In the light of future challenges that lie ahead of Bcomp during its rapid scale-up and growth phase and following the closing of an oversubscribed Series B, the company welcomes new members to its Board of Directors.
Taking it to the next level
More than ten years into this journey of sustainable lightweighting, Bcomp is further from slowing down than ever. The additional funding that was collected in the recently closed Series B round will support the company’s hyper-growth and allow Bcomp to scale its workforce, increase its global and domestic production capacity and strengthen its commercial footprint. These next steps bring a whole new set of challenges. Accordingly, the Board of Directors is evolving with new members and competences joining and some old friends stepping down. Coming from different backgrounds they will all be able to contribute their extensive experience and support Bcomp in this exciting phase.
We extend a warm welcome to our new Board Members Bart ten Brink, Tobias Duschl and Marcus Behrendt, and are looking forward to a great future together. At the same time, we are happy to announce that Christian Jaag – who has been a Member of the Board since 2021 – has newly assumed the role as Chairman of the Board. Bcomp’s co-founder and CEO Christian Fischer also holds a seat on the Board.
We extend our sincere thanks to the former Board Members Daniel Kallay, Georg Benes and Thomas Rauber for their invaluable support over the years and for playing an important part of our journey so far!
Getting to know the new Board
To get a good first impression of our new Board Members, we have asked them to share a few words about themselves.
Bart J. ten Brink has many years of global experience as Industry-CEO, as well as President and member of Board of Directors. He currently holds several Board of Director positions, among them: Europur AISBL President, Kurlon-Manipal Group India, Berlinger LLC USA, Partner at KMESPartner, FDF-Management GmbH President.
He brings to Bcomp his extensive knowledge on worldwide automotive supplies and management of companies in all regions of Asia, the Americas, and Europe. When asked about his view on Bcomp, Bart J. ten Brink says: “Bcomp is having an excellent starting position for the future with its sustainable products and highly motived team, to make a difference on the waves of change, which many industries nowadays are experiencing. It’s a pleasure and honour to be part of this team in its exciting journey.”
Tobias Duschl is an experienced business strategist and operator with extensive background in automotive, aerospace, 3D printing and augmented reality at companies including Tesla, BMW and Relativity Space. He has deep experience in establishing high-growth and high-ROI programs customers love, and scaling operations to support rapid company growth.
Tobias has been a guest lecturer in Operations Strategy at Duke University, ESADE Business School, and the Technical University of Zurich (ETH), and is advisor to several companies in the electric vehicle, 3D printing, and Web3 space.
Marcus Behrendt serves as Partner and CEO for BMW i Ventures. In this capacity he is a director on the boards of DSP Concepts, Alitheon Inc., Rapid Liquid Print, Bcomp and formerly on the boards of Mapillary and GenXComm. He is also an active advisor to Nauto and an observer to further BMW i Ventures portfolio companies.
Prior to joining the corporate venture arm of BMW in August 2018, Marcus worked as the Vice President User Experience, Control Panels and Ergonomics at the BMW research and development centre in Munich, Germany.
Christian Jaag is an economist specialized in industrial organization. He is a founder and currently Counsel of Swiss Economics and member of several Boards of Directors in Switzerland and abroad.
After taking over his new role as Chairman of the Board, Christian Jaag commented: “In my new role as Chairman of the Board, I look forward to working with a fantastic team to further commercialize our sustainable, lightweight materials, scale our operations and meet our ambition to become a leading carbon offsetting company.”
