Vita

Management Board / CEO of q.beyond AG (until September 2020: QSC AG)

2013 to present

• Repositioning q.beyond AG as one of Germany’s leading IT service providers
• Developing company as an IoT, SAP and Cloud provider for German SME sector
• Sale of telecommunications business to EnBW Telekommunikation GmbH
• Developing Internet-of-Things (IoT) business unit
• Developing comprehensive cloud-based ICT product portfolio for SME customers

CFO, QSC AG

2009 to 2013

• Accelerating transformation into a one-stop ICT service provider by acquiring, merging and integrating operations of a housing specialist and an IT service provider

Director of Finance, QSC AG

1999 to 2009

• Accompanying the IPO of QSC AG, its network expansion and its gradual portfolio extension by way of acquisitions and joint ventures

Senior Consultant, QS Communication Service GmbH

1997 to 1999

• Advising prestigious companies and groups such as Debitel, Mobilcom and VIAG on developing their business models in the still new telecommunications market

Business Development, Thyssen Telecom AG

1995 to 1996

• Developing new business fields and executing acquisitions to promote the company’s further development

Studies and Career in German Bundeswehr

1983 to 1995

• Studies at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität – Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg and at University of Texas in Austin, USA
• Officer’s career in German Bundeswehr (electronic warfare and signal corps), most recent rank: captain

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Management Board / COO, q.beyond AG (COO)

since 2022

• Turning Cloud business into key growth driver at q.beyond AG
• Expanding Competence Center to pool hybrid cloud expertise and boost partnerships with major public cloud providers
• Establishing and extending nearshoring activities of q.beyond AG in Latvia and Spain

Member of Management, q.beyond AG

since 2019

• Modernising IT operations
• Aligning Cloud portfolio to hybrid cloud scenarios
• Heading Sales activities with consistently strong new order figures

Executive Vice President, T-Systems International GmbH / Deutsche Telekom GmbH

2011 – 2019

• Director of Pre-Sales at Deutsche Telekom GmbH (2017 – 2019)
• Director of Sales & Service, Northern Region, P&L responsibility (2013 – 2017)
• Optimising country companies in USA and South Africa (2011-2013)

Managing Director, Billpay GmbH

2010 – 2011

• Safeguarding planned expansion in Germany and abroad
• Areas of responsibility: Sales, Product Management, Expansion

CIO, easycash (now Payone)

2007 – 2010

• Implementing post-merger integration targets, launching growth course, optimising group IT (etc.) – as Managing Director and CIO (2008 – 2010)
• Strategic IT realignment, establishing applications development, change management, supporting M&A activities (etc.) – as Member of Management / CIO (2007 – 2008)

Consulting Manager, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

2000 – 2007

• IT consulting & outsourcing

International Investment Controller, Otto Versand GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg

1999

• Controlling for investments in France, Spain, Italy

Studies

until 2003

• Executive MBA, St. Gallen, Switzerland (2001 – 2003)
• Studies in business administration, Universities of Kiel and Brest, France (1993 – 1998)

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Management Board / CFO, q.beyond AG (CFO)

since 2023

• Appointed as Chief Financial Officer of q.beyond AG
• Responsibilities include Finance, People & Culture, Legal and Investor Relations

Commercial Director of Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH

2019 – 2022

• Overall responsibility for strategic results-driven management and control
• Representation of the company at subsidiaries, shareholdings, to the general public, on governing bodies and in associations and consortia
• Implementation of the “Hamburg Takt” programme and climate targets of the City of Hamburg, particularly recruitment and e-mobility

Managing Director / Member of Management of Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH

2017 – 2019

• Restructuring and reorganisation of company
• Digital enhancement, including introducing e-billing and electronic approval processes
• Collective negotiations and close cooperation with shareholders and supervisory board

Corporate customer support with special projects / project management at Volksbank eG Braunschweig Wolfsburg

2013 – 2017

• Acquisition and support of (international) key account customers in corporate customer business
• Support and consulting on all projects in corporate customer business in respect of digitalisation, business and Industry 4.0

Chief Financial Officer / Head of Human Resources at Schneider Anson Grant, P.C. (based in New York, USA, Frankfurt branch)

2010 – 2013

• Successful project management and handling of all national and international finance and M&A projects
• Responsibility for and management of Human Resources (HR) business field in Germany

Business Customer Support at Commerzbank AG, Wolfsburg

1999 – 2010

• Deputy branch director (30 employees)
• Authorised representative and credit officer

Customer Support at Deutsche Bank AG, Braunschweig

1996 – 1998

• Customer support / management development programme

Training / studies

until 2017

• MBA in General Management at Europäische Fernhochschule in Hamburg (2014 - 2017)
• Banking studies at Bankakademie (now Frankfurt School of Finance), majoring in Corporate Finance (1997 - 2001)
• Bank clerk training at Deutsche Bank AG in Wolfsburg (1996 – 1998)