Professional Career

2017-2021 Regional Managing Director, CEER
KINGSPAN LIGHT + AIR, Bad Salzuflen, Germany

Number of member responsibility: 550
Full sole P+L responsibility of €130m for Essmann, Schütze, Kingspan Services Deutschland, Essmann Poland, Essmann Hungary.

Kingspan Light and Air is part of Kingspan plc, a world leader in building materials, daylight and smoke protection systems.
2016-2017 Group Business and Development Director
INTERNATIONAL FIBRES GROUP HOLDINGS LTD., Leeds, GB

Project focus upon taking the €200m group with factories in USA, UK, Austria and Belgium from private to public ownership.

IFG is the European leader for OEM supply of polypropylene fibres for use in the automotive, geotextile and flooring sectors.

2013-2015 Managing Director and CSO
EMS ELEKTRO METALL SCHWANENMÜHLE GMBH, Kaiserslautern, Germany

P+L responsibility of €50m with focus upon sales.

EMS manufacturers and supplies niche electrical components for high power transmission to the wind power and diverse other industries.
2013-2013 Corporate strategy consultant
ALFRED KÄRCHER GMBH + CO.KG, Stuttgart, Germany

Corporate business development and acquisition strategy with focus upon international distributors and dealers.

Alfred-Kärcher is a Top 500 German company and the world's leading supplier of professional and consumer electronic cleaning machines.
2012-2012 Managing Director Designate Indonesia
ALFRED-KÄRCHER SINGAPORE, Singapore

Market entry into Indonesia from Singapore as a base.

Alfred-Kärcher is a Top 500 German company and the world's leading supplier of professional and consumer electronic cleaning machines.
2010-2012 Managing Director India
ALFRED-KÄRCHER CLEAING SYSTEMS INDIA LTD, New Delhi, India

Business start-up in India, company acquisition by asset deal, set-up a new Home and Garden segment and subsequent p+l responsibility of €10m sales.

Alfred-Kärcher is a Top 500 German company and the world's leading supplier of professional and consumer electronic cleaning machines.
2006-2010 Managing Director Middle East
SAINT-GOBAIN GYPROC MIDDLE EAST, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE

Full sole p+l responsibility for €30m sales from a Dubai trading company. JV set-up in Abu Dhabi with the Royal Family and subsequent realisation of a €55m greenfield plant construction.

Saint-Gobain is a Fortune 500 company and the world's leading supplier of building materials.

2004-2005 Managing Director Middle East
BPB MIDDLE EAST FZE, Dubai, UAE

Responsibility for business set-up and subsequently €10m new sales from Asian imports and distribution across the Middle East.

BPB plc was a FTSE 100 company and the world's leading plasterboard and plaster manufacturing company.
2002-2004 Regional Managing Director South East Europe
BPB HELLASE ABEE, Athens, Greece

Full sole responsibility for €25m sales and two factories in Greece and Turkey. I managed the purchase of the Turkish family business and integrated it into the group, which required a complete turnaround in every business function: products, sales, finance, production, logistics. The business generated a positive profit from a loss making start after one year which resulted in staff reductions from 300 to 200.
2001-2002 Business Development Director CEER
BPB BETEILIGUNGS GMBH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Managing Director responsible for business strategy and business development. Made various acquisitions in Germany and Eastern Europe and relocated production from Germany to Eastern Europe.
2001-1998 Department Head Marketing and Product Management
RIGIPS GMBH, Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Responsibility for all marketing activities in Germany and a team of product managers. Established company wide cross-functional customer focused product improvement teams.
1996-1998 Corporate Strategic Planning Officer
BPB plc, Slough, UK

Financial and business evaluation of business development plans from the operating companies (acquisitions and large investments) with recommendations and priority ranking to the Group CEO.

Participated in the acquisition of Gyproc Scandinavia and in the defence team against a possible hostile takeover.
1992-1995 International Group Product Manager
SCHLUMBERGER INDUSTRIES, Poitiers and Paris, France

Product strategy for commercial electricity metering, pre sales technical support and post-sales customer support.

Schlumberger is a Global Fortune 500 company. The industries division was the world's leading supplier of electronic metering solutions.
1989-1991 R+D Engineer
SCHLUMBERGER INDUSTRIES, Felixstowe, UK

Development of electronic electricity metering systems in international matrix project teams.

Schlumberger is a Global Fortune 500 company. The industries division was the world's leading supplier of electronic metering solutions.