CV Prof. Dr. Thomas Kretschmar

Born in 1963, Thomas Kretschmar graduated from the University of Göttingen in 1987 after completing studies in business administration. From 1986, even before he left university, until 1995, he pursued a career as a freelance business consultant focusing on information technology and management consulting. In 1995, he became a director of Droege & Comp. GmbH, international management consultants based in Düsseldorf, where he was responsible for property finance companies and remained in this post until 1998. From 1998 to 2001, he was the head of Institut für Dienstleistungsmanagement GmbH (now Hypoport Systems GmbH), Berlin, his main responsibility being strategic consultancy for banks. He established the current company, Hypoport AG, in 1999. At the same time, from 1997 to 2005, he held a post as full professor at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences focusing on banking information technology. Thomas Kretschmar has been a member of the Management Board of Hypoport AG since April 2002, and Co-CEO since 2007. He also became a member of the Group Executive Committee of Hypoport AG when this body was set up in 2006.