Leadership & Governance

Our global companies and investment network is headed by our Berlin-based Management Board and also our Supervisory Board. Read on for additional information.

Management



Oliver Samwer Chief Executive Officer
Bachelor’s degree, WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar. Began Career as Trainee at Sal. Oppenheim. 1999, co-founded Alando in Germany and sold the company to eBay; then became Managing Director eBay Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 2000, co–founded Jamba and sold to VeriSign in 2004. Since 2006, numerous investments, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Zalando, Funding Circle, Lazada. 2007, co-founded Rocket Internet. 2014, became CEO and took the company public; Rocket Internet incubates online business models and invests in startups through its venture capital arm Global Founders Capital.



Dr. Arnd Lodowicks Chief Financial Officer
Arnd Lodowicks studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne and the University of British Columbia  in Vancouver. He worked as research assistant at the Department of Banking and Finance at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2007 he received a PhD in Finance. Prior to joining Rocket Internet in 2014 he worked at Ernst & Young for Transaction Advisory, Valuation & Business Modelling and Audit Services. In 2013 Arnd passed the exam for certified public accountants under German law.

Supervisory Board

Soheil Mirpour
Chairman

Founder and Managing Director Canopus GmbH

Gregor Janknecht
Deputy Chairman

Member of the Management Board Next Big Thing AG

Timo Klein
Founder and Managing Director

Corporate Governance

28 Aug 2023

Articles of Association of Rocket Internet SE in German (with English convenience translation)

01 Apr 2020

FY 2019 Corporate Governance Report

Corporate Governance Report 2019
EN | DE

20 Dec 2019

Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code

Declaration of Conformity
EN | DE

17 Apr 2019

FY 2018 Non-financial Report in German
(with English convenience translation)

including Independent Auditor's Limited Assurance Report

Non-financial Report 2018
EN | DE

17 Apr 2019

FY 2018 Corporate Governance Report
and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Report 2018
EN | DE

27 Jun 2018

Updated Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code

Declaration of Conformity
EN | DE

18 Apr 2018

FY 2017 Non-financial Report in German
(with English convenience translation)

including Independent Auditor's Limited Assurance Report

Non-financial Report 2017
EN | DE

18 Apr 2018

FY 2017 Corporate Governance Report and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Report 2017
EN | DE

25 Apr 2017

FY 2016 Corporate Governance Report and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code

Corporate Governance Report 2016
EN | DE