Jan Woitschätzke, Senior Adviser - Munich

Jan graduated from MIT Sloan with an MBA in 1997. He then joined Merrill Lynch Investment Banking where he was Vice President of the Merger and Acquisitions Group.

With a group of investors, he acquired Funa Nachrichtentechnik GmbH in Germany and became its Managing Director. Between 2004 and 2010 he successfully implemented a buy and build strategy and diversified the company into new geographical markets and customer segments.

The Company was sold to L-3 SAM in December 2010. As part of the deal Jan remained Managing Director of Funa and was a Board Member of SAM Electronics until December 2012, at which time he also left his position at Funa.

Since January 2013 Jan has invested in various companies, some of them through search funds, and sits on several Boards.