Dr. Ingo Krocke is the Founder and Managing Partner of AUCTUS and Chairman of the Investment Committee. He has been working in the private equity space since the mid-nineties. Ingo started his career as a Medical Doctor in Barcelona and New York before joining Procter & Gamble as a Brand Manager in Frankfurt and London where he took care of well-known consumer brands Ellen Betrix, Oil of Olaz, Cover Girl, and Always. After his tenure at Procter & Gamble, he joined Apax Partners, a leading global private equity firm. In 1999, Ingo co-founded Wellington Partners, a pan-European venture capital fund focusing on early and late-stage technology investments. As a Managing Partner, he invested in software, services, and internet businesses. Ingo holds a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Medicine from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and Université Descartes Paris.