The management team

Patrik Heider started as CEO of NFON AG in June 2023. After studying business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Constance, he started his professional career at PwC Consulting and subsequently served as CFO of the Hoffmann Group in Munich.

Before joining NFON, he was CEO of the software companies Thinkproject and riskmethods. Before that, he was responsible for the extremely successful development of Nemetschek SE as Spokesman of the Board and CFOO, and earned an excellent reputation in the international capital market. He is married and has 2 children.

Gernot is a highly experienced manager in the telecommunications sector who joined NFON in 2018 as the Managing Director of Austria & Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In July 2023, he was promoted to the position of Chief Commercial Officer of NFON AG.

Before joining NFON, Gernot amassed over two decades of industry experience, working as a director and sales manager for several telco companies in Austria.

He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Donau University Krems. Additionally, he has a Matura from HAK VBS and a background in Electronics and Communications Engineering from HTL Wien X.

Heinke Bock started her role as CPCO of NFON in July 2023. She has been Vice President with the company since 2018.

After studying law she started her career as attorney at law at DLA Piper and legal advisor at the Austrian Embassy. Heinke’s passion lies in unleashing the potential of leaders & entrepreneurs and she is an experienced Executive Coach.

Before joining NFON she was Group Head of Human Resources at Sportradar Group. She holds an MBA in Innovation & Business Creation from Technical University Munich in cooperation with HAAS School of Business, Berkeley.

Markus is an experienced senior leader with a proven track record in the IT and telecommunications industry. In July 2023, he was promoted to Chief Product Officer of NFON AG after serving as the Managing Director for NFON Developments Lda.

Before joining NFON, Markus held a key position at Telefonica o2, where he led B2B development and strategy initiatives.

He holds a Master's degree in industrial engineering and management, which he obtained from FHM Munich and Helsinki University of Technology.

With 22 years in sales, consulting, and partner management within the ICT sector, coupled with 15 years at the helm of multinational companies, Merano's expertise is instrumental in driving our mission forward. He has a result-oriented work and management style, with a strong emphasis on analysis, definition of strategic tasks, and tracking of operational implementation.

As a long-standing employee in the technology-team of NFON, Deniz brings extensive experience and expertise to the table. He has been with the company since its inception and has been in a permanent position since 2019.

Prior to joining NFON, he held key roles at Tiscali and nacamar, where he was responsible for the development and management of large scale dial-in and voip platforms.

With a solid technical background and years of industry experience, he contributes to the development of innovative telecommunications solutions and the continuous improvement of NFON's technical infrastructure.

Since 1979, Günter Müller has been Executive Chairman of ASC Technologies AG, a leading global software provider in the field of omni-channel recording, quality management and analytics. He is also Managing Director of Milestone Venture Capital GmbH.

He previously worked for Gasa Produktions GmbH, Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern and Bosch-Rexroth. Following his pre-IPO supervisory board memberships, he was reappointed to NFON's supervisory board in December 2019 and has since been its deputy chairman.

He has completed a part-time degree in business administration.

Rainer Koppitz (nationality: German, *1968) can look back on many years of international experience in industry as well as in the IT and telecommunications sectors, during which he was CEO at NFON and B2X Care Solutions as well as CEO Germany & Austria of BT Germany (British Telecom), among others. In 2019, Rainer Koppitz joined KATEK SE as CEO and successfully took the company public in May 2021. Prior to that, he held CEO positions at Siemens, Dell as well as Atos. Rainer Koppitz was CEO of NFON AG from 1 September 2012 to January 2015. Since February 2015, Rainer Koppitz has been a member of the Supervisory Board of NFON AG, with a short interruption, and since May 2021 he has also been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the listed CENIT AG.

Dr. Rupert Doehner (nationality: German, *1971) studied law with additional training in economics at the universities of Bayreuth, Germany and Lausanne, Switzerland. After his second state examination, he worked as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Emmerich in Bayreuth, where he also obtained his doctorate. He then began working as a lawyer at CMS Hasche Sigle. Dr Doehner then worked as in-house counsel for a real estate project developer. Since 2015, he has worked as a lawyer in his own firm and advises, among others, capital market-oriented, medium-sized companies on corporate and capital market law. In 2018, Dr Doehner was appointed as a member of the supervisory board of NFON AG.

In 2014, Florian Schuhbauer (nationality: German, *1975) founded Active Ownership Capital S.à r.l., for which he is still Managing Director today. Previously, he was a partner at Triton Partners and General Capital Group, among others. In December 2019, Florian Schuhbauer was appointed to the Supervisory Board of NFON. Florian Schuhbauer holds a degree in Finance and Business Administration from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.