Remco Westermann (1963)
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board since 2018
Education/background: Remco Westermann (Dutch national) has been the chief executive officer of gamigo since November 2012 and the chairman of the Company's Board of Directors since May 2018. Remco holds a master's degree in business economics and has over 25 years of professional experience, over 15 years of which he has worked in the mobile and online entertainment industry. In the course of his career, he founded the listed company Bob Mobile AG (later Cliqdigital AG). He also helped build the mobile media company Sonera Zed and managed its German subsidiary for several years as chief executive officer. Previously, Remco was a manager at leading companies such as Balance Point and a consultant at Rost & Co. In the dynamic, highly competitive and fast growing games market, Remco has built up a leading and fast-growing online games company through a successful M&A strategy following the acquisition and repositioning of gamigo. In 2018, Remco acquired a majority stake in the Company and aligned its business model to "buy, integrate, build and improve" in the gaming and media sectors.
Current positions: Managing Director of Jarimovas GmbH, Bodhivas GmbH, Bodhisattva GmbH, and Garusadana GmbH. In Sarasvati KG, Remco Westermann is a shareholder with the right to represent the company solely.
Prior positions (past five years): None.
Holdings in the Company: Remco Westermann holds indirectly 41,682,227 shares in the company via its holding companies Bodhivas GmbH and Sarasvati KG. On May 9, 2018, the Company granted Bodhivas GmbH the option to acquire 20,000,000 shares of the company for a purchase price of 1.20 EUR per share. The option was extended on April 15, 2020 but waived in its entirety by Bodhivas GmbH on September 28, 2020.
Dependent in relation to the company, company management and major shareholders.
Tobias M. Weitzel (1973)
Non-executive director and deputy chairman of the board (Board member since 2018)
Education/background: Tobias M. Weitzel (German national) has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since May 2018. He is an investor (equity and debt), member of the board and founder of CREDION AG, a private debt provider and special alternative investment fund (since 2017); chief executive officer and sole shareholder of BSK Becker+Schreiner Kommunikation GmbH ("BSK"), a communications advisor specialized in investor relations, corporate communications and change communications. Since 2012 he has been a member of the board of Financial Experts Association e.V., one of the leading organizations for corporate governance and independent financial experts in supervisory boards in Germany. He holds a diploma of the Cologne Journalism School for Politics and Economics. In his career as a journalist he has worked for daily newspapers, magazines, radio stations and in media and public relations for various international corporates. He has been active as a specialist for complex transformation situations at BSK since its founding in 1998. As chief executive officer, Tobias M. Weitzel has headed BSK since 1999 and, since 2011, has been the sole partner of BSK, which advises national and international clients on public and investor relations. With CREDION AG he provides private debt solutions for German small and medium-sized enterprises – e.g., to foster growth-programmes, succession, M&A, turnaround and discharging debt since 2017.
Current positions: Member of the executive board of CREDION AG, CREDION Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft, CREDION Komplementärgesellschaft and AfricaConnect GmbH. CEO of BSK GmbH.
Holdings in the Company: Tobias M. Weitzel holds 524,728 shares in the company, of which 333,000 shares are under a lock-up until March 2022. Furthermore Tobias M. Weitzel holds 500,000 phantom stock in the Company.
Independent in relation to the company, company management and major shareholders.
Elizabeth Para (1972)
Non-executive director and board member since 2020
Education/background: Elizabeth Para (British and Canadian national) joined the Board of Directors of the Company in January 2020. Her career in financial markets began in 1997. She has a strong technical background spanning public and private fixed income and equity markets and has worked on both the investment and client facing sides of the investment management industry. Elizabeth has a master's degree in economics and holds the title Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Current positions: None.
Holdings in the Company: Elizabeth Para holds 800,524 shares in the company of which 344,088 shares are under a lock-up until March 2022. Furthermore Elizabeth Para holds 500,000 phantom stock in the Company.
Antonius Fromme (1974)
Education/background: Antonius Fromme (German national) is a graduate business engineer from University of Karlsruhe and has been employeed with freenet Group since 2009.
Current positions: He has been Chief Customer Experience Officer at freenet AG since June 1, 2018. In his role as a member of the freenet Management Board, he gained extensive experience in the areas of mobile communications, online and offline marketing activities, and digitization.
Prior positions (past five years): VP Customer Management & Digital Sales, Managing Director klarmobil GmbH, Managing Director Vitrado GmbH, Board member dtms GmbH.
Holdings in the Company: None.