Dr. Volkmar Hable was trained as a physicist and geoscientist and holds a Ph.D. in Geosciences and a B.S. in Agriculture and Agronomics. After graduation, however, he took a slightly different career path and entered the financial world. He is currently the CEO of Samarium Group Holding Ltd. Samarium Group is an investment and development company that specializes in healthcare, energy, technology, logistic, science, engineering, resources, and medical industries, focusing on companies that are worth less than $5 billion. Volkmar Hable creates partnerships with investors and client companies and looks for organizations with high-growth opportunities in which to invest. He also manages portfolios for his clients, submits studies on the space, engineering, science, logistics and energy sectors, and interviews with management teams for the company. With offices in Medellin, Vienna, Vancouver, Singapore, Sydney, and Zürich the company’s typical ROI (return on investment) is 17 percent a year and it consistently delivers to its clients by offering preferred shares to selected investors. Volkmar Hable stands by the company’s philosophy, which states: To think against the grain and to swim against the current - that is the secret behind that which the alpha wolves and their packs dream of in vain: to win when everybody wins, and to win when the others lose too. The sources of success are upstream.
From 1997-2001, Volkmar Hable was the CEO for Adecco’s offices in Europe and Asia which employed 6,000 people. At Adecco, a Fortune 500 human resources company providing personnel services to businesses worldwide, Volkmar Hable gained valuable experience by heading the European operations and was instrumental in expanding the operations to the Romanian market. Prior to Adecco, Volkmar Hable worked in senior executive positions in the oil exploration industry and served with companies involved in tourism, geophysics, global engineering consulting and spent time with the diplomatic corps.
Volkmar Hable is a prolific author and has published two books on marketing and investment planning; he has also contributed to books on geophysics and calculus. He speaks English, Spanish, German, and French fluently, and he contributes to various research firms. In what little free time he has Volkmar Hable enjoys mountaineering and reading.
