Jan Kemper
Board Member @refurbed
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WORK HISTORY
Board Member @refurbed
Vienna, AT
Board Member of a fast-scaling circular economy platform.Advising on growth strategy, funding, operational scaling, governance and path to sustainable profitability, with particular focus on organizational design and execution discipline during high-growth phases.
EDUCATION
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Diplom Kaufmann, Finance, Accounting, Production Management
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Exchange Semester, Business Administration
KEDGE Business School
MBA / 3ème cycle de Management des Affaires et du Commerce International, International Business
RWTH Aachen University
PhD, Economics
SKILLS
ABOUT JAN KEMPER
I work at the intersection of strategy, governance, capital allocation and execution - helping companies navigate critical inflection points and turn complexity into sustainable value.Over the past 15+ years, I have operated in senior leadership roles across public companies, VC-backed scale-ups and family-owned businesses. As CFO and COO at companies such as Zalando, ProSiebenSat.1 and N26, I led organizations through hypergrowth, restructurings, regulatory pressure, M&A and liquidity events.Today, my focus is on roles with real ownership and governance responsibility. I serve as Chairman and Board Member to fast-growing digital businesses, act as Operating Partner and transformation lead for investors and family shareholders, and selectively engage as Principal in M&A and special situations.My work typically spans post-founder transitions, growth-to-profitability shifts, portfolio transformations and capital structure decisions - combining hands-on operational leadership with board-level perspective and capital markets experience.Alongside my operating and board roles, I teach and research at RWTH Aachen University, linking academic rigor with practical enterprise design.I selectively engage with companies and investors where long-term value creation requires clarity of strategy, strong governance and disciplined execution - as Chairman, CEO or Board Member.
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