Our Ambassadors

Stephan Goericke

Stephan Goericke is an entrepreneur, global networker and publicist - with a clear stance on the social responsibility of business. With over 20 years of international experience, he combines global perspectives with regional commitment. His roots in East Germany shape his ambition to actively shape change and drive forward critical debates.

Dr. Matthias Geurts

Dr. Matthias Geurts is a lawyer and partner at Schalast LAW TAX in Frankfurt am Main, where he works in the Banking & Finance and Tax practice groups. He specialises in the design of capital investment products, in particular investment funds, and advises providers and investors on tax, finance and supervisory law. Dr. Matthias Geurts is a lecturer at the University of Hamburg for the Master of International Taxation programme and at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and the accadis University of Applied Sciences. He has made a name for himself through numerous publications, including as editor of an income tax commentary (Frotscher/Geurts) and a foreign tax commentary (Fuhrmann/Geurts/Nientimp/Wilmanns), as an author in commentaries on the Capital Investment Act (KAGB), Income Tax Act (EStG), Corporation Tax Act (KStG), Investment Tax Act (InvStG) and in the Handbook of Tax-Optimised Corporate Finance.

Dr. Sree Ganesh Thottempudi

Dr. Sree Ganesh Thottempudi is a faculty member specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, possessing 15 years of teaching and research experience in international research and development organizations. His expertise lies in the development of natural language processing tools for under-resourced languages, as well as in applying digital humanities to ancient heritage and culture. He has worked on the development of South African sign-to-speech and speech-to-sign translation tools prior to undertaking his academic teaching and research career.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Thottempudi has held positions with notable organizations, including Red Hat Software Services and Microsoft (India) Corporation, as well as DAASI International GmbH, within the IT services sector. He has led four European Union projects and contributed to two South African government initiatives focused on digital infrastructure development, specifically with SADILAR. Furthermore, he has participated in research and development projects with Tesla, TeamViewer, and Bosch.

Dr. Thorsten Voß

Dr Thorsten Voß is a lawyer and partner at Schalast LAW TAX in Frankfurt am Main. He specialises in banking supervision, investment and securities trading law as well as digital law. He worked at the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin) before embarking on his legal career. In addition to other teaching assignments, he is a lecturer in the specialist lawyer training course for banking and capital market law (Dozent im Fachanwaltslehrgang für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht) and has numerous specialist publications to his name, including as editor of a trilogy of commentaries on capital markets law (on Securities Prospectus Law, the Securities Trading Act and the Sales Prospectus Act, all published by C.H. Beck) and as founding editor of the Journal for Digital Economy Law (Zeitschrift für das Recht der digitalin Wirtschaft, ZdiW), published by Wolters Kluwer Germany).