Jannik Otto, M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management, is an experienced strategy consultant with expertise in the alignment and restructuring of projects in the field of digitalization and transformation.

As a management consultant with a focus on strategy and process consulting, Jannik supports companies in strengthening their competitiveness and future-proofing their business strategy.

With in-depth knowledge of the automotive industry and a strong background in development and digital business areas, he supports companies in this sector in particular with the challenges of digital transformation and the future-oriented integration of electromobility.

Jannik completed his Bachelor in Engineering and Master in Industrial Engineering at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science and subsequently managed projects at well-known companies and strategy consultancies.

 

Willi Stappert is an experienced management consultant and entrepreneur with a focus on M&A transactions, financing, buy & build strategies, restructuring and project management with clients in various industries and sizes.

Willi is an seasoned management consultant with a focus on M&A transactions, financing, buy & build strategies, restructuring and project management. He has helped clients in various industries and of different sizes, from start-ups to corporations. In his career, he has worked on a variety of M&A transactions, including mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, and strategic alliances. He also has experience in developing strategies for buy & build transactions and in corporate restructuring.

As a management consultant, he has helped clients in a range of industries, including e-commerce, healthcare, automotive and retail. He is known for his ability to solve complex problems pragmatically and develop unconventional solutions.

As a CFA charterholder and a graduate of the Master of Science in Finance from the European Business School London, he has in-depth knowledge of creating financial models and business plans, valuing companies and developing financing strategies.

Jan Dominik Gunkel, Dipl.-Kfm./Master, is an entrepreneur, executive advisor and advisory board.

In addition, he supports FOSTEC & Company with his experience in accompanying large medium-sized companies in phases of growth and crises. The focus here is on the development and implementation of strategies for digital transformation, e-commerce and internationalization.

He is also a lecturer for internationalization strategies in medium-sized companies, mentor at the German Accelerator in the USA and a certified advisory board of the Initiative Beirat BW e.V. 

In his previous professional activity for a leading German industrial company, private equity company as well as with his own start-ups, he was able to: Gaining experience as managing director and strategy consultant across various industries.

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His main focus is on worldwide sales, marketing, e-commerce (especially Amazon), innovation management, M&A and restructuring. Jan Dominik Gunkel lived and worked abroad for 7 years (USA, Asia, Europe).

In 2017 Jan Dominik Gunkel founded DIGANTRO Growth Partners, which was taken over by FOSTEC & Company in 2021.

He studied at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and at the University of California at Berkeley.

Niels Haußmann, Dipl. Betriebswirt (FH) (equiv. to  a Bachelor’s degree in business economics), is an expert in finance, sales, marketing, HR and logistics with a focus on e-commerce. 

He draws on several years’ experience as a sales manager and has managed international projects in the fields of industry, mechanical engineering, consumer goods, retail and medical technology. He has assisted SMEs and family businesses and successfully supported the establishment of a start-up of FOSTEC Ventures GmbH.

The focus of his project responsibility is the systematic implementation of e-commerce strategies by means of appropriate measures. In one of his most recent projects, Niels not only worked on the development of sales planning and controlling, but served as director of key account management and assumed responsibility for the simultaneous optimisation of fulfilment processes.

Since 2017, Niels has been a member of FOSTEC & Company’s management team.