The Management Board of Aragon AG
Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier (left),
CEO
Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier is chairman of the Aragon AG Management Board and is responsible for the business units Corporate Strategy, Corporate Communications and Markting, Legal/Compliance, Procurement and Partner Management. Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier is additionally the CEO of Jung, DMS & Cie. AG.
As a member of the Management Board of Aragon AG, Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier is responsible for Product Strategy and Sales Organisation. He studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and the University of Chicago, receiving a doctorate in law (Dr. jur.) in 2001. Having worked in law firms in Munich and Sydney from 1992 onwards, he joined the Allianz Group in 1999, succeeding in various positions up to 2001 including that of assistant to the Management Board and branch manager at Allianz Private Krankenversicherung AG.
In parallel, he continued to study at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, the Vlerick-Leuven Business School in Belgium and the University of Nyenrode in the Netherlands, graduating with an MBA in Financial Services & Insurance in 2002.
He is partner in the Angermayer, Brumm & Lange Group.
Ralph Konrad (middle),
COO
Ralph Konrad has a degree in business studies (Dipl.-Kfm.) and his Management Board responsibility covers Mergers & Aquisitions, Corporate Investment Management, Operations and HR. Ralph Konrad is also managing director of the Aragon subsidiary CLARUS AG, inpunkto AG and Aragon IT Service GmbH.
After two years of corporate consultancy work in the SME sector (studying in parallel for some of the time), Ralph Konrad worked for three years at a venture capital company of the savings banks, initially as a project assistant and subsequently as project manager. In these roles, he implemented growth and venture financing projects. Ralph Konrad then set up a holding company based in Cologne as a partnership, where he was the sole Management Board member for a period of four years. Ralph Konrad has been a member of the Aragon Management Board since September 2005. He has more than ten years of experience in the private equity industry and has played an active role in IPOs, mergers and acquisitions and company restructuring projects.
He is a partner in the Angermayer, Brumm & Lange Group.
Wulf Ulrich Schütz (right),
CFO
Wulf U. Schütz is in the Management Board member responsible for Investor Relations, Accounting, Controlling & Business Planning and Internal Audit. Wulf U. Schütz is also managing director of the Aragon subsidiary Finum.Finanzhaus GmbH and FiNUM.Private Finance AG.
After taking a degree in business studies in Germany and the USA, Wulf U. Schütz worked internationally from 1997 to 2006 as a strategy consultant for leading financial services providers and insurance companies as well as telecommunications and media organisations, most recently as Principal and member of the management of Diamond Cluster International, now trading as Oliver Wyman. As co-founder and Head of the Private Equity Service practice group, he focused in particular on transaction-based consultancy for leading financial inves.
In 2006, he and two partners established their own investment and consultancy firm in Munich, focusing on growth financing for European services providers in the SME segment.
Wulf U. Schütz joined the Management Board of Aragon AG in December 2008. He brings with him over ten years of experience in strategy consultancy and investment business and has actively managed 20 company transactions from the preparation phase right through to implementation within his career.
