Martin C. Wittig (born 20 January 1964) was the German

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of the management consultant firm

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 1967 and has since established a global presence. Currently, Roland Berger employs around 3,500 people at more than 50 locations. I ...

. He is the successor/antecessor of CEO

Burkhard Schwenker Burkhard Schwenker (born 20 April 1958) is a German business consultant. He was CEO of Roland Berger (then called Roland Berger Strategy Consultants) from 2003 until July 2010, when he was appointed head of the supervisory board of the firm. He w ...

. Martin Christof Wittig is married and lives with his wife and his two sons near

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(Switzerland).

Life

Martin C. Wittig studied

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and

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RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...

(Germany) and worked as a

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for two years. With a thesis about investment planning, he achieved his

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Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

. At this time, he held lectures at the TU Berlin. In 1995, he joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and became an associate partner in 1999 and a full partner in 2000. Since January 2001, he has been acting as managing partner and director of the branch in Zurich. In December 2002, Wittig was elected

chief financial officer A chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances; i.a.: financial planning, management of financial risks, ...

(CFO) by the partners in the global executive committee of Roland Berger. In 2006, the partners confirmed his mandate. Wittig was elected the CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants unanimously by 180 partners in 2010. During his work as a consultant his areas of expertise were focused on

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and

turnaround management Turnaround management is a process dedicated to corporate renewal. It uses analysis and planning to save troubled companies and return them to solvency, and to identify the reasons for failing performance in the market, and rectify them. Turnaround ...

with the industrial focuses of aviation/transportation as well as financial services. Wittig stepped back in May 2013 for health reasons. Martin C. Wittig has held a lectureship at the

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since 2007. The Federal Foreign Office of Germany appointed Wittig to the

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of Germany for the nation of Switzerland, more accurate for the

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and the

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References

External links

Interview with the former CEO Burkhard Schwenker and Martin C. Wittig
translation of an interview original published in

WirtschaftsWoche ''Wirtschaftswoche'' is a German weekly business news magazine published in Germany. ''Wirtschaft'' means “economy” (including business), and ''Woche'' is “week”. History and profile For many years, ''Wirtschaftswoche'' was published ...

, 22 July 2010
Hans-Jürgen Klesse: ''Where the new boss of Roland Berger have to charge''
(in German),

, 22 July 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wittig, Martin C. German chief executives 1964 births Living people Technische Universität Berlin alumni RWTH Aachen University alumni