David Nothacker is the co-founder and CEO of sennder. David started his career at strategy consulting firm Roland Berger and co-founded ‘Smiling Box’ in 2014. During his MBA studies at INSEAD, David co-founded sennder. Whilst pivoting the original business model, he was joined by Nicolaus Schefenacker and Julius Köhler, who he knew from Roland Berger. Since founding sennder in 2015, the company has grown into Europe’s leading digital freight forwarder. Under David Nothacker’s leadership, over 12,500 connected trucks have completed more than 500,000 FTL shipments throughout Europe. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, sennder has 1,000 employees across 11 European offices. To date, sennder has raised over $ 350m from leading investors.

David Nothacker holds a Bachelor in Economics & Management from the University of Bocconi, a Master’s degree in Management from London School of Economics (LSE) and International Management from ESADE Business School, as well as an MBA from INSEAD in France.