since 09/20
Managing Director, Head of Merchant Solutions

Responsible for Deutsche Banks Issuing (Incl Miles & More) and Acceptance Business on a global level (EU, APAC, US)
Responsible for Corporate Banks Business with our Tech, Fintech & Platform Clients globally
Responsible for Platform & Marketplace Business at Deutsche Bank globally
Responsible for the Embedded Finance Business at Deutsche Bank

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) · E-payments · Payment Industry · Cash Management · Financial Services · Strategy · Banking · Acquiring · Payments · Credit Cards · Payment Card Processing · Electronic Payments · Fintech

since 09/21
Member of the Advisory Board - Europe

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Payments · Product Management · Fintech · Strategy · Corporate Advisory

since 09/21
Member of the Supervisory Board

As a joint venture of the German banking industry, EURO Kartensysteme GmbH performs in the common interest of German banks and savings banks in the field of card-based payment transactions. The focus is on central tasks and services, such as marketing and PR for girocard, business development girocard, the development of operational security standards, and methods of combating fraud, as well as Mastercard license management.

Digital Strategy · Business Strategy · Payments · Product Management · Electronic Payments · Fintech

Since 06/24
Council Member

Mastercard Strive is a global philanthropic initiative enabling small businesses to thrive and build resilience in the digital economy.
The program brings together expertise from across business, technology, research, and government to equip small businesses with innovative digital solutions to enable their growth and resilience.
Small businesses are the key to economic recovery, and together we can support them to unleash their potential as catalysts for inclusive growth.

SME sector · Volunteering

since 09/24

Head of development association

The House of Finance & Tech Berlin serves as a substantial and physical home port for the Berlin ecosystem, which includes startups, established companies, academia and civil society. It serves for knowledge transfer as well as to supply the partners with content-related impulses.

We focus on established financial service providers and startups from the FDL and adjacent technology sectors. The goal is to be self-sustaining after start-up financing.

Fintech · Financial Services · Payments · Product Management

since 09/16
Founder & Managing Director

www.paymentandbanking.com Award winning Blog and Podcast for the FinTech economy
Host of PEX (payment-exchange.de) and BEX (banking-exchange.de)www.paymentandbanking.com 

Start-up Leadership · Podcasting · Social Media Blogging · Fintech

Since 06/17
Network Partner & Limited Partner

Creandum | Backing Europe's Next Category Leaders. Investing from €500M Fund VII in seed & Series A tech startups with global scale. Backed Spotify, Klarna, Bolt, iZettle, Depop, Graphcore (portfolio raised $15B+). Focus: AI/SaaS, Fintech, Climate, Healthtech. Offices: Stockholm, Berlin, London, SF

Investing · Fintech

Since 11/24
Limited Partner

42CAP | Peers Amongst Entrepreneurs. Investing from our 4th fund (€100M) in early-stage tech companies with global potential. Founded by Hybris and eCircle alumni (Exits: $1.6B to SAP/Teradata). Focus: SaaS, Data-Driven Models, Deep Tech. Munich-based VC team as sparring partners for founders

Investments

since 06/22
Investor

Motive Partners is a private equity firm with offices in New York City and London, focusing on growth equity and buyout investments in software and information services companies based in North America and Europe and serving five primary subsectors: Banking & Payments, Capital Markets, Data & Analytics, Investment Management and Insurance.

Investment

since 05/23
Investor

Planet A is a venture capital fund supporting European green tech startups that have a significant positive impact on our planet. Our mission is to promote an economy within the planetary boundaries by supporting innovation in four key areas: climate mitigation, waste reduction, resource savings and biodiversity protection.

since 06/21
Network Partner - Investor

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow

investment

since 09/20
Limited Partner

Possible Ventures backs the most ambitious teams using frontier tech in critical industries at the intersection of AI, energy, robotics, space, compute, climate and health. As a team of proven entrepreneurs, possible ventures invests early and actively supports founders as a wingman. Unabashed optimists when it comes to the power of technology to solve problems.

investment

since 11/24
Investor

Angel Investment

since 05/24
Investor

since 10/19
Investor

CyberDirekt offers digital sales solutions for brokers to support cyber insurance sales, including lead generation, risk assessment, advisory, application process, pricing and immediate underwriting.

since 10/14
Investor & Senior Advisor

London, United Kingdom

SatoshiPay is developing a solution for bitcoin nanopayments (1c or less), allowing content providers to monetise digital goods in extremely small increments and without the need for locking up user funds. Founded September 2014 in Berlin, the company is currently working on a beta version of their service.

05/21-09/24
Chairman of the Board

Leading the Board of Deutsche Banks Girocard institut, Payment Institue and ATM processing unitLeading the Board of Deutsche Banks Girocard institut, Payment Institue and ATM processing unit

Executive Management · Payments · Payment Card Processing · Electronic Payments · Fintech

04/21-12/23
Managing Partner

Consultancy, All about Payments, eCommerce & Loyalty

11/19-10/22
Investor

Consumer Edge (CE) is a consumer alternative data firm providing insights as a service solutions to the global investor community, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, corporates and data partners.

08/19-10/22
Investor

Vantik builds a completely new way of saving for retirement.

09/19-01/22
Chairman

09/18-01/22
Investor

LoanLink is a rapidly growing startup reinventing the home buying experience in Germany by transforming an outdated and painful process with technology and innovation.

08/18-01/22
Investor

FinCompare is a Berlin-based fintech startup with the vision to become Europe’s leading financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

02/15-08/21
Investor

Lodgify is an innovative all-in-one software-as-a-service solution that simplifies vacation rental marketing.

01/14-08/21
Investor & Senior Advisor

09/18-06/21
Investor

02/17-06/21
Board Member

09/18-08/20
EVP Productmanagement

Well…

11/16-07/18
Senior Vice President International

10/14-07/17
Senior Advisor

11/12-10/14
Managing Director, Global CPO

04/11-12/12
Chief Product Officer

05/99-04/11
Director Solutions, Member of the board

01/02 - 09/09
Partner, Member of the board

00 - 02
Head of Support/Partnermanagement Europe

Advanced Management Program

Strategy and Business Development

General Management, MBA

Business Economics

Business Process Management

MBA

Business Integration, MBA

Prof. Dr. R. Thome

Diploma in Civil Engeneering

Informatics, Projectmanagement

Mentoring for United Nations WFP

since 2015.