Uli Kurtenbach

Uli Kurtenbach has an extensive work experience in the advertising and strategy industry. Starting in 1992, they worked as an Account Manager, Producer, and Strategist at start advertising. From 1997 to 2007, they held the role of Senior Strategic Planner at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam. In 2008, they co-founded a company and served as the Director of Strategy until October of the same year. They then joined Naked Communications as a Managing Partner from 2008 to 2010. Following that, they worked as the Director of Strategy at Amsterdam Worldwide from 2010 to 2015. From 2015 to 2016, they worked as a Strategist at Sylvain Labs, Inc. In 2016, they joined HUSTLE as an Executive Strategy Director and worked until 2017. From 2017 to 2019, they served as the Group Strategy Director at Venables Bell and Partners. Most recently, they have held roles at 180 Global, starting as the Head of Planning from 2021 to 2023, and currently as the Director of Strategy at 180Amsterdam.

Uli Kurtenbach earned a Master of Arts degree in American Cultural history, Economics, and Psychology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München between 1989 and 1994.