MICHAEL EWERS

Advisory Group of the Maybach Foundation

Altura Ewers brings 15 years successful entrepreneurial and Silicon Valley fund raising expertise to the group. As Director, International Sales at Biodata AG, a leading Swiss-German encryption pioneer he developed relations with Daimler-Benz, GM, Boeing,

EADS, Citibank, UBS, Deutsche Bundesbank among others. In 1997 Altura cofounded A.B. Systems Berkeley, a computer security company, which became Biodata AG’s first acquisition; valued at Euro €300 million in 1999 after which Altura became CSO, responsible for sales, marketing and corporate development. In 2002 Altura focused on private equity investments Navastream Inc., Avestar-IP and BIG HOUSE studios which

grew into San Francisco’s largest digital film and photography studio with subsidiaries in Florida and Brazil. Altura sits on the board of Takima GmbH, a Frankfurt, Germany based investment vehicle with holdings in media, real estate, Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Production and water bottling, and the Royal Jamaica Trading Company. A

also sits on the board of The Camelot Group, a leading private equity company.