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Middle Branch Partners welcomes Winfried Schaller to its Board of Advisors

Portrait of Winfried Schaller

Middle Branch Partners is delighted to announce that Winfried Schaller, former CEO of Lincotek Group, has joined the company’s Board of Advisors. With his extensive experience in company transformation, globalization, and M&A strategy, Mr. Schaller is an invaluable addition to the team.

Schaller has a track record as an international and entrepreneurial CEO with more than 25 years in company transformation. He has wide leadership experience across different industries and countries with a strong ability to think, plan, and execute operationally and strategically. In his recent position, he was managing the Lincotek Group in a major transformation and globalization phase, where he developed the medical division into a globally recognized CDMO via several global M&A initiatives. He is a well-known industry expert in addressing the needs of globalized markets, and provides support to family-owned companies as much as PE houses around M&A strategy, due diligence, closing, integration and carve-out processes. Mr. Schaller holds an MBA from the EDHEC Business School, France and a degree as “Diplom Kaufmann” from the University of Paderborn, Germany.