Anastasiya Dubrovina

Berlin, Germany

Business Development

Anastasiya is an experienced strategy consultant with a passion for personal and business development. At CORE (an EPAM company), she helped global banking clients to drive core banking transformation and innovation through technology and venture building. She is also a certified Systemic Coach, helping people realize their full potential in business and life. In her free time, Anastasiya enjoys going on retreats in remote locations and reading books on psychology.

Daniel Dippold

Berlin, Germany

Non-Executive Partner & Technology Leader

Daniel Dippold is a young entrepreneur who has founded three successful tech companies. He is an angel investor and initiated the world's biggest impact-driven entrepreneurship community represented in over 30 countries globally, Sigma Squared Society. Daniel graduated from Cambridge, St. Gallen and HKUST with honors. He’s broken his leg four times doing parkour, but he doesn’t let that slow him down. He also loves to read and is especially interested in the fields of mathematics and philosophy.

Katja Spörl

Frankfurt, Germany

Managing Director and Strategy Lead

Katja Spörl is a seasoned strategy consultant with a deep passion for technology and entrepreneurship. During her tenure at BCG, she assisted clients in leveraging data analytics and digital transformation to realize their full potential. She is also currently completing her PhD in digital marketing, focusing on social media, marketing effectiveness, and the application of AI in marketing. Outside of her professional endeavors, Katja enjoys traveling the world and spending quality time with her family.

Lukas Schmidt

Vienna, Austria

Data Analyst & Senior Project Manager

Lukas is a consultant with a background in Finance. After working as a financial analyst in real estate, he studied Management at WHU with a focus on strategy and consulting and Finance at Católica Lisbon with a focus on Data Science and Machine Learning. He is currently based in Lisbon. He’s a passionate long-distance runner and enjoys going sailing on the weekends.

Olaf Hesse

Lisbon, Portugal

Data Analyst & Senior Project Manager

Olaf Hesse is a strategy consultant and AI specialist with a passion for Machine Learning. He studied Industrial Engineering and International Management with a focus on Strategy, Consulting and Business Analytics in Germany, Portugal and Italy. Olaf worked 2 years in Management Consulting at PwC driving financial transformation projects for global companies before joining NEWNOW. In his free time, Olaf likes to go kite surfing around the world and is passionate about reading books about psychology, AI and blockchain technology.

Sean Gallagher

Grenoble, France

Managing Director & Executive Partner

Sean Gallagher has 30 years of experience in the technology industry across EMEA. He has held senior executive roles in Sales and General Management at Hewlett Packard, Xerox and Cisco Systems. He now advises several technology startups and coaches the sales organizations of some of the top technology companies in the world. Sean is a big rugby fan, and nothing gets his heart racing more than watching his native Ireland play!

Valentin Milicevic

Vienna, Austria

Machine Learning Engineer

Valentin is a data scientist pursuing his MSc in Data Science at TU Wien, with a strong background in computer science. He has experience working as a Data Scientist at NEWNOW Group, impacting international clients, and as a Research Intern in Medical Image Analysis at the Medical University in Vienna. He founded e-Card, a digitalized library card system, which has earned multiple awards. In his spare time, he enjoys music, running, and reading.

Xavier Sarras

Frankfurt, Germany

Non-Executive Partner & Impact Expert

Xavier Sarras is a founding partner at the Impact VC fund 4P Capital. In this context, he acts as a board member and advisor to highly scalable, purposeful startups to drive positive social and environmental impact. He is an expert in customer experience with close to 30 years of experience in scaling digitally driven marketing agencies. A passionate father of two young boys and loving husband, he loves spending quality time with his family. He is actively combatting aging with training calisthenics and the Wing Tsun martial art. At parties, you find him in the kitchen cooking or behind the decks djing.

Ahsan Haque

Osnabrück, Germany

Data Scientist

Ahsan is a Data Scientist with a background in backend development. After working as a Data Engineer at Adobe, he built over five years of experience in the industry, combining engineering depth with data-driven problem solving. He completed his master’s in Data Engineering and Analytics at TU Munich. Currently based in Osnabrück, he has a knack for photography and storytelling.

Artur Renzenbrink

Madrid, Spain

Data Science Intern

Artur is currently pursuing a double degree in business and data science, fueling his ambition to maintain a strong business value focus even in the most technical aspects of AI projects. Previously, he worked in investment banking and web development. In his free time, Artur enjoys meditating and doing cardio in nature.

Jan Huckfeldt

Paris, France

Non-Executive Partner & Marketing Leader

Jan Huckfeldt is Chief Commercial Officer at Climeworks, the world"s leading Direct Air Capture technology, removing CO2 from the atmosphere to safely and permanently store it as stone underground. Previously, Jan held CMO roles at Motorola, Lenovo and Hewlett Packard. He started his career at Procter & Gamble. Jan holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry, serves on various advisory boards and regularly gives guest lectures at Cambridge and ESCP. Outside work, Jan loves engaging in outdoor activities with his family.

Oriane Dinse

Berlin, Germany

Senior Project Manager

Oriane is an experienced consultant with a diverse background across industries, including gas & oil, fitness, and wine. With an entrepreneurial mindset, she approaches each project with a blend of creativity, logical thinking and adaptability. Throughout her career, Oriane has worn many hats, developing a unique, adaptable perspective and a knack for solving complex challenges. In consulting she helped drive transformation and innovation in both the banking and gas & oil sectors. A self-proclaimed nerd, she loves learning and diving into new topics, reflected in her eclectic home library that spans subjects from business and technology to running, philosophy and personal development.

Otmar Debald

Frankfurt, Germany

Executive Chairman & Operations Leader

Otmar Debald is an experienced board professional, advisory board member in several consumer goods companies and advisor to technology startups. He spent over 30 years at Procter & Gamble, leading the Finance and Supply Chain departments as CFO & COO. He also oversaw several mergers and acquisitions including the integration of Gillette.

Rahul Sathiyababu

Data Scientist

Rahul is a Data Scientist with an MSc in Cognitive Systems from Ulm University, specializing in Data Science. He has a strong technical foundation in computer science and artificial intelligence. With over three years of industry experience, he brings strong problem-solving skills and hands-on development expertise. Rahul has also worked as a Data Science Intern at BOSCH and BMW Group, contributing to impactful data-driven AI projects. He has published a scientific paper in the field of computer vision and machine learning, reflecting his interest in applied research alongside industry work. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, watching movies, and hiking.

Stefan Homeister

Zurich, Switzerland

Non-Executive Partner & Leadership Expert

Stefan Homeister has been on the board and held senior executive marketing, sales and GM roles at firms such as Procter & Gamble, T-Mobile and SAB Miller. He later followed his personal passion for leadership and founded a fast-growing consulting and learning community, helping 100+ companies and countless individuals to improve their leadership and strategy effectiveness. On a personal level Stefan loves quality time with his family, team sports and helping people grow.

Sören Lambrecht

Zurich, Switzerland

Senior Data Scientist

Sören is a Data Scientist with a strong academic foundation from ETH Zurich (MSc Data Science). He focuses on developing deep learning systems that perform reliably in uncertain environments. He brings hands-on experience from consulting, quantitative finance, and the startup world. Before transitioning into data science, Sören held a business management role with responsibility for over €100 million in P&L. His rare combination of deep technical expertise and strategic business insight enables him to design ML and AI solutions that deliver value to clients.