Vermaaten

Bernd Vermaaten is an experienced executive who leads mid-sized companies through growth, restructuring, and change. With more than 20 years of operational responsibility and full profit-and-loss accountability, he brings experience across finance, industry, commerce, and digital businesses. His career spans roles from group controlling and global finance leadership to commercial managing director and CEO. He currently leads solute GmbH, which operates billiger.de, and Checkout Charlie GmbH, home to Sparwelt.de and Gutscheine.de.

Vermaaten works directly from the executive chair rather than as an adviser. His services and leadership engagements include permanent or interim CEO mandates, company succession and management buy-ins, operational and financial restructuring, and turnaround management. He has led three businesses from losses to sustainable profitability and completed buy- and sell-side transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, carve-outs, and post-merger integration. He is also open to board roles and angel investments, bringing governance, corporate finance, and operating experience to businesses. Based in the Mannheim and Karlsruhe region, he works with mid-market companies across Germany and the wider DACH market.