Dr. Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg

Everphone

Dr. Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Co-Managing Director at everphone. In this role, she is responsible for accounting, controlling, data, refinancing, people & culture, and legal affairs at the phone-as-a-service provider. Veronika is a proven expert in digital finance and asset-based financing and has many years of experience in fleet lending. Veronika studied law and economics in Augsburg. She also holds an MBA in General Management from the University of Dayton and a doctorate in international capital market law from the University of Augsburg. In addition to her professional activities, she is a supervisory board member (including BAWAG), angel investor, and speaker, as well as co-founder of the Female Finance Circle, a network for female financial executives.
In 2026, she received the “CFO of the Year/SME” award from the World Finance Forum and the “Finance Leader of the Year – International SME” award at the GENCFO Awards. She is also the editor of the book “Financial Management in Startups and Scale-ups”, published by Schäffer Poeschl in July 2026.

Represented in the following tracks at the next Controlling Summit:

Represented in the following tracks at the Controlling Summit:

2025 OLYMP MASTERCLASSES: End the Contract Chaos: How AI-Powered Contract Management Uncovers Hidden Costs and Automates Processes
2025 MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: AI instead of credit: How automated bank reconciliation reduces not only personnel costs but also financing requirements
2024 CONTROLLING SUMMIT MAIN STAGE: Female Leadership in Controlling
2024 CONTROLLING SUMMIT MAIN STAGE: Shortage of skilled labour and strategic personnel planning in the financial sector
2023 MAIN STAGE: Impact Accounting - how Accounting can be sustainable
2022 MAIN STAGE: Experts panel Digitization in Accounting
2021 MAIN STAGE: Risk Management in Accounting