The Mentors

The partnership program involves a number of leading experts in startup development, technical areas, as well as supporting fields like marketing. The benefits of multiple mentors will help the participants to find new opportunities, improve their business models and create innovative customer solutions. The program participants will get to know our organizational environment and our business network.

The combination of personal instructions from different experts and a detailed knowledge about the banking sector will help startups to improve their business performance. To offer the participants of Elevator Lab the best possible environment, we are continuously expanding our network of mentors.

Thomas Arnoldner

A1 Telekom Austria Group

Further information

Position:
CEO A1 Telekom Austria Group

Expertise:

  • Leadership
  • Telecommunications
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Business Development & Innovation
  • M&A
  • Strategic Communication

Martin Bittner

Acccoi Partners

Further information

Position:
Managing Partner

Expertise:

    • Start Up Accelleration & Innovation Ecosystems
    • Deep Tech (Big Data, Analytics, AI, BC)
    • Global B2B Sales
    • Business Development for new Technologies
    • Expansion Financing (VC, PE)
    • Social Impact Start Up‘s
Andreas Brandstetter

Andreas Brandstetter

UNIQA Insurance Group

Further information

Position:
CEO UNIQA Insurance Group

Expertise:

  • Leadership
  • Insurance / InsurTech
  • CEE Markets
  • Bancassurance
  • Business Development
  • Brand Management
  • Strategy / M&A
Valerie Brunner

Marie - Valerie Brunner

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of Institutional Clients

Susanne Chishti

Susanne Chishti

FINTECH Circle

Further information

Position:
CEO & Founder of FINTECH Circle – leading global fintech community of 125,000 members

Expertise:

  • Fintech investments
  • WealthTECH
  • InsurTECH
  • RegTECH
Slavoljub Dordevic

Slavoljub Dordevic

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of International Small Business Banking

Expertise:

  • Retail & SME Banking

Jürgen Fenk

Signa Holding GmbH

Further information

Position:
Member of the Group Executive Board

Expertise:

    • Real Estate
    • Capital Markets
    • Capital Sourcing
    • Prop Tech
    • Debt Fund
    • Insurance Business

Christian Geberth

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of MIB Business Management & Institutional Client Experience

Andreas Gschwenter

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Chief Operating Officer

Expertise:

  • Change Management
Michael Höllerer

Michael Höllerer

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Chief Financial Officer

Lukasz Januszewski

Lukasz Januszewski

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Member of the Managing Board, Markets & Investment Banking

Jacek Jurczynski

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of Group Capital Markets Corporates & Retail Sales

Georg Kapsch

Kapsch Group

Further information

Position:
CEO

Stefan Klestil

Stefan Klestil

Speedinvest

Further information

Position:
Partner Speedinvest

Expertise:

  • Venture Capital Investment
  • Business Development
Harald Kreuzmair

Harald Kreuzmair

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:

Head of Group Funds & Securities Services

Expertise:

  • Securities Services
  • Fund Services
  • Fund Brokerage to Wholesale and Retail
  • Blockchain in Securities, Payments and Trade Finance
  • Market Infrastructure
Christoph Lehner

Christoph Lehner

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of Group Compliance

Expertise:

  • Anti-Money Laundering
  • Financial Sanctions Compliance
  • Anti-Bribery and Corruption
  • Fraud Prevenation
  • Capital Markets Compliance (MiFID, Market Abuse)
  • FATCA
  • CRS
  • QI
  • Payment Transaction Monitoring
  • Know Your Cusotmer (KYC) Process
Michal Liday

Michal Liday

Tatra banka

Further information

Position:
Chief Executive Officer

Expertise:

  • Biometrics
  • Instant card issuance
  • Mobile payment
  • Banking

Kristian Luoma

OP Financial Group

Further information

Position:
Head of OP Lab

Expertise:

  • Mobile Payments
  • Fintech
  • Wealthtech
  • Insurtech
  • Innovation
  • Startups
Sergei Monin

Sergei Monin

Raiffeisenbank Russia

Further information

Position:
Chief Executive Officer

Hannes Mösenbacher

Hannes Mösenbacher

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Chief Risk Officer

Expertise:

  • Big Data Analytics
  • RegTechs
  • Risk Management
Markus Stanek

Markus Stanek

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Head of Group Efficiency Management

Expertise:

  • Process Management
  • Process Automation
  • Operations
  • Insurance
  • Cards
  • ATMs
  • Purchase to Pay
Gregor Schütze

Gregor Schütze

Schütze Positioning & Public Performance

Further information

Position:
CEO

Expertise:

  • Positioning
  • Corporate PR
  • Expert Communication
  • Crisis Communication
Andrii Stepanenko

Andrii Stepanenko

Raiffeisen Bank International

Further information

Position:
Member of the Managing Board, Retail & Private Banking

Expertise:

  • Retail Banking
  • SME
  • Risk Management

Reinhard Wolf

RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG

Further information

Position:
CEO – Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG
Member of the Board – BayWa AG

Expertise:

  • Leadership
  • CEE markets
  • Business Development and Startups
  • Strategy / M&A
  • Energy
  • Agriculture