LUCANET - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Chief Operations Officer
- COO
- Legal and Notary Assistant
After training as a legal and notary assistant, Elena Aubell studied economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. The field of Human Resources (HR) was already a focus for her during her studies.
After completing her studies, she worked in HR from 2005, focusing on talent acquisition, development, and retention as well as executive development and advisory. Before starting her work at Lucanet in 2017, she worked at well-known companies such as Rocket Internet SE and Amazon. At Lucanet, she targets the experience she has gained toward the areas of organizational development and strategy consulting as well as change management.
As COO, Elena Aubell is responsible for People, Organization, Legal/Compliance, and ESG.
Job Titles:
- CFO
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Board
After studying Business Administration in Ingolstadt (Germany) and Nice (France) with a specialization in International Management, Accounting & Controlling, Elias Apel spent more than a decade working in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance Consulting. In 2018, he took on the responsibility of expanding the international partner channel for Lucanet and in 2020 for all international go-to-market activities in existing as well as new growth markets. Elias Apel joined the Lucanet board in May 2022 first as CFO and transitioned into the role of CEO in October 2023.
As CEO, Elias Apel is responsible for Strategy, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development.
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Appointed CRO
Joris has more than 16 years of experience in the software industry, which he has proven in several roles as Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director. With a strong background in sales, product (marketing) management, go-to-market strategies, and value creation, he is experienced in leading global teams and delivering tangible results while driving growth and operational excellence. Joris has specialized in financial services, accounting, and business intelligence.
As CRO, Joris van Leeuwen is responsible for Marketing, Sales, and Customer Excellence.
After studying engineering at under graduate and post graduate levels Kevin worked as a software engineer at IBM and then Microsoft. At Microsoft he was a Technical Lead software engineer in Redmond, WA where he shipped several software products and was awarded 6 software design patents for his work. He went on to spend 10 years working for large investment banks building derivatives trading platforms before working for Fastmarkets as CTO and then Hg Capital as a Portfolio CTO. Kevin is experienced building world-class SaaS platforms from the ground up as well as transforming on-prem software to SaaS. He has extensive experience building and scaled high performing engineering teams deployed both on and near shore.
As CTO, Kevin Smith is responsible for Technology, Engineering, Product and IT.