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Dr. Roland Folz is Chief Executive Officer of solarisBank AG (since February 2017). Folz has over 25 years of experience in the banking and financial services sector, with additional senior management expertise in the mobility and telecoms industries. He joined solarisBank from Deutsche Bank, where he spent almost eight years in various regional and global CFO responsibilities. Prior to Deutsche Bank he held executive roles within the T-Com/T-Home division for Deutsche Telekom AG and was CEO of DaimlerChrysler Bank AG. As Co-CEO of Direkt Anlage Bank AG, Folz expanded Germanys first discount broker into 6 European countries, eventually taking the company public in 1999.

Jörg Diewald is Chief Commercial Officer of solarisBank (since September 2018.) With over 25 years of experience in banking, Diewald is an expert in the development and expansion of commercial organizations in the banking as well as fintech sector. Prior to joining solarisBank, he was CCO of Targo Commercial Finance AG and, among other things, was active on the advisory board of the Berlin fintech company Billie. Mr. Diewald began his career with Commerzbank and thereafter occupied a variety of executive positions, among others at Dresdner Bank and Landesbank Sachsen. Since 2007, he was board member and CCO for Germany and Benelux at GE Capital Bank AG, which belongs to the General Electric Group. In addition to his commercial responsibility, his further point of focus was on the development of fintech cooperation projects in Germany as well as national and international joint ventures. As a member of the board, Mr. Diewald was also responsible for further developing the product landscape as well as for Tech and Operations. In addition to his commercial expertise, he therefore also brings a high level of tech affinity to solarisBank.

Andreas Bittner is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of solarisBank AG. Before building solarisBank from the ground up, Bittner held Managing Director positions at Avaloq and Elaxy, two leading software providers for banking applications. Prior to this, he was the COO and Managing Director of Fondsdepot Bank GmBH. Andreas Bittner has over 20 years of experience within banking technology & operations, including board level managing positions in banks, software & BPO companies.

Thomas Rasser is Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board of solarisBank (since August 2019). He has extensive experience in merchant banking, credit portfolio management and steering financial organisations. He has held various management positions at NIBC Bank in the Netherlands for 20 years, most recently as CEO of the German division. In addition, the Dutchman held the position of member of the finleap Advisory Board as well as the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BEEQUIP Equipment Finance. At solarisBank he is responsible for the financial and risk organisation, regulatory topics and credit portfolio management.

Dr. Jörg Howein is Chief Product Officer and General Manager at solarisBank AG (since May 2017). In this position, he manages all product teams of the company and oversees product development as well as new product initiatives. Prior to taking on the position of CPO, Jörg was VP of Projects & Growth of solarisBank. He gained his expertise as a financial strategy consultant at zeb consulting, one of Europe’s leading financial services consultancies. After his tenure at zeb, Jörg joined KI finance Cologne, a consulting boutique with the focus on digital banking. Jörg studied Banking and Finance at the University of Münster and holds a PhD in economics from Schumpeter School of Business at the University of Wuppertal.

Hima Mandali is Chief Technology Officer of solarisBank (since July 2019). As a proven infrastructure expert, he possesses many years of experience in the scaling of technologies and the establishment of efficient technology organisations in regulated environments. He gained more than ten years of experience at the leading US bank Capital One, most recently as Director of Software Engineering. In this role, he was responsible for the development and implementation of mature tech architectures and engineering products based on multi-cloud technologies and was instrumental in transforming Capital One into an innovation leader in transactional business. Previously, Hima worked for one of the largest financial services and non-profit organizations, the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), and Nokia, where he held various engineering positions. At solarisBank, Hima’s responsibilities include leading the tech organization, technology architecture and large technology projects.