In his capacity, Martin Hellweg assumes an overall leadership role, acts as a management coach or serves as a board member. In his last assignment, Martin Hellweg was CEO of Swissmetal, a publicly-listed Swiss company in the metals industry. He was able to refinance the company and, in doing so, provide the basis for a new beginning. Under his leadership, the company subsequently designed and implemented a comprehensive restructuring program which resulted in a significantly better cost position of Swissmetal and growth potentials for a successful future. Before, Martin Hellweg also served as Member of the Executive Board of the Keramik Laufen Group, a Swiss-based, publicly-listed enterprise in the ceramics industry, where he restructured his areas of responsibility and contributed to the formation of a leading global ceramics manufacturer. During his professional career, Martin Hellweg furthermore worked as a management consultant as well as in several corporate finance functions. Martin Hellweg earned an M.B.A. from the Simon Graduate School of Business of the University of Rochester, New York, where he currently serves as a member of the Alumni Advisory Board and teaches in the American as well as the Swiss branch of the program, the Rochester-Bern Executive M.B.A. Program. Today, Martin Hellweg furthermore teaches at the Institute of Financial Management at the University of Bern. Besides his professional work, Martin Hellweg is a passionate musician.