Patrick Schwarz-Schuette

Patrick Schwarz-Schuette began serving on Promentis’ Board in 2009. Mr. Schwarz-Schuette is currently the Managing Director of Black Horse Investments GmbH in Dusseldorf, Germany. Previously, he led Schwarz Pharma AG as Chairman of its Executive Board for more than a decade (1992 to 2006), culminating in the sale of the Schwarz group to UCB in a transaction valued at approximately six billion U.S. Dollars. Before assuming the role of Chairman, Mr. Schwarz-Schuette was a member of the Schwarz Pharma Executive Board (1988 to 1992), and previously led Sanol GmbH as General Manager. Early in his career, Mr. Schwarz-Schuette was a Management Consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, and received his diploma in business administration from the University of Hamburg.