Gerhard Waldheim, MBA, JD
Gerhard Waldheim has been a member of our board since July 2005. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1974 and a JD from the Vienna University School of Law in 1972. After several years in the McKinsey banking practice and with Citibank in London, Mr. Waldheim subsequently held senior executive and executive board positions with Citibank Austria, RZB Bank Austria, BfG Bank in Germany and Credit Lyonnais in Switzerland; over the years, his banking focus covered lending, technology, controlling, investment banking and distressed equity. In 2000, he co-founded and built Petersen, Waldheim & Cie. GmbH, Frankfurt which focuses on private equity and venture capital fund management, investment banking and related financial advisory services. Biotech and pharma delivery systems are among the focal points of the funds managed by his firm.