Management Team

Eberhard Lau

 

Eberhard Lau (1957) started his career in the insurance sector 1979. Since that time he has worked in a variety of roles including managing director and sales supervisor in different international insurance brokers and companies.

 

Since 2001 he has been managing director of a German insurance broker in Hamburg and a business consultant.

 

Eberhard Lau has unique knowledge of the energy and construction sectors with particular reference to Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Turkmenistan and other former countries of RF.

 

Eberhard Lau holds shares in a Swiss holding company, a German real estate company and is a shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board (Chairman) of Berlin London Beteiligungs Holding AG, Berlin.

 

 

 

Dr. Max Rössler

 

Dr. Max Rössler (1940) studied mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). He then worked in research in applied mathematics and space science for several years at ETH Zurich and Harvard University in Cambridge (with a contract from NASA).

 

In 1978 Dr. Rössler changed to Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (now Credit Suisse) as head of analysis for fixed income products and became also responsible for the management of a number of investment trusts with a total size of over 12 billion CHF.

 

In recent years Dr. Rössler was adviser for several financial institutions, among them the bank Dominick Company AG, the insurance company SUVA and Bank Reichmuth & Co., all in Switzerland.

 

Dr. Rössler is also a renowned investor and board member in various companies.

 

Since 2015, Dr. Rössler is a shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board of Berlin London Beteiligungs Holding AG, Berlin.

 

 

 

Thomas Schiwek

 

In 1987 Thomas Schiwek (1965) started his career in the insurance sector. After graduating as insurance salesman, he worked in various positions at the Zurich Insurance Group such as Underwriter in Industry-Insurance and Reinsurance and Head of Claims Department.

 

Thomas Schiwek is majority shareholder of W. Ahrendt & Co. GmbH (WACOGROUP) in Hamburg. The company acts in the insurance and claims industry since 1897 and is a General Agent of the Zurich Insurance Group.

 

Furthermore, Thomas Schiwek is co-owner of an insurance broker which has been set up in 2016 in Hamburg.

 

Since 2018, Thomas Schiwek is a shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board of Berlin London Beteiligungs Holding AG, Berlin.

 

 

 

GREECE REPRESENTATIVE

Nick E. Koutsourais LLM, FAIQ, PhD

 

Nick E. Koutsourais is a well experienced insurance expert, based in Athens, with a territorial specialisation in the Balkans, Far East, Turkey and Israel. He has been a manager and member in many multinational organisations in the insurance sector as well as a Director and Board member for various Insurance companies and Lloyd’s Brokers.

 

Having a keen eye on the developing markets and on new opportunities, Nick has made an impact in the Chinese Insurance Industry development where he holds the position of Director in two Insurance companies and he is invited as a regular speaker at the Chinese Automobile Dealer Association conferences.

 

Nick has joint BLH Berlin London Beteiligungs Holding AG in 2019 as Athens Representative.