New CTO strengthens creditshelf management team

Frankfurt (ots) - creditshelf AG, a pioneer in digital SME
financing in Germany, has announced the appointment of Dr Gregor
Heinrich as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective from 15
January. creditshelf therefore continues to expand and enhance its
management team, in line with its stated plans. In his new role, Dr
Heinrich will be responsible for IT and data analytics. He will
report directly to creditshelf CEO Dr Tim Thabe, but will not himself
be a member of the Management Board.

Dr Gregor Heinrich has more than 10 years' experience as a CTO,
most recently at Stonebranch, a mid-size provider of products and
services for the automation of IT processes, focusing on the
financial services industry. His responsibilities at Stonebranch
encompassed product development and software architecture, with the
long-term vision of self-learning and self-healing IT automation
solutions. His previous career path included work for
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and his doctoral thesis was on machine
learning.

The interim CTO, Nico Bleh, has played a key role in establishing
the IT team and software infrastructure at creditshelf. In his post
as Head of IT, Bleh will report to Dr Heinrich and collaborate
closely with him.

creditshelf CEO Dr Tim Thabe expressed his deep satisfaction with
the appointment: "Dr Heinrich is a seasoned specialist with valuable
expertise in machine learning and extensive experience of managing IT
projects and development teams. As such, he is the ideal addition to
our second tier of executive management and will enhance our ability
to progress further along our growth journey."

As Dr Gregor Heinrich states, "As the first-ever fintech company
to be listed on Germany's Prime Standard index, and boasting a
portfolio of pioneering digital solutions for SME financing,
creditshelf is a highly exciting business. I am especially looking
forward to working with my team - who have already succeeded in
developing a fantastic technology platform. We will now pull together
to take it to the next level. Our priority is to make it even easier
for clients and partners to use. In this context, innovations in
analytics and automation will have an important part to play."

About creditshelf - www.creditshelf.com

creditshelf is a pioneer in the field of digital SME financing in
Germany that arranges loans via its easy-to-use online platform
www.creditshelf.com. creditshelf, which was founded in 2014 and is
based in Frankfurt/Main, sees itself as a market and technology
leader in the fast-growing business of digital SME financing in
Germany. As a provider of SME financing, creditshelf has developed
its platform to meet the financing needs of German SME borrowers
through loans from investors interested in this asset class. In this
process, creditshelf offers to arrange corporate loans and thus
enables small and medium-sized companies to access highly attractive
financing alternatives. At the same time, creditshelf offers
professional investors looking for attractive investment
opportunities access to SME financing. The core competencies of
creditshelf include the selection of suitable credit projects,
analysis of the creditworthiness of potential borrowers,the provision
of credit scoring and risk-adequate pricing. creditshelf receives
fees for its services from both SME borrowers and investors. Daily
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Contact:
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creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft
Birgit Hass
Head of Marketing and Communication
Mainzer Landstraße 33a
60329 Frankfurt
Tel.: +49 (69) 348 77 24-13
birgit.hass@creditshelf.com
www.creditshelf.com

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