Merbag Holding Schweiz AG, headquartered in Baar, is a Swiss group of companies active in the automobile trade. The corporate structure sconsists of several independent companies: Mercedes-Benz Automobil AG, Euro Truck AG and Merbag Immobilien AG. The family-owned company, now in its third generation, employs around 3,000 people and generated sales of 1.8 billion Swiss francs in 2021.

Heading up Valora Group with around 15,000 employees in its network who work to brighten up their customers’ journey with a comprehensive convenience and food offering. The about 2,700 small-scale points of sale of Valora are located at highly frequented sites in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The company includes, among others, k kiosk, Brezelkönig, BackWerk, Ditsch, Press & Books, avec, Caffè Spettacolo, Frittenwerk and the popular own brand ok.– as well as a continuously growing range of digital services. Valora is also one of the world’s leading producers of pretzels and benefits from a well-integrated value chain in the area of baked goods. The Valora Group with its registered office in Muttenz in Switzerland is the European retail unit of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA). Over the past years successful transformation of Valora from a classic kiosk operator to a leading foodvenience provider with a strong focus on its core competencies through divestments, acquisitions, considerable expansion of food in the category mix, modernization of all sales formats, efficiency increase and exploitation of digital opportunities. Leading Valora into a new era focusing on growth with the further expansion of its network and the food share, efficiency through enhanced processes and profitability, innovation with new offerings based on fresh food and new technologies, a strong performance culture geared to entrepreneurship and employer attractiveness as well as on sustainability by taking care of people and the planet.

Independent investment and M&A advisor to institutional investors and family offices for private equity and real estate.

Jelmoli Holding AG was a retail and real estate conglomerate with business activities ranging from the largest retail real estate portfolio in Switzerland, shopping centre developments in Switzerland, Russia and Algeria, department store and hotel operations, leading consumer electronics retail chain and restaurants. Jelmoli Holding AG was listed on SIX Swiss Exchange AG with a controlling shareholding by Hansa AG and has been later merged with Swiss Prime Site AG to form the largest listed real estate company in Switzerland.

Independent investment advisor with focus on direct, public and private equity investments including advisory mandates for SIX listed investment vehicle Growth Value Opportunities and Hansa AG.

Mergers & Acquisitions advisor for leading corporate & private equity clients across all industries with focus on German-speaking Europe.

Strategic transformation and restructuring programs for clients in consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, logistics and telecom industry across Europe, US and Asia; Manager of German/Swiss private equity practice responsible for commercial due diligences for leading European and US private equity funds.

Launch of Swiss online brokerage start-up (later divested/integrated in Swissquote Bank AG).