Max Fowinkel

Company
Warburg Pincus Deutschland
Job title
Managing Director & Europe Head of Tech
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Conference 2026

31.05.2026
Home Stage
17:00 – 17:40

Panel: Securing Europe’s Future: Where Industry, Investment, and Politics Converge

Sovereignty Innovation
Speaker:
Max Fowinkel, Warburg Pincus Deutschland
Holger Hanselka, Fraunhofer-Society
Katrin Lehmann, Mercedes-Benz Group
Kristina Sinemus, Ministry of Digitalisation and Innovation Hesse

Max Fowinkel has been with Warburg Pincus since 2007. He is Managing Director and heads the firm’s European technology and telecommunications division. In the software sector, he was involved in investments in PSI Software, Infoniqa, Blau Direkt and IONOS. He also oversaw investments in Accelya, IPAN, M.A.C.H., Evenex and Blue Yonder.

In the financial services sector, he worked on investments in Network International and easycash.

He was also involved in investments in MAX Finance and HYP.

In the healthcare sector, he supported investments in Health Partners, Oyora and Arsipa.

In the telecommunications sector, he worked with Odido and Community Fibre.

He was also involved in investments in Viasat, Inexio and Circles. Max Fowinkel holds a degree in engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. He also completed an MBA at Harvard Business School.

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