



Companions
Companions, partners, friends
Decisive for Carsten's development as a person and entrepreneur were and are people who accompany, inspire, question, challenge and always - enrich him.
Whether permanently or during a specific phase of his life; as a partner, mentor or coach - without these valuable personalities, many exciting visions and plans would have remained only gray theory.
We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your time, passion and loyalty and look forward to everything that lies ahead.
Tabea Lersmacher
Startup coordinator in the Ruhr region
Startups & TechnologY
Thomas Kurian
CEO Google Cloud
Cloud TechnologY
Marco Schmidt
CEO Paques Holding BV | Founding Partner X-PECT
Innovation and Technology management
Zarlasht Mohmand
Founding Partner Q.Two, Essen
SOFTWARE development / AFFILIATE MARKETING
David Furtwängler
CEO Value-X GmbH | Ex CEO BNP Paribas Cardif
Insurance/Banking
Daniel Milazar
Founding Partner Q.Two, Essen
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT / TECHNOLOGY
Oliver Weimann
CEO 360 Grad GmbH | CEO ruhrHUB | Founding Partner CPTL Now GmbH, Frankfurt/Berlin
Startups & Technology scaling
Christian Saxenhammer
Geschäftsführer Saxenhammer & Co. Corporate Finance GmbH Berlin | Founding Partner CPTL Now GmbH, Frankfurt/Berlin
CORPORATE FINANCE / M&A
Thomas Heidelbach
CEO Heidelbach GmbH | Founding Partner Q.One / Q Two, Essen
Visionary and serial entrepreneur
Daniel Mertes
CEO Brandcom Group
NORMATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES
Harald Müsse
Inhaber Müsse Media Consulting, Ratingen | EX-CEO Handelsblatt Gruppe, Düsseldorf
Media
Matthias Stadelmeyer
CEO Tradedoubler
Affiliate Marketing
Dr. Marc Mangold
CDO Value Retail | Ex CEO Burda Digital Solutions GmbH, Pro 7 Ventures
Digitisation in retail
Jasmin Stemig
Director Innovations Payback
Loyalty And DigitalisATION
Thorsten Schlothane
CMO Miles & More GmbH (Lufthansa Group)
DigitalisATION & Online Marketing
Norbert Gebhard
Ex General Manager Mastercard | Investor & Business Angel
Credit Cards / Fintechs / Banking
Ludwig Fresenius
Ex CEO Institut Fresenius | Ehrenpräsident und Inhaber der Hochschule Fresenius
Investor & Entrepreneur
Dr. Peter Haid
Generalbevollmächtigter ODDO BHF Aktiengesellschaft | EX CEO LBBW AG, Haug Aufhäuser, Deutsche Bank | Founding Partner CPTL Now GmbH, Frankfurt/Berlin
WEALTH MANAGEMENT/ ASSET MANAGEMENT / FINANCE / M&A
Dr. Marco Buschmann
Erster Parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der FDP Bundestagsfraktion
Modern POLITICS
Svenja Tietje
CEO ruhrHUB
Marketing, live-kommuniCation, DigitalisATION
Carsten Schaeffer
Ex CEO Miles & More GmbH (Lufthansa Group) | VP Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Dubai