Heinrich Schmid-Schmidsfelden serves as Director of Development for ADF International and is based in Vienna, Austria. Together with his team, his primary responsibility is to build lasting and meaningful relationships with ADF International’s growing global supporter base.

Prior to joining ADF International, Heinrich was the founder and Managing Director of one of Austria’s first digital venture builders. In this capacity, he built and structured digital business units for corporate entities on a global level and worked with high growth startups. As co-owner and member of the senior leadership team, he also restructured a mid-sized manufacturing company from the automotive industry.

Earlier, he was responsible for corporate development, innovation and digitalisation in various roles at multinational corporate entities. Among other initiatives, he built a global innovation eco-system for a tech-company in the mobility sector. Heinrich studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business at Yale University, New Haven. He is married and is the father of five children.