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Martin Kiene

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Founder / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Vorstandsvorsitzender at Vamea Group AG
📍 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Martin Kiene is the Founder and Chief Investor Relations Officer (CIRO) of Vamea Group AG, specializing in corporate succession for industrial SMEs. He successfully built the group via six small-cap acquisitions, demonstrating expertise in M&A and sustainable growth. He holds a Master of Science from the University of Strathclyde.

Martin is passionately engaged in his community of Cologne, where his company sponsors the inclusion teams of the football club FC Viktoria Köln. He emphasizes social responsibility and inclusion, believing that appreciation is the foundation of culture. He is also a strong advocate for maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

He has an unusual hobby: fish farming.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Founder / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Vorstandsvorsitzender
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Priorities

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Corporate Succession
Founded Vamea Group with the explicit mission to acquire and provide a future for successful industrial companies facing succession challenges.
Buy & Build M&A
His core strategy involves acquiring successful small-cap industrial companies to grow the Vamea Group, having completed six such transactions since 2022.
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Career

Work history

4-2022
Founder / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Vorstandsvorsitzender
Vamea Group AG
1-2015
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Hutfeder Equity GmbH
2022 - 4-2022
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Alleingeschäftsführer - ad interim
Cremer Speciaalmachines B.V.
2019 - 4-2022
Vice President Business Unit Customer Support & Services (Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung)
Uhlmann Pac-Systeme
2017 - 2019
Head of Strategic Projects & Business Excellence
Uhlmann Pac-Systeme
In the press

Media appearances

CEO Martin Kiene zu Gast im Podcast "M&A und Currywurst". Featured in Vamea Group AG
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Karsten Trautmann wird neuer Vorstandsvorsitzender CEO der Vamea Group AG – Gründer und bisheriger CEO Martin Kiene bleibt im Vorstand. Featured in PresseBox
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Education
Bachelor of Science
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
University of Strathclyde
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