Born in 1955 and member of the Supervisory Board of Vapiano SE since July 2020.

After graduating as a commercial specialist, Werner Engels was involved in commercial and gastronomy real estate throughout his professional activity. From 1985 he introduced chain stores such as Runners Point and Foot Locker to the German market, at Christ Juweliere he was responsible for the expansion and expansion of the branch network.

From 1999, as Managing Director Real Estate at one of the fastest-growing German retailers, Bonita, he was responsible for the strong expansion of the branch network and the construction of numerous new points of sale. During the subsequent 6 years of self-employment as a specialized commercial broker for retail and catering space, he further expanded his network in the real estate and retail sector.

In the following 8 years, he decisively developed the branch network of the world's largest accessory chain Claire's Stores from Chicago in the Central European countries with well over 100 new locations.

Since 2016, he has been Director Real Estate at Vapiano SE.