Finn Age Haensel

Founder and Managing Director

2019

All over the world, scientific discoveries and their medical potential are redefining the way society, politics and the medical community think about Cannabis as a plant. Our team looks back on a strong track record in building and scaling companies in various industries, creating hundreds of jobs and millions in shareholder value in the process. Being joined by renowned industry leaders and medical experts, Sanity Group continuously positions itself on the brink of innovation and is equipped to shape the Cannabis industry in Europe. We provide a unique community of industry experts, excellent talent, operational backing, and capital to our fast-growing portfolio of ventures.

Mentor

2015

Continuos mentor since the launch of the Berlin Techstars program. Techstars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator that holds 13 week programs for startups in New York City, Boston, London, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, and Berlin. As of mid-2016, Techstars has accepted over 800 companies into its program. Collectively, these companies have raised over $2,300,000,000 USD. It is considered to be one of the best accelerator programs of the world.

Managing Director and Co-Founder

2015

Co-founder of a local Berlin-based Craft Beer brewery. Berliner Berg focuses on combining traditional German craftmanship with the innovative creativity of the US craft beer scene. We offer a wide range of beers starting from traditional German Lager over Berliner Weisse to rather anglo-saxon styles like Pale Ale, IPA, Amber Ale or Stout.

Board Member

2019 - 2020

Board Member of Movinga, where I served as MD and CEO over the last 4 years.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

2015 - 2019

CEO and Managing Director of the international consumer logistics start-up Movinga. Movinga is Europe's leading online moving service focusing in France and Germany. Our mission is simple: to provide the best end-to-end moving experience. How do we achieve this? We are 100% transparent. We have the easiest booking process around. And our customer service is quite simply the new industry standard in excellence. As one of Europe's fastest growing tech service-providers, our team is also growing. We are on the lookout for Europe's sharpest talent. Our positions range from customer specialists to UX designers to developers to people who simply believe that the moving process is outdated and have the heart and the drive to bring it into the 21st century. We want to revolutionize the moving industry – across Europe and throughout the world. Movinga. Book Easy. Move Easy. No Surprises.

Managing Director of EPIC Companies

2013 - 2015

Managing Director and CMO at EPIC companies, one of the leading European start-up company builders, backed bei ProSiebenSat1 Media AG. Mainly focusing on Marketing and Business Intelligence. EPIC Companies builds companies (e.g. Valmano, Gymondo, Discavo, Petobel, Department47) as well as invests in companies (e.g. Amorelie, TodayTickets). With a team of central experts, EPIC supports all businesses operationally to build sustainable long-term business successes.

Founder and Managing Director

2011 - 2013

Co-founder and Managing Director at THE ICONIC, Australia's biggest online fashion retailer. Mainly focusing on Marketing, Creative, Technology, Product and Business Intelligence.

Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand

2011 - 2013

Director of Germany's number 1 global player in Venture Capital for online retail. Director of the Australian subsidiary of Rocket Internet.

Project Leader

2007 - 2011

Focus on Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), with experience also in Industrial Goods, Telecommunications, Media and Private Equity. Projects in a range of countries including Australia, USA, Japan, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, South Africa, Spain and the UK.

MBA

2006 - 2007

Intern

2005 - 2005

Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) is one of the largest food-oriented FCMG companies in the world. I worked in the Marketing and Innovation department for Milka chocolate focusing on branding and product launch of several sub brands (e.g. Milka M-Joy, Milka Lila Pause).