Solvia Vermögensverwaltungs

Solvia Vermögensverwaltungs

Solvia Vermögensverwaltungs manages the capital of the Mast family, owners of Mast-Jägermeister SE, the iconic German herbal liqueur brand founded in 1934 in Wolfenbüttel. The family office, formerly known as Phoenix Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH until a name change in 2006, was established to separate the operating business — now overseen by family member Florian Rehm as supervisory board chairman — from the investment portfolio. The office serves the family's fifth and sixth generations, maintaining the tight geographic and cultural ties to Lower Saxony that define its posture. The office deploys capital across a diversified mix that includes direct private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, and fund commitments. Schäfermann, who joined with a background at Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, represents the shift toward professionalized direct investing — a track most visible in Solvia's stake in Pegasus CP Holding, where former managing director Ralf Bauderer chairs the advisory board. The renewable-energy book spans wind, photovoltaic, and rooftop solar installations on agricultural properties, while organic farmland holdings embed the family's thesis in carbon and environmental assets. Confirmed geographies include Germany and the United States, with New York City mixed-use real estate rounding out the hard-asset base. The office's leadership transition is unusually legible for a private German family vehicle. February 2025 marked the formal appointment of Wolf-Jakob Herpich — recruited from the Hasso Plattner Foundation and the Haub family legacy — as managing director alongside Jarno Schäfermann, while Bauderer moved to an advisory board role after roughly two decades at the helm. Authorized signatories Dirk Martin Meier and Dr. Ulli Wagner, both appointed in November 2021, round out the governance layer. Philanthropic activities flow through the Curt Mast Foundation, the eva foundation for ecosystem value, and Tomvia gGmbH, reflecting a formal separation between investment and mission-driven capital. Solvia's structural differentiator is the twin-engine approach: a permanent-hold hard-asset base — farmland, commercial real estate — that anchors the balance sheet, paired with a growing direct-investment capability that operates more like a deal-by-deal principal shop than a conventional multi-generational allocator. The dual managing director model, combining a Deutsche Beteiligungs veteran with a foundation-trained principal, creates a governance architecture designed for continuity rather than founder dependency. It is a deliberate departure from the single-CIO model common among mid-sized European family offices.