Mr. Christoph Geck-Schlich is responsible for all investments with regards to the fleet expansion of Offen Group. This includes raising equity for the acquisition of vessels and investing in all possible debt and hybrid structures. Before joining Offen Group in March 2015, Mr. Geck-Schlich was CIO with Reederei Nord/Oldendorff. He was responsible for various shipping transactions with a total volume in excess of US$ 500m.

Before, he worked for Montan Alternative Investment GmbH & Co. KG, an independent asset manager and structuring partner for alternative investments and subsidiary of Komrowski Reederei, from 2003 to 2012. He headed Montan Alternative as managing director. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Christoph Geck-Schlich worked in proprietary trading at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt and specialized in risk arbitrage and event-driven strategies trading.

Prior to this, he was an analyst with UBS Brinson Asset Management, where he was responsible for the emerging markets Company area. He studied Business Administration at the Technische Universität zu Berlin and graduated as Diplom-Kaufmann in 1998. During his university studies, he worked in proprietary trading at Bankgesellschaft Berlin.