Non-Executive Chairman, Seabury Capital LLC

wschmidt@seaburycapital.com
Carnegie Hall Tower, 53rd Floor
152 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: +1 212 284 1150
Fax: +1 212 284 1144

Werner Anton Maria Schmidt is designated to serve as Non-Executive Chairman of Seabury Capital LLC. Previously, Mr. Schmidt served on the board of directors of Seabury Deutschland GmbH from 2003 to 2008.  Mr. Schmidt is focused on supporting Seabury’s new fund management businesses as well as the expansion of Seabury’s investment banking businesses.

Over the past 40 years, Mr. Schmidt has built a substantial personal fortune through financial entrepreneurship, banking, mining, minerals trading, and investments in precious stones, and real estate. His companies operate across four continents and many states.  He is the sole owner of W.S Intimorato Capital Limited, a UK holding company (“WSIC”) and SouthCapital Group Ltd., a Malta holding company (“SCG”) which taken together constitute a substantial part of Mr. Schmidt’s business interests (collectively, the “WS Group”).

WS Group, at  year end 2025 recorded over US$ 14 billion in assets and over US$ 12.5 billion in shareholders’ equity, operates in the precious  gemstone, iron ore, copper, Feldspar and Kaolin mining industries and through controlling investments in finance and insurance. WS Group is one of the world’s largest investors and suppliers of rough precious  gemstones, especially emeralds and alexandrites with offices in Sao Paulo and Fortaleza. In Fortaleza, SouthCapital works closely with the UFC Geological Institute and the state mine supervision authority, CPRM Brasil.

Mr. Schmidt is a German citizen, and studied accounting, business administration and mining at RWTH Aachen (1982-1987).  He founded his first engineering company in 1984, while completing additional training in open casting mining at Rheinbraun AG, Koln (1984-1985).  In the mining sector, he developed his expertise at Sophia Jacoba, Huckelhoven (1986-1987) and through positions at Saarbergwerke AG, Rheinbraun AG and Robecco.

Mr. Schmidt then started his professional career with Inform / Arthur Andersen Consulting from 1987-1989 and is partner and Member of PADETEC Universadade Federal do Ceara’. From 1995-2000, Mr. Schmidt was general partner of the closed end fund series of Grundwert – FONDs.  In addition, Mr. Schmidt was the advisor to the local governments and agencies in Campo Verde and Coop Verde.