Tobias Poensgen

Bio

Worked in industry for Siemens AG and Stettner Group in Germany and France in strategic business development and corporate finance. In 1986 was recruited by SG Warburg in London where he worked in corporate lending, new product development, and structured and acquisition finance. In 1990 started an innovative art investment management firm, investing in portfolios of paintings using portfolio management techniques. In 1995 led the international operations of US Telecoms company, Access World Communications, to create strong European and Asian market positions. In 1997 founded the UK independent communications provider, Unica (re-branded from Phoenix Telecom & Technology) which became a leader in integrated communications services which he left in 2001. Prior to starting momentum capital, worked with a number of venture capital and private equity firms as an independent consultant, using his experience in structuring, scaling and managing enterprises to mentor investee firms.