Chairman of the Administrative Board
Former CEO & Managing Director of GFT Technologies SE
Biography
Member of the Administrative Board since:
08/18/2015
Personal data:
Date of birth: 01/25/1958
Place of birth: Pforzheim, Germany
Nationality: German
Education
1980 - 1982
Study program in mechanical engineering at Reutlingen University, Germany
1983 - 1985
Study program in product engineering at the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur
Professional career
1987 - 1998
Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany
1998 - 2015
Chairmain of the Group Executive Board of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 - 2017
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017
Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017
Managing Partner of RB Capital GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2020
Managing Director of 1886 Ventures GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Expertise / focuses
Management of international IT and software companies, leadership and committee skills, strategic corporate development, value-oriented corporate management, IT services, technology, business development, innovation management, experience with global institutional investors and “investor relations”, corporate investments, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, start-ups, entrepreneurship
