Corporate Governance

Governing Bodies

Management Board

• Gisbert Rühl, Chief Executive Officer
  • Experienced angel and venture capital investor
  • Served for 12 years as CEO and 4 years as CFO of Klöckner & Co SE
  • 35+ years of experience
• Oliver Kaltner, Chief Investment Officer
  • Extensive experience in the consumer electronics, software, cloud services and premium product industries
  • Held leadership positions at some of the biggest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft and Sony
  • 29+ years of experience
• Edith Baggott, Chief Administration Officer
  • Former BBH Luxembourg Head of Fund Administration for UCITS, Compliance Officer and Vice President , where she was responsible for the bank’s largest alternative fund clients
  • 20+ years of experience in the alternative investment fund industry

Supervisory Board

• Josef Brunner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • Serial real estate and tech entrepreneur who has been part of many successful unicorn investments
  • Currently active as the Founder & Head of the AFT Group where he leads venture investments
  • 25+ years of experience
• Anna-Katharina Smend, Supervisory Board Member
  • Currently acting as co-founder and CCO of Planetly
  • Prior to founding Planetly, she built and scaled Outfittery to over 1 million customers in 9 countries
  • Serial entrepreneur with 12+ years of experience
• Philipp von Hagen, Supervisory Board Member
  • Currently acting as managing director of Future Industry Ventures
  • Former executive Board Member at Porsche Automobil Holding SE
• Harald Mahrer, Supervisory Board Member
  • Currently acting as vice chair of the supervisory board at Gropyus AG
  • Former Austrian Federal minister for Science, Research and Economy and President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, where he designed ESG relevant public policies
  • 25+ years of entrepreneurial and public experience

Corporate Governance Statement

Managers' Transactions