Heinz König, Chief Executive Officer

After studying law at Saarland University in Saarbrücken and serving in the German Armed Forces as a paratrooper, Heinz König worked as a general representative of a medium-sized corporate group in the fields of engineering and telecommunications expansion. He then held key positions at VIAG Munich and Bayernwerk NETKOM. In 1999, he founded carrier 24 GmbH, the second-largest alternative network operator for telecommunications services in Germany. After selling his shares, he served until the end of 2001 as a member of the executive committee of the publicly listed Energis plc. in London, responsible for Germany as Managing Director.

In 2002, he founded the medium-sized corporate group Customer Company and has been leading it as managing partner. In 2009, the consulting business activities were consolidated within Sofis AG. He is also significantly involved in other companies, primarily in technically oriented market segments. Since 2014, this includes the establishment of a B2B e-commerce system with largely automated and digitized business operations. In every case, he emphasizes the creation of protected brands.

Heinz König is actively involved in various societal activities as the chairman of an association of medium-sized enterprises and as a co-founder of a foundation in sports. Since 2020, he has been the president and chairman of the supervisory board of the Saarland Sports Association (LSVS). In this capacity, he also serves as a board member in the LSVS subsidiaries Saartoto GmbH and Spielbank GmbH.