Mag. Stefan Ciupek (CEO)

Stefan has a master degree from the Vienna University in economics, and management certificate from HPU – Hawaiian Pacific University in Honolulu. Stefan’s key qualification covers international management expertise for industrial und energy companies in Central European Countries, structuring and support by professional financial due diligence as well as project development, finance and loan draft appraisal. Core projects executed by Stefan:

  • Investment projects – collaboration with numerous national and multinational Private Equity and Venture Capital Companies.
  • Development projects - support in the negotiation process, structuring and support in raising the necessary transaction capital (in Czech, Polish, Slovak and Central Asian countries)
  • Acquisition projects - equity and debt investment consultant activities in cooperation with Austrian Guarantee Company aws (Small Hydro Power and Wind Power Plants);
  • Strategic investment advisory - relating directly to investment projects in CEE Region (developing of infrastructure, sell and lease back and PPP projects).

Ing. Thomas Kernstock (Head of Technology)

Thomas has completed an education at a college for mechanical & industrial engineering in Vienna. He is working as Softwaredeveloper, Softwarearchitect and Projectmanager since 1985 and since 2003 independently as IT-Consultant. With over 30 years experience in the IT industry, he has extensive expertise in

  • software engineering
  • requirements analysis and -management
  • project management
  • translation to/from tech-talk
  • server infrastructures
  • operating systems

Ing. Jan Kelo (Strategy / Coordinator Slovakia)

Jan has a master degree from the University of Economics in Bratislava. He has many years of experience in the field of finance, he has worked at the Ministry of Finance and in the Banking sector. He has been preparing and managing projects and he is an Expert in municipal finance for Slovakia and the CEE Region. His main experiences and activities are in these areas:

  • Investment and project financing
  • Project development and management
  • Strategic advisory and municipal financing