Jan Eickhoff 
Managing Director and Designer

Jan Eickhoff has been working as a designer for more than 20 years and has been instrumental in the development of numerous award winning industrial products. After completing his studies as Diplom-Designer FH at the Hochschule Anhalt Dessau (Anhalt Dessau University of Applied Sciences), he worked in the field of product design for several renowned offices such as the design office Prof. Helmut Staubach in Berlin, ars publicité sarl in Luxembourg, rahe+rahe design in Hanover and the Institute for Integrated Design at the HFK Bremen. He joined Mehnert Corporate Design in 2000 in Berlin and was subsequently involved in the founding of Mehnert Corporate Design Gmbh & Co. KG in 2005 and became a partner and managing director. Jan founded his own company corporate friend_® in 2011. The foundation of corporate friends_® GmbH followed at the end of 2017. 

Gesine Kutter 
Authorised Signatory and Sales Director

Gesine Kutter brings more than 10 years of experience in business development to the company. She obtained a Diploma in International Management from the Fachhochschule Mittweida (Mittweida University of Applied Sciences) in 2005. After completing her studies, she worked in the marketing department for Probst & Consorten in Dresden. Subsequently in 2009, she graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Communication Science at Bielefeld and Dresden. During her studies, she worked for Euroflag GmbH in Moscow, the Sächsischen Landtag and the Sächsische Landeszentrale for Political Education. Gesine started working in sales at Sachsen Fahnen GmbH & Co. KG in 2010 and later became the sales manager. She joined corporate friend_® in 2016 and became a partner when corporate friends_® GmbH was founded. Gesine Kutter speaks fluent English.