Advice and Assistance: Friends‘ Association of WFI (Förderkreis)

• Diploma in Business Administration and Executive Master of Business Administration (graduated at the WFI)
• Qualified Supervisory Board Member (QAIF), certified at the German Stock Exchange AG
• More than 25 years of professional experience in:

    - Commercial functions

    - Various industries

   - Group structures and medium-sized to larger organizations

• Position in management responsibility for more than 20 years; since 2006 as country or managing director (CFO)
• International experience in Eastern and Northern Europe

Fritz Peters studied industrial engineering and management and is the third generation of the Peters brothers to run his own family business. With more than one hundred years of experience, the company, which is headquartered in Ingolstadt, combines tradition and competence in the field of building services engineering. With over 430 qualified specialists, the company performs precision work in the fields of electrical, heating, ventilation, sanitary, solar, locksmith, steel construction and building management.

The company attaches particular importance to the good training and security of its employees. As a pioneering medium-sized company, Gebrüder Peters has introduced a minimum quota for trainees with a migration background and is one of the largest training companies in the region.

Fritz Peters himself is also strongly committed to the Ingolstadt region and has been chairman of the Ingolstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce committee for many years and is committed to education and training in the region.

Information will be available shortly.

Peter Heinrich is managing partner of HEINRICH GmbH Agency for Communication  in Ingolstadt. Since 2001, the communication expert and certified CSR manager (IHK) has been advising and supporting medium-sized and large companies in matters of public relations and CSR. In the field of CSR, his focus is on strategy consulting, stakeholder dialogues, communication and sustainability reports. Before becoming self-employed, the business administration graduate spent 20 years as managing director of a medium-sized, market-leading company with over 500 employees. Therefore, he has many years of expertise on the agency and corporate side. Heinrich is the editor of the books "CSR und Kommunikation" and "CSR und Fashion", both published by Springer Gabler. Among other things, he is voluntarily involved in the Committee on Responsibility of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria and is a member of the executive committee of the Association of the leading communications agencies in Germany (GPRA).

• Jürgen Köhler, Deputy Head of Culture, School and Youth of the City of Ingolstadt and Managing Director of the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt Konzertgesellschaft mbH
• Founding member of the Supporters' Circle and Secretary since 1996.

Dr. Christian Jäkel studied business administration with the focus on "International Business Administration" at the Ingolstadt School of Management (WFI) of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He then completed his doctorate at the Chair of International Management of the same faculty. At the same time, he was managing director of the executive MBA program of the WFI. After his doctorate, Dr. Jäkel worked for two family-run, partly international companies in the field of corporate development. Today he works as Head of Sales and Business Development at Peters Service GmbH.

Dr. Jäkel has always remained closely connected to the WFI even after his doctorate. He regularly holds guest lectures, conducts case studies with the students and supervises Bachelor's and Master's theses.

Stefanie Wendl holds a degree in business law (FH) and completed her MBA at the WFI Ingolstadt in 2019.
Ms. Wendl has been working in the local government for over 20 years. In the last few years, she first headed the office of the Cultural and Education Officer together with the department of Museum Administration and Controlling and then the office for Accounting and Taxes at the City of Ingolstadt. In January 2020, she took over the tax department position at the District Administrator of the District of Eichstätt.