The 38-year-old comes from Invest in Bavaria and focuses on cross-industry partnerships
Munich, February 5, 2019
Christian Gnam
Christian Gnam has been the new Director Partner Management of the BMWi-funded InsurTech Hub Munich (ITHM) since January 2019. The 38-year-old is responsible for the operational development and scaling of the hub as well as the acquisition of new member companies.
Christian Gnam studied economic geography at LMU Munich and gained his first professional experience in sales and as a market analyst in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gnam then worked in the Department of Labor and Economics at the City of Munich, where he was responsible for partnerships between China and Bavaria. Most recently, Gnam headed the investment team for start-ups, life science, energy and environmental technology as well as chemicals at Invest in Bavaria, the business promotion agency of the Free State of Bavaria. Invest in Bavaria helps companies from Germany and abroad to gain a foothold in the Bavarian market.
The ITHM operates across all industries
"I am very happy to be part of the InsurTech Hub Munich ," says Christian Gnam. "The hub has developed very well since 2017 and has concluded important local and international partnerships such as with the Digital Insurance Agenda (DIA), Versicherungsforen Leipzig, the pharmaceutical company Roche and, most recently, the auditing and consulting group PriceWaterhouseCoopers. We will continue to operate across industries in the future and network our newly acquired partners with promising InsurTech start-ups from all over the world - our role is that of a supplier of ideas and technology for large corporations from various sectors."
Manuel Holzhauer, Managing Director at ITHM, adds: "We are delighted to have Christian Gnam join our team as Director Partner Management. With his international network and broad experience with investors, start-ups and large corporations, he is the ideal person for the newly created position. We are convinced that, together with the InsurTech Hub Munich , we can make a significant contribution to the digitalization of the insurance industry and continue to position Munich as Europe's leading InsurTech location."
