Michael Thiess

MICHAEL THIESS
Managing Partner

Base:	Munich office
Email:	office@michaelthiess.com

born 1957		Diploma in Business Studies	Diploma in Psychology

Education

1976 - 1984	Studies at the University of Mannheim
1984 - 1988	Research assistant to Professor Dichtl and Professor Raffée at the Institute for Marketing at the
	University of Mannheim

Career

2002	Founding of MICHAEL THIESS Management Consultants
1989 - 2002	Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
1994	Appointed partner - responsible for the international competence centre pharmaceuticals /
	medical appliances and health care / Non-profit organisations
1993 - 1999	Setting up and management of the now highly successful Chinese offices in Shanghai und Beijing;
	involved in the setting up of offices in India and Malaysia
1991	Appointed associate partner
1990	Appointed project manager
1984 - 1988	Research assistant to Professor Dichtl and Professor Raffée at the Institute for Marketing at the
	University of Mannheim

Experience in the following industries and countries

	Pharmaceuticals / medical appliances / healthcare
	Non-profit-organisations / businesses
	Public institutions
	Car technology / production technology
	Wholesalers / trading companies / logistic service providers
	Consumer goods industry

	China / South-east Asia / India
	Japan
	USA
	Europe

Functional experience

	Strategy / corporate governance
	Re-structuring / increasing efficiency
	Marketing and sales / logistics
	Organisation / post-merger integration
	Innovation management

Miscellaneous

	From 1998 until 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of the INSEAD Healthcare Management Initiative, Fontainebleau
	Co-initiator of the Benediktbeurer Management-Gespräche (management round table)
	Chairman of the Supervisory Board for the DocCheck AG, Cologne
	Member of two Steering Committees Asian-Pacific committee for the German Economy, www.bdi-online.de
	From 2004 until 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of the vivesco Apotheken-Partner GmbH, Frankfurt