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Presentation of an International Consulting Firm

The TMC-Group

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TMC- Focus: Efficiency Advisory Services 3 1. The Firm 4 2. The Team 5 3. The Services 6 3.1. People 7 3.2. Process 9 3.3. Procurement 10 4. The Clients 12 5. The Assignment Structure 13 TMC-Coordinates 14

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TMC Focus: Efficiency

TMC – Focus: Efficiency Advisory Services

The Vision of the TMC Group: “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”

Strategic Planning

Business Development

M&A / Corporate Finance

Controlling

Information Technology

Family Business

Procurement People Process

Corporate Governance

Board Compilation

Management Audit

Executive Search

Coaching

HR-Systems

Cost Optimization

Business Travel

Payment Systems

Shared Services

Global Sourcing Process-

Optimization

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The TMC Group was founded in 1989 and has since then developed into a general

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

Presently, Germany is being covered by offices in Dusseldorf (Headquarters) besides dedicated TMC organizations in Frankfurt, Saarbrucken, Hamburg, Stuttgart

1. The Firm

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The staff of TMC consists of actually 22 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 TMC Group that ”…a typical TMC-partner has either grey hair or no hair at all”

2. The Team

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The TMC Group provides services in 3 distinctive areas focusing on

the HR-factor (executive search) People

innovative systems Processes

cost saving strategies Procurement

The activities of the TMC Group presently cover countries, such as

EU

EMEA

APAC

AMERICAS

3. The Services

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This segment represents the very beginning of TMC: We started with the executive search services still being considered as one of the backbones of the TMC Group

Historically we later moved into board-service and are covering corporate governance topics, besides organizational structures allowing international development and innovative structures, besides M&A activities

3. The Services 3.1. People Efficiency

In parallel we started entering into typical operational HR-issues, such as compensation, assessment and covering up-to-date issue, like talent (executive) pipeline, diversity issues and succession planning

For a smaller and mid-sized businesses TMC accelerates clients’ dedicated growth by

optimization / creation of HR processes

recruitment, talent- and knowledge management

offering interim HR- and HR (talent-) development management

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We have gained extensive and well-groomed experience in the field of national and international executive search assignments, like in Russia, China, Near and Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

The TMC Group operates with a well-trained in-house research department consisting of highly skilled professionals

TMC develops and applies latest digital tools such as: digital sourcing, digital footprint, digital personnel file, etc.

In the field of executive search we consider ourselves

as generalists with special expertise in dedicated

areas such as:

3. The Services 3.1. People Efficiency

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3. The Services 3.2. Process Efficiency

As integrated part of the TMC Group, the company TMC-IT provides digital services focusing on existing processes, increasing on

efficiency out of the Saarbrucken-office. In order to increase the

efficiency of our client‘s organization, the firm offers IT-based services

as plug-in-solutions for existing and new processes and systems

The services of TMC-IT are covering 3 distinctive areas:

IT-Service Enabling (People)

TMC-Efficiency (Processes and Innovations)

TMC-Governance (Data Protection, IT-Security, etc.)

The Trust Advisory Services (TAS) are dedicated to provide integrated services in order to

analyze existing processes

propose new optimized processes

implement new processes and bringing systems „to live“

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The opening of our Frankfurt office stands for covering typical management issues, like focusing on procurement efficiency

Here, TMC is offering sophisticated cost reduction services, like

travel management (mobility)

credit card systems

shared service centers

3. The Services 3.3. Procurement Efficiency

Proudly we can claim to be the most powerful (and largest) European consulting organization providing travel management consulting services

As part of the TMC group, GSA² (Global Sourcing Activities) supports and organizes the procurement of spare parts for existing equipment and plants

Furthermore, GSA² offers consultancy and investment support for complex CAPEX projects and purchasing optimization; more information is available on https://gsa2.de

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3. The Services 3.3. Procurement Efficiency

Under the brand “TMC - METALS” the Firm provides industry-focussed services to engineering companies and international organizations active in the FE and Non-FE industry segment geared to increase efficiency including the design up to the project management and the ramp-up of complete projects

This type of services encompasses both aspects of a project, namely

the technical aspect

the commercial aspect

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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 interlectual leaders of that respective market

Consequently, TMC is being considered as a typical “generalist” as opposed to consulting companies being assessed as “industry specialists”

Therefore, our prime contact within a client organization represent the

General Manager

CEO, CFO, COO

owner of the business

Typically, TMC enjoys a long-lasting relationship with its clients, such as with KÜHNE + NAGEL (for more than 30 years) THYSSENKRUPP (for more than 20 years) QUADRIGA CAPITAL (for more than 10 years)

4. The Clients

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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

5. The Assignment Structure

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TMC - Coordinates