41. VM Forum – Tom Gearing CEO & Co-Founder of CULT WINES:
Alternative investments are non-traditional assets that fall outside the standard categories of stocks, bonds, and cash. They offer diversification and can help hedge against market volatility but often come with higher risk and lower liquidity. Many are well known like Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Assets, Commodities, Structured Finance and Cryptocurrencies. But Collectibles like Wine are experiencing high interest and growth potential:
1.Does fine wine align with your long-term investment goals and risk tolerance?
2.How do market dynamics and liquidity constraints of wine as an asset work?
3.Who takes care for the storage, insurance, and authenticity verification responsibilities?
Program
18:00 Reception – Champagne tasting
18:30 Welcome / “Alternative Investments”
Drivers, Returns and Passion
Prof. Dr. Jochen Vogel CEO | VM Value Management GmbH Professor of Management Consulting, Head Value-based Management| FOM
18:40 CULT WINES Story and opportunities – View of the CEO
Tom Gearing CEO | CULT WINES
19:00 Fine Wine tasting & Exclusive four-course dinner
Referenten
Prof. Dr. Jochen Vogel
Prof. Dr. Jochen Vogel CEO / Founder | VM Value Management GmbH, VM Forum, International Value Creation Consulting firm, Professor at FOM Hochschule, Consulting, Finance. VM is focusing on Performance Management, Strategy, M&A for Industrials & Private Equity firms / Banks. Jochen and his VM team advise CEO ́s, CFO ́s, COO ́s at design and implementation of value creation projects incl. Change Management. Clients include thyssenkrupp, POSCO, Tata, Erdemir, BASF, Emerson, Belden, SGB-SMIT Trafo, VDM Metals, Tekfen Green Energy, Inapa Papier, Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball, Sparda (DZ Bank Gruppe), GIZS (Sparkassen), JP Morgan / OEP, Triton Private Equity, BC Partners, Lindsay Goldberg. Formerly MD /Manager at thyssenkrupp, Lehman Brothers, Proudfoot, PwC, Roland Berger he serves as chairman of boards.
Tom Gearing
Tom Gearing as CEO & Co-Founder, Tom Gearing leads Cult Wines’ global strategy, operations, and technology innovation, transforming the company from a start-up into an award-winning industry leader. A lifelong wine enthusiast. Cult wines has £200 million worth of assets under management, 1.7 million bottles in care in the UK and 83 countries in its global network of clients. Tom developed his passion while travelling through Burgundy and Bordeaux with his father, who worked in the trade. Today, he is recognised internationally for his entrepreneurship and insights, having been featured in The New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. Tom holds a WSET Level 3 Award in Wines and a BA in History from the University of Nottingham. Favourite wine: Drawn to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Tom cites Petrus ’61 en Magnum, Liger-Belair La Romanée ’09, and Domaine Leroy Richebourg ’03 among his most memorable wines.
