Supervisory Board
Ernst-Ludwig Drayss
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Born 18.11.1948
Ernst-Ludwig Drayss has more than 40 years of experience in the financial sector. Having been in charge of introducing modern financial analysis in the German market while serving as the Director and Head of Investment Research of the Deutsche Bank since 1984, he is widely recognized in the international asset management industry. He is also known for his passion in Armenia as a whole, and especially for Armenian music.
From 1990, he has served as the Managing Director and CIO of Deutsche Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management International. He was also a board member of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management. In 2000, he assumed General Power of Attorney for M.M. Warburg & Co and became the Head of Warburg´s asset management activities. In 2002 he co-founded Berlin & Co and has served on the executive board of the holding ever since. Since 2006, he is the managing director of C-Quadrat Asset Management which is an affiliated company of the C-Quadrat Group.
He has been awarded with the “St. Nerses the Graceful” medal for his great love and passion for Armenia tangible expression of which was setting up a UNESCO-partnership between Armenia and Germany. He is member of the advisory boards of the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management) and of the Association of Independent Asset Managers in Germany (Verband unabhängiger Vermögensverwalter Deutschland). Mr. Drayss was also awarded with “Certificate of Honor” on behalf of Mesrop Mashtots institute Matenadaran.
Mr. Drayss holds a Diploma (German MSc equivalent) in Economics from the University of Mannheim.
Andreas Wimmer
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Born 25.03.1966
Andreas Wimmer has been a board member of CQ Investment Group for more than 20 years. Together with the company's founder, Alexander Schütz, he was instrumental in developing the company from Austria into an asset manager active in 21 countries.
Among other positions within the company, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia and the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VIG C-Quadrat TFI, Warsaw, Poland (a joint venture between Vienna Insurance Group and CQ).
Prior to his career at CQ, Mr. Wimmer was the Managing Director of the Austrian branch of Bertelsmann, the leading European media group.
Mr. Wimmer is married and is a father of 5 children.
Johannes Kärcher
Member of the Supervisory Board
Born 24.12.1950
Mr. Kärcher is a German businessman and co-owner of the Kärcher Group responsible for more than 10,000 employees in 41 countries. He is also widely known for his profound philanthropic activities in many countries. He has a deep emotional connection not only with Germany, but with Brazil and Armenia as well. Among many other rewards, he has been honored with the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Armenian “St. Nerses the Gracious” medal.
Johannes Kärcher is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Kärcher Group. He has majored in law at the University of Munich and is a registered lawyer.
Carlos Mendez de Vigo
Member of the Supervisory Board
Born 27.07.1969
Carlos Mendez de Vigo is a board member at C-Quadrat Investment AG and is the CFO of C-Quadrat Group.
Mr. Carlos Mendez de Vigo has accumulated extensive experience in international asset management. He initially served as an M&A analyst in Banque Bruxelles Lambert before joining the business development department for Latin America in Oetker International, an international food retail company. Subsequently, he was responsible for credit risk management and ratings advisory at Goldman Sachs International in London. Later, Mr. Mendez de Vigo joined Morgan Stanley & Co. International as an executive director of credit risk management. Starting from 2014, he served as the director of Financial Institution and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFI) Risk Management Division for Europe and EMEA at Barclays Bank in London prior to joining C-Quadrat Investment AG.
Carlos Mendez de Vigo studied at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid and later received his Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School in New York.
Last updated: 29-September-2022 15:37
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