Our Team
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Team
Far-sighted, diligent, conscientious – our staff members bring their individual traits and skills to the table, adding to the strength of the whole team. Order picking, purchase, IT, customs, sales and logistics – they all work together, executing orders or tackling new challenges
Elke Prätorius-Schmidt
It is vital for a trader to recognize market changes in time. Previous generations understood that and always found the right moment to take our company to the next level.
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| Position: | Managing Partner |
| Zur Person: | born 1964, 5. generation of mercantile family Prätorius |
| Training as merchant in wholesale and foreign trade, MBA | |
| married to Claus-Willy Schmidt since 1992, 2 sons | |
| Finance, administration, HR, strategy | |
| Senate of Economy since 2016, Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne since 2017 | |
Claus-Willy Schmidt
Fairness, reliability and trust.
The traditional business handshake – to us it still counts.
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| Position: | Managing Partner |
| Zur Person: | born 1958 |
| Employed at Prätorius since 1991 | |
| married to Elke Prätorius since 1992, 2 sons | |
| Purchase and sales, strategy | |
| Keeper of the quaich since 2004, Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne since 2017 | |
