Christian Heitmeyer, Brands4friends

Christian Heitmeyer is founder and CEO of Brands4friends, Germany's biggest shopping-club, since July 2007. He successfully finished his "Bankdiplom" at the Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt and at the "Bankakademie Frankfurt School of Finance & Management".

Heitmeyer started his career as a managing director and CEO of the Goldkrone-Gruppe, where he was responsible for the business development and strategy. He contributed significantly to the turnaround, internationalization and acquisition of the competitor Le Combi B.A. Afterwards he became vice-president and COO of the Delsey Group, Paris. Here he was in charge of worldwide marketing, sales, product development, sourcing, logistics and branding.