Volker Hirsch
Angestellt, Chief Commercial Officer, Medicines Discovery Catapult
Macclesfield, Vereinigtes Königreich
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Volker Hirsch
Bis heute 1 Jahr und 8 Monate, seit Sep. 2022
Chief Commercial Officer
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Bis heute 5 Jahre und 8 Monate, seit Sep. 2018
Partner, now Venture Partner
Amadeus Capital
Bis heute 10 Jahre und 11 Monate, seit Juni 2013
Angel Investor
Various
Bis heute 14 Jahre und 9 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
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