Our conference is supported by established corporations that are at the forefront of their respective industries. At our conference, you have the opportunity to interact with our sponsors in a personal environment. Don't miss your chance to get in touch with representatives in order to secure a job offer, internship, or simply to enjoy an inspiring conversation during our career fair. The slider below showcases the extraordinary partners that we've had the pleasure of working with throughout the last several years.
Feel free to scroll through the list of our current partners. They're eager to meet you at the next WHU New Year’s Conference!
We are delighted about the continued support of our sponsors and are looking forward to the insights and opportunities they'll be offering during the conference. Participants will be able to get in touch with our sponsors throughout the course of the conference.
Workshops, entrepreneurial talks, and the career fair provide an opportunity for informal exchange. Moreover, our sponsors will invite selected participants to on-campus interviews regarding internships or full-time positions during the WHU New Year’s Conference.
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology, and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 506,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people ,shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at
Andersch is the leading restructuring consultancy in Germany and part of the international FTI Consulting Group. We are the market and quality leader within restructuring and advise large mid-sized enterprises as well as listed corporations on far-reaching decisions.
What we do
Extraordinary situations call for unconventional solutions. Andersch offers customized advice and support to companies in critical situations. Off-the-shelf concepts fail to deliver on our rigid quality standards.
We are committed to quality, especially in times of transition and crisis. Our teams are drafted together to cover the specific needs of each individual case. These Andersch teams collaborate closely with the client’s management team to design robust concepts based on fundamental analyses and smart solutions.
Project findings consist of carefully tailored custom solutions designed to fit our client’s exact needs. After all, ready-made solutions can only deliver average results. Long-standing experience, specialist insight and our commitment deliver positive results that are impossible to achieve with off-the-shelf approaches.
What sets us apart
We understand figures. Why? Because we are committed to providing our clients with reliable information based on sound figures. And that includes our planning methodology as well as our tried-and-tested system of analysing plans to verify their long-term chances of success.
We are a team. Why? Because even when we are facing major tasks, complex challenges and emotionally exceptional circumstances for our clients, we treat each other with mutual respect. Our working atmosphere is professional and high-performance focussed but never lacks a human touch.
We are a fair employer. Why? Not because we promise the moon, but because we give applicants a realistic insight into our fascinating day-to-day work. And that is made up of exciting projects spanning a wide variety of industries and includes providing all-encompassing advice at senior executive level.
Interested?
Get in touch with us. We look forward to getting to know you. We’re looking for people who enjoy working with people. Because behind every number, there are people who are a part of creating value. Do you understand figures? Are you a team player?
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AUCTUS is the most active and leading private equity house for German medium-sized companies. The focus of investments is on majority shareholdings in companies with an annual turnover of between 10 million and 150 million. With currently 23 investment professionals and more than 200 investments in the last 19 years, AUCTUS is the leading private equity company for German-speaking SMEs.
AUCTUS pays special attention to industry-specific buy-and-build strategies in which national and international companies are brought together to form a market leader. The portfolio companies of the investment professional grow on average by 10% per year in terms of employees, sales, and earnings. Within the last years, AUCTUS has received dozens of awards as best German-speaking fund, as well as best buy-and-build fund.
Sustainable growth is a central driver for AUCTUS to build up medium-sized groups of companies. On the one hand, this means organic and inorganic growth by an entrepreneurial investment team and on the other hand a trustful partnership together with the management of the portfolio companies.
AUCTUS means not only success, but also diversity: Over the last 19 years a wide range of different industries – from services, healthcare and IT to education, consumer goods, and services and technology – have been involved in a variety of deals, e.g. standalone deals with a large number of acquisitions, consolidation of classic buy-and-build platforms, or organic development of new platforms.
Our success is the result of the excellent cooperation within the AUCTUS team, which currently consists of 30 employees – 23 of them in the investment team, which together has more than 150 years of private equity experience. But not only our portfolio companies are growing – AUCTUS itself is growing as well. Therefore, apply directly for one of our direct entry opportunities or an internship to experience the AUCTUS world at first hand and become part of our team.
Bain & Company is one of the world's leading management consulting firms.
For more than 40 years, we have helped the world's top business leaders to deliver the sustainable results they desire — results that go beyond financial and are uniquely tailored, pragmatic, holistic and enduring.
We partner with clients in sectors representing 90% of the global economy. Bain has deep expertise in financial services. We help financial institutions, from banking and insurance to wealth management and securities distribution, manage risks and serve customers.
With 57 offices in 36 countries around the world, we work seamlessly together as one firm and make our collective knowledge, experience and global network available to our clients.
We are looking for all-rounders with an entrepreneurial mindset, passion for results and fun to work in diverse teams around the globe. The learning curve is steep, but exhilarating. At Bain, people make a clear impact from day 1 and build their own results story. They not only grow as an individual, but also build lasting relationships with their colleagues and clients.
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With over 325 years of expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries, employing around 80,000 people to help move, lend, invest and protect money for customers and clients worldwide. These are just a few of the things that make us a major global financial services provider. But it’s our future ambitions and the actions we’re taking to achieve them that truly sets us apart. We’re setting out to shape the future of our business. Driven by strong values and a clear direction, we’re focusing on one core purpose: Helping people achieve their ambitions – in the right way. This includes our graduates and interns.
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The BNP Paribas Group has been active in Germany since 1947 and has successfully positioned itself on the market with thirteen companies. Private customers, companies and institutions are looked after by roughly 5,000 employees in all relevant economic regions all over the country. The wide-ranging products and services offered by BNP Paribas are almost identical to that of an universal bank. Germany is a core market for the BNP Paribas Group as the targeted growth here is geared towards continuity and one of the cornerstones of BNP Paribas' strategy for Europe. Its two main business activities, Retail Banking & Services and Corporate & Institutional Banking, ensure a balanced comprehensive income and together form a stable business model. BNP Paribas is a market leader in many areas or occupies key positions on the market and is one of the best capitalized banks in the world.
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and one of the world’s leading advisors on business strategy. Ever since its founding in 1963, it has been dedicated to helping executives with their unique perspectives and analyses. BCG partners with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises.
Their customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of companies and markets with close collaboration at all levels of the client organization. This ensures that their clients achieve a sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results. Founded in 1963, BCG is a private company with offices in more than 90 cities in 50 countries.
With its different Business Units such as BCG Digital Ventures, BCG Henderson Institute, and Inverto, BCG has been able to leverage its knowledge during Covid-19 to help its customers.
We are delighted to have them as our sponsor! BCG will be hosting the exclusive BCG Wine Tasting with selected participants.
Carl supports owners of small and medium-sized companies on their way to a successful company sale. Platform-based technology solutions provide their clients with uncomplicated access to a unique network of buyers. Carl offers mid-sized companies tailor-made options that for a long time were only available to large corporations.
Since 1989, Comma Soft AG has made a name for itself as a "digital think tank", an innovative IT consulting- and software house, as well as an innovation consultant.
Comma Soft supports many DAX corporations and large medium-sized companies in the implementation of digital transformation. As a holistic solution partner and trusted advisor, it works with clients to uncover previously untapped revenue potential with new digital technologies, as well as by developing and introducing new processes.
The interdisciplinary range of services includes consulting, development, and implementation of solutions based on new digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, data science, analytics, cloud services, and IT security). A special focus is always placed on the dovetailing of business strategy, IT-, and data strategy.
Commodus is a founder-led real estate investment company with an integrated asset management division and historically a broad and agnostic investment mandate allowing for various property-based investment strategies. Based in Munich and Berlin, Commodus provides a platform for semi-institutional and institutional investors looking to generate attractive returns in the German real estate market. The entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary team currently pursues a Core+ / Value-add investment strategy with a primary focus on commercial real estate, especially office buildings, which require an active asset management approach. Commodus currently manages over € 1.5 billion in real estate assets and and is growing rapidly.
Corporate Value Associates (CVA) is a boutique strategy consulting firm with global reach, operating out of 15 offices in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region. For more than three decades, our mission is to help CEOs, Boards and senior managers across the globe increase the value they create for customers and thus the value of their own businesses. We use innovative, creative and ground breaking thinking to provide practical solutions to complex, high stakes challenges in business strategy, revenue growth and cost control. We specialize in bespoke consulting services, rather than recycling “off-the-shelf” materials across our clients. Even though CVA is a boutique, we have a strong track record in a number of industry verticals: retail financial services; payments; telco; energy; automotive; public sector; metals, mining and materials.
Klöckner & Co is one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products and one of the leading steel service center companies worldwide.
Based on its distribution and service network of around 160 locations in 13 countries, the Group supplies more than 100,000 customers. Currently Klöckner & Co has around 7,900 employees. The Group had sales of around €6.3 billion in fiscal 2019.
As a pioneer of the digital transformation in the steel industry, Klöckner & Co’s target is to fully digitalize its supply and service chain as well as to expand the independent open industry platform XOM Materials to become the dominant vertical platform for the steel and metal industry and its neighboring industries.
zeb is the leading strategy and management consultancy for financial service providers in Europe. With over 1,000 employees, we develop sustainable strategies and successfully implement them together with our clients – banks, savings banks, insurers, and other financial institutions – along the entire value chain.
An honest working environment, binding statements, and open communication are part of our corporate culture and the basis for our long-term success and that of our customers. Our consulting services are divided into Strategy & Organization, Finance & Risk, and IT Consulting.
Therefore, we can draw on a wealth of expertise that ranges from strategy and sales to organization, corporate management, human capital, and IT. Our range of services is rounded off by exceptional industry knowledge, social competence, and creativity.
We are also lucky to be able to enjoy the continued support of our event partners. The Campus for Finance – WHU New Year’s Conference 2020 would like to thank all of them for their help to achieve our vision: Uniting the World of Finance!
Our media partners are essential to our conference. They actively support us before, during, and after the event by helping us in attracting the most extraordinary participants, as well as by enhancing our reach.
Arbeitskreis Börse is the largest student-led stock exchange association in Germany, as well as the oldest and largest initiative at the University of Mannheim. With over 1,000 members, Arbeitskreis Börse has developed into a unique community where motivated and interested students exchange ideas about investment banking, capital markets, consulting and startups in the FinTech sector.
Furthermore, we build an extraordinary bridge between the world's leading banks, consultancies, and interested students. At our exclusive events you can take the opportunity to get in touch with analysts, managing directors, associates and recruiters and make valuable contacts for a professional network. As part of the AKB Fellow Program, experienced alumni of AKB will provide you with relevant knowledge in order to be optimally prepared for internships and later career entry.
Audimax MEDIEN GmbH publishes seven magazines for school graduates and students. Audimax ABI pictures study paths, depicts universities and describes job opportunities for school graduates in Germany. The Audimax magazines contain information for students about life, study life and job life. There are different publications for students of engineering, information technology, law, natural sciences and business sciences for students, who inform themselves about job opportunities and master degree courses.
Audimax magazines are released in an edition of 400.000 copies, as e-paper and tablet app. Students get the magazine for free at almost every German university.
On its website (www.audimax.de), Audimax MEDIEN provides the so-called CAREER-CENTER, one of the biggest vacancy databases in Germany especially for students and graduates with round about 35,000 job offers.
Since 2012, Audimax MEDIEN has been in charge of the online review site MeinProf.de. On this web site students can rate their professors, tutors, and courses.
Bocconi Students Investment Club (BSIC) is the oldest and most prestigious finance student association at Bocconi University. Two core principles lie at the centre of the Club: producing professional, high quality content, and bringing value to our members and to the greater Bocconi community. The Club has around 30 active members who all share a deep passion for finance and a high personal standard.
CorpFin Search is a specialised headhunting firm, with a focus on corporate finance, which is all about more content, more commitment and more community! Their top priority is a long-term niche approach in Investment Banking / M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Development and related finance areas. CorpFin Search GmbH was started by the two Founding and Managing Partners Alex Bergen and Robert Simon. Alex worked in M&A in London & Frankfurt for more than 5 years and has also been a headhunter with ingenium – contemporary talent search (now CorpFin Search). Robert has 6 years of experience in headhunting for investment banking and private equity.
Since 2016, Finanzfluss has been providing financial knowledge across Germany. With more than 550,000 subscribers, their YouTube channel is the most popular channel on finance topics in German-speaking countries. After starting out as a two-man project, Finanzfluss has built a team of 12 in Berlin and is constantly working on new projects.
Their mission is to encourage people to take financial responsibility and provide guidance for their own personal finance decisions. No matter if you are a rookie, wondering how the stock market works, or if you're an experienced trader who wants to dive deeper into a specific topic – there will be a video about it with "Thomas von Finanzfluss".
Imperial College Investment Society’s mission is to educate members on value investment techniques. We host interactive weekly meetings where our members have the chance to present, debate and vote on whether to add investment pitches to our virtual portfolio. By submersing themselves in the world’s financial news, jargon and investment theory, our members develop vital commercial awareness and financial acumen; which is critical to making successful applications in a competitive world. We regularly host professionals from the buy side, ranging from Hedge Funds to Asset Managers, so that our members can learn from the best.
We enable ambitious students to unleash their career potential through three distinctive channels. Our publicly available social media and blog content will help you with your first orientation. Being registered for our Talent-Pool will offer you the possibility to receive further content and opportunities to network with companies. For those with truly ambitious goals, we also offer Elite-Coaching. We work with experts with professional experience at e.g. BCG, Bank of America Merill Lynch, UBS, Roland Berger, Google, Perella Weinberg, Cinven, and Partners Group to offer you exclusive video content, documents and calls. If you want to join any of our channels, visit our website and get a free consultation session with one of our experts.
squeaker.net is the online career network for young and ambitious talents in the German speaking countries. The network connects students, graduates and young professionals from leading universities and business schools with Europe's most renowned employers. The primary focus lies on management consulting, finance, consumer goods, audit, start-up and law.
The TU Investment Club is a non-profit student organization dedicated to the education of students with a distinct interest in financial markets. Our primary goal is to train members and maximize their financial knowledge. Through our internal and external events, we are able to provide extended inside knowledge on finance-related topics that go beyond the Bachelor and Master curriculum.
The Uni Management Club is aimed at committed students and young professionals who want to take responsibility for themselves and society as tomorrow's decision-makers.Over the course of various talks, insights, and special events, you can exchange ideas with inspiring personalities. Ask for advice, ask for support, ask for experience. Learn from top companies, global market leaders and NGOs, politicians, CEOs, and scientists. Get to know yourself. Find out what excites you. And then find out who can best support you.With diverse events and interesting speakers, there's something for everyone! Because our common future is at stake, we are committed to bringing young talent a little further to where it belongs: the top.
WiWi-Online.de is an online platform specifically designed to address the research needs of students, researchers, academic staff and young professionals in the fields of economics and business studies. The abbreviation "WiWi" comes from the German word ´Wirtschaftswissenschaften´- a general term that covers the many fields related to economics and business studies. Since its foundation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, WiWi-Online has established many useful databases including, for example, over 200 central banks and many national statistics. Moreover, WiWi-Online enables universities to present themselves on their webpage.
WiWi-TReFF.de - The online newspaper for business studies and careers addresses itself with news, tips and dates to students and junior managers of the economic sciences. Currently, a good 630,000 visitors per month and up to 27,000 visitors daily read the more than 400,000 articles in the 17 discussion forums.
At WUTIS we are passionate about finance! We challenge ourselves and are always going for the extra mile to close the knowledge gap between academia and industry practice.
We are the first independent student-run investment society providing a full-blown educational opportunity for any finance-driven student in Austria to learn more about the financial markets from like-minded individuals.
WUTIS’ goal is and has always been to make Vienna an attractive place for recruitment in finance. After 4.5 years in existence, we can state with pride, that our alumni have entered the financial industry with placements at leading investment banks (Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Citi...), hedge funds (Balyasny, ZZ Vermögensverwaltung, AI Invest), private equity funds (Cinven, Triton, Blackstone, Auctus, Armira, Mutares) & tier-one consultancies (McKinsey, BCG, Bain...) and to this date, serve as a networking & reference platform to our current members.