Hendrik Bender graduated with a degree in business administration in forwarding, transportation, and logistics in 1998. Since 2004, he has served on the Plenary Assembly and Transport Committee of the Rhein-Main-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and he has been an honorary judge at Darmstadt Labour Court since 2006. Hendrik Bender is now the Chief Commercial Officer at Sovereign Speed Group, a European Road Carrier and Aircargo Handling Provider. Hendrik is also the CEO of HAUS61 Startup Accelerator, based at Frankfurt Airport, which has set itself the task of networking log-tech startups and their innovations with air cargo companies and creating use cases under the motto “Innovation meets Industry”.