Olaf Koch

Olaf Koch is a Partner at ZINTINUS, an investment company for food start-ups. Throughout his career he has continuously promoted young companies, paying special attention to sustainability. Prior to founding ZINTINUS with his partners he was CEO of METRO AG for nine years, where he initiated a comprehensive restructuring and realignment from a diversified retail conglomerate to a modern and focused food wholesaler. Olaf Koch started out his career as an author of IT books and a university lecturer. He subsequently founded a start-up specialising in network solutions which he sold in 2000. Olaf Koch is a member of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, where he chairs the Audit Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee.