Jan Schmelzle
Deutscher Franchiseverband e.V.
Managing Director
For the Managing Director of the German Franchise Association, respect, fairness and trust are the basis for a successful franchise system and are writ large both internally and externally. Therefore, his focus is on the further professionalization of franchising in Germany, on the transfer of know-how from practice for practice and on the sustainable strengthening of the franchise community.
Kai Enders
Deutscher Franchiseverband e.V.
Franz-Josef Ebel
Master Franchise Germany
General Manager and Founder
Franz-Josef Ebel supports prospective franchisees in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with his brand "Master Franchise Germany®". Contact him if you are looking for a franchise system that is suitable for you. He will advise you individually and together with you will find a system that suits you.
Franz-Josef has worked as a journalist at Handelsblatt and Reuters, among others, including as founding editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt Internet. He has worked in management positions at T-Online and Deutsche Post DHL, studied economics in Aberdeen and Cambridge, and completed training as a franchise manager (IHK).
Emma Lehner
Bodystreet GmbH
Managing Director and Founder Bodystreet GmbH, Vice President German Franchise Association, Senator in the Senate of Economy (Germany)
She was a member of the national athletics team in Tanzania and started her professional career in Germany as a therapist in a hospital.
She has been an entrepreneur for almost 25 years. First as the owner of two conventional fitness studios in Munich: Munich Health. In 2007, together with her husband Matthias Lehner, she founded the boutique EMS studio brand Bodystreet and developed it into one of the most successful fitness brands in Europe.
Today there are well over 300 Bodystreet studios on 3 continents (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Tanzania, USA).
Maria Leonore Linz-Bender
global office
Magdalena Mathoi
Storebox Holding GmbH
René Törner
MySpa
Nezif Emek
Çiğköftem
General Manager
Carina Felzmann
MFV Comexposium
Show Director Franchise Expo Germany
Carina Felzmann has been an entrepreneur in Vienna for 27 years. Her marketing & PR agency launched the Franchise Messe Österreich in 2011, and in 2013 she developed Franchise Matching Day for Germany, which she implemented in a joint venture with the German Franchise Association until 2017. Since 2018, she has been implementing Franchise Expo Frankfurt for the US company MFV/Comexposium.
"I love to connect people, companies, topics. Like Women in Franchising - a chance to step on the gas together!"
Carina Felzmann
MFV Comexposium
Show Director Franchise Expo Germany
Carina Felzmann has been an entrepreneur in Vienna for 27 years. Her marketing & PR agency launched the Franchise Messe Österreich in 2011, and in 2013 she developed Franchise Matching Day for Germany, which she implemented in a joint venture with the German Franchise Association until 2017. Since 2018, she has been implementing Franchise Expo Frankfurt for the US company MFV/Comexposium.
"I love to connect people, companies, topics. Like Women in Franchising - a chance to step on the gas together!"