Urban Sports Club: Ina Wetzel strengthens C-Level management as new CFO
Berlin, Germany, 30.06.2020–Urban Sports Club’s Berlin headquarter welcomes a new face: Ina Wetzel will become Chief Financial Officer on July 1, 2020 and will be responsible for the finance department with immediate effect. Wetzel takes over the position from Marc Münch and will report to CEO and co-founder Benjamin Roth who is responsible for finance and controlling at Urban Sports Club.
Ina Wetzel
most recently worked for several years as Senior Vice President Finance and Legal
at Babbel, the e-learning platform for languages. Prior to that, she demonstrated
her skills as Head of Global Accounting & Finance Operations at Delivery
Hero and Boeing.
Ina
Wetzel, new CFO of Urban Sports Club says: "Urban Sports Club is the
leading provider of a new generation of sports memberships, offering customers
a diverse selection of sports and exercise options while transforming an entire
industry. I am looking forward to the challenge of supporting the
top-class
team -not
only in implementing the company’s strategy and vision -but also to stand by their
side energetically and courageously in times of Coronavirus. As the future CFO,
my focus will be on scaling the financial system and ensuring secure and
controlled growth."
Moritz
Kreppel, CEO and Co-Founder of Urban Sports Club says: "We are delighted
that we were able to win Ina Wetzel as CFO in these times. Her experience in
managing financial strategies and business processes for high-growth tech and
E-commerce companies will bring our company a big step forward. At Urban Sports
Club we take great care to provide equal opportunities and are proud to have
another woman fill a leadership position."
C-Level Management expansion since the beginning of 2020
At the
beginning of the year, the company strengthened their C-level team with six
additional positions. Emmanuel Orssaud assumed the role of Chief Marketing
Officer at the Berlin headquarters in March 2020 and is currently expanding the
global marketing strategy. Prior to that, he held various positions as
Director of Global Marketing
at Spotify, where he was
responsible for global marketing
communications including Spotify's famous out-of-home campaign "Spotify
Wrapped."
Since February
2020 Michaela Kammerbauer has supported Urban Sports Club in its strategic
expansion as Chief Growth Officer. Michaela has 15 years of growth and
management experience in the digital industry both in sales and operations with
companies such as Zalando, Tanox and Clipkit.
Camille
Richardson and Serge Brabander, founders of Urban Sports Club’s Dutch
counterpart OneFit which merged with Urban Sports Club in August last year,
took over positions in C-level management on January 1, 2020. As Chief Product
Officer, Camille Richardson is now responsible for the design of the sports and
fitness platform and all business transactions relating to the product.
As Chief Commercial Officer Serge Brabander
is responsible for B2B sales and
related commercial development.
Edouard
Leeuwenburg was previously an interim CMO within the Urban Sports Group and has
been responsible for business in the Netherlands in his new role as Managing
Director of the Netherlands since March 1, 2020. He is thus responsible for
the entire Dutch market and continues to drive the integration process after
the merger of OneFit and Urban Sports Club.
Further
details about C-Level management can be found here: https://urbansportsclub.com/en/press
About Urban Sports Club
Urban
Sports Club offers a flexible sports flat rate. The aim is to motivate people
to take part in sports through the largest and most varied range of offers and
to encourage them to lead a healthier and more active lifestyle.
From fitness, yoga, swimming and climbing
to team sports and wellness offers -members can
compile their individual training plan from over 50 sports
and more than 8,000 partner locations -including OneFit
there are more than 10,000 -in six
countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal)
and check in to the sport via smartphone app. Diversity, flexible conditions as
well as organized team sports and
wellness offers round off the range
of services for private and corporate customers.
Due to
the current COVID-19 situation, Urban Sports Club provides a flexible all-round
offer consisting of live online courses and classic courses on site. This gives
users access to thousands of courses from hundreds of partner locations in
Germany and Europe.
Please
do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Press contact:
Urban
Sports Club
Michaelkirchstraße
20
10179
Berlin
Franka Schuster
E-Mail: franka.schuster@urbansportsclub.com
Phone:
+49 (0) 171 298 8941
Cristina Krenzer
E-Mail: cristina.krenzer@urbansportsclub.com
Phone: +49 (0) 170 220 9310