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2. Structure page TMC- Focus: Efficiency Advisory Services 3 1 .The Firm 4 2. The Team 5 3. The Services 6 3.1. corporate resources services 7 3.2. cost reduction services 9 3.3. growth efficiency services 10 4. The Clients 11 5. The Assignment Structure12 TMC-Coordinates 13 TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

3. TMC Focus: Efficiency • TMC – Focus: Efficiency Advisory Services • The Vision of the TMCgroup: We strive to be innovative advisors to expanding domestic and international companies by providing top quality consulting services geared to improve the business performance of our clients significantly and in a sustainable manner TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

4. 1. The Firm • The TMCgroup was founded in 1989 and has since then developed into a pure advisory service consulting group • Since 2001 an Advisory Board - consisting of highly skilled and experienced Board Members - supervises the quality of services rendered to TMC - clients and the Board Members themselves occasionally participate in projects where special know-how is required • Following the principle of an open communication with its clients, TMC is operating an active website under www.TMCgroup.de which is being updated on a monthly basis revealing most of the assignments TMC is presently working on TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

5. 2. The Team • The staff of TMC consists of people of different nationalities offering a broad scope of skills and experience • The typical TMC consultant is a well groomed executive with former successful line management experience in dedicated industries. Consequently, there is a saying within the TMCgroup that ”…a typical TMC-partner has either grey hair or no hair at all” TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

6. 3. The Services • The TMCgroup provides services in 3 distinctive areas focusing on • the HR-factor • reducing costs with the support of innovating systems • supporting our clients to execute a growth strategy • The positioning of TMC within the consulting industry can be best visualized as follows: high strategy consultancies large consulting teams political assignments client = key account analytical skills audit related consultancies large infrastructure expert – related approach client = project TMCgroup small teams of former executives implementation – orientation client = mandator low low implementation strengths high TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

7. 3. The Services 3.1. corporate resources services • This segment represents the very beginning of TMC: We started with the executive search service still being considered as one of the backbones of the TMCgroup • Historically we later moved into board-service and are covering corporate governance topics • In parallel we started entering into typical operational HR-issues, such as compensation, assessment and covering innovative concepts, like the talent (executive) pipeline, diversity issues and succession planning • For smaller and mid-sized businesses TMC accelerates clients’ growth by • optimization / creation of HR processes • recruitment, talent- and knowledge management • offering interim HR- and HR development management TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

8. 3. The Services 3.1. corporate resources services • We have gained extensive experience in the field of national and international executive search assignments • The TMC group operates with an in-house research department consisting of highly skilled professionals • In the field of executive search we consider ourselves as generalists with special expertise in dedicated areas TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

9. 3. The Services 3.2. cost reduction services • The opening of our Frankfurt office stands for covering typical management issues, like cost reduction • Here, TMC is offering sophisticated cost reduction services, like • travel management • credit card systems • shared service centers • Proudly we can claim to be the most powerful (and largest) European consulting organization providing travel management consulting services TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

10. 3. The Services 3.3. growth efficiency services • To offer a balanced scope of services, TMC has decided not only to focus on costs, but also on revenues • In that segment, TMC offers its clients dedicated services geared to provide increased growth, like • international expansion (China, Russia) • mergers & acquisitions • organization efficiency services and – typically for Germany – • development of mid-sized companies (primarily family-held businesses) • In order to increase the efficiency of our clients’ organizations, we offer IT-based services as plug-in-solutions for existing and new processes and systems (Saarbrucken office) TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

11. 4. The Clients • TMC is a consulting firm rendering services to both local and international clients • within all kind of industries • with a clearly defined spirit of belonging to the leaders of that respective market • Consequently, TMC is being considered as a typical “generalist” as opposed to consulting companies being assessed as “industry specialists” • Our prime contact within a client organization represents the • General Manager • CEO, CFO, COO • owner of the business • Typically , TMC enjoys a long-lasting relationship with its clients, such as • KÜHNE + NAGEL (for more than 30 years) • THYSSENKRUPP (for more than 20 years) • QUADRIGA CAPITAL (for more than 10 years) TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

12. 5. The Assignment Structure • Each project starts with a well-structured proposal letter consisting of • a detailed analysis of the problem on hand • a description of the method how to solve the problem • an execution plan with clearly defined progress- (communication-) milestones • a clearly defined fee-structure of the planned assignment • the nomination of each TMC - consultant working on the respective assignment TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS

13. TMC - Coordinates TRUST MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS