Thomas Hoppe

Thomas Hoppe began his professional career in 1984 at the North Rhine-Westphalia tax administration. In the early 1990s, he moved to the industry, initially taking on the management of indirect taxes at an energy company. In the early 2000s, he joined a DAX-listed company in Düsseldorf. During his 12-year tenure with this company, he held various positions both at the corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf and through multi-year assignments in Austria and the USA. Most recently, before joining WTS, Thomas Hoppe was Head of VAT/Customs at a large retail company in Baden-Württemberg. Additionally, Thomas Hoppe is a co-founder of the TaxTech platform www.taxpunk.de and co-host of the Taxpunk Talks.