Stephan Gellrich obtained a BSc Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School, London. Subsequently, he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with an MSc Accounting and Finance. Later he studied for his Ph.D. programme in Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. He commenced his professional career by joining one of the leading US Investment Banks, where he worked predominantly in the Technology M&A team in San Francisco/Palo Alto, CA. Later he worked for a leading European Investment Bank in London focussing on the industrials, cleantech and technology sectors. He is now working as a Vice President for an M&A boutique in Germany.