About The Social Chain AG

We are a brand and product company of the next generation. Social Chain AG uses the insights and opportunities of social media in product development, brand building and sales. Behind this is the integrated expertise of product and brand development, social media publishing and social media marketing combined with an omnichannel sales structure.

As a house of entrepreneurs, we are reshaping the world of brands and retail, turning wishes and ideas into products with our concentrated sales power. We understand how to develop our own brands and products into direct-to-consumer brands with the power of social media and market them to specific target groups. We offer our entrepreneurs and retail partners an all-round, carefree package in-house: from our own product development, legal review, production, quality assurance, marketing and communication to logistics and everything else that brands and products need to become big and successful.

Social Chain AG currently has around 10,000 products in the segments Core Brands, Brand Chain and MAXX Group. In this way, we bring the products "Digital first - direct to Customer" directly to customers' homes. Plus: thanks to the excellent retail network of the retail experts, the products are placed in more than 40,000 retail outlets - available to touch and take away.

The company's headquarters are in Berlin, with other locations in New York, Manchester, Stapelfeld near Hamburg, London, Gallin and Los Angeles. The shares of Social Chain AG (WKN: A1YC99) are listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Our Management Board

Andreas Schneider

CFO

Growing up in Hamburg and on the East Coast of the USA, Andreas Schneider started his business career at Otto Group with stops in Hamburg, Milan / Biella and Munich.

Dieter Schwarz, founder of DS Produkte, brought Andreas Schneider back to Hamburg at the end of 1999. Here, Andreas Schneider has been Managing Director of DS Group for over 20 years and has since been responsible for the areas of finance, controlling, logis- tics and IT. During this time, DS Group has increased its turnover tenfold. In this dynamic environment, Andreas Schneider built his areas of responsibility into important pillars of the company‘s so- lid growth. Andreas Schneider has been Social Chain AG’s Chief Financial Officer since spring 2022. Andreas Schneider is married and has two grown-up sons.

Dr. Thorsten Bieg

CIO

Dr. Thorsten Bieg studied law at the Universities of Bayreuth and Aberdeen and is a lawyer and tax consultant. Prior to this, Dr. Thorsten Bieg completed a dual training/studies in business administration (BA) at the Berufsakademie in Flensburg and at Eon Hanse AG. Dr. Thorsten Bieg has more than 25 years of professional experience and has been a partner since 2000.
Dr. Thorsten Bieg is a restructuring expert, trustee, self-administrator and liquidator. His specialities: legal advice on restructuring, certain management & board functions in case of crisis, trusteeships and true sale investor roles, legal Support for distressed transactions of all kind. Additional functions: moderator, observer, security trustee, liquidator; self administration.

Prof. Dr. Gerrit Hölzle

CIO

Prof. Dr. Gerrit Hölzle graduated from the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg top of his class in law. He has been a specialist lawyer for tax and bankruptcy law since 2002 and has since been appointed to hundreds of corporate insolvency proceedings. He also regularly acts as managing director in self-administered insolvency proceedings.

In addition, he advises companies in crisis situations; his focus is on restructuring and advising in crises, as well as on insolvency administration. Prof. Dr. Gerrit Hölzle has over 20 years of professional experience and is a partner at the nationwide law firm GÖRG.

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