoosier Racing Tire Corp.
Dr. Etzel has a graduate and doctorate degree from the University of Freiburg.

Jochen Straub is currently the Managing Director-Kinetics Europe at Kinetics Germany GmbH.