Pieter Wolters recently joined DSM Venturing as its head, replacing Marcel Lubben, after a career as an entrepreneur. Wolters said: “I have been a start-up executive for the last 15 years. I have spent the last eight of that in the US. “Right now it is business as usual at DSM after 10 years. In… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Pieter Wolters, DSM Venturing
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2012 Powerlist: Gunnar Weikert, Inventages Venture Capital
Gunnar Weikert is the founder and executive chairman of Switzerland-based consumer goodscompany Nestlé’s corporate venturing unit, Inventages, which has $1.5bn under management. Hewas previously global head for life sciences deals at Germany-based healthcare company Bayer. At Bayer, he oversaw venture investments and collaborations “representing some of the biggestdeals between big pharma and biotechnology in the… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Gunnar Weikert, Inventages Venture Capital
2012 Powerlist: Jim Weaver, Alticor Corporate Enterprises
Weaver is responsible for managing the current portfolio of seven companies as well as directing all acquisition and corporate development activities for the corporation.
2012 Powerlist: David Wallerstein, Tencent
As senior executive vice-president at China-based media group Tencent, David Wallerstein said he aspired to “create China’s leading internet company”. Outlining his method, he said: “We seek to identify the best technologies, applications, content, ideas and practices from around the world – in addition to China – to ensure we never fail to exceed user… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: David Wallerstein, Tencent
2012 Powerlist: Joseph Vaillancourt, Waste Management
Joseph Vaillancourt, a near seven-year veteran of Waste Management’s corporate venturing unit, has led more than $1bn of equity and debt financings in his career and has also led $600m of mergers and acquisitions activity. Vaillancourt, managing director, organic growth, said: “One of the achievements I feel most notable over any discrete investment gain is… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Joseph Vaillancourt, Waste Management
2012 Powerlist: Alex Steel, Syngenta Ventures
He moved to the role having been a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) project leader at Syngenta, where he has worked since 2009.
2012 Powerlist: Georg Schwegler, T-Venture
Schwegler joined T-Venture in October 2000 and was initially responsible for the INI-Ventures Fund and research and analysis, before taking over the management of the new T-Com Venture Fund in 2004 and becoming chief executive a year later.
2012 Powerlist: Howard Schultz, Starbucks
The deal is unusually personalised for a chief executive of a major company, with Schultz himself sitting on the board of Square.
2012 Powerlist: Reese Schroeder, Motorola Solutions
Reese Schroeder spent five years working with Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the corporate venturing group of the US-based telecommunications company, before joining it formally in 2004 as managing director. He said: “In 1999, when the venture group was formed, I was one of the first people who started to work with them. I attended their… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Reese Schroeder, Motorola Solutions
2012 Powerlist: Hilton Romanski, Cisco
Romanski previously worked at US-based bank JP Morgan.
2012 Powerlist: Jay Reinemann, BBVA New Ventures
San Francisco-based Reinemann is hopeful his role will significantly modernise the bank.
2012 Powerlist: Daniel Piette, LVMH Investment Funds
Daniel Piette, chairman of LVMH Investment Funds, joined the France-based luxury goods maker in 1990 as executive vice-president before heading its L Capital corporate venturing unit for western markets and L Capital Asia for the east. In March, L Capital raised €400m ($600m) for its latest fund, beating its original €350m target for this third… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Daniel Piette, LVMH Investment Funds
2012 Powerlist: Thorsten Peisl, State Street
Thorsten Peisl, vice-president of product innovation at US-based financial services provider State Street, has spent nearly three years developing a corporate venture capital discipline with the strategic objective to introduce innovative financial services for the buy-side community. He said he looks for “start-ups with a healthy disregard for traditional practices [which in turn] get access… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Thorsten Peisl, State Street
2012 Powerlist: Wallace Pai, Motorola Mobility Ventures
He joined Motorola four years ago from US-based semiconductor company Qualcomm.