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Horst Dennert devoted himself to the study of physics at FAU (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen/Nuremberg). In parallel, he studied biology, computer science and philosophy in the Studium generale. He graduated with a diploma in physics on the topic of "Excitation of isoscalar giant resonances and compressibility of nuclear matter", after a research stay at the Nuclear Research Center in Karlsruhe. During 10 years of research activities as a research associate (PhD student) at FAU in Erlangen, he investigated exotic substructures of the hadronic interaction at the antiproton-proton collision at the European research institute CERN in Switzerland. Within the international collaboration, his tasks included design and preparation of experiments, detector development, data analysis, and simulations of physical events. His group's participation in the H-particle creation experiment at CERN turned out to be the greatest scientific success of his physics career. The experiment demonstrated the existence of antimatter (anti-hydrogen) for the first time. A number of scientific publications in Physical Review, Nuclear Physics, and Physical Letters document his work as a research associate at the FAU physics department. For more than 15 years he has been working on artificial intelligence technologies and their impact on human existence. In the context of EU eLearning projects, he has most recently designed Conversational AI systems and data foundations, as well as developed and defined them for the goal of adaptive learning in the learning management system. In a Data Science project, data is selected and prepared for use in machine learning applications. Another area of work in the context of AI applications is the use of algorithms in the financial environment. Concepts and algorithms are designed to facilitate the prediction of price trends from time series analysis and optimize the process for decision making. In this context, he founded FinDig42 GmbH in 2019.

Frau Mayack is Head of Governmental Affairs at African Investment Intelligence. She brings diversity to BSC's Advisory Board. Ms. Mayack is a renowned expert in the areas of risk management, due diligence, country and economic analysis, and emerging market development. Ms. Mayack primarily specialized in investment intelligence, or information gathering related to (transnational) investments. Investment intelligence is the identification and evaluation of information of a specific target organization, target person or target market obtained from data sources and market intelligence. Ms. Mayack helps dignitaries and decision makers in more than a dozen countries gain deep insights, make investment decisions and achieve business excellence. Since Q1/2022, Ms. Mayack sits as an expert on international stability in the expert commissariat of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and regularly lectures, including for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).

Harald Plewka is the founder of the international network of HPL lawyers, tax advisors and business consultants. Based in London with offices in Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Vienna, Dubai, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) and Dhaka (Bangladesh), he advises domestic and international clients on structured finance, debt and equity capital markets, corporate finance, crypto law, corporate law and M&A. Harald is admitted as an international lawyer in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), licensed as a legal advisor in Dubai and registered as a European lawyer in London (UK), Luxembourg and Vienna (Austria). He is also admitted as a tax advisor at the Chamber of Tax Advisors in Frankfurt am Main. Harald studied law at the University of Münster. He first worked in the higher service of the tax administration in Düsseldorf, then as a judge at the State Tax Court in Düsseldorf and later as a judge at the Federal Tax Court in Munich. He has been working as a lawyer and tax consultant since 1994. Before founding HPL, Harald Plewka was an equity partner in the renowned international law firms Haarmann Hemmelrath & Partner, Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch and Bird & Bird. During his career, Harald Plewka has regularly published on German and international tax law as well as an academic monograph on legal implications of the euro currency changeover. He is a member of the German Banking Association and the Association for Managerial Accounting as well as the Association for Accounting in Family Businesses (VMEBF).

Prof. Dr. Peter Sachsenmeier is an international strategist, expert in complex technology management, industrial innovator and visionary. He combines important roles in academia with prominent positions in international industry. He began his career at Oxford University and has worked for several UN agencies, including the World Bank, UNESCO, WHO, and UNEP. Professor Peter Sachsenmeier combines deep technology and management expertise related to the digital transformation of all industries. For many years, first as a senior partner and later as CEO of an international management consultancy, he led pioneering projects in the field of information technology and communications. In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the renowned German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). He is President of the International Innovation Center at Hankou University in Wuhan, China, and Vice President of this university. His International Innovation Center covers the entire breadth of modern industrial research and development. He is a well-known expert on Industry 4.0 and co-founder (2018) of the China-based International Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance. He is also a promoter of Chinese research cooperation with ASEAN countries. In 2022, he was elected a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. He is a sought-after advisor to governments, cities, companies, universities, and other organizations. An advocate of collaboration between academia and industry, he has initiated numerous spin-offs in China and elsewhere. He has a unique international network of academic contacts, access to venture projects and advanced technology research. He is currently a professor at the University of Oxford's China Center (in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the new academic journal “GreenTech”.

During his career at Deutsche Bank, Bernhard Sperling has worked for the foreign business with a focus on credit risk in foreign branches and together more than 12 years for DB in European and non-European countries (Netherlands, Czech Republic, India, Singapore). Most recently as Chief Operative Officer (COO) of DB in the Czech Republic. Mr. Sperling supported the integration of the acquired former Dutch bank Albert de Bary, as well as a project to integrate DB's Asian branch network. In addition, he was product manager for a DB internal software for credit analysis and approval as well as project manager for the EUR-J2K account and credit conversion for foreign branches. In August 2005, he joined the Dubai Financial Services Authority as a senior banking regulator. His responsibilities as senior financial regulator included licensing and supervision of banks, investment banks, private equity firms, asset managers, brokers, market makers, retail brokers and insurance companies, as well as developing and implementing a framework for macro-prudential oversight. Mr. Sperling has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital in Europe and abroad. In addition to his advisory work for BlackSun Capital, he is currently on the team of an international stockbroker.

Patrick Grewe is the asset manager of an equity fund and managing director of the Frankfurt-based asset management firm van Grunsteyn GmbH. He previously studied at the International School of Management in Dortmund. During his studies, he was able to expand his practical knowledge at Baader Bank AG in the clearing and settlement department and gained experience in trading bonds, futures and options. Subsequently, he worked for several years for renowned asset managers in the Frankfurt and Cologne area. Within the scope of this activity, he was involved in the management of various private client mandates as well as investment funds. Furthermore, within the scope of his activities as an asset manager, Mr. Grewe was involved in the development of various investment strategies. His strategies in quantitative and qualitative analysis have particularly stood out.​