Dr Philipp Veit (36) has been appointed to head Stuttgart Financial – the financial centre initiative of Boerse Stuttgart Group, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the banking industry foundation Stiftung Kreditwirtschaft of the University of Hohenheim – from 1 May 2023. Dr Veit has a PhD in business administration and succeeds Dominik Schütz, who will be taking up a new role in the Stuttgart financial centre. Philipp Veit founded his own business after completing a Master’s degree and PhD at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Later, he worked in the areas of strategy and innovation at Daimler AG. Since June 2021, he has been head of Stuttgart Financial’s fintech accelerator, fintogether.
With fintogether, Stuttgart Financial reinforces the innovation and startup ecosystem of the financial centre. Young fintech companies are supported with co-working spaces, a comprehensive workshop offer and access to experienced mentors for dedicated advice. This enables founders to acquire the necessary tools for optimising and implementing their business models. In addition, the startup companies benefit from the networks of Boerse Stuttgart Group und Stuttgart Financial in the financial industry. So far 25 startups have been part of the fintogether programs. fintogether is supported by funds from the Start-up BW campaign of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs.
‘We are delighted to have recruited Philipp Veit as head of Stuttgart Financial. Our aim is to further invigorate Stuttgart as a financial centre and boost its profile and its innovative capacity. With his experience and his ideas, Philipp Veit will give fresh impetus to the financial centre,’ says Dr Matthias Voelkel, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Group.
