Dr. Anke Nestler studied business administration at the University of Passau and was awarded a doctorate in business administration by the Technical University of Berlin.

After positions in the industrial sector, one of the Big Four audit firms as well as in the Corporate Finance team of a major law firm, she established VALNES Corporate Finance GmbH in 2008 as a valuation boutique within the scope of a spin-off. On May 01, 2023, the VALNES team moved to FTI Consulting to strengthen the valuation expertise in Germany. Since then, Dr. Nestler is Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting.

Dr. Nestler is an officially appointed and sworn expert in the valuation of companies and intangible assets as well as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). She is also a member of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s specialist committee for appointing official company-valuation experts, leads the IP valuation committee of the Licensing Executives Society Germany (LES), is an expert listed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and is an active member of numerous other specialist committees. She has been on the Supervisory Board of Medios AG since 2021 and is Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board since 2024.

As a valuation expert, Dr. Nestler possesses extensive experience in the valuation of companies and intangible assets, in appropriate licensing issues (including FRAND licenses), in advising on stock corporation law measures, in M&A transactions, in restructurings as well as in the preparation of expert opinions in contentious cases for the quantification of damages.