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Christopher has over ten years of startup experience. He spent four years in various roles at Airbnb, both in Europe and San Francisco. As well as acting as the company’s General Manager for central Europe, he built teams in global finance and European operations. Prior to joining Airbnb, he played an integral role in the growth of Zalando and founded Berlin-based incubator, Springstar.

Christopher is in the middle of a multi-year project to build a house in his native Sweden.

After selling his startup to Airbnb in 2011, Georg spent over four years working with the company on international growth. He set up several offices and teams around the world, including Airbnb’s EU HQ in Dublin, and Trip Business Unit in San Francisco.

It could be his Swabian roots, but Georg loves to bring German quality and efficiency to all internationalization projects. He’s also unable to start or end a day without a bowl of Müsli.

Stefan has extensive experience in setting up digital businesses beyond Europe. He founded Myanmar’s first VC backed e-commerce company, launched and managed a German medtech startup’s Thailand branch, and went on to advise international firms on market entry strategies for Thailand.

Stefan loves to learn about new business cultures as much as he loves German bread.

Claudia has a background in strategy consulting and market research. She has advised clients from diverse sectors—from e-commerce to baby accessories—on market entry and internationalization. She has an undergraduate degree from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.

She has been known to moonlight as a yoga teacher, and true to her British roots, believes there are very few difficult situations that can’t be improved by a cup of tea (Earl Grey, milk, no sugar).

Ercan worked at Fresenius Medical Care, a company specializing in the production of medical supplies, for five years before moving to Barcelona. On returning to Germany two years later he completed his information science studies at the University of Potsdam and went on to play various active roles in the development of Berlin-based startups.

Ercan—pronounced “Air Jan”—spends a significant amount of time on his bike and is on his way to achieving his goal of riding on every Berlin street by 2020.

Jonathan helps our clients with the quantitative aspects of their expansion plans. Previously, Jonathan helped N26 to enter new European markets as an intern, and before gained experience at EY in Detroit. He recently completed his Master’s degree at the University of Mannheim—his thesis explored eye-based human-computer interaction.

Outside the office, he loves to play the cello and still participates in his former university’s orchestra.