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COMPAREX AG is an international company for IT services with headquarters in Leipzig, Germany. Following a takeover by SoftwareOne COMPAREX AG announced on April 1, 2019 that all its subsidiaries will undergo a rebranding process and fully integrate into the SoftwareOne Group.

Business field
COMPAREX AG is mainly involved in the management of software licenses and usage rights as well as in IT consulting and the development of Managed Services and cloud-based solutions.

Corporate structure
The Executive Group at COMPAREX AG consisted of the Board of Directors and the Vice Presidents. Since being acquired by SoftwareONE in February 2019, COMPAREX AG's corporate structure is undergoing restructuring with Marc Betgem (CSO) to serve on SoftwareONE's Executive Leadership Team and Thomas Reich, the former CEO of COMPAREX, supporting the integration process before leaving the company.

Board of directors
The Board of Directors at COMPAREX AG currently consists of two people:


 * Thomas Reich (CEO/Chairman, since December 2017 and CFO since 2009)
 * Marc Betgem (CSO/Director, since July 2016)

Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG has five members:


 * Michael Kafesie (Chairman of the Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG)
 * Nikolaus Brajkovic (Member of the Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG)
 * Andreas Fleischmann (Member of the Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG)
 * Thomas Muchar (Member of the Supervisory Board at COMPAREX AG)
 * Oliver van Haentjens (Member of the Supervisory Board at der COMPAREX AG)

Shareholders
Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH has owned 100 percent of COMPAREX AG since 2011; it holds these shares indirectly via “PERUNI” Holding GmbH. Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH belongs to the Raiffeisen Banking Group Austria (RBG).

Shareholdings
COMPAREX AG holds shares in companies around the world due to its strategy of acquisitions and start-ups.

Locations
A number of acquisitions in recent years mean that COMPAREX AG is now present in 35 countries worldwide.

Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania

Asia

India, Kazakhstan, China, Singapore, Indonesia

South America

Brasil

North America

Canada, Mexico, USA

Origins
The company has operated under the name COMPAREX AG since 2011. Originally the company was named "PC-Ware Gesellschaft für Industrieinformatik Leipzig mbH".