START x Nikolai Riesenkampff: From Skrill to SumUp to Kaiserslautern

​From Skrill to SumUp, from the boardroom to the football club: what does it take to lead across industries?

​Nikolai Riesenkampff, non-executive director at SumUp, joins us live online, while we gather in Maastricht for an exclusive talk and Q&A.

​Few careers are as diverse as his. He was Co-CEO of Skrill, served as Vice Chairman and later Chairman of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a traditional 2. Bundesliga club, and is managing director of his own foundation, the Riesenkampff Foundation, which supports children’s education in the Baltics. Today he is on the board side at SumUp, and he is an Adjunct Lecturer at UCL School of Management, where he teaches how growing firms are managed.

​Nikolai will share what he has learned about leading in very different environments: scaling payment businesses, steering a traditional football club through the pressure of public attention, and building a purpose-driven organisation. We’ll also ask what carries over from one context to the next, and what doesn’t.

​Expect an intimate session with plenty of room to ask questions and learn directly from someone who has led across fintech, sports and the non-profit sector.

​Date: 16.11.2026
Beginning of Event: 18:30

​Event Structure:

• ​18:30-18:45 Introduction

• ​18:45-19:30 Talk

• ​19:30-20:00 Q&A

​Location:
Lecture Room: Statenzaal
Maastricht University, Faculty of Law
Bouillonstraat 1-3
6211 LH Maastricht

​Spots are limited and registration is required. 🚀🧡
(Speaker joins remotely)