von Beust & Coll. International
International strategy and business consultancy
Firstly, von Beust & Coll. International supports German companies with their international activities through targeted strategic consultancy, providing access to politics, authorities and potential partners. Secondly, we advise international companies in their countries in order to successfully implement projects such as infrastructure measures or logistics concepts, using German expertise and management supply.
In the process, clients of von Beust & Coll. International benefit from its excellent network both in national and international politics and in the industry and banking sectors.
Analyses from von Beust & Coll. International give clients a detailed assessment of their political, business and media environment in order to allow them to make their business decisions. von Beust & Coll. International support its clients by recommending strategies and facilitating their implementation in a number of situations, including in the run-up to setting up partnerships, establishing subsidiaries, transactions or filling top positions, location searches and forecasts concerning the feasibility of a planned location.
The company also supports the investment and initiation of joint ventures with German and international partners in the respective countries.
The company sets up the respective project team from its network of international experts in collaboration with the client. This makes efficient use of resources directly at the client’s premises without any administrative overheads, which are ultimately paid for by the customer.
The company was founded in September 2018 by von Beust & Collegen Beratungsgesellschaft (www.vbcoll.de) and focuses purely on international consulting activities.
Hamburg location
Hamburg is not just perfect for maritime business, it is predestined for international activities as well: Hamburg is tremendously important in Asian countries as the “Gateway to the World”, something that our Chinese and Indian customers really value, for example. By collaborating with vbColl Beratungsgesellschaft, with additional offices in Berlin and Brussels, our customers benefit from our networks in German and European politics.
Expertise
Consultants at von Beust & Coll. International combine expert knowledge and specialist industry expertise.
The international consultancy team has proven expertise in numerous industries: wholesale trade & FMCG, the mobility sector, finance and real estate, logistics, infrastructure and in the energy sector.
Personal advice
The experts at von Beust & Coll. International work closely with their clients and develop the right strategies together with them.
von Beust & Coll. International relies on personal recommendations and only takes on new advisory mandates when a personal consultation by the managing director is guaranteed.
We advise you personally,
unmediated, and reliably.
The Team
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Georg Ehrmann
Managing Partner
Georg Ehrmann has developed international business at vbColl Beratungsgesellschaft and is now supporting and developing this in the new structure as a partner and managing director.
VitaGeorg Ehrmann has been a practicing attorney since 1997. His professional experience includes serving as Legal Counsel for a Regional Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. He has held the position of CEO for a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) for 12 years, and has been an expert consultant on various committees at the state, federal, and EU levels. His advisory roles include serving as a government consultant in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), and as a consultant in Public Affairs, Strategy, and Crisis Communication. Since 2013, he has been the Managing Partner at von Beust & Coll. Consulting Firm, with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels, and Cologne. Additionally, since 2017, he has been the Managing Partner at vBColl International GmbH. He is also the CEO of the Maritime Platform and the representative for CLIA Germany.
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Knut Fleckenstein
Partner
Knut Fleckenstein brings 10 years of expertise as a Member of the European Parliament to the advisory services of von Beust & Coll. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he was responsible for international EU relations and, amongst other things, accompanied various accession negotiations with new EU member states.
VitaThe trained banker brings with him many years of experience in business and politics. He was a member of the management of a large logistics company and a managing director of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB). After working as Head of the Department for European Affairs and Development Cooperation in the Senate Chancellery and as Spokesman and Head of the Protocol of the Hamburg Parliament, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2009. In the EU Parliament he was active as vice chairman and foreign policy spokesman for the social democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN). In 2019, Mr. Fleckenstein left the EU Parliament and since 01.09.2019 has been working for von Beust & Coll. International.
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Ines Ulfik
Office Management
Ines Ulfik looks after the office management at vbColl International. Her organisational capabilities and her experience from working abroad form the basis of our consultancy work.
VitaInes Ulfik begleitet bereits seit 2011 die Beratungsfirma von Ole von Beust, insbesondere in den Bereichen Buchhaltung und Office Management. Zudem steht Ines Ulfik beim Management strategischer Allianzen in Buchhaltungsfragen zur Verfügung, unter anderem bei dem Maritimen LNG Plattform e.V. und dem smartparking-Plattform e.V. (jeweils seit Gründung). Sie ist gelernte Rechtsanwalts- und Notarfachangestellte und seit 2008 auch für die Anwaltskanzlei von Beust Rechtsanwälte tätig.
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