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• United Arab Emirates
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Consultant

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Financial advisory and venture capital consultancy specialized in matching ventures with FOs and SWFs supporting them with fundraising and decarbonization efforts. In parallel the advisory is supporting the initial commercialization efforts of their clients and getting "investor" ready. Responsibilities include presenting vetted investment opportunities to the SVE investment committee and overseeing the entire fundraising process. Likewise, the daily operations from market research to scouting… Show more Financial advisory and venture capital consultancy specialized in matching ventures with FOs and SWFs supporting them with fundraising and decarbonization efforts. In parallel the advisory is supporting the initial commercialization efforts of their clients and getting "investor" ready. Responsibilities include presenting vetted investment opportunities to the SVE investment committee and overseeing the entire fundraising process. Likewise, the daily operations from market research to scouting for clients on both the demand and supply sides are within Hans's mandate. Show less



FO confidential

• Managing Director

  • May 2023 - Aug 2023

  MENA Supporting top ventures with their fundraising endeavors and attracting investment from FO, UHNWI and HNWI. Provided support with advice on scouting for investors, getting ventures investor-ready, pitch deck training, strategic advisory, investment structure advice, and contract negotiation. Successful in attracting clients from Silicon Valley to Asia and from MENA to Europe.



Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority

• United Arab Emirates
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director, Vice President

  • Feb 2012 - Apr 2023

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates At the helm of Dtec, as department head, Hans managed 18 employees having 5 managers report to him directly on subjects from business development, sales, and marketing, program management, venture capital investment, events to partner management, in addition to company setup. He managed one of the largest co-working spaces in the UAE with success, attracting thousands of startups, supporting them, and creating the foundation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem we know today in Dubai. This… Show more At the helm of Dtec, as department head, Hans managed 18 employees having 5 managers report to him directly on subjects from business development, sales, and marketing, program management, venture capital investment, events to partner management, in addition to company setup. He managed one of the largest co-working spaces in the UAE with success, attracting thousands of startups, supporting them, and creating the foundation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem we know today in Dubai. This fantastic journey has provided enormous value to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Thousands of jobs have been created and FDI has flowed and is still flowing abundantly into Dubai and the region. The following are some of his achievements. - Member of the DSO executive management meetings. - Member of the Venture Capital Investment Committee - Member of all Incubation and Acceleration Selection Committees. - Member of the Business Opportunity Task Force. - Launched Silicon Oasis founders, Dubai Smart City Accelerator, Intelak, and Sandbox. Always achieving a great number of applications and onboarding high-quality ventures. - Produced AED 200m in revenue over 8 years and turned operation profitable in 18 months. - Accumulating 2000+ start-up ventures as tenants over 7 years in over 10,000m2 top facilities. - Winning 10 awards, and made 100+ public appearances: Interviews, speeches, and panels -Attracted $1 billion in FDI doing international roadshows, speeches, panels, and flagship events. -Helped create 20,000 jobs in Dubai and the region. -Launched first accelerator consortium DSCA, with du, VISA, RIT, Dubai Chambers, and Smart Dubai. -Attracting 100's delegations. Ministers, Ambassadors, top execs, and students. -Past member of Smart City committee, our 1,4 billion AED smart city project. -Attracted numerous high-profile tenants including HPE's innovation garage and MBRSC. -Board director of 10+ startups -Attracted m+ AED in sponsor funds Show less



ShortPoint

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • May 2014 - Jan 2023

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Advising the CEO on strategic matters. Shortpoint is one of Dtec´s first and most successful investments. Its SAAS software modules sits on top of Sharepoint. Clients around the world.



Deutsche Leasing AG

• Germany
• Banking

• Global Key Partner Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2011

  Frankfurt Area, Germany Building on the excellent training and experience from Macquarie I successfully lead the management of relationships with international partners where DL financed large IT equipment offering them back to the clients and Operate Leases through new and creative financial models and investment solutions.



Macquarie Group

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2008

  Munich, Bavaria, Germany Part of international team servicing clients with financial models and finance and operational leasing contracts financing their IT needs thus enabling the acquisition of large amount of managed up to date computers having great residual values.



BRAINFORCE Germany - Interim Management & Consulting

• Germany
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Key Account Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Nov 2006

  Munich, Bavaria, Germany Managing large account for the VAI software packaging management software winning new accounts in the process



Garderos Software Innovations GmbH

• Germany
• Software Development

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2001 - Oct 2004

  Munich, Bavaria, Germany Leading, fundraising and operating spin-off startup from Siemens in the WIFI space focused on selling access points and gateways



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Siemens ICN Incubator

  • Jan 2000 - Mar 2001

  Munich, Bavaria, Germany Leading a multi-cultural incubation team



Minaexplo Loja SA (Vilcagua)

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 1997 - Oct 1999

  Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador With a Spanish speaking team of managers we engineered a new mining method and lead the construction of a new factory. This investment PPP project involved the refurbishment of a existing plant to revive the business in the region in Loja and Vilcabamba, Ecuador. Build a factory to ISO 9002 standards. Setup all departments as CEO with full P&L responsibility. successfully navigated the supply chain from raw material purchase to manufacturing all the way to the consumer.



TENFORE

• Serbia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 1995 - Oct 1997

  Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador Leading a Spanish speaking startup team of managers in the financial information services industry setting up and engineered a V-Sat satellite solution suitable for, and top of the art , banks and other capital market information users. Clients needing commodity prices like copper and cocoa also became customers. Info feeds like CBOT, LCE, NSE, Nasdaq but also AFP were most popular.



Hilti Great Britain

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager

  • Aug 1994 - Jul 1995

  Manchester Product Management for the fastener program



Hilti Deutschland

• Germany
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Sales Representative

  • Aug 1993 - Jul 1994

  Leipzig, Saxony, Germany Selling technical solutions to the construction industry