Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Dr. Patrick Andrae is the CEO of HomeToGo. Dr. Andrae was born in 1981 in Hanover, Germany. Dr. Andrae studied law at the Universities of Würzburg and Goettingen and graduated with the first state exam in law in 2007. In parallel he studied business administration at the Private University of Applied Sciences (PFH) Göttingen and graduated in 2008 with an equivalent to a bachelor degree (Dipl.-Betriebswirt (FH)). Dr. Andrae obtained the second state exam in law after his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) Hamburg in 2012. He has been admitted to the German Bar since 2012 and obtained his PhD in Law from the University of Muenster in 2013. He started working at the age of 16 as a web developer for a local internet service provider, and later for clients mainly in the U.S.. In the later years of his education, he worked in parallel on a project basis for European Founders and Rocket Internet SE. During his PhD he also worked in 2009/2010 for the law firm Hogan Lovells prior to joining Home24 as Director Business Development. In 2014 he co-founded HomeToGo GmbH as CEO and has been holding this position since then.
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Wolfgang Heigl is the Co-founder & CSO of HomeToGo. He was born in 1969 in Schwabmünchen, Germany. Mr. Heigl has a tax accountant background. Since 1999 Mr. Heigl founded and invested in several companies and startups. He was the founder and CMO of Swoodoo AG (from March 2005 until May 2010), the CMO and managing director for EMEA at KAYAK Europe GmbH (from May 2010 until July 2012), the founder of NFQ Technologies UAB (from March 2002 until today) and a co-founder of HomeToGo GmbH in March 2014.
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Valentin Gruber is the Chief Operating Officer of HomeToGo. He was born in 1990 in Stuttgart, Germany. Mr. Gruber studied Business Administration at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany. In 2012, Mr. Gruber graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Aside from various previous internships, Mr. Gruber started his first employment as Head of International Operations at audibene GmbH. From 2015 to 2018 Mr. Gruber was then-appointed CEO, President and Managing Director of hear.com LLC, a subsidiary of Sivantos Inc. and an affiliated company of audibene GmbH. Following his appointment in the U.S., Mr. Gruber headed the German organization (audibene GmbH) as Country Head Germany until leaving the company in May 2019 to join HomeToGo GmbH as Chief Revenue Officer in June 2019.
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Christoph Schuh was born in 1964 in Cologne, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany. Mr. Schuh started his career in 1991 as a corporate developer at Bertelsmann. He joined the Hubert Burda Media/Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse as vice president in 1994. In 1999, Mr. Schuh co-founded Tomorrow Internet AG (later Tomorrow Focus AG), an internet portfolio company, and managed the IPO on the German Stock Market. As part of the management board, he was responsible for different portfolio companies in digital media, advertising and transaction businesses like HolidayCheck, ElitePartner and Jameda. In 2016, Mr. Schuh served as an advisor to BC Partners, GC Altium and Lakestar. In 2017, he became a partner at Lakestar L.P.; in 2020 also Managing Director for Lakestar Advisors Germany GmbH. Christoph Schuh is an active investor and advisor for travel businesses for more than 10 years: He was responsible for investments in travel companies like GetYourGuide, Omio, HomeToGo, LimeHome, Impala and HolidayCheck. He also acted as an advisor for Amadeus IT Group.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Christoph Schuh was born in 1964 in Cologne, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany. Mr. Schuh started his career in 1991 as a corporate developer at Bertelsmann. He joined the Hubert Burda Media/Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse as vice president in 1994. In 1999, Mr. Schuh co-founded Tomorrow Internet AG (later Tomorrow Focus AG), an internet portfolio company, and managed the IPO on the German Stock Market. As part of the management board, he was responsible for different portfolio companies in digital media, advertising and transaction businesses like HolidayCheck, ElitePartner and Jameda. In 2016, Mr. Schuh served as an advisor to BC Partners, GC Altium and Lakestar. In 2017, he became a partner at Lakestar L.P.; in 2020 also Managing Director for Lakestar Advisors Germany GmbH. Christoph Schuh is an active investor and advisor for travel businesses for more than 10 years: He was responsible for investments in travel companies like GetYourGuide, Omio, HomeToGo, LimeHome, Impala and HolidayCheck. He also acted as an advisor for Amadeus IT Group.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Christoph Schuh was born in 1964 in Cologne, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany. Mr. Schuh started his career in 1991 as a corporate developer at Bertelsmann. He joined the Hubert Burda Media/Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse as vice president in 1994. In 1999, Mr. Schuh co-founded Tomorrow Internet AG (later Tomorrow Focus AG), an internet portfolio company, and managed the IPO on the German Stock Market. As part of the management board, he was responsible for different portfolio companies in digital media, advertising and transaction businesses like HolidayCheck, ElitePartner and Jameda. In 2016, Mr. Schuh served as an advisor to BC Partners, GC Altium and Lakestar. In 2017, he became a partner at Lakestar L.P.; in 2020 also Managing Director for Lakestar Advisors Germany GmbH. Christoph Schuh is an active investor and advisor for travel businesses for more than 10 years: He was responsible for investments in travel companies like GetYourGuide, Omio, HomeToGo, LimeHome, Impala and HolidayCheck. He also acted as an advisor for Amadeus IT Group.
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Dr. Dirk Altenbeck was born in 1965 in Essen, Germany. He studied Business Administration at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1992 and a Ph.D in Business in 1994. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Altenbeck worked in the credit department of the Bayerische Vereinsbank Nuremberg and as a research associate in the department of Business Administration and Business Taxation at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he stayed until 1997. Dr. Altenbeck has been an independent tax consultant since 1997 and a tax consultant and the managing partner of PKF Issing Faulhaber Wozar Altenbeck GmbH & Co. KG (auditors, accountants and tax consultants) in Würzburg since 2001. Dr. Altenbeck’s consulting specialties are structuring large family-owned businesses, transaction consulting and international tax structuring. In addition, Dr. Altenbeck has been teaching “International Income Tax Law” at the Julius-Maximilians- University in Würzburg since 2003. Dirk Altenbeck has travel industry experience as chairman of the audit committee of the HolidayCheck Group AG since 2013.
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Dr. Dirk Altenbeck was born in 1965 in Essen, Germany. He studied Business Administration at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1992 and a Ph.D in Business in 1994. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Altenbeck worked in the credit department of the Bayerische Vereinsbank Nuremberg and as a research associate in the department of Business Administration and Business Taxation at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he stayed until 1997. Dr. Altenbeck has been an independent tax consultant since 1997 and a tax consultant and the managing partner of PKF Issing Faulhaber Wozar Altenbeck GmbH & Co. KG (auditors, accountants and tax consultants) in Würzburg since 2001. Dr. Altenbeck’s consulting specialties are structuring large family-owned businesses, transaction consulting and international tax structuring. In addition, Dr. Altenbeck has been teaching “International Income Tax Law” at the Julius-Maximilians- University in Würzburg since 2003. Dirk Altenbeck has travel industry experience as chairman of the audit committee of the HolidayCheck Group AG since 2013.
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Dr. Dirk Altenbeck was born in 1965 in Essen, Germany. He studied Business Administration at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1992 and a Ph.D in Business in 1994. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Altenbeck worked in the credit department of the Bayerische Vereinsbank Nuremberg and as a research associate in the department of Business Administration and Business Taxation at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, where he stayed until 1997. Dr. Altenbeck has been an independent tax consultant since 1997 and a tax consultant and the managing partner of PKF Issing Faulhaber Wozar Altenbeck GmbH & Co. KG (auditors, accountants and tax consultants) in Würzburg since 2001. Dr. Altenbeck’s consulting specialties are structuring large family-owned businesses, transaction consulting and international tax structuring. In addition, Dr. Altenbeck has been teaching “International Income Tax Law” at the Julius-Maximilians- University in Würzburg since 2003. Dirk Altenbeck has travel industry experience as chairman of the audit committee of the HolidayCheck Group AG since 2013.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Philipp Kloeckner was born in 1980 in Greifswald, Germany. He holds a Diplom-Kaufmann degree in Economics from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University in Greifswald, Germany. Mr. Kloeckner started his career in 2005 at Idealo Internet GmbH as division manager Travel, Search Engine Optimization and Business Intelligence. From 2012 to 2014, he served as search strategy consultant at Wimdu GmbH before joining Treatwell (Wahanda) as search strategy advisor in 2015. In 2016, Mr. Kloeckner became the managing director of Trade Machines FI GmbH, where he remained until 2018. Mr. Kloeckner has served and currently serves as search strategy consultant and advisor for a vast variety of companies, including Foodpanda and Hellofood, Lamudi, Mädchenflohmarkt GmbH, Visual Meta GmbH, Home24, Lazada, iPrice, GetYourGuide and Rocket Internet SE. Since 2018, he serves as a marketing and due diligence advisor for KKR & Co. Inc and other top-tier private equity firms. He is also a mentor and angel investor for the Axel Springer Porsche APX Accelerator and the Plug and Play Hamburg Accelerator.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Philipp Kloeckner was born in 1980 in Greifswald, Germany. He holds a Diplom-Kaufmann degree in Economics from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University in Greifswald, Germany. Mr. Kloeckner started his career in 2005 at Idealo Internet GmbH as division manager Travel, Search Engine Optimization and Business Intelligence. From 2012 to 2014, he served as search strategy consultant at Wimdu GmbH before joining Treatwell (Wahanda) as search strategy advisor in 2015. In 2016, Mr. Kloeckner became the managing director of Trade Machines FI GmbH, where he remained until 2018. Mr. Kloeckner has served and currently serves as search strategy consultant and advisor for a vast variety of companies, including Foodpanda and Hellofood, Lamudi, Mädchenflohmarkt GmbH, Visual Meta GmbH, Home24, Lazada, iPrice, GetYourGuide and Rocket Internet SE. Since 2018, he serves as a marketing and due diligence advisor for KKR & Co. Inc and other top-tier private equity firms. He is also a mentor and angel investor for the Axel Springer Porsche APX Accelerator and the Plug and Play Hamburg Accelerator.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Philipp Kloeckner was born in 1980 in Greifswald, Germany. He holds a Diplom-Kaufmann degree in Economics from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University in Greifswald, Germany. Mr. Kloeckner started his career in 2005 at Idealo Internet GmbH as division manager Travel, Search Engine Optimization and Business Intelligence. From 2012 to 2014, he served as search strategy consultant at Wimdu GmbH before joining Treatwell (Wahanda) as search strategy advisor in 2015. In 2016, Mr. Kloeckner became the managing director of Trade Machines FI GmbH, where he remained until 2018. Mr. Kloeckner has served and currently serves as search strategy consultant and advisor for a vast variety of companies, including Foodpanda and Hellofood, Lamudi, Mädchenflohmarkt GmbH, Visual Meta GmbH, Home24, Lazada, iPrice, GetYourGuide and Rocket Internet SE. Since 2018, he serves as a marketing and due diligence advisor for KKR & Co. Inc and other top-tier private equity firms. He is also a mentor and angel investor for the Axel Springer Porsche APX Accelerator and the Plug and Play Hamburg Accelerator.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Martin Reiter was born in 1983 in Leoben, Austria. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Master’s degrees in Philosophy, Law and Finance from the Karl-Franzen-University in Graz, Austria. Mr. Reiter started his career in 2007 at McKinsey & Company as engagement manager. He joined Groupon in 2010 as Vice President International before moving to Airbnb.com as head of international operations in the same year. In 2011, Mr. Reiter founded Startsglobal, an international investment and consulting holding focused on High Growth/Tech companies; in 2016, he founded rare-produce.com, focused on high-quality sustainable food; and in 2017, he founded Reiter Heritage, focused on Real Estate, Wine and Yachting in France. He joined Wayfair in 2014 as Head of Europe, where he oversees Wayfair’s Europe Business across all functions, offices and warehouse.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Martin Reiter was born in 1983 in Leoben, Austria. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Master’s degrees in Philosophy, Law and Finance from the Karl-Franzen-University in Graz, Austria. Mr. Reiter started his career in 2007 at McKinsey & Company as engagement manager. He joined Groupon in 2010 as Vice President International before moving to Airbnb.com as head of international operations in the same year. In 2011, Mr. Reiter founded Startsglobal, an international investment and consulting holding focused on High Growth/Tech companies; in 2016, he founded rare-produce.com, focused on high-quality sustainable food; and in 2017, he founded Reiter Heritage, focused on Real Estate, Wine and Yachting in France. He joined Wayfair in 2014 as Head of Europe, where he oversees Wayfair’s Europe Business across all functions, offices and warehouse.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Martin Reiter was born in 1983 in Leoben, Austria. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Master’s degrees in Philosophy, Law and Finance from the Karl-Franzen-University in Graz, Austria. Mr. Reiter started his career in 2007 at McKinsey & Company as engagement manager. He joined Groupon in 2010 as Vice President International before moving to Airbnb.com as head of international operations in the same year. In 2011, Mr. Reiter founded Startsglobal, an international investment and consulting holding focused on High Growth/Tech companies; in 2016, he founded rare-produce.com, focused on high-quality sustainable food; and in 2017, he founded Reiter Heritage, focused on Real Estate, Wine and Yachting in France. He joined Wayfair in 2014 as Head of Europe, where he oversees Wayfair’s Europe Business across all functions, offices and warehouse.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Susanne (Greenfield) Sandler was born in 1984 in New York, USA. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University‘s Undergraduate Stern School of Business, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in both Finance and Accounting. Ms. Sandler started her career as an analyst with Merrill Lynch in 2006. She joined Corsair Capital, a private equity firm, as an Associate in 2008 and moved to the Griffon Corporation in 2010 to become Director of Corporate Development. Between 2014 and 2017, Ms. Sandler served as Director and then Vice President of Corporate Development at Booking Holdings, becoming Vice President of Global Strategy in 2017. In 2020, she joined IAC to assume the role of General Manager of Apalon, where she oversees all major functions of the 200+ person mobile app company.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Susanne (Greenfield) Sandler was born in 1984 in New York, USA. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University‘s Undergraduate Stern School of Business, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in both Finance and Accounting. Ms. Sandler started her career as an analyst with Merrill Lynch in 2006. She joined Corsair Capital, a private equity firm, as an Associate in 2008 and moved to the Griffon Corporation in 2010 to become Director of Corporate Development. Between 2014 and 2017, Ms. Sandler served as Director and then Vice President of Corporate Development at Booking Holdings, becoming Vice President of Global Strategy in 2017. In 2020, she joined IAC to assume the role of General Manager of Apalon, where she oversees all major functions of the 200+ person mobile app company.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Audit Committee
Susanne (Greenfield) Sandler was born in 1984 in New York, USA. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University‘s Undergraduate Stern School of Business, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in both Finance and Accounting. Ms. Sandler started her career as an analyst with Merrill Lynch in 2006. She joined Corsair Capital, a private equity firm, as an Associate in 2008 and moved to the Griffon Corporation in 2010 to become Director of Corporate Development. Between 2014 and 2017, Ms. Sandler served as Director and then Vice President of Corporate Development at Booking Holdings, becoming Vice President of Global Strategy in 2017. In 2020, she joined IAC to assume the role of General Manager of Apalon, where she oversees all major functions of the 200+ person mobile app company.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Christina Smedley resides in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from the University of Kent in Canterbury. At the start of her career in the 1990s, she was the Consumer Business Group Director at Edelman. From 1999 to 2003 she joined Amazon.com and was responsible for worldwide communications as the company expanded internationally, taking the business from selling books to new offerings and markets. Ms. Smedley returned to Edelman from 2005 to 2012, leading multiple teams at Edelman including running the consumer marketing practice globally, working with teams in 60 countries and for some of the most recognized brands in the world. From 2012 to 2015 at PayPal, Ms. Smedley led brand and communications for the business including the rebrand, all external and internal communications, PYPL.com, PayPal’s entrance to the Interbrand Top 100 list and the company listing post its split from eBay. From 2015 to 2020 she was at Facebook (now Meta) where she held brand and communications roles for Novi and Messenger, and was also a co-creator of Diem / Libra. From 2020 to 2021 Ms. Smedley served as CMO of Robinhood, the investing platform, building and leading an integrated marketing, communications and content teams leaving just after the IPO. Ms. Smedley is currently the Co-founder and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Lightspark, a new company created to explore, build and extend the capabilities of Bitcoin.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Christina Smedley resides in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from the University of Kent in Canterbury. At the start of her career in the 1990s, she was the Consumer Business Group Director at Edelman. From 1999 to 2003 she joined Amazon.com and was responsible for worldwide communications as the company expanded internationally, taking the business from selling books to new offerings and markets. Ms. Smedley returned to Edelman from 2005 to 2012, leading multiple teams at Edelman including running the consumer marketing practice globally, working with teams in 60 countries and for some of the most recognized brands in the world. From 2012 to 2015 at PayPal, Ms. Smedley led brand and communications for the business including the rebrand, all external and internal communications, PYPL.com, PayPal’s entrance to the Interbrand Top 100 list and the company listing post its split from eBay. From 2015 to 2020 she was at Facebook (now Meta) where she held brand and communications roles for Novi and Messenger, and was also a co-creator of Diem / Libra. From 2020 to 2021 Ms. Smedley served as CMO of Robinhood, the investing platform, building and leading an integrated marketing, communications and content teams leaving just after the IPO. Ms. Smedley is currently the Co-founder and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Lightspark, a new company created to explore, build and extend the capabilities of Bitcoin.
Member of the Supervisory Board
Christina Smedley resides in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from the University of Kent in Canterbury. At the start of her career in the 1990s, she was the Consumer Business Group Director at Edelman. From 1999 to 2003 she joined Amazon.com and was responsible for worldwide communications as the company expanded internationally, taking the business from selling books to new offerings and markets. Ms. Smedley returned to Edelman from 2005 to 2012, leading multiple teams at Edelman including running the consumer marketing practice globally, working with teams in 60 countries and for some of the most recognized brands in the world. From 2012 to 2015 at PayPal, Ms. Smedley led brand and communications for the business including the rebrand, all external and internal communications, PYPL.com, PayPal’s entrance to the Interbrand Top 100 list and the company listing post its split from eBay. From 2015 to 2020 she was at Facebook (now Meta) where she held brand and communications roles for Novi and Messenger, and was also a co-creator of Diem / Libra. From 2020 to 2021 Ms. Smedley served as CMO of Robinhood, the investing platform, building and leading an integrated marketing, communications and content teams leaving just after the IPO. Ms. Smedley is currently the Co-founder and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Lightspark, a new company created to explore, build and extend the capabilities of Bitcoin.
As a Luxembourg governed company whose shares are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, HomeToGo is neither required to adhere to the Luxembourg corporate governance regime applicable to companies that are traded in Luxembourg nor to the German corporate governance regime applicable to listed companies in Germany. While we are also not applying the Luxembourg or German corporate governance regime in its entirety on a voluntary basis, HomeToGo remains committed to applying and implementing a high standard of corporate governance throughout its organization.
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