Dr. Klaus Requat
Margaretenstr. 79/3
1050 Vienna
Cell phone: +43664 3005989
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Requat Advisory GmbH (“RA”) 2014 -
RA serves as the platform for personal advisory mandates as well as personal investments and trusteeships. A key mandate executed through this company was to render advice to a large group of international bondholders representing their interest in a full recovery of the value of their holdings in bonds issued by HETA, Austria and guaranteed by the Province of Carinthia. This transactions constitutes Europe’s largest financial singular financial restructuring effort to date. Other mandates focus on high end M&A advisory services as well as advising banking groups and corporate clients on selected local and international restructuring efforts.
DPI SA, Luxembourg, 2013-
Chief Executive Officer - Liquidator
DPI SA is a holding company which until January 2016 owned Duktus GmbH, a German based cast iron water pipe maker. My position at Duktus SA entailed the responsibility to design, initiate and execute a comprehensive transformation process turning the company into a technology driven producer of industrial pipes as well as the sale to a strategic investor. As of the closing of the sale, my role changed into becoming the liquidator of the estate of DPI SA which is planned to be completed by the end of 2017.
Meinl Bank AG, Vienna 2013- 2016
Senior Advisor - Corporate and Investment Banking
Meinl Bank is an Austrian privately owned merchant bank with activities in Austria; Central and Eastern Europe as well as in certain African, Latin American and Asian markets. My functions at the bank focused on the acquisition and deal management of corporate & investment banking transactions.
TJP Oaklins Advisory & Management Services GmbH¸Vienna 2012 –
Managing Partner
TJP Oaklins is part of Oaklins International and Austria’s largest independent financial Advisory House active in Europe across a wide band of industrial sectors with offices in Vienna, Linz and Belgrade.
Vektor Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna 2011 -
Managing Partner
Vector is a holding company specializing in the acquisition and value increasing management of medium sized companies with a medium to long-term ownership policy.
Carpima Invest GmbH, Vienna, 2009 – 2012 Managing Partner
Carpima was an independent investment advisory firm active in Austria, Germany and selected countries in CEE. The activities of Carpima were merged into those of TJP Advisory & Management Services GmbH in November 2012.
Straumur / ALMC, Reykjavik 2009- 2012
Senior Advisor
Chairman of the Board
Straumur / ALMC is an Icelandic financial institution which following the Icelandic banking crises, was transformed into an asset recovery business and taken over by previous creditors and a group of hedge funds. Following a 6 month advisory role, I assumed the position of Chairman of the Board of ALMC representing the interests of the shareholders of the company and overseeing a +EUR 1,5 bn asset disposal/recovery program executed by Straumur/ALMC staff in London, Copenhagen and Iceland.
Unicredit CAIB AG, Vienna 2007 – 2009
Head of Investment Banking Emerging Europe
Head of Investment Banking Austria
Authorized Officer of Bank Austria AG
Following the establishment of a unified investment banking division within Uncredit group in the wake of Unicredit’s merger with Bank Austria’s mother company Hypo Vereinsbank, I became responsible for the group’s investment banking business in Austria and Central Europe, comprising its M&A, Merchant Banking and ECM activities.
CAIB Corporate Finance Beratungs GesmbH, Vienna 2001 – 2007
Member of the Group Management Board
Authorized Officer of Bank Austria AG
In 2001 CAIB Corporate Finance Beratungs Ges.m.b.H. was established as the dedicated M & A, Equity Capital Markets and Merchant Banking house of the Bank Austria Group and I became a Board Member of this company overseeing its entire activities and representing it as the Senior Manager.
Creditanstalt Investmentbank AG, Vienna 1997 – 2001
Managing Director and Co-Head of Corporate Finance
Authorized Officer of Bank Austria AG
Creditanstalt Investmentbank AG, Vienna 1994 – 1996
Director, Corporate Finance
Creditanstalt Investmentbank AG, Vienna 1988 – 1994
Assistant Director, Corporate Finance
Creditanstalt Bankverein, NY Branch, New York 1987 – 1988
Financial Analyst
Non-executive Board Memberships & Senior Advisory Positions
Von Roll Hydro AG, Zürich 2016 - 2017
Member of the Board
Following the sale of Duktus GmbH to Von Roll Hydro, I joined the board of Von Roll Hydro to advise on the further development of the new group of companies.
Graboplast, Györ 1990 -
Senior Advisor to the Management Board
Hungarian based international home improvement group
Having managed the privatization of the company in 1990 I served as Board Member until December 2014 and remain involved in Graboplast as Senior Advisor to the Management Board.
Chemson AG, Arnoldstein
Member of the Board 2013-2013
International chemicals group
I served on the non-executive board to advise the owners of the company on the sale to a strategic investor. This assignment was successfully completed in December 2103.
EDUCATION
1985 – 1987 Universities of Vienna & Salzburg - PhD of Law
1985 – 1987 American University, Washington D.C. - M.A. International Affairs
LANGUAGES
German mother tongue
English excellent
French fluent
Spanish fluent
NATIONALITY
Austrian
DOB
August 18th, 1959
INTERESTS outside the professional sphere
Motorsport, Travel, Literature; Tennis, Skiing, History, Music, Film
Dr. Klaus Requat
Mobile: +43-664-3005989