Board of Management
Oliver Borrmann is the founder and CEO of bmp Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin. He developed bmp into an internationally active company in the Private Equity sector which focused on the business areas of Venture Capital and Funds Management. bmp AG has been listed in the official market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) since 1999 and has been quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since December 2004. Before his employment as CEO of bmp AG, Oliver Borrmann was Managing Partner of bmp Management Consultants GmbH for 5 years. Previously he was employed as a consultant at HBS Consulting Partners GmbH, Munich and at JFM Marketing Services GmbH, Berlin. Oliver Borrmann obtained a doctorate in economics with the focus on bank management at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Oliver Bormann performs other business management functions within the bmp Group – he is also a member of various supervisory boards.
Thomas Philippiak has been a member of the executive committee of IHK Heilbronn-Franken since July 2001 and has been president of IHK since January 1st, 2006. Since 1993, the 65 years old jurist has been managing partner of ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG which, with more than 2,500 employees and exports of more than 70%, is the second largest industrial employer after AUDI in the Heilbronn-Franken region. Previously, he was Commercial Manager of the company Ziehl-Abegg GmbH & Co. KG (now called Ziehl-Abegg AG). More than 9,800 ebm-papst employees at a total of 17 production and 57 sales locations around the world achieve a turnover of more than one thousand million Euros with engines, fans and control units. Thomas Philippiak performs business management and supervisory functions in several subsidiary companies. He also performs various other supervisory board and advisory board functions. As well as his professional activity, Philippiak is also involved in many voluntary activities. Acting in place of the IHK plenum for the first time in 1995, Philippiak among other things is also a member of the dual senate of the Mosbach University of Cooperative Education, chairman of the Pro BA Mosbach foundation and CEO of Innovationsregion Kocher & Jagst e.V.
After graduating in banking and economics, Marco Zeller initially acquired his own business experience as managing partner of a young, innovative company in the field of music and advertising. After completion of classical credit training, he was initially employed as a credit consultant at the Berliner Industriebank AG, Berlin, before he was appointed to the organizational unit for the founding of the Landesförderinstitut Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Mr. Zeller has been employed at the Investionsbank Berlin in responsible positions in the credit business and risk management since 1993. He has been managing the business development of the Investionsbank Berlin and the Berlin Brandenburg business plan competition as a director since 1997. He was significantly involved in the conception and establishment of IBB Beteiligungsgesellchaft mbH and was exclusively employed as CEO for IBB Beteiligungsgesellchaft mbH since the year 2000 and has also been CEO of VC Fonds Berlin GmbH since the year 2004. In 2008, he also became CEO of VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin GmbH and CEO of VC Fonds Technologie Berlin GmbH. Furthermore, Mr. Zeller also performs supervisory board functions in various Berlin technology companies.