Jan co-leads McKinsey’s global strategy and commercial practices in the pharmaceuticals & medical products sector. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In his free time, he enjoys surfing and swim-running.

Mohanna Azarmandi is a graduate psychologist and the first Chief Learning Officer of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH.

For her, the (digital) qualification of employees is the decisive competitive factor and in her spare time she advises young entrepreneurs* and young professionals in the digital environment.

Tom Bachem has already founded and sold several companies. In the meantime, he himself is a venture capitalist and Chancellor of the Code University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.

Simon’s current role as Chief Strategy Officer for the Design Bridge Group enables him to build and sustain brand and creative strategy services across Asia, Americas and Europe for WPP’s premium design agency group. Simon works with the Kaleidoscope Trust and continues his 30+ year journey as an activist both nationally and internationally for the LGBT communities.

Christian is in charge of the New York program and helps German startups expand to the Big Apple and accomplish their goals.

On his day off you can find Christian at the beach.

As managing director of the Founder Foundation, an incubator in Bielefeld, NRW, he knows what basics people need for starting and building up companies. He has already sent several hundred people on their way accompanied.

Berlin-born Lea-Sophie Cramer is founder and managing director of AMORELIE. After studying business administration at the University of Mannheim, she first worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and then worked for Oliver Samwer at Rocket Internet GmbH.

Philipp Depiereux founded Digital Consulting and Company Builder etventure with the vision to bundle in one company the experiences as an entrepreneur and innovation driver in medium-sized businesses, in the corporate world, in start-ups and in digital projects in Silicon Valley.

Laurence already worked at Nestle and over 8 years for P&G. She then joined Google and is now responsible for strategic partnerships in e-commerce, food delivery, OTAs, other platforms

Verena Hubertz is the founder of the Start-Up Kitchen Stories. Kitchen Stories is a video-based food platform has been downloaded over 15 million times since its launch in 2014.

As Axel Springer's Head of Human Resources, Florian Klares knows the challenges that top talents in companies have to solve every day. He himself has made a career at Axel Springer and today decides what the publishing house offers the talents of tomorrow.

Dr. Marcel Megerle dedicates his heart, brain and hand with passion to the FamilienUnternehmerTun.ch. As a scientific and especially practical expert, he shapes in his very personal way new and holistic approaches in the field of tension between family, entrepreneurship and their value(s).

Mr. Nair is the founder and managing director of Konark Publishers in India.

He is very knowledgeable, super dynamic and has gained a wealth of experience throughout his life.

Marie Christine-Ostermann has been managing director of the family business Rullko since 2005. She made the trade association DIE JUNGEN UNTERNEHMER known and co-founded the initiative Startupteens.

An entrepreneur with a great passion for digital education. Verena Pausder develops and markets apps for children and families worldwide. As managing director of HABA Digital Workshops and many other companies, she has experience of incredible value in many areas.

DanRam ignites the stage as an Event MC & Speaker at over 100 events a year. Hosting changemakers like President Barack Obama, billionaire founders like Sir Richard Branson, record breaking athletes like F1 champion Nico Rosberg, etc. His passion is to inspire people with his motto 'Start Now Start Simple' in building a future we all want to live in.

Dr. Andreas Rickert is Chairman of the Board of Directors of PHINEO AG. Previously, the graduate molecular biologist worked as a director at the Bertelsmann Foundation and as a project manager at the management consultancy McKinsey and as a senior specialist at the World Bank.

Sarna Röser is a passionate entrepreneur, networker and successor to a family business managed by the third generation. She heads the association of "DIE JUNGEN UNTERNEHMER" and has also founded her own start-up company.

Matthias Scheffelmeier has been with Ashoka since 2009; most recently, he was responsible for setting up Ashoka in Turkey, based in Istanbul. In 2012 he founded the "ChangemakerXchange" under the umbrella of Ashoka, a platform and global network for young social entrepreneurs.

Udo Schloemer began his career in the real estate industry. In 1997 he founded S+P Real Estate. Within the last years he invested in several dozen companies and promotes entrepreneurship in Germany like no other.

Vera Schneevoigt is Chief Digital Officer and Head of Development of the Bosch Building Technologies division. Prior to this, she was Managing Director at Siemens Enterprise Communications, now Unify, responsible for plants and logistics.

She represents federal policymakers on issues relating to the impact of digitization on the world of work and attaches great importance to the advancement of women.

Tanja Schug is a strategist who is driven by her passion. She worked within international companies and worked almost a decade as strategy consultant. After 15 years in business she has chosen the path to entrepreneurship in 2018. Tanja’s company, Zero Senses, cultivates intuition with leaders as a new currency for more clarity in decision-making.

Tobias co-founded the technology start-up Entwine, led it through its acquisition by industry leader Extron, and is now looking to bring his expertise to engineering teams that strive for cross-functional, holistic thinking.