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Thomas Vollrath

Born in Germany in 1970. He completed an MBA at Long Island University in International Management and Bachelor’s Degree at Franklin University Switzerland in International Business Management. Expert within the web hosting industry internationally, he is currently a board member of BaseKit, 1-grid, diva-e, and on the advisory board of Contabo.

He is an international executive who excels at leading business turn-around through rapid cost containment, customer retention and product and service innovation programmes in the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Business History • Thomas started his career as a Management Trainee at Arrow Electronics and grew into the position of President, CEO and MD at IONOS by 2004. • In 2007, Thomas became the MD and CEO of Host Europe Group, the largest privately-owned hosting group in Europe. Host Europe comprised of brands 123-reg; Heart Internet; Host Europe; domainFACTORY; Webfusion; Domainmonster; RedCoruna; Domainbox; DomainParking; Mesh Digital and Brand Fortress. • In 2010 Thomas was elected as the Non-Executive Director of Nominet • In 2013 was selected as a Board Trustee at Social Tech Trust • In 2015 Thomas became a Board Member at Webafrica and AgriCircle AG • In 2014 Thomas became a Board Member of BaseKit and an advisor and investor in web hosting and related digital industries • Currently Thomas is a Board Member of BaseKit, 1-grid and Contabo GmbH