Volker Hirsch

Angestellt, Chief Commercial Officer, Medicines Discovery Catapult

Macclesfield, Vereinigtes Königreich

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Mobile content
mobile games
Distribution
development Regular speaker and panelist at top e
corporate
commercial
transactions
M&A
clients
mobile content
entertainment
gaming
media
mobile telecoms
Joint Ventures
Strategic partnerships
Rechtsanwalt
Arbitration
UK
law
Angel investor
VC
EdTech
AI
Cyber Security
Autonomous systems
medicines
Drug Discovery
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
Leadership
Entrepreneurship

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Volker Hirsch

  • Bis heute 1 Jahr und 7 Monate, seit Sep. 2022

    Chief Commercial Officer

    Medicines Discovery Catapult

  • Bis heute 5 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Sep. 2018

    Partner, now Venture Partner

    Amadeus Capital

  • Bis heute 10 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Juni 2013

    Angel Investor

    Various

  • Bis heute 14 Jahre und 8 Monate, seit Aug. 2009

    Co-Founder & Director

    Blue Beck Limited

    Blue Beck is a developer and publisher of games and apps across smart phone (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone) and digital online and handheld platforms.

  • 12 Jahre und 10 Monate, Nov. 2010 - Aug. 2023

    Governor

    The Fallibroome Academy

  • 7 Jahre und 4 Monate, Jan. 2015 - Apr. 2022

    Chairman & Investor

    Bibblio Learning (acquired by Ex.Co)

  • 3 Jahre und 5 Monate, Aug. 2015 - Dez. 2018

    Board Member & Investor

    Recurrence, Inc.

  • 5 Jahre und 1 Monat, Sep. 2013 - Sep. 2018

    Venture Partner

    Emerge Education

    Emerge is an accelerator born out of Oxford University's Said Business School focussing on education technology. As a Venture Partner, I work with start-ups in the cohort to make their companies better, faster, stronger. Emerge's partners include world-leading institutions, including the University of Oxford and Eton College.

  • 3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Sep. 2013 - Dez. 2016

    Chairman

    Cognisess

    Cognisess provides solutions helping talent recognition and nurturing, allowing schools as well as companies to identify, nurture and develop talent in the best way possible, using cognitive sciences and emotional intelligence.

  • 1 Jahr und 8 Monate, Feb. 2012 - Sep. 2013

    EMEA Board Member

    MEF - Mobile Ecosystem Forum

  • 2 Jahre und 4 Monate, Juni 2011 - Sep. 2013

    Director, Global Head of Business Development - Games

    BlackBerry / Research In Motion

    Headed the business development efforts for BlackBerry's games vertical globally. Helped deliver 20,000+ games at launch of BlackBerry 10 with many AAA-publishers present and on board (e.g. EA, Rovio, Disney, SEGA, Zeptolab, Halfbrick, etc.). Helped craft the ecosystem and development environment (e.g. through providing Unity support) to make it easy for developers to onboard and unleash the platform's power in games.

  • 1 Jahr und 8 Monate, Nov. 2009 - Juni 2011

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Scoreloop (sold to Research In Motion)

    Volker was retained as a Strategy Advisor and then brought fully on board as CSO. He is responsible for the company's corporate strategy and oversees worldwide business development. He also acts as the company's General Counsel.

  • 11 Monate, Aug. 2008 - Juni 2009

    Co-Founder, Board Member, EVP Corporate Development & General Counsel

    Connect 2 Media

    Connect 2 Media is a global publisher of games for mobile, iPhone and PC with offices in Manchester, Madrid, Krakow, Tel Aviv, Paris and Bangkok. Volker was key to the team that raised $9m from Acuity Capital as well as to the buy-out of the business of Hands-On Mobile EMEA, SE Asia & Latin America and the acquisitions of Connect 2 Play and Rayfusion (www.rayfusion.com). Volker was also responsible to bolster the licensing portfolio, signing 40+ titles and brands inside 6 months.

  • 3 Jahre und 9 Monate, Dez. 2004 - Aug. 2008

    Vice-President, Corporate & Legal Affairs

    Mforma / Hands-On Mobile

  • 2 Jahre, Aug. 2003 - Juli 2005

    Board Member

    German-Maltese Chamber of Commerce

  • 2 Jahre und 4 Monate, Apr. 2003 - Juli 2005

    Owner & MD

    Cervus Consulting Ltd

  • 2 Jahre und 5 Monate, Nov. 2000 - März 2003

    General Counsel & Head of iSmartMoney

    iWorld Group

  • 5 Jahre und 9 Monate, Feb. 1995 - Okt. 2000

    Rechtsanwalt

    Luther & Partner, Hamburg

    Retained as an under-grad associate ("freier Mitarbeiter"), then hired as attorney ("Rechtsanwalt") following my graduation.

  • 11 Monate, Feb. 1994 - Dez. 1994

    Undergraduate Associate

    Deringer Tessin Hermann & Sedemund (now: Freshfields)

Ausbildung von Volker Hirsch

  • 1 Monat, Mai 2003 - Mai 2003

    International Commercial Arbitration

    Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, März 1997 - Juli 1998

    European Integration & International Economic Relations

    Europa Kolleg Hamburg

    European law, audiovisual media, telecommunications

  • 2 Jahre, Okt. 1994 - Sep. 1996

    Law

    Universitaet Hamburg

    Corporate, European, Media

  • 3 Jahre und 7 Monate, Apr. 1991 - Okt. 1994

    Law

    Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen

    Corporate, European, Competition, Arbitration

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Muttersprache

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Französisch

    Grundlagen

Interessen

My family
golf
basketball
skiing
literature
music

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