In charge of the growth strategy for niiio finance group AG. After university studies in Tübingen and Cologne, Johann Horch developed the world’s first fully automatic, risk-adjusted algorithm for securities investments. This saw him founding DSER GmbH in 2006, now a subsidiary company.

In charge of business operations and the Group’s growth.
Following 17 years in management roles and specializing in operations at Deutsche Bank, Dr. Daniel Berndt helped to establish Raisin, a multiple-award-winning fintech start-up. More recently, he has been a consultant for start-ups and business process outsourcing.

In charge of strategic product development within the Group and Head of Operational Product Development in Private Wealth Management. Ina Just holds an advanced degree in mathematics. Her position in product development sees her identify potential innovation within the market and consolidate it with lucrative applications and product features for clients.

In charge of Finance and M&A.
Axel Apfelbacher has many years of experience as a corporate consultant and as a manager in finance and banking at BPO company Xchanging as well as at Deutsche Bank.

Co-CEO of PATRONAS and in charge of operational asset management.
As one of the company’s founders, he possesses extensive, specialist expertise in IT and system programming, which led to the development of the OPUS portfolio management software.

Co-CEO of PATRONAS and responsible for the ongoing development of sales and marketing.
Carsten Osswald developed the concept for the OPUS portfolio management software using his robust knowledge and many years of practical experience.

Steffen Seeger is an investor, consultant, and member of the supervisory boards of companies that provide innovative technology solutions for the B2B segment.
He is a co-founder of and executive-board member at Fidor Bank AG. He was also CEO in charge of Europe and a partner KPMG/BearingPoint between 2003 and 2006. His core competencies are in strategy, governance, and project management.

Dr. Martin Setzer enjoys decades of experience as a senior manager at Deutsche Bank AG and as an executive-board member (LBBW). He is currently chief information officer on the management board at the Viridium Group. His core competencies are in project management and IT architecture in the governance field.

Professor Peter Balzer is an experienced attorney for banking and capital market law. His specializations are regulatory (including MiFID II) and capital investment law.

An experienced senior manager in banking and IT at Dresdner Bank, Deutsche Bank, Xchanging plc, and First Data Corp., Jörg Brand specializes in sales in governance, M&A, and values-based corporate governance.

Henning Gebhardt headed Asset and Wealth Management at Berenberg Bank in Hamburg from 2017 to fall 2019.
Prior to that, he worked in various leadership roles at DWS, an asset management subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. He was most recently the global head of equity there and received multiple awards for his work.

Malte Spiess has decades of experience as a senior manager in private banking at Volksbank Braunschweig/Wolfsburg, and at Braunschweiger Privatbank. His area of concentration is special clients and capital investment.

Stefan Krause is a co-founder and the chairman of American EV start-up Canoo and is a senior adviser for Warburg Pincus, a private-equity investor.
Before that, he held various executive-board posts at Deutsche Bank AG and BMW Group AG and has supervisory-board experience from positions such as his former supervisory-board chairmanship at Postbank.

As CEO, Philipp von Girsewald founded and built up the US business for FinTech Raisin/Deposit Solutions. He has 20 years of banking experience at Deutsche Bank, where he was responsible for corporate M&A and regulatory strategy globally for many years. He has experience as a member of the supervisory board and advisory board.

She has 30 years of experience as a top manager in the financial sector. As Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, she led large sales units in the private and corporate customer segment and was CEO of Berliner Bank and board member of a Volksbank. Today she contributes her many years of experience in building and managing customer-centric business structures and in developing digital sales strategies as a consultant and investor.

Dr. Martin Deckert has a successful finance career to his name.
As an executive-board member at UBS Deutschland AG, he was in charge of operations, IT, internal services, risk control, credit risk, and project management. He has been a co-founder of the start-up Qundo Technology GmbH since 2021 and also acts in consultant and mentor capacities.

With more than 30 years of management experience in private and business banking at the Deutsche Bank Group, Philip Laucks most recently worked on the Executive Committee Private Clients at Deutsche Bank AG.
He developed Postbank AG into a pioneer for end-to-end digitalization, among other things, and transitioned norisbank GmbH from a branch-network bank to a purely direct operation.

Dr. Olaf Scheer, who holds a doctorate in business administration, most recently looked after key accounts at an executive-board level in his position at an international corporate-consulting firm. He also has just under four decades of management experience to his name. He has been a freelance consultant, advisory-board member, and supervisory-board member since early 2020. Moreover, he is a member of the corporate-governance work group at the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft business society.

A leading expert in advisory services for HNWIs, Dr. Jörg Richter is well known for his appearances on public television as well as his work as a book author and lecturer at various vocational colleges and financial institutions. He is also an associate member of the Center of Asset and Wealth Management at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and occasionally works as an expert witness for courts and legal practitioners.