Who is START Global?
Students, partners, and investors all play a key role in helping us achieve our goals. Scroll to meet the faces behind the START Global brand.
Board
MAX KELLER
President
NOÉMI KMOTH
Vice President of Product
BASTIAAN FEURER
Vice President of Operations
TRISTAN MELCHERS
Managing Director Summit
SIMONE MUSCARITOLO
Managing Director Hack
MAX BIERI
Managing Director Fellowship
LEAN STEIN
Managing Director Sphere
MATTEO QUADRELLI
Managing Director Partnerships
JAN BOHE
Managing Director Communications
ATHAVAN THEIVAKULASINGHAM
Managing Director Tech & Innovation
Global
SINA WERNER
Head of Talent Development
ANDRI GABATHULER
Legal
VIANA THORMANN
Legal
DUSTIN BAUMBACH
Finance
FLIP LAPADATOVIC
Head of Legal
Summit
ILENIA LASCONI
Head of Event Management
LUCA ANTHONY BRUNNER
Event Management
FLORENS BITZER
Event Management
NINA REDLICH
Head of Content
WILLIAM KUPRECHT
Growth
CHRISTOPHE KOSS
Content
MAX GRAU
Content
PAULINA HAFNER
Growth
RICCARDO GÄCKLE
Content
STELLA SEUFERT
Event Management
DOMINIK SCHIRLE
Executive Production
VALENTIN ERNST
Executive Production
JEREMY SWANSON
Event Management
Hack
ANDREA IVANOVIC
Partnerships
LORENZ BOHLANDER
Growth
OSCAR GORDON
Content
Fellowship
BENEDICT WOLTERS
Partnerships
ANITA STERN
Partnerships
SAMUEL KEHL
Startup Scouting & Participant Coordination
ANJA FRAUENFELDER
Startup Scouting & Participant Coordination
JULIUS CREMER
Content
TOM WECKES
Partnerships
CEDRIC FRUTIGER
Partnerships
MARY MORAD
LatAm Area
ESTELLE WAVRE
LatAm Area
NICOLE LAVROV
Partnerships /LatAm Expansion
Communications
ANASTASIIA ALIKSIICHUK
Marketing
FLAVIO DI PILLA
Marketing
LENA SCHLAEPPI
Head of Media Brand
THÉO SILIPRANDI
Marketing
MIREA MAZZEI
Marketing
FINJA SPIEGEL
Public Relations
YANN OPPENHEIM
Head of Projects
CHIARA BRITSCHGI
Head of Public Relations
Partnerships
SASCHA GERLACH
Head of DACH
STEFANO BOTTA
Head of International
MARVIN TROSHKE
DACH
KORAY ORHAN
DACH
PHILIPP WEBER
International
LEON IWANOWITSCH
DACH
ANTON FOERTSCH
International
ALEX SCHAAF
DACH
JULIE FRIELING
DACH
FELICITAS BELKER
DACH
MICHELLE THÜR
DACH
PARVINA STELOVSKA
International
JANNIK REICHEN
Head of Partner Success
FABIO VALSECCHI
Partner Success
Tech & Innovation
SOPHIE LEHRMANN
Head of Adminitrations
LIZ MORELLEC
Administration
FLORIAN GÖTZ
Administration
NICOLAS KELLER
Innovation
AUGUSTIN CHRISTEN
Innovation
TANYA ILIEVA
Innovation
Sphere
TIM VIETZE
Sphere Development
SOFIYA NYCHYPORENKO
Marketing
BENJAMIN BECKH
Head of Network
LINDA KÜNG
Marketing
PHILIP LEHRMANN
Sphere Development
ANNINA MILLARG
Sphere Development
JAN CHRISTIAN VÖGELI
Network
DOMINIK SEITZ
Sphere Development
Board
MAX KELLER
President of START Global
RUBEN REUTER
Managing Director START Summit
NATALIS WIRZ
Managing Director START Hack & Vice-President START Global
JANOS GRÜNDLING
Managing Director START Fellowship
BENJAMIN NAEGELI
Managing Director Communications
DENNIS SCHMID
Managing Director Partnerships
LEONARDO STERN
Managing Director Tech & Innovation
Global
GUSTAVE ANGELOZ
Head of Finance
SINA SARAH WERNER
Head of Talent Development
FILIP LAPADATOVIC
Head of Legal
BENJAMIN BECKH
Head of Network
ILENIA LASCONI
Talent Development
FREE DE ZUTTER
Network Management Team
JOHN RICHARD ENDERS
Managing Team Network
NICOLE LAVROV
Managing Team Network
RANA EKMEKCIOGLU
Network
Summit
SAMIRA AWAD
Head of Content
FELIX BERGER
Head of Investor Relations
BASTIAAN FEURER
Head of Event Management
BENEDIKT SOEMER
Head of Growth Summit
MORITZ VAN RANDENBORGH
Head of START Forum
JULIUS BRÜHL
Event Management
STELLA SEUFERT
Event Management
JEREMY SWANSON
Event Management
IULIA DRUMCIOGLU
Event Management
PATRICK EBEL
Growth
OSCAR VON PODEWILS
Growth
NAÉLA GRUBER
Growth
ELISA KILIAN
Content
TRISTAN MELCHERS
Content
DOMINIK SEITZ
Content
MALTE KNAUER
Investor Relations
RICARDO GÄCKLE
Content
DOMINIK SCHIRLE
Executive Production
VALENTIN ERNST
Executive Production
GLORIA CARDON DE LICHTBUER
START Forum
Hack
SIMONE MUSCARITOLO
Head of Growth
LAURA CARRIERI
Partnerships
CARLO CATANESE
Partnerships
DENNIS DANCH
Partnerships
YANNICK REICHEN
Partnerships
TIM VIETZE
Growth
JONAS AVE
Sponsoring
MORITZ WÜST
Event Management
Fellowship
MAX BIERI
Head of Partnerships
KIM STALDER
Head of Content
ROCCO APPOLONI
Content
MARY MORAD
Content
MARÍA JOSÉ VALLEJO ALBAN
Content
ALESSANDRA BIERMANN
Partnerships
FYNN MORTEN POHL
Partnerships
PAUL SCHNECKMANN
Partnerships
LEOPOLD ZOLLNER
Partnerships
YANDRA GONÇALVES
Partnerships
LUIS SCHULTE
Strategy & Fundraising
SOPHIE SOLMITZ
Startup Scouting & Participant Coordination
ESTELLE WAVRE
Head Startup Scouting & Participant Coordination
NOÉMI KMOTH
Startup Scouting & Participant Coordination
Communications
LUCIE LIEBERS
Head of Marketing
NINA REIDLICH
Head of Public Relations
NADINE AESCHLIMANN
Public Relations
JAN BOHE
Marketing
CHIARA BRITSCHGI
Marketing
LINDA KÜNG
Marketing
MOUNIGA NANTHAKUMAR
Marketing
SOFIYA NYCHYPORENKO
Marketing
PARVINA STELOVSKA
Marketing
ADRIEN ROBERT
Performance Marketing
Partnerships
SASCHA GERLACH
Head of Institutional Partnerships
MATTEO LENITINI QUADRELLI
Head of Corporate Partnerships
NOEMI OTT
Head of Sponsoring
FELICITAS BELKER
Corporate Partnerships
STEFANO BOTTA
Corporate Partnerships
ANDRI GABATHULER
Corporate Partnerships
MICHELLE THÜR
Corporate Partnerships
EINO SCHULZE STEINEN
Sponsoring
CELINE LA
Sponsoring
DANIEL MERDES
Sponsoring
FABIO VALSECCHI
Sponsoring
BASTIAAN STROBOS
Institutional Partnerships
VINCENT MORANDI
Institutional Partnerships
Tech & Innovation
LUKAS GAISER
IT
LEAN STEIN
IT
SOPHIE LEHRMANN
IT
ATHAVAN THEIVAKULASINGHAM
IT
JEAN-LUC BIERENSTIEL
IT
Board
KATHARINA BUBMANN
President
JONAS EIDENSCHINK
Managing Director Communications
FRANCESCA BOSMEDIANO VIGGIANI
Managing Director Partnerships
SAMUEL GRETZ
Managing Director START Hack
JEANNINE KRÄUCHI
Managing Director START ROSE
VICTORIA GENTILE
Managing Director Technology & Innovation
JULIAN SHERGILL
Managing Director START Summit
NICK RUPPRECHTER
Managing Director START Fellowship
Global
MILENA VIDALI
Talent Development
ANN-JULIE SEVRAY
FinLeg
FREE DE ZUTTER
Chapter Relations
Summit
DOMINIK SCHIRLE
The Godfather
VALENTIN ERNST
Executive Production
NIKLAS ROBISCH
Executive Production
MAX KELLER
START Summit | Head of Relations
ELISABETH WESS
START Summit | Relations
RUBEN REUTER
START Summit | Relations
LUIS BRAUN
START Summit | Relations
JULIEN QUIMBROT
START Summit | Relations
MIRIAM SCHEFFRAHN
START Summit | Head of Event Management
SASCHA GERLACH
START Summit | Event Management
DARIELLE ROTHSTEIN
START Summit | Event Management
TIM BIRKHOFER
START Summit | Head of Content
ALEXANDER HEYDE
START Summit | Content
XENIA GETSIOS
START Summit | Content
Hack
TOBIAS TESLOF
START Hack | Content
IVAN KAMENOV
START Hack | Relations
ALEX MARCHESE
START Hack | Relations
CHRISTIAN DIMITROV
START Hack | Partnerships
YVES GRAEDEL
START Hack | Partnerships
Fellowship
JOHN SCHANBACHER
START Fellowship | Community
CHRISTIAN MAŠEK
START Fellowship | Head of Finances and Infrastructure
ESTELLE WAVRE
START Fellowship | Community
LIVIA SEPULVEDA
START Fellowship | Community
LARS VILLIGER
START Fellowship | Content
JANOS GRÜNDLING
START Fellowship | Content
STEFAN CRETTENAND
START Fellowship | Content
Communications
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NOYA ASSARAF
Head of Marketing
SASCHA PERREN
Marketing
NATALIS WIRZ
Marketing
BENJAMIN NAEGELI
Marketing
PARVINA STELOVSKA
Marketing
MARIE KLEINE-DEPENBROCK
Public Relations
Partnerships
DENNIS SCHMID
Head of Corporate Partnerships
YANNIK BIBERT
Corporate Partnerships
MORITZ HECK
Corporate Partnerships
CELINE LA
Corporate Partnerships & Sponsoring
NOEMIE OTT
Sponsoring
Tech & Innovation
MAGALÌ ALLUISETTI
Information Technology
JEAN - LUC BIERENSTIEL
Information Technology
LEA TOFFEL
Information Technology
DANIEL LEAL
Information Technology
REMY MOLL
Information Technology
JOHN RICHARD ENDERS
Head of Data | Performance Marketing
THIBAULT GUMY
Online Event Management
Rose
LAURA PENG
START ROSE
NOEMIE GALLAY
START ROSE
OLIVER SABATHY
START ROSE
MATHIEU DUC
START ROSE
CARL EPPLE
START ROSE
Board
LUCAS ANGERMANN
President
GIAN ANDREA ZÜLLIG
Managing Director Communications
DAN MEIER
Managing Director Summit x Hack
KATHARINA BUBMANN
Managing Director Corporate Partnerships
THAÏS DE TRIBOLET
Managing Director & Head of ROSE
NICK RUPRECHTER
Managing Director & Head of Fellowship
GLEB ZAKHARTCHENKO
Managing Director Operations
Global
ANNA SNODGRASS
Head of Chapter Relations
SAMUEL GRETZ
Chapter Relations
LENA KIRSCH
Head of Talent Development
SOPHIA VONTZ
Talent Development
MANUEL GEHRING
Head of Finance & Legal
ADRIAN EUGSTER
Finance & Legal
Summit
PAULA WERBER
Co-Head of Relations
KATHARINA DÖHLE
Co-Head of Relations
MARCELLINO KRAUS
Relations
HENRIK B. KOPPANG
Relations
TOBIAS GEHRIG
Relations
ERIC PIOLOT
Relations
MARKUS BENCSITS
Content
TIM BIRKHOFER
Content
SVEN HÖRNER
Head of Live Streamhub, btov & Think Tank
DOMINIK SCHIRLE
Head of Executive Production
VALENTIN ERNST
Executive Production
NOÉ KUHN
Executive Production
ANNA WEIGOLD
Head of Event Management
FELIX ERMANN
Event Management
LEONIE NEUMANN
Event Management
JULIAN SHERGILL
Head of Online Event Management
FRANCESCA BOSMEDIANO VIGGIANI
Online Event Management
PIOTR WOJTASZEWSKI
Online Event Management
NICO RATTUNDE
Head of Content
Hack
PHILIPP WAHLER
Head of Hack
DOMINIK VOSER
Hack
MAX-THEO SCHULTE
Hack
Fellowship
JANE ZURBRÜGG
Fellowship
YANNICK TSESMELIS
Fellowship
ALEXANDRU GALITA
Content Fellowship
CHRISTIAN MASEK
Content Fellowship
SVEN ADER
Content Fellowship
RAPHAEL BEUTER
Head of Content Fellowship
Communications
JAN REINHART
Head of Marketing
JESSIE SARWIN
Head of Design
SERAFIN BAUMGARTNER
Marketing
YUJIN KIM
Marketing
JILLY YIN
Marketing
NOYA ASSARAF
Marketing
LUCAS GERICKE
Head of PR & Editorial
CORDULA GASPERINI
PR & Editorial
Partnerships
DEBORAH SCHEFFRAHN
Corporate Partnerships
JONAS EIDENSCHIN
Corporate Partnerships
JULIA MARTIN
Corporate Partnerships
MICHEL JOSI
Corporate Partnerships
SERAINA KRATZER
Corporate Partnerships
ANNE JORNOD
Head of Sponsoring
ISABELLA HÜBSCHER
Sponsoring
FRIEDER FRANK
Corporate Partnerships
Tech & Innovation
VICTORIA GENTILE
Head of IT
ALEX PAOLO MARCHESE
IT
TJERK BOLDT
Head of Data Analytics
RICHARD HRUBY
Data Analytics
ADRIEN COLONNA WALEWSKI
Data Analytics
Rose
JEANINE KRÄUCHLI
ROSE
BENJAMIN DEBONS
ROSE
CARLO VON DER OSTEN
ROSE
EVA PAMPURIK
ROSE
GRETA CARIOLI
ROSE
Meet our partners
We wouldn’t be where we are without them. From NGOs and government institutions to international corporations and independent businesses, our partners believe in the START Global mission, share our passion for entrepreneurship, and make our events possible.
Big players in business and digital spheres are the people at the heart of the ever-expanding START Global network, helping us deliver our high-quality business development programs and nurture the next generation of thinkers and doers.
We’re always looking for partners to help us change the world. Ready to join us?
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Take off?
We’ll initiate the countdown sequence! To find out more about START Summit, Hack or Fellowship, or to discover the benefits of becoming a START Global partner, get in touch with a member of our team.
Learn more about why we do what we do
We’re run by students, for students. And we’re not-for-profit — two core factors that make START Global the brand it is today.
We want to make good things happen. For the students who sign up for our events, for those in our Fellowship program, for investors searching for the brightest young talent, and for our valued partners, too.
That’s why we’re constantly investing in the START Global mission. Readdressing how we do things, maximizing our offering, developing our partner relationships, and scoping out the latest and greatest in the world of business and tech, so we keep meeting our targets for excellence.
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