Dr. Björn Söder (chairman of the Supervisory Board) was born in Hamburg in 1972. Dr. Björn Söder started his studies at the Distance Learning University of Hagen while working at merchant bank M.M.Warburg & Co. in Hamburg from 1991 to 1993. He graduated in economics from the University of Würzburg in 1996, where he subsequently received a PhD in economics. He worked for McKinsey & Company from 1998 to 2000. Prior to member of SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE’s Supervisory Board, he founded several companies in the online field. Furthermore, he founded his own consulting company Parklane Capital Beteiligungsberatung GmbH, as well as his own investment company, Parklane Capital Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, in 2004. Dr. Björn Söder serves as managing director for both companies. He has been serving as chairman of the Supervisory Board since spring 2021.
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