Supervisory Board

Committees:

Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Abraham Peled is a partner at Peled Ventures.

Professional Career:

Abraham Peled began his career in 1974, first as a researcher and later as a manager in IBM’s research division in the United States. In 1993, he moved to Eltron Industries before being appointed CEO of NDS Group Ltd., in 1995. In 2004, he also became Chairman of the company, which was listed on NASDAQ from 1999 to 2009. Following the acquisition of NDS Group Ltd. by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2012, Abraham Peled served as Senior Vice President and chief strategist of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group until 2014. In addition to his role as a partner at Peled Ventures, he was senior advisor to the Permira Private Equity Tech Group between 2012 and 2021 and an industry advisor to Hg Capital Private Equity between 2021 and 2023.

Academic Career:

Abraham Peled studied electrical engineering and received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degrees from the Technion Institute in Israel. In addition, he holds a PhD in digital signal processing from Princeton University, USA.

Further Mandates:

– Chairman of the board of directors of CyberArmor Ltd.

Committees:

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

Practised profession:

Self-employed consultant and non-executive director

Professional Career:

Swantje Conrad has held non-executive directorships with listed and private companies since retiring as Managing Director from J.P. Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank in 2017. During her 26 years tenure at J.P. Morgan, Swantje gained extensive experience in corporate finance/M&A, global capital markets and investment management. In her final position she was responsible for managing global relationships with institutional asset management and hedge fund clients across global markets trading and asset servicing. Previously she was a highly ranked equity research analyst heading the European diversified industrials team and led specialist equity sales for the industrials, automotive and aerospace sectors. She started her career in M&A/corporate finance in Frankfurt.

Academic Career:

Swantje Conrad holds an International MBA from University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, USA and a degree in Industrial Engineering (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur) from University of Karlsruhe (KIT).

Further Mandates:

– Non-Executive Director at CT Private Equity Trust Plc, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (listed)

Committees:

No further committees

Practised profession:

Consultant

Professional Career:

Joe Heel is an internationally experienced manager and technology expert with extensive industry experience in software and digitization and a central emphasis on sales and services for enterprise customers. Prior to his current consulting work for consulting firms and corporate clients in the technology sector, he most recently served as Head of Services and Chief Revenue Officer at Zebra Technologies Corporation, a provider of data capture and identification solutions, in Chicago and San Jose, USA, from 2014 to 2023, consistently contributing to their transformation from a technical product company to a company with a clear focus on customer relationships and customer success. Prior to this, he held various senior strategy and management positions, initially at McKinsey & Company from 1991 to 2005 where he was a partner in Miami and Boston, USA, as well as in Munich, before his career took him via Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, USA, and via Avaya, Basking Ridge and Santa Clara, USA, to IBM Corporation in Dallas, USA, and Stuttgart, Germany, where he was responsible for business customer sales in the respective regions as Vice President Enterprise Sales Germany and US Midwest from 2011 to 2014. He brings with him an excellent knowledge of our target markets in the USA and worldwide. Joe Heel also has extensive experience on supervisory boards and comparable bodies of listed companies.

Academic Career:

Joe Heel studied engineering and industrial engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. He holds an M.S. and an MBA degree. He received his PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Further Mandates:

No further mandates

Committees:

Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Partner at Permira, Chairman of the DACH Region and member of the global investment committee

Professional Career:

Before joining Permira in 2001, Jörg Rockenhäuser was a principal at A.T. Kearney.

Academic Career:

Jörg Rockenhäuser holds a PhD from the University of Bochum and a master’s degree from the University of Münster, Germany.

Further Mandates:

– Member of the advisory board of Best Secret GmbH
– Chairman of the advisory board of neuraxpharm Arzneimittel GmbH
– Member of the advisory board of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH
– Member of the board of various charities i.e. Off Road Kids

Committees:

Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Managing Director and CFO of Best Secret GmbH

Professional Career:

Axel Salzmann began his career with Philips Group in Hamburg, where he held various management functions. From 2002 to 2007, he was Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG, a Telefónica Group company. In 2008, he was elected as management board member of ProSieben Sat. 1 Media AG, where he served as Chief Financial Officer until 2015. From 2015 until 2016, Axel Salzmann was the Chief Financial Officer of Bilfinger SE and responsible for group controlling, finance, investor relations, legal and regulatory affairs and administration, before being appointed to the Management Board and CFO of Hensoldt AG in Taufkirchen in 2017. Since 2022, he has been CFO of Best Secret Group in Aschheim.

Academic Career:

Axel Salzmann holds a degree in industrial engineering and economics from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Further Mandates:

No further mandates

Committees:

Member of the Audit Committee

Practised profession:

Consultant

Professional Career:

Beginning in 1988, Hera Kitwan Siu held positions of increasing responsibility and leadership for companies including Nortel, Inc., Hong Kong Telecom, Ltd., Computer Associates, Inc., and Nokia Telecommunications, Ltd. Thereafter Siu served four years at SAP, the global software and data processing firm, first as senior vice president, then president, of the company’s business in China and Hong Kong and later as senior vice president of e-commerce. From 2014 to 2016, she served as the senior vice president and managing director, Greater China, for Pearson, LLC, a global education company that leverages technology to enhance teaching and learning. She joined Cisco Systems, a global technology leader, in 2016 as the chief operating officer for the company’s business in the Greater China Region. In her last executive role, she worked as chief executive officer, Greater China, for Cisco Systems from 2017 to 2020. Today she serves as consultant for technology companies as Digital China Group.

Academic Career:

Born in Shanghai, Siu finished high school in Hong Kong and earned her bachelor’s degree in finance and her MBA from the University of Nevada, USA.

Further Mandates:

– Member of the board of directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
– Member of the board of directors of Vallourec S.A.
– Member of the board of directors of ASMPT Limited

Committees:

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

Practised profession:

Self-employed consultant and non-executive director

Professional Career:

Christina Stercken is an accomplished Corporate Finance and buy-and-build (M&A) expert. She has extensive experience in consulting, entrepreneurship, and management. From 2006 to 2017, she served as Executive Partner at EAC – International Consulting, a management consulting company advising its multinational clients in strategy, M&A and operational excellence in growth markets. Prior to this, Christina Stercken spent most of her career with Siemens, holding various management positions, including serving as Managing Director Corporate Finance M&A at Siemens AG in Munich, as Head of Business Unit Public Sector, Federal and Municipality Governments, where she was responsible for the IT solutions business with public sector customers globally, and as Head of Task Force China. Prior to that she was working in Marketing & Sales at BMW Pty Ltd., South Africa.

Academic Career:

Christina Stercken holds an Executive MBA from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA and a Master of Economics degree (Dipl. Volkswirt), from the University of Bonn.

Further Mandates:

– Non-Executive director at Landis+Gyr Group AG, Switzerland (listed)
– Non-Executive director at Ansell Ltd., Australia (listed)
– Vice Chair of Myanmar Foundation, Munich, and active in various associations