Where did Florian Kolb go to school?

Florian Kolb studied at Universität Passau (Master of Political Economics, Volkswirtschaftslehre); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford Executive Program, Guest Lecturer 'The Quest for Sustainable Energy' Prof. Stefan Reichelstein); INSEAD (Executive Education in Strategy, Valuation).

Florian Kolb

Investor

Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager, Energy at Intertrust

United States

About

Chief Commercial Officer and GM of Energy since 2020, responsible for product sales, business development, and energy-industry initiatives. Previously led innogy/RWE's Silicon Valley innovation group and founded the Free Electrons accelerator program.

Experience

IntertrustChief Commercial Officer & General Manager Energycurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
IntertrustMember Board of Directors2016 — 2019Sunnyvale, California, USA
Cryptowerk CorpMember Board of Directors2018 — 2019Redwood City, California, USA
Free Electrons ProgramFounder & Managing Director2017 — 2019Palo Alto, California
The Westly GroupAdvisory Board Member2016 — 2019Palo Alto, California, United States
RWECEO/Managing Director RWE/innogy New Ventures LLC, Palo Alto, California2015 — 2019Palo Alto, California, USA
RWEHead of Programme Management RWE 2015/Performance 20172013 — 2014Essen
RWEManaging Director Essent Service bv2009 — 2013Den Bosch
RWEDirector Post-Merger-Integration (in combination with previous role)2009Essen
RWESenior Manager Mergers & Acquisitions2005 — 2009Essen
EYDirector Mergers & Acquisitions, Automotive & Industrial Products2002 — 2005Frankfurt/Düsseldorf
Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance Beratung GmbHDirector Mergers & Acquisitions, Representative Munich Office2000 — 2002Munich
Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance Beratung GmbHSenior Associate Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecoms Group1999 — 2000Düsseldorf
PwCAssociate Mergers & Acquisitions1996 — 1998Frankfurt
Schoeller Industries / Barkawi & Partner GmbHConsultant1995 — 1996Munich

Skills & more

LeadershipStrategyBlockchainManagement ConsultingLogistics ManagementCorporate FinanceTelecommunicationsBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipIncubationWorking with InvestorsUtility Industry

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Energy IndustryDigital TransformationCommercial ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsDigital InnovationCorporate Venture CapitalVenture FinancingSilicon ValleyBoard of DirectorsFundraising

Languages Englisch · German

From Florian's professional profile.

Colleagues at Intertrust

Anahita Poonegar

CMO and Managing Director, India at Intertrust

Andy Price

Senior Associate at Appold

Cameron Briggs

Senior Vice President and Head of Energy Systems at Intertrust

Chetan Babuta

Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Media at Intertrust

David P. Maher

CTO and EVP at Intertrust

Jason Davis

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Intertrust

Jeff McDow

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Intertrust

Julian Durand

General Manager, Secure Systems and Chief Security Officer at Intertrust

Frequently asked questions

Who is Florian Kolb?: Chief Commercial Officer and GM of Energy since 2020, responsible for product sales, business development, and energy-industry initiatives. Previously led innogy/RWE's Silicon Valley innovation group and founded the Free Electrons accelerator program.
Where does Florian Kolb work?: Florian Kolb is Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager, Energy at Intertrust.
Where did Florian Kolb go to school?: Florian Kolb studied at Universität Passau (Master of Political Economics, Volkswirtschaftslehre); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford Executive Program, Guest Lecturer 'The Quest for Sustainable Energy' Prof. Stefan Reichelstein); INSEAD (Executive Education in Strategy, Valuation).

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