VOLKER KUMPF Managing Director and Founder of GLOBAL CONSULTING COMPANY GMBH and WHEY ORGANIC COSMETICS

Volker Kumpf is founder, shareholder and managing director of the international management consulting firm Global Consulting Company GmbH with offices in Germany in Munich (HQ in Grünwald), Stuttgart (Pforzheim) and Frankfurt am Main. The company was launched in 2003 in Frankfurt am Main/Germany.

After attending grammar school, Volker Kumpf studied Design (M.A.) and Business Administration (M.ec.). After graduating, Volker Kumpf worked as a Senior Art Director in Frankfurt (Clients: Mondelez Int.(Milka), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Chrysler) , Commerzbank, Beam Inc. (Courvoisier Cognac) and Wüstenrot Bausparkasse) in the leading American creative advertising agency, YOUNG & RUBICAM ADVERTISING NY/USA (www.yr.com).

After 4 years, he moved to the position of Creative Group Head and member of Management Board to the largest advertising and marketing agency of the world, WPP plc. London/UK (www.wpp.com). Clients: Honda Automobiles, Colgate-Palmolive and Mars Incorporated (Balisto (European market launch in 1981), Banjo, Bounty, M&M’s (European market launch in 1985), Mars, Milky Way, Snickers, Twix, Cesar, Chappi, Frolic, Kitekat, Pedigree, Sheba, Trill, Whiskas, Catsan (European market launch in 1983). After 9 years in marketing and advertising companies, Volker Kumpf moved 1986 into the industry as Managing Director of Central Marketing and Advertising of the Central Department of Marketing Services of BASF SE in Ludwigshafen/Germany (www.basf.com), the largest chemical company in the world. This globally responsible and controlling function also included Inhouse Management Consulting, Management Information Systems and the Central Market Research division of BASF GROUP.

After 12 years, Volker Kumpf joined in 1998 the electronics and mobile communications group MOTOROLA (www.motorola.com), where he worked as a Managing Director Marketing and Sales for the countries Germany and Austria (turnover in 2001 EUR 3,6 billion). He additional served as Company Spokesman for all of Motorola's business areas.

After 4 years, Volker Kumpf joined in 2001 the energy group ENBW ENERGIE AG (www.enbw.com), where he was responsible as Managing Director Central Marketing and member of Management Board Holding for the marketing of more than 100 group companies (including the brand Yello Strom).

After this he founded the international management consulting firm GLOBAL CONSULTING COMPANY GmbH. Parallel to this, he was also for more than 8 years, on duty as Assistant Professor (Economics, Corporate Management and Business Psychology) at several universities in Germany and Austria (University of Applied Management, Erding/Munich, Private University Schloss Seeburg, Salzburg/Austria, University of Technology, Stuttgart).