Tanja Kufner, who previously oversaw Telefonica subsidiary Wayra's operations in Germany, will now work with the corporate-backed accelerator's Berlin branch.

Tanja Kufner has left her position at Wayra Deutschland, a regional venture incubation subsidiary of telecommunications company Telefonica, to take up a role as managing director of accelerator Startup Bootcamp Berlin.

Kufner served as country manager for Germany, overseeing Wayra’s activities in the country as it sought out promising IT start-ups.

Prior to Wayra, Kufner worked at industrial conglomerate Siemens, social photography app developer Femory, where she was head of business development and strategy, and family office FBCon.

Kfuner is…