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Our team of payment experts

The OSTHAVEN team combines deep expertise of the payment sector with many years of experience. Through our strong network, we have first-hand insight into the market, emerging trends, and key decision-makers.

  • Dirk Brunke

    Managing Partner

    Dirk Brunke

    Dirk is characterized by his many years of experience in the European payment sector combined with a technical background. In addition to strategy, he also provides operational support – whether interim management, M&A due diligence or the implementation of large transformation and migration projects – and helps companies not only to understand payment, but also to build it profitably and sustainably.

    Dislike:

    Injustice

    Guilty pleasure:

    Drive fast around bends

    Favorite place:

    Algarve, Portugal

  • Tim Danker

    Manager

    Tim Danker

    With his blend of business informatics expertise, many years of consulting experience, and the composure of a father of two, Tim brings to complex payment projects the kind of calm and structure usually reserved for parents.

    Dislike:

    Operational disruptions

    Guilty pleasure:

    New kitchen appliances

    Favourite place:

    Sydney – with a Flat White

  • Félix Manzano Vela

    Managing Partner

    Juan Félix Manzano Vela

    Juan Félix belongs to the “Generation Golf” cohort and is proud to have witnessed the full journey – from velvet-covered rotary phones to the smartphone era. With more than 20 years of experience in the payment sector, he leads strategic and functional projects across the entire payments value chain.

    Dislike:

    Grey winter weather

    Guilty pleasure:

    Macallan & Julietta

    My teams:

    Barça & BVB

  • Ralf Hesse

    Manager

    Ralf Hesse

    A combination of many years of experience in transformation projects – driven by regulatory or system-related requirements – and in-depth expertise in international payment processing makes Ralf ideally suited to lead complex projects in the payment sector.

    Dislike:

    Glorification of Apple products

    Season:

    Winter (gifts and hopefully snow)

    Favorite food:

    Anything but fast food

  • Til Steng

    Senior Consultant

    Til Steng

    With his digitalization background and many years of experience working with acquirers, Til is the right point of contact for technically demanding projects in the payment industry.

    Dislike:

    Apple’s Weather app

    Guilty pleasure:

    Gold Rush in Alaska (DMAX)

    My team:

    VfB Stuttgart

  • Teo Borkel

    Senior Consultant

    Teo Borkel

    With many years of experience as a product and project manager and an international background, Teo is able to drive complex and diverse payments projects and product initiatives – from onboarding processes to automation.

    Dislike:

    Bureaucratic effort

    Favorite sport:

    Snorkeling

    Favorite place:

    Tenerife

  • Simon Lammerding

    Senior Consultant

    Simon Lammerding

    Through his many years of experience in the retail sector – particularly in e-commerce—he has gained extensive hands-on expertise in the payment sector, making him an ideal partner for payment projects such as tenders or the development of an omnichannel payment strategy.

    Dislike:

    WhatsApp voice messages

    Favorite sport:

    Running

    My team:

    SC Preußen Münster

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