Julian I. Mahari, born in Tel-Aviv

Came to Vienna at the age of 12 where German became his third native language.

Graduated 1976 summa cum laude from Federal Highschool IX, Wasagasse, Vienna with a concentration in Science and Latin.

Studies in Business and Public Administration at the University of St. Gallen (HSG); degrees: 1981: lic. oec. (major: Finance & Accounting); 1982: lic.rer.publ. (major: Swiss Diplomatic Service); and 1985: Dr.oec. (summa cum laude).

1989-1994 Managing Partner and subsequently Chief Executive of a Swiss Holding Company (CCC Corporate Control Consultants Holding AG).

Subsequently independent Consultant of Executives and Institutions in business, politics and science.

1986-1990: Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

1991-2009: Annual appointments as Visiting Professor, thereafter Extraordinary Professor of Management at the University Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej in Lublin (UMCS).

Since 2003: Owner and President of BPH Breakthrough Projects Holding AG in Heerbrugg, Switzerland,a privately held corporation focusing on Strategic Consulting, Corporate Finance and Private Equity, Enterprise and Project Development and on Transactions in the areas of Management, Banking and Finance for Domestic and Foreign Individuals and Corporate Entities. Intermediary, often mandated with execution, in major business transactions.

Several Board Memberships.

Since 2009: Professor Extraordinary of Management & since 2012: Affiliated Professor of Management at the University of Warsaw.

- Author and Editor of over 20 books and numerous articles; speaker and panelist esp. in the areas of Strategic Management, Know-how-Management, and Excellence in Management.

- Numerous expert appearances in the aforementioned areas, including, inter alia, as a judicial expert.

- Cooperation partner of several Banks and Financial Institutions and senior consultant of a Swiss Law Firm.

- Strategic advisor to several major Investors.

- Intermediary, usually mandated with execution, in major business transactions.

- Varia: Diverse awards and honors; member of Rotary International incl. Inter Country Committees Poland-Switzerland-Principality of Liechtenstein;inter alia, former chairman and head of financial conferences and management meetings (together with His Serene Highness Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein) at the International Academy for Philosophy; former senior advisor of the dean of the Department of Management at the University of Tel Aviv and chief coordinator for select international projects, research activities and co-operations.

Principal areas of academic research & teaching/lecturing: Problems in the areas of Strategic Management - Management Strategies , Axioms of Management, Soft Factors / Imponderabilities of Management, Management-know-how / Know-how-Management and Management Excellence / Excellence in Management at the interface between knowledge generation and knowledge application, bridging management theory and management practice.

Areas of practical activity:

-Comprehensive global support of, and tailored solutions for, investors, entrepreneurs and corporations

-Conceiving and execution of transactions

-Banking and financing solutions

- Know-how-Management, Conceptual Age and Management-Excellence

- Strategic Consulting, Change Management, Corporate Development and Project Development

Local competences:

Switzerland, Poland, U.S.A. (New York and Washington, D.C.), Austria, Great Britain (London and Edinburgh), Israel.

Furthermore, development and selective engagement in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand, Malta, Scandinavian Countries, Netherlands and Greece.

Languages spoken:

German, English, Polish and Hebrew

Swiss citizen, resident in Switzerland, married to Dr. med. et lic.phil. B. M. Mahari, father of two.

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