Enapter AG Supervisory Board
Ragnar Kruse
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Member since October 2020
Ragnar Kruse is CEO of the Venture Capital AI.FUND and CEO at AI.GROUP Global GmbH and AI for Hamburg GmbH and is a great advocate of Digital Transformation through Artificial Intelligence.
Ragnar Kruse founded his first IT company at the age of 17. In the 1990s, he founded DTP Partner, one of the largest desktop publishing distributors in Europe.
In 1996, he moved to Silicon Valley, USA, where he led Intershop Communications’ U.S. operations as VP of Sales & Marketing and helped the company execute what was, at the time, one of the largest IPOs in Europe.
Ragnar founded Smaato in 2005, and the company became one of the world’s leading mobile advertising firms with its real-time bidding advertising platform for smartphones.
Two years after selling the company to a Chinese marketing firm in June 2019, he left to focus exclusively on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Wetter
Member of the Supervisory Board since September 2022
Prof. Dr. Christof Wetter (born 1960; nationality: German) is a professor at the Department of Energy, Buildings, Environment at Münster University of Applied Sciences, focusing on environmental engineering, wastewater engineering, biomass utilization and recovery, especially in biogas plants and biofuels (biohydrogen, biomethane, bioethanol, biodiesel).
He studied civil engineering at RWTH Aachen University, where he received his doctorate in engineering in 1993. Prior to his appointment at Münster University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Wetter held various consulting and management positions in Germany and abroad. In addition to being a member of the supervisory board at Enapter AG, he is also a member of the supervisory board at 2G Energy AG.
Eva Katheder
Member of the Supervisory Board since June 2024
Eva Katheder studied Business Administration with a focus on Accounting and Controlling, Corporate Management, and International Management. She is the owner of EK – Business Development and Consulting Services, founded in 2010 and based in Bad Vilbel. Throughout her career in both publicly listed and privately held companies, she has taken on various leadership and organizational roles in finance, administration, and controlling, particularly in the sectors of trade, private equity/venture capital, investment companies/capital markets, and IoT/Smart Home. Additionally, she has extensive experience in consulting start-ups as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, including taking on advisory board, supervisory board, or executive board mandates, as well as interim management roles.
In addition to her role as a supervisory board member of Enapter AG, she is also a supervisory board member of H2 Core AG, among others.
Dr.-Ing. Jens Foerst
Candidate for the Supervisory Board
Dr.-Ing. Jens Foerst brings more than 20 years of international leadership experience in the areas of operations, product development, corporate strategy, and corporate management. After earning his degrees in electrical engineering and industrial engineering and completing his doctorate at RWTH Aachen University, he held top management positions in the mechanical engineering and automotive industries (including at MAN Truck & Bus AG and BMW AG)—most recently as a member of the CLAAS Group’s Executive Board. Today, he works as a strategy consultant, interim manager, business angel, and lecturer on corporate strategy.