Team & Career

Ennea Capital Partners

Jan-Frederik Valentin Details Details
Simon Schiller Details Details
Maurice Lutz Details Details
Dr. Sven Sterzenbach Details Details
Lisa Katsouraki Details Details
Clemenceau Haydar Details Details
Ceyhun Sahin Details Details
Krishan Singh Details Details

Ennea Advisory Partners

Andreas Nau Details Details
Stefan Dapper Details Details
Ralph Schiller Details Details
Michael Tenzer Details Details
Tobias Wolfshohl Details Details
Muhammad Qasim Details Details
Dennis van Noord Details Details

Curious to join?

At Ennea, we are open to welcoming both self-driven young professionals and seasoned advisors with a passion for M&A. If you thrive in dynamic environments, love solving complex financial challenges, and are eager to create value for our clients while making significant gains for yourself, we want to hear from you. Whether you're just starting out or bring years of expertise, apply to shape the future of growing the travel, transport and hospitality industry together. If you are the right fit, there's no limit to the opportunities for you to make an impact and secure your financial success.

Andreas Nau

20+ years veteran of the travel industry holding senior management positions at TUI, Expedia, and Awaze. As Managing Director EMEA at Expedia, responsible for the P&L and growth of the OTA in Europe. At Awaze, the world’s largest managed vacation rental operator, responsible for the management, strategy, and integration of various specialist brands including amongst others James Villa Holidays and Fincallorca. Passionate about how travel technology can advance customer outcomes and work with both startups on growth as well as mature companies on digital transformation. Andreas also serves as Non Executive Director of Holibob and advisor to Nezasa and Travel-AI.

Stefan Dapper

Stefan’s career spans over three decades in the travel industry. He started as a Contracting Manager at ITS in 1988, then joined Ltur as a Board Member overseeing contracting and Destination Management. After a stint at Dertour, where he managed warm water productivista and the city break business, Stefan returned to Ltur as a Board Manager, adding Revenue Management to his responsibilities. From 2008 to 2018, he played a crucial role as Managing Director in integrating Hotelbeds into TUI, consolidating three brands under the TUI umbrella. In 2018, Stefan became CEO in Peru, overseeing the integration of Nuevo Mundo Viajes and Condor Travel under the Expertia Travel Holding. Despite his new role, he continues to be actively involved as a Board Member.

Ralph Schiller

More than 40 years of experience as a specialist in almost all areas of the travel industry. Ralph has started his career at NUR Touristik (Thomas Cook), he gained experiences at a full service travel agency and a representative of Latin American DMC´s before acting as co-founder and MD of the travel agency chain Reiseland. Positions as MD of Otto Freizeit & Touristik, DerTouristik were followed by a move to join FTI Touristik in Munich as a Group MD, Group CEO and Vice Chairman. Due to his broad range of experiences in C-level positions, Ralph is familiar with organisational development, transformation and digitalisation projects as he is with product or destination development and management. An exceptional network is a matter of course.

Michael Tenzer

After gaining foundational experience at a travel agency, Michael's career over 20 years progressed through various managerial roles, eventually reaching C-level positions at TUI and Thomas Cook, where he most recently served as CEO for Central Europe. Following this successful track record with large corporations, he transitioned in 2016 into the digital space, where he built a unique online travel enterprise specializing in personalized multi-stay holidays. Michael brings extensive expertise in the leisure travel industry, with a focus on developing, implementing, and supervising digital growth strategies driven by innovative technologies and commercial excellence. He also supports M&A transactions within the tour operating and travel distribution sectors.

Tobias Wolfshohl

Tobias started his career in the tour operator (TO) business chartering flights and purchasing hotel capacities. With the upcoming new economy during the turn of the millennium he built up a new TO for a German Online Travel Agency. There he designed a new internet based just in time purchasing process for TO’s. In 2004 he co-founded the TO vtours with a successful exit in 2019, when it rose to a stable Top 10 Package-TO in Germany. Already since 2013 he invests in start-ups in Travel Retail, Web Services and in an insurance broker for tourism. Also in the same year he founded CPTW, managed projects and consulted various companies.

Muhammad Qasim

Muhammad holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London and a Global Master’s in Management from the London School of Economics, including an exchange semester at Esade Business School. Before joining Ennea, Muhammad has worked as an Operations Analyst and Business Development Associate at a Pakistan based family office. Throughout his academic career, Muhammad has had various student leadership roles along with being part of different consulting projects as a working student.

Ceyhun Sahin

Ceyhun joined in April 2024 as the Operations and Technology Lead. He focuses on enhancing business processes through technological innovation and the integration of AI solutions. With a background in finance, sales, and Web 3.0, he contributes to fundraising strategies and improving operational workflows. He is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive efficiency and innovation. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Management and Technology with a focus on Finance at the Technical University of Munich, Ceyhun is fluent in Turkish and English.

Krishan Singh

Krishan Singh is a strategic leader with over two decades of experience in travel tech, hospitality, and e-commerce. As CEO of TUI India, a subsidiary of TUI AG, he spearheaded digitization, market expansion, and business transformation. In his role as a C-Suite advisor to The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts, he provided strategic guidance post acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management. His career includes leadership roles at India’s second-largest OTA, Yatra, and Thomas Cook, where he played key role in scaling business. Krishan specializes in unlocking value through investment strategy and strategic advisory, with a focus on growth acceleration and market competitiveness.

Dennis van Noord

Dennis van Noord – Travel Industry Consultant & Strategic Advisor With over 20 years of experience in the travel industry, Dennis specializes in B2B sales, strategic partnerships, and business development within the online travel sector, focusing on Hotels, Vacation Rentals, Airlines, and Travel Tech. He has held leadership positions at industry giants like Booking.com and Vrbo (Expedia Group), as well as mid-sized companies such as Rakuten Travel Xchange (CCO) and Mystifly (CBO). Dennis has a proven track record of driving significant revenue growth and expanding partnership networks across EMEA, APAC, and other global markets, leveraging his deep expertise and strategic vision to deliver exceptional results.

Jan-Frederik Valentin

With over two decades of experience in the venture capital and travel industry, Jan is a seasoned professional with significant expertise in strategic and corporate development. Since 2016, he has been serving as a Managing Partner at Ennea Capital Partners, specializing in travel and mobility. Before this, he held influential positions at prominent online travel agencies (OTAs) and tour operators, including a noteworthy tenure as Managing Director at KAYAK Europe. Jan has also provided strategic advice at Howzat Partners and Kaizen VC, and served as a partner at TruVenturo GmbH. His enduring leadership has significantly contributed to establishing leading technology investment, M&A, and advisory businesses in Europe.

Simon Schiller

Simon is a versatile financial advisor with several years of experience in travel and M&A. Joining Ennea Capital Partners in 2019, where he acts as a Partner, Simon led several successful M&A and fundraising transactions in the travel industry. Prior to his time at Ennea, Simon worked for a Munich-based family office. Before that, he worked on different projects in the travel industry and in sports marketing & consulting.

Maurice Lutz

Maurice is an entrepreneurial professional with 10+ years of experience in the travel & leisure industry. Prior to joining Ennea, Maurice built up a golf travel department at Hotelplan Suisse, the biggest tour operator in Switzerland, and led a VIP team for HNWI at Ten Lifestyle Group, a leading concierge service based in London. Besides this, he is the co-founder of an event agency in Zurich and an advisor of a travel-tech start-up in Paris. Maurice studied at HEC Paris & Yale School of Management for his MBA.

Dr. Sven Sterzenbach

Sven has spent his career in corporate and entrepreneurial finance and as a private investor before co-founding Ennea Invest GmbH. He enjoys learning about new business models – in particular tech-driven startups that challenge incumbent travel, transport, and hospitality players. As professor for travel management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, Sven focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation.

Lisa Katsouraki

With extensive experience across the full spectrum of the investing life cycle, Lisa is a seasoned professional in strategy, corporate development, and M&A. As Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Etraveli Group, she oversees Strategy, M&A, and Strategic Partnerships for a global flight platform backed by CVC Capital Partners. With over 15 years of experience, she mentors startups as an angel investor and VC, and is a member of the Hellenic Business Angel Network. Her expertise spans travel tech, marketplaces, fintech, classifieds, price comparison, and edutech. She has served as a board observer for VC investments, participated in ETG boards, and holds the position of Vice Chair of the Greek Advisory Council for Tourism Culture and Creative Industries. Lisa is also set to join the board of Nezasa, a SaaS company in the travel tech space.

Clemenceau Haydar

Clemenceau joined Ennea in March 2024 as part of the M&A and Fundraising team. He is an experienced financial and investment professional with over seven years of experience. He worked for a large institutional investor in Colombia on the Private Equity Investment team and in fundraising for a boutique alternative asset manager across Latam. Prior to joining Ennea, Clemenceau obtained his MBA from INSEAD Business School. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has an intermediate level of French.

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