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OSTHAVEN
This is OSTHAVEN
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.
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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.
Like:
Grilled fish and sunshine
Dislike:
Injustice
Guilty pleasure:
Drive fast around bends
Favorite place:
Algarve, Portugal
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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.
Like:
Third-wave coffee from a portafilter machine
Dislike:
Operational disruptions
Guilty pleasure:
New kitchen appliances
Favourite place:
Sydney – with a Flat White
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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.
Like:
Carnival
Dislike:
Grey winter weather
Guilty pleasure:
Macallan & Julietta
My teams:
Barça & BVB
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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.
Like:
Making music and cycling
Dislike:
Glorification of Apple products
Season:
Winter (gifts and hopefully snow)
Favorite food:
Anything but fast food
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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.
Like:
Christmas parties in September
Dislike:
Apple’s Weather app
Guilty pleasure:
Gold Rush in Alaska (DMAX)
My team:
VfB Stuttgart
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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.
Like:
Disvocer Cafés
Dislike:
Bureaucratic effort
Favorite sport:
Snorkeling
Favorite place:
Tenerife
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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.
Like:
In-person meetings
Dislike:
WhatsApp voice messages
Favorite sport:
Running
My team:
SC Preußen Münster
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