Kerstin Braun is a Managing Director in Trade Finance. She has over 20 years of experience in executive management of multinational companies focused on financial risk products. She brings proven success in top and bottom line growth, expansion of distribution channels and building sustainable partnerships, improved operational performance, product innovation, and organizational effectiveness. Before joining Evolution, Kerstin worked as Global Head of Sales at Stenn International, a UK-based international trade finance platform in 2017, becoming President in 2018. At Stenn, she directed all areas of the company’s growth and development, including building Stenn’s global brand, charting the company’s continued expansion in terms of portfolio and footprint, and implementing technology to optimize operational performance. Prior to Stenn, Kerstin held positions of increasing responsibility at global credit insurer Coface, most recently as Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing North America. Prior to that she held several management positions at Coface Germany, including Sales Director covering Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Kerstin holds a Law degree from University of Tübingen and a PhD in Law from Universität Salzburg. She also teaches as Guest Lecturer in International Sales Management at ESB Business School, Reutlingen University.