Dr. Thomas Lützenrath COO SCB AG studied economics at the universities of Wuppertal, Stanford and Harvard. He was a member of the management board of the management consultancy Kienbaum and responsible for TMT, Telco, Media & Technology. Among other things, he founded high-tech companies to counteract the structural change in the Ruhr region. Subsequently Senior Executive Vice President "Group Organisation" and Group CIO of Deutsche Telekom AG, one of the largest technology groups in Europe. As Executive Vice President "Group Strategy" of Thomas Cook AG, he was responsible for the realignment of the group - in preparation for the IPO. He was also a partner at the auditing firm Ernst & Young and CEO and CRO of various technology companies, such as the AMK Group and the Bartec Group.