MVB Establishes Central Business Development Department

Timo Wind and Felix Lenz take over management of the new unit at the technology and information provider

The technology and information provider MVB is repositioning itself to further develop its range of services and tap into additional business areas. Therefore, a central ‘Strategic Business Development’ department is being set up. Joint responsibility for the unit will be assumed by Timo Wind, who will join MVB on November 1, 2025, and Felix Lenz, who will move internally to the new division on September 1, 2025. Both will report to CEO Meike Knops:

"Our goal is to secure and expand MVB's growth and competitiveness in the long term. To this end, we are moving ever closer together as an international organisation. Within the framework of a matrix structure, Timo Wind and Felix Lenz will work across locations with the teams from product management, marketing & sales and controlling and will be responsible for our innovation management. I am very pleased that with Timo Wind and Felix Lenz we are able to establish a tandem in which their skills and experience complement each other perfectly."

Timo Wind is a strategy and business development expert with international experience in setting up growth initiatives and transformation projects. Most recently, he worked as a senior consultant at Grunenberg & Comp., where he developed a cloud growth strategy for a DAX40 bank and led the post-merger integration of a SaaS company in the financial services industry. He also designed the strategic realignment of an auditing firm. Prior to that, he worked as an independent strategy and growth consultant with clients in the private equity and tech sectors and gained entrepreneurial experience as the founder of a PropTech start-up.

Felix Lenz is an expert in market and competition analysis as well as new business models. In his last role, he worked in MVB's Business Unit Digital, where he established the service for assigning International Standard Name Identifiers (ISNI) to creators. In the Business Unit Media, Felix Lenz was responsible for the development and refinement of specialist information services. This included the relaunch of the Börsenblatt bestseller lists and the establishment and marketing of the job market ‘medien.jobs’. Prior to this, he was responsible for the systematic planning, management and control of MVB key figures at the Börsenverein Group holding.

Materials to Download

• Portrait Timo Wind
• Photo Timo Wind | Copyright: Janine Becüwe
• Portrait Felix Lenz
• Photo Felix Lenz | Copyright: Felix Lenz
• Logo MVB

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