EU Commissioner (2024-2029) | Startups, Research and Innovation

Chairman Airbus SE and Chairman Warburg Pincus Europe

Chairman of the Management Board and Head of Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub

Co-founder and Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners

Founder & General Partner of Merantix

Chairman at Vento and Board Member at The Economist

German Minister of Finance

Co-Founder and CEO at Molecular Health GmbH

Founding Team at NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)

CEO at Bosch Business Innovations

Head of Innovation & Sustainability at Hansgrohe Group

Head of the EIC Division at European Investment Bank (EIB)

Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality and Head of ESTEC at European Space Agency (ESA)

General Manager of SAP Signavio & Co-Managing Director of SAP Berlin

Founding Partner at Project A

Director General at European Space Agency (ESA)

Founder of QIAGEN

Executive Board Member Continental and Chairman of Automotive

Head of Venture Capital and Impact Investing of European Investment Fund (EIF)

CEO at IONOS

Co-Founder & Partner at Earlybird

Managing Director at MBDA Germany

Partner at Elaia

Head of AI / ML products at BRAVE1

General Partner at Headline

Partner at 360 Capital

Deep Tech Investor at Lakestar

Technology correspondent at Handelsblatt

Managing Partner & Co-founder of IQ Capital

Executive Vice President, Global Functions at Siemens Energy

Founder & Managing Partner at APEX Ventures GmbH and Member of the Board at ATMOS Space Cargo

Partner at McKinsey & Company

Member of the Executive Board at Porsche AG

Deep Tech Investor

Principal at Alpine Space Ventures

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at caesar.

Associate at IQ Capital

Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company

Partner at McKinsey & Company

Managing Director at co-pace GmbH

Co-Founder & CEO at Isar Aerospace

Director at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Founder & CEO at Aerospacelab and CEO at AMOS

CTO at SatOne

Managing Partner at Pexus Ventures

Technical Director at Volvo Cars

VP at Bosch Ventures

VP Corporate Development & Investments at SAP

Founding Partner at Alpine Space Ventures

General Partner at Vsquared Venture

Managing Director at Chemovator GmbH

Member of the Board @European Innovation Council & of EIC FUND

General Partner at UVC Partners

CEO & Co-Founder of ARX Robotics

Founder & CEO at EWOR

Partner of EWOR

Principal at HV Capital

Founder and Managing Partner at MD One Ventures

Partner at HV Capital

VP Marketing at HV Capital

Field CTO at Celonis

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)

Head of ZEISS Ventures

Business and Open Innovation Director at Thales Alenia Space

CTO at IONOS

CTO and Board Member at SCHUNK

Partner at Point Nine Capital

Director Corporate Strategy at FIEGE

Founder at Moonfire

Partner & Co-founder at Kvanted Ventures

Managing Director at DÖRKEN Digital Ventures GmbH

Investment Director at Supernova Invest

Chief Product & Technology Officer at Forto

Managing Director at STIHL Ventures

Head of Partner Management and New Technologies at BMW Startup Garage

Innovation Lead at Builtech Holding GmbH

Head of Innovation & Business Building at Vonovia

CEO & Founder at Destinus

Executive Advisor at Deutsche Telekom

Board Member and CTO of Deutsche Telekom

Managing Partner at Digital Transformation Capital Partners

Head of Strategy Implementation at Siemens Energy

CEO at CureVac

Head of Hyundai CRADLE Berlin

Head of Corporate Venturing at TRUMPF

Principal at LAUNCHub Ventures

CEO at Wayra Germany

Founding Partner at Inflection.xyz

Head of Manufacturing IT at Sartorius

Senior Manager, Partnering and Investing at Axpo Group

Head Group Innovation at Axpo Group

Head of Startup Partnering at Siemens Mobility

Innovation Director at MELEXIS

Managing Partner at Cipio Partners

General Partner Siemens Energy Ventures at Siemens Energy

Head of Mobility Orchestration & Collaborative Innovation at Alstom

Board Member, CTO & Executive VP, Chief Expert Distributed & Cloud Computing at Bosch Digital

Chief Technology & Enterprise Business Officer at Telefónica Germany

Co-founder and co-CEO at Quantum System

CEO at REFLEX Aerospace

CEO at FocalPoint

CTO & VP Transportation Solutions at TE Connectivity

Senior Vice President Government Relations at Destinus

Principal at Redalpine

Head of Corporate Strategy & CEO Office at Toll Collect GmbH

Head of Business Development and Strategic Projects at Toll Collect GmbH

Project Lead at X, the moonshot factory

Head of Foundational Technologies at Siemens AG

Principal Product Manager at Microsoft

Chief Product & Innovation Officer at SES Satellites

Executive Vice President, Head of Segment Passive Safety and Sensorics worldwide at Continental

Co-Founder & CEO at Proxima Fusion

EVP Corporate Development at TRUMPF

Member of the European Parliament & EPP Coordinator in the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy

Head of ZEISS Photonics & Optics (Strategic Business Unit)

CEO & Co-Founder at planqc

Professor and Director at Department of Nuclear Medicine, Düsseldorf University Hospital

Partner - M&A in Healthcare, Life Sciences at SACHS + SACHS Partner GbR

Founder & CEO at Bosch Startup Harbour

Head of Motion Ventures at ABB

Senior Group Director Government Affairs at Helsing

Managing Director at Helsing Germany

Founding Partner and Managing Director at Yttrium

Value Add Director at Rosberg Ventures

Stealth Founder

EIC Programme Manager for Space at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

Principal at Karma Ventures