References and Profile of Herwarth Brune

 (Founder of DBI Ltd.)

Herwarth Brune is an internationally successful CEO with decades of experience in both the industrial and service sectors.
During this time, he developed sustainable strategies, successfully completed national and international acquisitions (companies with annual sales of €30 to €320 million), and repeatedly achieved above-average growth.
Through his ability to drive cultural transformations and build and inspire diverse teams, Brune created a culture of trust that empowered people, releasing a significant amount of innovation. His 14 years of international experience in Europe and Asia underscore his international expertise.
His strong commitment to customers and markets is based on his extensive sales experience in various industries and his quick understanding of new business opportunities, including technical ones.
After successfully serving as CEO of companies with over 20,000 employees and annual sales of €1 billion for the past ten years, Brune is now making his extensive experience available to companies that are looking for temporary management solutions to help them lead their company out of crisis mode, transform it, strengthen it, position it successfully, and expand it internationally.

Herwarth is a passionate leader who stands for excellent people development skills and successful, growth-oriented transformations. He brings 20 years of international commercial experience in the chemical industry and 13 years of C-Level management experience in professional services, most recently running a unit with 1bn revenue and 22.000 employees.

In particular, as Country President at Securitas, he was responsible for the acquisition and integration of two high-tech electronic security companies to complement Securitas' strategic direction as a security solutions company. In addition, as Chairman of the Management Board of ManpowerGroup Germany, he was responsible for one of the largest acquisitions in the temporary staffing industry and in the professional services sector in Germany: the acquisition and integration of the 7S Group with over €310 million in revenue and 8,000 employees.

As Chairman of the Management Board of ManpowerGroup Germany, he almost doubled the company's revenue in 6 years.

Brune was an early advocate and driver of new technologies, as well as digitalization and its practical application.

Brune built his first international team in 1996. Long before the discussion gained traction, it already had a 50% female share. Since then, he has brought together many diverse and, above all, successful teams and, since 2002, management boards. Brune most recently led a company with 22,000 employees.

Brune has been a long-time advocate for corporate social responsibility. He was a mentor to students at his alma mater, the University of Siegen, for many years. He has also been a board member of the Förderverein Internationale Schule in Seeheim-Jugenheim for 13 years, where he helped to found the school and successfully expand it to offer the International Baccalaureate to its graduate students. For several years, he was the European Corporate Social Responsibility leader of JohnsonDiversey. As early as in 2014, Brune already pushed to integrate refugees into the German labor market, long before the refugee crisis.