Berlin-based infrastructure fintech Credibur is expanding its leadership team and has appointed Anja Kühnel as Vice President Operations.
In this role, she will oversee Credibur’s central steering functions: finance, people, processes and communications. Together with founder and CEO Nicolas Kipp, she strengthens the management of the startup, which is building the digital infrastructure for structured credit portfolios. Credibur automates the refinancing processes between alternative lenders and institutional investors. In July 2025, the company closed a USD 2.2 million pre-seed funding round and emerged from stealth with its credit infrastructure platform.
Expertise from both banking and fintech start-ups
Anja Kuehnel brings extensive leadership experience in human resources, operations and organisational development. She spent more than eight years at Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB), most recently as Chapter Lead HR with responsibility for employer branding, recruitment as well as strategic human resource (HR) and transformation topics. Prior to that, she built up the HR department for more than 100 employees at the lending fintech Lendico (now part of ING Germany) as Head of HR. Kuehnel, who holds a degree in business administration, began her career at a management consultancy before moving to the IT subsidiary of a bank, where she rose to the position of Deputy Head of HR.
Nicolas Kipp, Founder and CEO of Credibur
“Anja combines exactly the expertise we need for our next phase of growth: She understands both the established banking sector and the dynamics of fintech start-ups. Her experience in building scalable organisations will be crucial in developing a successful team and structure, and in establishing Credibur as an infrastructure player in the credit market,” says Nicolas Kipp, Founder and CEO of Credibur.
Anja Kuehnel, Vice President Operations at Credibur
Anja Kuehnel adds: “Credibur stands for structure and trust in credit processes - and this is exactly what should be reflected internally. My goal is to create a stable, scalable foundation today that integrates technology, people and processes, paving the way for international expansion.”