zooplus SE Management Board

Dr Cornelius Patt, CEO
Executive responsibility: Overall Business & System Development, IT, Sales as well as HR.
Dr. Cornelius Patt, Master rer. soc. Oec, is founder and Chairman of the Management Board of zooplus SE. His studies in business administration at Vienna University of Economics (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) were followed by a doctorate in the Department of Marketing in Vienna and New York.
From 1995 to 1999 Dr. Patt worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The start of his career as consultant of Roland Berger at the branch office in Düsseldorf was followed by the supervision of consultancy projects in Munich; thematic focus were reorganizations as well as sales- and marketing projects.
Dr. Cornelius Patt is Member of the Management Board since 1999 and Chairman of the Management Board/CEO since 2006.

Andreas Maueröder, CFO
Finance, Controlling, Legal, Internal Audit and Investor Relations and Vendor Management
Mr. Maueröder studied business administration at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In addition to his many years of experience in the field of audit and consulting at PwC, Mr. Maueröder headed the internal audit of an international hotel chain before joining zooplus in 2010 as Director Finance. As of 2020, he is a member of the Management Board of zooplus SE.

Dr Mischa Ritter, COO
Logistics, Own Brands, Accessories, Customer Care
Dr Mischa Ritter studied business administration and business informatics at the European Business School (EBS) and subsequently received a doctorate in capital markets/risk management.
After holding positions in corporate banking at HSBC from 2004 to 2008, Dr Ritter worked for Roland Berger & Partner Strategy Consultants in Munich from 2008 to 2012 in the areas of corporate development and restructuring.
Dr Ritter has been with the company since 2012; originally as Chief Development Officer. He has been Head of Logistics and Operations since 2015, and the areas of Own Brands, Accessories and Customer Care have been added to this responsibility in 2020. He has been a member of the zooplus SE Management Board since 2018.
zooplus SE Supervisory Board
Stefan Goetz
Role(s) in the Supervisory Board:
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Personnel Committee
Member since: 2021
Johannes Reichel
Role(s) in the Supervisory Board:
- Deputy-Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Member since: 2022
Adrien Motte
Role(s) in the Supervisory Board:
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member since: 2021
Astor Hermans
Role(s) in the Supervisory Board:
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Audit Committee
Member since: 2021
Ali Farahani
Role(s) in the Supervisory Board:
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Member since: 2022