Before joining Axos Capital, Jan Budden was Executive Vice President at Deutsche Telekom, responsible for global business development and strategic partnerships. Prior to that, he held a senior manager position at Global Crossing responsible for operations in Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. In 1996, while working for o.tel.o, he launched the first competitive carrier and corporate services in the newly liberalized telecom markets in Europe.
 
In 1990 he founded Euro-Solutions a company providing investment consulting services for the US embassy department of commerce.
 
Jan Budden studied engineering and economics. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Siegen.
 
 
Before joining Axos Capital, Hans-Gereon Früh was founding Partner of Valiva AG, an investment company based in Zurich with focus on medium sized companies. Valiva's investment portfolio includes companies from the media and technology industries. Prior to this he was member of the management of the online direct bank of Swiss Life, responsible for finance and strategy.
 
He started his professional career as an Analyst with Commerzbank before joining McKinsey & Co. as an Associate, where he was a core member of the Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice with responsibility for international clients from the financial industry on M&A projects.
 
Hans-Gereon Früh graduated in Economics and Finance at the University of St. Gallen, followed by a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of St. Gallen and UC Berkeley, sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
 
 
Before joining Axos Capital, Stephan Schröder was Executive Vice President at Deutsche Telekom. He headed Product Marketing and Sales of Deutsche Telekom's global carrier-business. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of T-System's Global Synergy Program, responsible for outsourcing and M&A projects.
 
Stephan Schröder started his career in the telecommunication industry in the field of hosting and application solutions with Interxion B.V. and IXEurope plc., where he has been responsible for Business Development and Sales.
 
Stephan Schröder holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Siegen.