Executive Board

Wolfgang Boyé Chairman of the Executive Board

Appointment from 26 June 2020 to the annual general meeting 2026.

Wolfgang Boyé, born 12 November 1969 in Munich, Germany, nationality german, is Chairman of the Executive Board of elumeo SE.

Holding a Diplom-Kaufmann degree, the executive is co-founder of Juwelo Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, one of the current subsidiaries of elumeo SE. Juwelo was founded following the MBO of Scholz & Friends Group, which was managed by Wolfgang Boyé. At that time he was a member of the Executive Board of Scholz & Friends AG (Berlin) and former CFO of United Visions Entertainment AG (Berlin). At Scholz & Friends, Wolfgang Boyé was in charge of TV activities and at United Visions, in addition to his finance portfolio, he was responsible for the successful IPO of the company in the year 2000.

From 1995 to 2000, Wolfgang Boyé was project manager at The Boston Consulting Group in Moscow, Russia, and acted as a consultant in Munich. Prior to that, he graduated in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, majoring in Financial Management and Accounting.

Deepa Gautam-Nigge Member of the Executive Board

Appointment from 24 June 2022 to the annual general meeting 2025.

Deepa Gautam-Nigge, born on 07.03.1973 in Kevelaer, Germany, german nationality, lives in Munich and works in Corporate Development at the technology group SAP. As editor of the book #Ecosystem Innovation, she is also a regular guest lecturer at various universities and StartUp mentor. In addition, she is a member of supervisory boards of various companies and an advisory board member of the Digital Hub (de:hub) initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. Deepa studied business administration with a focus on technology and innovation management at RWTH Aachen University and started her professional career more than 20 years ago in a venture capital funded spin-off from the university, which established one of the first B2B platform business models in Germany at the time.

Boris Kirn Managing Director (COO) and Member of the Executive Board

Appointment from 26 June 2020 to the annual general meeting 2026.

Boris Kirn, born 13 October 1969 in Sindelfingen, Germany, nationality german, is one of the Managing Directors of the elumeo SE, member of the Executive Board and co-founder of Juwelo Deutschland GmbH. He is in charge of developing processes and systems, in addition to overseeing the area of ecommerce and the international expansion of the company.

Previously Boris Kirn was co-founder and one of the Managing Directors of bietbox GmbH (subsequently known as Gems TV Deutschland GmbH, both in Berlin) from 2005 to 2008. In addition, since the year 2000 Boris Kirn has been a Board member and, since 2001, Managing Director of the German online and TV platform K1010 (known up until 2001 as K1010 AG, subsequently K1010 Entertainment GmbH and later K1010 Media GmbH, all based in Berlin).

From 1994 to 2000, Boris Kirn worked for Hewlett-Packard as a consultant in Business Process Optimisation and as a project manager for Knowledge Management in Mountain View, California/USA. Boris Kirn studied European Business Administration from 1990 to 1994 at ESB Reutlingen/London, graduating with a double degree (BA (Hons.) and Dipl.-Betriebswirt) before completing his MBA in 1997 at Cambridge University.

Dr. Susanne Ries Member of the Executive Board

Appointment from 23 June 2023 to 31 December 2026

Dr. Susanne Ries, born on 21 January 1975 in Saarland, German citizen, living in Berlin, has been working as a lawyer in the field of corporate finance for over 20 years. For the majority of her career, she has worked for major international law firms in London and Frankfurt am Main. From 2015 to 2019, she was responsible for all legal issues within the elumeo Group. Since 2019, she has been working again for a major international law firm. She specialises in the legal support of capital market transactions, be it equity, equity-linked or debt financing, and advises both issuing companies and investment banks. Before working as a lawyer, Dr. Susanne Ries studied law in Saarbrücken and Liège (Belgium) and received her doctorate from Saarland University. She earned her master's degree with a focus on international business law at the London School of Economics/University of London.

Christian Senitz Member of the Executive Board

Appointment from 26 June 2020 to the annual general meeting 2026.

Christian Senitz, born on January 27, 1978, German citizen, residing in Berlin, has been working in the financial sector since 2001, first at Arthur Andersen (later merged into EY) as a tax consultant and auditor in Berlin and New York. During this time, Mr. Senitz has audited both national and international companies and groups of companies and advised buyers and sellers in the context of transactions. Since 2010, Christian Senitz has been working in various growth companies, after FREO (Real Estate) mainly as SVP Finance International at Rocket Internet, in order to be responsible for their IPO and numerous M&A transactions and to support the portfolio companies as a supervisory board and advisory board. From 2019, he held positions as CFO of EyeEM (digital marketplace for photography) and The Social Chain AG (social commerce), whose listing in the Prime Standard in Frankfurt am Main he was responsible for. Today, he is CFO of WebID in Berlin and Hamburg. Christian Senitz studied in Lüneburg and Teesside (UK) and holds a degree in business law (FH).