The WeShyft Team
Dr. Colin Bien
Founder & CEO
Colin is passionate about sustainable business models, transformation processes and impact. He founded two social businesses and has been a consultant for CSR and sustainability. He also talks about change and sustainability in his podcast.
URS THIELECKE
Founder & CTO
Urs has over 20 years of experience in the digital world. As the founder of a tech startup and as a consultant for BI and Controlling, he brings entrepreneurial experience and technical expertise to the table. He has the ability to identify digital potential and implement solutions. He is the tech guy in the team.
Serhii Bohdan
Entwickler
Serhii has been a passionate developer for as long as he can remember. At WeShyft, he is particularly involved in building up the area of carbon accounting, but is also involved in all other topics and knows the system like the back of his hand.
MARLON ROMMEL
ESG / Sustainability Expert
Marlon is passionate about everything related to the environment and its conservation. He has already built a sustainable business in the food sector and strives for sustainable solutions through responsible business practices. At WeShyft, he brings his expertise in the ESG field and constructs and maintains the criteria catalogs in the tool.
Carla marsland
Working Student
Carla studies Sustainability Economics and Management at the University of Oldenburg. Previously, she completed a bachelor's degree in International Business and Management. At WeShyft, Carla's responsibilities include building a library of measures that helps companies find the next step in their sustainable transformation.
Leslie Benson
Working Student
Leslie studiert Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Internationales Management an der Hochschule Fresenius und hat einen Bachelor-Abschluss in Maschinenbau. Bei WeShyft arbeitet Leslie im Software-Entwicklungsteam als Qualitätssicherungs-Tester, wo er bei der Entwicklung neuer Funktionen und dem Betrieb unseres Tools hilft.
Theresa Garrecht
Working Student
Theresa studies Sustainability Economics and Management at the University of Oldenburg. Previously, she studied business administration. At WeShyft, Theresa is involved with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), among other things, and supports the supervision of client projects.
The WeShyft Advisory Board
Maya Hennerkes
ESG Expert @ Europäische Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung
Maya is a sustainable finance expert with nearly 20 years of experience. She is Director of Green Finance in the Climate Strategy and Implementation Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Previously, she led ESG work with financial institutions and private equity funds there. Former professional positions brought her to the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC, and Bloomberg L.P. in London. Maya holds an Executive Masters in Public Administration from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and previously studied Economics, Political Science and Latin American Studies in Cologne, Seville and Granada.
Sonja Westphal
Supply Chain Expert @ SUSTIFY
Sonja is an expert in sustainable supply chain management with over 10 years of experience. She founded the eLearning platform SUSTIFY, which offers low-threshold and intelligent learning opportunities for workers in Asian production sites. Sonja's mission is to support capacity building in these supply chains, ensuring that sustainability is not just a social buzzword, but a genuine concept that is understood and embraced at the core of global supply chains.
SÖNKE BURKERT
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
Sönke founded his first digital agency at the age of 18, managing websites and CRM systems for small and medium-sized businesses. The agency was sold in 2009 to start Affiliprint, a voucher service provider, with which he became one of the winners of Europe's most endowed founder award in 2011 - Enable2Start from the Financial Times Deutschland. Today, Sönke is a managing partner of Hilfswerft gGmbH, which promotes social entrepreneurship and sustainable consumption in Germany through educational work. Sönke is also active as an investor, advising companies on the development of digital strategies and supporting early-stage founders. He is active as a volunteer in various non-profit initiatives.