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Dr. Veronika
von Heise-Rotenburg
CFO & Managing Director @Everphone
Angel Investor – Board Member – Speaker
Professional Career
Everphone GmbH
Location:
Berlin/München
Date:
05/2022 – today
Position:
CFO & Managing Director of several group entities
Responsible for:
Finance, Data, Legal, Risk/Compliance/ESG, People & Culture; Establishment of the Munich branch
Cazoo/Cluno GmbH
Location:
Munich/Paris/London
Date:
2018-2022
Position:
Cluno GmbH: CFO and later Managing Director
Cazoo-Gruppe: EU Finance Director & Managing Director
Responsible for:
Accounting, Controlling, Refinancing & Financial Technology, Solvency, Legal
Autobank AG
Location:
Wien/Oberhaching
Date:
2014-2018
Position:
Head of the German branch of Autobank AG & Authorized Signatory
Responsible for:
Retail (car leasing, car financing B2B and B2C), wholesale (car dealerships), deposits
Traxall Germany / HLA Fleet Services GmbH
Location:
Oberhaching
Date:
2014-2018
Position:
Commercial Director & Authorized Signatory
Responsible for:
Finance & Accounting, Controlling, Human Resources & Organization, Legal, Risk Management
Hannover Leasing Automotive GmbH
Location:
Pullach
Date:
2009-2015
Position:
Head of Risk Management & Authorized Signatory
Responsible for:
MaRisk, money laundering and fraud prevention; credit management, process management, strategic back office projects, including management of the spin-off of HLA Fleet Services from Hannover Leasing Automotive and sale to AutoBank AG
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Location:
München
Date:
2008-2009
Position:
Associate in the banking/financial services sector
Responsible for:
Focus on risk and liquidity management, merger and post-merger
Initial and Continuing Education
Training
2007-2008
Universität Augsburg
2005-2006
University of Dayton
2002-2006
Universität Augsburg
Continuing Education
since 2012
Various management seminars and coaching sessions on leadership
2019
2016
2009-2018
Supervisory and Advisory Board
since 04-2025
Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of BAWAG AG
since 04-2024
Chair of the Advisory Board of Golfstrom Energy GmbH
since 05-2022
Supervisory Board Member/Deputy Chairwoman of Project Immobilien
2009-2022
Member and (since 2016) Chairwoman of the impartiality committee of AirCert GmbH
Press Selection
2024-10
2024-01
2023-10
2022-09
2022-05
2021-05
Gründerszene zu female CFOs (DE)
Selection of Publications
2024-03
„Finance-ERP-Implementierung“ in ReThinking Finance
2023-05
2022-12
„First 100 Days as a CFO„, and Lectures (Video)
2022-10
„Digital Finance: Erfolgsfaktor für Startups“ in: ReThinking Finance
2022-09
2021-02
Selection of Speaker Slots
2023, 2025
2022-2024
seit 2010
Lecturer for various seminar providers (including Management Circle, Forum Institute) and at universities
Keynotes
Including topics such as digitalization and AI in finance, agile leadership, and female leadership.
Since 2022, I have been writing on LinkedIn about #digitalfinance, #startups #femaleleadership and have built a community with over 20k followers and a Top Voice status.
And what else?
Animals, nature and sustainability
Natural garden, 2 cats, 10 chickens, 60,000 bees; organization of private clothing swap events and vegan diet
Since 2016: Mentor
for scholarship holders of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Bayerischen Elite-Akademie as well as at MentorMe
Since 2015: Marathon / Ultramarathon; Mountain hiking
u.a. 2-Oceans Ultramarathon, KiniTrail, Berlin Marathon, Streakrunner since 2015
2006-2018: Argentine tango
Teaching, DJ, festival organization, article series and reviews for several tango media