9. OMN INNOVATION DAY

[digital]!

Martin Groß-Albenhausen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of bevh, has been responsible for marketing, innovation and business-to-business suppliers at the E-Commerce Association since December 2011. He also leads bevh's activities with regard to education and training in e-commerce and the bevh roundtable "Research and Teaching". At the Digital Business School Jena, he teaches e-commerce and digital strategy. At bevh, Martin Groß-Albenhausen advises interactive retailers on e-commerce and multichannel strategy.

Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach is a supervisory board member at many renowned companies such as Easyjet or Dun & Bradstreet. She spent 20 years in top positions at Munich Re, McKinsey, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, Kaspersky Lab and Intel until she founded her own consulting firm, 1AU Ventures, in 2013. She is also a founding member of the Next Generation Directors Advisory Council of the U.S. Nasdaq stock exchange. Her book "The Artificial Intelligence Imperative," which was published in the U.S. in 2018, is also considered a standard work on artificial intelligence in German companies.

Dr. Teo Pham is an expert in digital business models, e-commerce, online marketing and social media. He is particularly interested in Generation Z, China & Silicon Valley. He is the founder of Delta School, the online business school for digital marketing. Teo is an international keynote speaker, podcaster and business influencer and has been recognized as a "LinkedIn Top Voice" as one of the most important voices on the platform. Previously, he was a professor of e-commerce and online marketing, an e-commerce founder, and in media & venture capital.

Stefan Witt is General Manager & Authorized Signatory at WAS Germany. He started his career at WAS Germany in 1999 and was appointed authorized signatory in 2016. The company from the Hanseatic city has been supplying wholesalers for restaurateurs and hoteliers since 1969 and holds a range of more than 4,000 items in its warehouse and logistics center. The perfect guest experience is at the center of all activities and, with the brand promise "Where Service Begins", sums up the self-image of WAS Germany.

Stephan Lichtenstein is Managing Director at Leitermann GmbH & Co. Fachmarkt KG, the DIY, specialist and garden center in Saxony and Thuringia. While still studying business administration at Martin Luther University in Halle (Saxony-Anhalt), Lichtenstein joined the family business as managing partner. The business graduate is an entrepreneur with heart and soul. In 2004, he expanded sales into online business. Today, the company has seven DIY stores, specialist stores and garden centers in Saxony and Thuringia.

Tobias Marks, CCO, studied business administration in Stuttgart, Berlin and Brasilia and gained experience in several companies in the IT sector during this time. After graduating in 2012, he held various positions at Meyle+Müller and at apollon, most recently as Director Sales. Today Tobias Marks is CCO (Chief Customer Officer) as well as managing partner and responsible for sales and marketing at apollon.

Pablo Kern began his career at Meyle+Müller in 2008. After various positions in sales, most recently Senior Director Sales and authorized signatory at Meyle+Müller, Kern moved within the group in March 2021. Today, Pablo Kern is Senior Success Director and member of the board at apollon. In addition to his operational responsibility for Sales, the networker is always on the road visiting customers or attending events, because in addition to his management duties, he also takes care of new customer acquisition and looks after numerous customers in Germany and abroad.

Norbert Weckerle, Managing Director at Meyle+Müller GmbH+Co. KG and CEO at apollon GmbH+Co. KG, has strategic and operational responsibility at apollon. Since 1995, Weckerle has been involved with IT solutions in the media environment. He completed an apprenticeship as a Publishing House Clerk and worked as a Consultant and Project Manager after his studies of economics, before he became and works in 2006 as Deputy Division Manager, Authorized Signatory and later as Managing Director at Meyle+Müller GmbH+Co. KG.

Simon Frenz holds a degree in business administration with a focus on "controlling, marketing and business psychology" and has been managing partner of HanseRepro in Hamburg for almost 20 years. He accompanies and advises renowned companies such as Tchibo, Bacardi, P&C in the optimization of marketing processes. The focus is on the consideration of the complete process chain - from content creation, adminstration, design and output including the implementation of efficient interfaces between the respective stakeholders. HanseRepro has been part of the Meyle+Müller Group since 2017.

Christian Bodem studied economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. As Director Professional Services online + mobile for the area "Online Mobile Services (OMS)" and member of the management at apollon GmbH+Co. KG, Bodem is responsible for eCommerce and mobile business for the retail, industry and publishing sectors. His tasks include consulting and project management of eCommerce Shopware solutions as well as the implementation of highly individual app solutions.