Supervisory Board

The business graduate Peter Steiner has held a seat on the Supervisory Board of ZEAL since June 2013. He is a self-employed auditor and advises company owners, large corporations and financial investors. He was previously a partner of the investment company One Equity Partners LLC. He worked for MG Technologies AG as CFO. At Dyckerhoff AG,he was successively CFO, COO and finally CEO. Following his many years as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co., he was appointed CFO of Süba Bau AG. Peter Steiner studied business administration in Mannheim and Cologne.

The business graduate Oliver Jaster has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL since 2008. He has been a managing director of the Günther Group since 2004. He previously held various positions in the banking sector for several years. Oliver Jaster studied banking and business administration at the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft in Frankfurt and in Edinburgh.

Thorsten H. Hehl has held a seat on the Supervisory Board of ZEAL since June 2013. He is Managing Director of Günther Holding SE. Since 2008 he has been in charge of the gambling investments, among others. Prior to this, he worked for Bankhaus Metzler and HSH Nordbank in the field of corporate finance. After completing his vocational bank training, Thorsten H. Hehl studied business administration in Giessen and Atlanta (USA) as well as at Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL).

The law school graduate Jens Schumann is a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL since July 2011. He is one of the two founders of today’s ZEAL and was Managing Director and Executive Board member from 1999 till 2009. In March 2008 he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board. From December 1998 to the formation of ZEAL, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Mr. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam.

Kenneth Chan is the managing member of Working Capital Management. Prior to this, he worked in various investment funds.

Kenneth Chan graduated from Yale University.

Carole von Schmettow studied mathematics at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. After completing her studies, she began her career at HSBC Germany, where she worked for 29 years, including 17 years on the Management Board and six years as Spokeswoman of the Management Board.