Berlin-based privacy tech company expands its management team with two prominent women executives

Beatrice Kahl, formerly Head of HR at Xayn, has been promoted to Chief People Officer

Ruth Rothmaler, formerly Delivery Hero, joins the team as Chief Product & Design Officer
Professor Michael Huth, a co-founder of Xayn, leaves the executive suite at his own request but remains with the company as Senior Researcher

BERLIN, 27 April 2022 – The Berlin-based start-up Xayn strengthens the expertise and gender diversity of its leadership team with the hiring and promotion of two prominent women in the HR and product design spaces.

Beatrice Kahl has been promoted from Head of HR to Chief People Officer. In this newly created position, she assumes responsibility for the entire HR department at Xayn. Previously, the veteran HR professional worked for Fjord Design and Innovation, Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Telekom, CrossEngage, and since 2018 for Xayn. Beatrice Kahl studied International Management and lives in Berlin.
Ruth Rothmaler will be the new Chief Product & Design Officer at Xayn. She brings nearly 15 years of professional experience in product development, design, and company building. Ruth was the second employee at Delivery Hero and held leading positions at Delivery Hero as well as at Zeitgold and Deel. At Xayn, she will lead product development, design, and user growth efforts. Rothmaler studied social and business communication at the Berlin University of the Arts. She lives with her family in Berlin.

"We’re happy about our two newcomers to our C-level. Both Beatrice Kahl and Ruth Rothmaler are recognized experts in their fields, and will enrich the top management team and the company with their professional acumen, experienced perspective, and proven leadership skills," explains Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, co-founder and CEO. "In addition, we are pleased to come closer to achieving greater gender diversity in the C-suite. Our second management tier already has equal representation between men and women. Now we have also initiated the change at the highest level."

At the same time, Michael Huth is leaving the boardroom to dedicate his full time and efforts to research. Huth has been an executive at Xayn and Chair of Computing at Imperial College London for many years in a personal capacity, and he will now assume the role of Senior Researcher within the company.

"We are deeply grateful to Michael Huth for his many years of visionary leadership and dedicated service. With his technical expertise, experience, and humanity, he was and is a great asset to the entire team. We are thrilled he has chosen to remain with us as a senior researcher," emphasizes Leif-Nissen Lundbæk. "On a personal level, Michael Huth is not only my co-founder and colleague but also my PhD supervisor and long-time mentor and friend. Without him, Xayn would never have been founded. I cannot overstate my gratitude for all his work and support."

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About Xayn

Xayn is pioneering next genAI for large organizations. The European startup builds secure, sovereign, and sustainable AI systems that leverage the power of language models at scale. Xayn develops its Retrieval Augmented Generative AI as energy efficient and privacy-protecting AI solution “Made In Germany”.

Born out of research at Oxford University and Imperial College London, the Berlin-based company is committed to European values of transparency, privacy, and sustainability and develops its AI system as open-source technology. Founded in 2017 by Dr Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, Professor Michael Huth and Felix Hahmann, Xayn’s academic vision remains, with a workforce comprised of more than 35% PhDs. The start-up has received investment funding of 19.5 million EURO from Global Brain Corporation, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Earlybird, and Dominik Schiener.

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