{"id":8578,"date":"2025-09-26T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/team\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:27:27","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Decades of experience in both senior management and client relations at banks and financial service providers, with an extensive network in banking, asset management, and the real estate industry.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Ralf Kauther | CEO<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Ralf<\/b> is a shareholder and CEO. He has known both sides of the credit and issuance market for over 15 years: as CFO of BHW Bausparkasse, Head of M&A and CRO of Postbank, and as CFO of the vwd Group. At vwd, he also gained experience with highly scalable IT solutions for the financial sector. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Michael M\u00fcller | COO<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Michael<\/b> is COO and has been with credX since November 2016. Prior to that, he worked for over 15 years as a financial planner for high-net-worth private clients, gaining extensive experience with digital advisory and loan brokerage platforms such as prohyp and EUROPACE. At credX, he is responsible for Organization & Operations. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Prof. Dr. Lutz Johanning | Senior Advisor<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Lutz<\/strong> is a founder and is responsible for strategic business development, data analysis, and the acquisition of alternative capital providers at credX. He is a proven regulatory and capital market expert in theory and practice: Professor at WHU \u2013 Otto Beisheim School of Management, Eurex Exchange Council member, advisor to the EU Commission for PRIIPs and MiFID, founder and supervisory board member of various FinTechs and RegTechs. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Daniel B\u00f6hm | Senior Manager Organization<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Daniel<\/strong> has been working in the back office at credX since July 2018. After completing degrees in Business Law and Business Administration, he worked for four years at PwC in Regulatory Management, where he was involved in auditing and advising banks and regulated financial service providers. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Paul Zelder | Head of Origination<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Paul<\/strong> has been with credX since July 2021. As Head of Origination, he is responsible for sales and the associated internal and external processes. The business lawyer worked for a leading commercial real estate financier in the back office and as a relationship manager since early 2018. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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aisio.ai | Virtual AI Assistant<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

aisio.ai<\/a> has been with credX since January 2025. The virtual AI assistant was developed by credX together with deepset and Fakir IT and is based on modern Foundation Models and RAG technology (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). It supports the team through partially automated analyses of Commercial Real Estate data rooms, thus contributing to more efficient processes and a higher quality of results.<\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Till Hartenstein | Senior Advisor<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Till is a Senior Advisor. With 25 years of experience in investment banking in leading sales and client relations positions at Commerzbank and his own company, he brings cross-asset investment expertise with a strong focus on private assets. Till has access to top decision-makers at insurance companies, pension funds, and other institutional investors. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Daniel von Heyl | Senior Advisor<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Daniel<\/strong> is a shareholder and Senior Advisor. With almost 30 years in global banking and corporate finance in leading positions at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and BNP Paribas, both domestically and internationally, he contributes his banking expertise and contacts to top decision-makers at banks and large corporations. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Andreas Kronabitleitner | Senior Advisor<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Andreas<\/strong> is a shareholder and Senior Advisor. He contributes his experience and contacts to decision-makers from nearly 20 years in leading management functions at Austrian banks and a decade spent primarily in Germany as a strategy consultant for banks. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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valantic FSA<\/strong>, credX’s IT partner.
Recognized as one of the “Most Influential FinTech Firms 2022” (Harrington Starr), valantic FSA is a leader in digital enablement for the financial services industry and banking sector.
valantic FSA combines a deep understanding of capital market workflows with next-generation technologies, thereby setting standards in the digitalization and automation of the financial industry. Proven and high-performance platforms increase the automation level of trading, workflow, and payment processes by reducing manual effort by up to 95%. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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deepset, RAG Backend<\/strong><\/p>

Core technology for our RAG backend. Coordinator and main developer of Haystack, the modular open-source framework for production-ready RAG pipelines. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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fakir Technology Consultants<\/strong><\/p>

Develop our frontend, which is seamlessly connected to the NLP services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Supervisory Board<\/h2>

Experience from numerous entrepreneurial activities and supervisory board mandates at innovative financial service providers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Philipp Henrich | Chairman<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Philipp<\/strong> is a founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is CEO of XTP. Over the past 15 years, he has founded, built, and successfully sold several FinTechs \/ RegTechs. From these ventures, he understands the requirements of institutional investors and how to solve them technologically. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Wolfram Klingler | Supervisory Board Member<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Wolfram<\/strong> is a founder and Supervisory Board member. He has a worldwide network of institutional investors. He has also contributed his experience from leading positions in Private Equity (Altira\/Clearsight), hedge funds (GAM), and as a board member of XTP to other start-ups. <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Prof. Dr. Ralf Elsas | Supervisory Board Member<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Ralf<\/strong> has been a Supervisory Board member of credX AG since August 2021. He is a professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen and a proven capital market expert, particularly in the areas of banking, lending, corporate finance, rating, and quantitative methods. Furthermore, he is a member of various supervisory and advisory boards, as well as a publicly appointed and sworn expert for \"Securities, Derivatives, and Stock Exchange Affairs\" (IHK Munich\/Upper Bavaria). <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team Decades of experience in both senior management and client relations at banks and financial service providers, with an extensive network in banking, asset management, and the real estate industry. Dr. Ralf Kauther | CEO Ralf is a shareholder and CEO. He has known both sides of the credit and issuance market for over 15 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8578"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9042,"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8578\/revisions\/9042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/credxmarkets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}