„Our companies offer high quality products and services. Their business conduct is always reliable and sound, driven by true dedication to customers, employees, business partners, investors and the community. The very same standards apply to ARENIT as the holding company.“
(from ARENIT’s mission statement)
ARENIT’s companies are small and medium sized enterprises within the German “Mittelstand” with a demonstrated track-record in delivering entrepreneurial and financial success. As a majority shareholder we are committed to the long run, balancing short-term profitability with long-term value-creation.
We „adopt“ family businesses, so they can remain family businesses.
Please see above impressions from our companies and products.
Dr. Stefan Niemeier and Dr. Nils Schlag founded ARENIT as a new home for “Mittelstand”-companies. Both have been Partners at McKinsey & Company, Inc. for many years, serving clients across different industries and geographies. This extensive experience is coupled with the honest, down-to-earth and getting-things-done mindset of their Westphalian roots. It allows them to develop companies further with new ideas while preserving each company’s existing strengths and unique identity.
Stefan Niemeier holds a Master Degree in Business Administration with studies in Germany and the United States, and a Dr. in Economics.
From 1998 until 2016 he was at McKinsey & Company, Inc., since 2006 as a Partner and later as a Senior Partner (Director).
He served clients on strategic and organisational topics and supported several clients over many years in transformational change and growth programs.
Among his clients – both public companies and family businesses – were companies from FMCG, automotive, high tech, retail and the public sector.
Stefan Niemeier led McKinsey’s consumer goods practice in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was part of the core leadership team of the German Office and member of a number of global committees of the firm.
Stefan Niemeier lives in Hamburg, married with two children.
Nils Schlag studied Business Administration (Master Degree) at the University of Münster, Germany and the University of Illinois, USA with further stays abroad in Spain and Argentina. He holds a PhD in Marketing.
Nils managed his own company from 2000-2005, before he joined McKinsey & Company, Inc. as a consultant in their Düsseldorf Office. Since 2013 he was a Partner of the firm.
Key focus areas of his work were in the development and deployment of Marketing & Sales Strategies as well as Procurement/Supply-Chain projects for mid-sized family-owned businesses and large, international clients. Lately, a new focus of work was on digitalization and sustainability concepts.
His clients were mainly from the manufacturing industry, consumer goods and retail sectors.
Nils lives in Düsseldorf, married with two daughters.