Sascha Breuss

Co-Founder

Ridge. · Hamburg, Germany

Present

Ridge is a financial technology platform connecting natural assets — and the impact they generate — with capital markets and financial returns. Ridge transforms nature-based commodities into investment-grade products, making them accessible to institutional and retail investors alike. # Drove Ridge from idea to proof of concept and market launch, guided by a long-term strategic vision to simplify & streamline access to natural asset investments. # Successfully launched 5 regulated financial products, listed across two banks, a leading wealth advisor, and an alternative asset manager. # Built a proprietary framework to convert natural assets into fully regulated securities—cutting both cost (by a factor of 5) and time (by a factor of 4) compared to traditional methods. # Simplified complex investment structures and aligned them with EU taxonomy, enabling scalable impact investments across forestry, carbon, and sustainable agriculture. # Spearheaded strategy, investor relations, finance,…

Board Member & Non Executive Director

SweepSouth · City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Present

SweepSouth is a digital platform for booking, paying for and managing home services online using the proprietory app. SweepSouth brings experienced domestic cleaners/Helpers and home owners together seamlessly to provide hassle-free experience in South Africa & Egypt (branded FilKhedma). The company's ethos is to Do Good by providing work opportunities at decent rates and using technology to modernise the industry. Major investors include Naspers Foundry, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and Futuregrowth Asset Management among others. I am sitting on the Board as a Non Executive Director, supporting the business in its Strategy definition and execution.

Advisory Board Member

HomeChoice · Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For over 35 years homechoice has helped their more than 530.000 customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford. As an Advisor to the Executive Committee, I support the company to achieve their mission "To offer innovative retail and financial services products to the growing African middle class through digital platforms" and grow their current annual revenue of about $100m.

Managing Director & Founder Jumia Advertising Group

Jumia Group · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I founded Jumia Advertising with the aspiration to become the leading Digital Advertising platform in Africa, serving Jumia Vendors, Agencies and 3rd Parties. Within 2.5 years the business is serving more than 8.000 clients per month that use at least 1 of our 14 different Advertising Products & channels. We are offering innovative monetization solutions and best in class Data Science and Insights. I extended the business to 11 countries becoming the fastest growing and most profitable company within the Jumia Group. In 2022 we contributed with a small team of only 40+ people to more than 50% of the Jumia Groups operational profit.

Managing Director & Ceo South Africa (Zando.Co.Za & B2b Services)

Jumia Group

As a CEO I grew the business to become market leader in online Fashion in South Africa with well above 250 employees, an own White Label brand as well as inhouse Logistic Service & Fleet. We reached operational profitability in a competitive market while keeping the customers interest always at heart. Zando.co.za is part of the Jumia Group with over 4,000 employees in more than 20 African countries We are the leading pan-African e-commerce platform. Our platform consists of our marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, our logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and our payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active on our platform in selected markets. Our business today is an Omni Channel driven platform that accompanies customers along various touchpoints. Jumia was the first African Tech Unicorn that successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2019.

Chief Commercial Officer (Jumia, Daraz, Zando Fashion)

Jumia Group · Paris und Umgebung, Frankreich

As Chief Commercial Officer Fashion I have overseen the brand, private label and marketplace business of both, the Jumia Group as well as Daraz (leading eCommerce player in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar & Sri Lanka, successfully exited to Alibaba Group).

Advisor & Business Angel

SHOPAI · Porto

Director Commercial Rocket Internet South Africa (Zando.Co.Za)

Rocket Internet SE · Kapstadt und Umgebung, Südafrika

I supported the launch of Zando.co.za as well as 5rooms.com (exited to Naspers) incubated by Rocket Internet, which has already built some of the world's largest internet businesses (incl. Zalando in Europe, Dafiti in Brazil and Groupon International)

Consultant

to great success - SME Consultancy · universal

General Business and Purchasing Consultancy of SME’s in metropolitan area Hamburg as well as bigger companies such as Lufthansa Technik AG, Dräger Medical, etc.

Manager Corporate Purchasing

Lufthansa Technik

Manager Corporate Purchasing at the Strategic Purchasing Department of Lufthansa Technik AG: # Lead of negotiations of long-term agreements as well as purchase contracts for investments up to 5 mil. Euro with major domestic and international suppliers # Conceptualization and implementation of sourcing strategies for the optimization of purchasing processes # Support and supervision of Lufthansa Technik Group companies within the Lufthansa Technik Purchasing Alliance # Creation of different procurement market analysis and suggestion for action plans

Junior Executive Trainee Program Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa · Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt

Work Experience during a joined study/junior executive trainee program with Lufthansa Technik AG (each “internship” between 2-5 month) in the following departments within the Lufthansa Group: # Project Management and Controlling Information Management (Hamburg & Frankfurt) # Strategic Purchasing General Goods/Services (Hamburg) # General Accounting Germany and Central Commercial Services Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Cologne) # Customer Service & Account Management Airframe Related Components (Hamburg) # Business Unit Controlling Aircraft Overhaul (Hamburg)

Project Manager Material Management

Lufthansa Technik Philippines · Manila, Philippines

Strategic Purchasing Section, Material Management Department, Lufthansa Technik Philippines (Manila)