Board Services
Strategic brilliance comes when all options are thought through and potential challenges are identified. A good board is characterized by asking the relevant questions regarding the strategy and the sustainability of business models, the quality of the teams and the organisation as well as the financial situation and the financing opportunities.
It is about combining strategic knowledge with operational experience and supporting the right decisions. The advice of excellent board members is a gift. They make you think as a leader.
Stefan Winners has more than 20 years of experience on advisory and supervisory boards of private and publicly traded companies. Please find some voices below:
Chairman of the Advisory Council
Dr. Daniel Schmidt, Founder and CEO Cepres GmbH, Munich, Germany
“Stefan Winners has been our Board member for Cepres since 2017 and is our Chairman since 2023. He supports our management team with valuable strategic and operative ideas. Through his outstanding early-warning system, he often detects important developments even before the market does. His excellent global network often helped us to further advance the business on the market as well as on the financing side. And it is great fun to work with him.”
Member of the Advisory Council and Supervisory Board
The Mitschke-Collande Family, Giesecke und Devrient GmbH, Munich, Germany
“Stefan Winners is a member of our advisory and supervisory board for Giesecke+Devrient GmbH since 2014. He enriches both committees with his extensive experience in digital business models and M&A strategies, but also in particular with his personality: Analytical, focused, critically questioning and always on point!”
Member of the BOARD of directors
Jim McVeigh, Founder and CEO of Cyndx Holdco Inc., West Palm Beach, FL, USA
“Stefan Winners is our Non-Executive Board Member since 2016. Stefan has unmatched operational experience and insights and lends his time generously. He is brillant in his strategic thinking and a highly valued board member for Cyndx.“
Chairman of the Supervisory BOARD [TecDax: NWRK01]
Dr. Thomas Vollmoeller, retired CEO New Work SE, Hamburg, Germany, formerly known as XING SE
“Seven years with Stefan Winners as our chairman of the supervisory board of New Work SE was for me, as CEO, moulded by huge personal trust and respect, as well as an extremely high level of engagement in the business. The success of New Work SE between 2013 to 2020 was possible thanks to Stefan Winners as a highly supportive and at the same time always engaged Chairman of the Supervisory board.”