About Ruediger Vogt

Ruediger Vogt is passionate about shaping the future and driving customer success, particularly in his role at Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), where he leads the business with fintechs, neobanks, and payment aggregators. His focus is on digitalization, individualization, sustainability, and eco-innovation in payment solutions. G+D, founded in 1852 in Germany, has grown into a leading global paytech company, engineering trust to secure everyday life in payment, connectivity, identities, and digital infrastructures. Vogt believes that true entrepreneurship begins with an idea that addresses a real problem. He is excited to support the development of innovative payment solutions and identifies the keys to success as: Building true partnerships with long-term relationships Collaborating to create and scale strong business cases Encouraging the pioneering of new solutions and transformations Prioritizing implementation speed while maintaining quality Before his current role, Ruediger Vogt held several senior and executive positions in sales, marketing, and business development in the semiconductor and mobile security industry. Over the past 20 years, he has: Led account and sales teams across headquarters and subsidiaries to exceed market share growth goals, business development, and service and solution selling Sold products and services worth several hundred million US dollars per year across three continents to one of the world's largest IT companies Negotiated and closed long-term agreements with large multinational customers, resulting in successful strategic commercial, technical, and financial cooperation Acted as an interface to customer’s top management, organizing and leading meetings with Executive VPs Developed and executed programs to grow service and solutions business in regions including South America, Canada, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia Founded the first virtual startup at G+D, formed a technology and business partnership with a fintech, and launched an innovative AI-based identification solution to the market