Since 2004, Bernhard Frohwitter has been the Majority Shareholder, Managing Director, and Chairman of the Management Board at ParTec. With a distinguished background in engineering and patent law, he brings extensive expertise and visionary leadership to the company.
Mr. Frohwitter’s career began in 1974 as a development engineer at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, where he later moved to the patent protection department. In 1982 he co-founded patent law firm Bardehle & Partners, and in 1998, he founded Frohwitter Intellectual Property Counselors, a law and patent firm specializing in securing, enforcing, and commercializing high-tech patents in chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, computers, and mobile telecommunications across Europe and the USA.
In 2007, he co-founded IPCom GmbH & Co KG, which held and licensed patents in mobile communications worldwide. Under his leadership, IPCom and others generated nearly EUR 1.5 billion in license revenues.
Mr. Frohwitter’s wealth of experience and strategic acumen continue to drive ParTec towards new heights of innovation and success.
Bernhard Frohwitter has been appointed as the Chairman of the Management Board until October 2030.
