Interim- and reference projects

2005-2006 Commercial Director/CFO
Prestigious German newspaper publisher, Berlin/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30
Realization of a post-merger-transformation-program following change in shareholders to private equity; acquisition of 2 newspaper publishing groups by an Anglo-American consortium of investors: e.g. Transformation of the existing Group structure into the target international acquisition structure.
2008-2014 Director Finance (authorized representative)
Group of companies in international logistics Group, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30-10
Post-merger restructuring of TNT contract logistics and EAGLE freight management business following the takeover by US financial investors: Planning, organization and application of measures acc. to German reorganization act and German reorganization tax act to strengthen the company structure.
2008-2014 Director Finance (authorized representative)
Group of companies in international logistics Group, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30-10
Disposal of legal consequences arising from balance-sheet over-indebtedness at German companies: Development of capital measures, coordination across the Group and successful implementation, e.g. adjustment of PPA (IFRS 3), payment into capital reserve, assumption of debt, waiver of claim.
2005-2006 Commercial Director/CFO
Prestigious German newspaper publisher, Berlin/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30
Acquisition of companies/post-merger integration: Guidance of all finance and accounting acquisition aspects of Berliner Verlag and Hamburger Morgenpost Verlag Group. Accounting for the business combination, conversion to IFRS and development of IFRS reporting for shareholders and syndicated banks.
2007-2007 Interim Project Manager
Listed, medium-sized manufacturer of industrial image processing and machine vision systems, Darmstadt/Germany

M&A: Completion of two international company acquisitions; PMI, preparation of further acquisitions; preparation of a Group accounting manual (IFRS); moving forward with the implementation of ERP system MS AXAPTA; revision of international transfer pricing policy; liquidation of two US-companies.
2008-2014 Director Finance (authorized representative)
Group of companies in international logistics Group, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30-10
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): Local project manager in global project team dealing with outsourcing of F&A processes to Shared Service Centre in India; negotiation of SLA; design of future financial structure, closure of F&A location old and establishment of retained finance organization.
2001-2004 Finance Director (authorized representative)
Medium-sized Group company in the area of receivables management services, Darmstadt/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 14
In preparation for the entry of the mother company Intrum Justitia AB, Sweden, onto the Nordic Stock Exchange: Guided and optimized the performance of the German subgroup regarding reporting quality, improvement of transparency, Corporate Governance and compliance requirements.
2008-2014 Director Finance (authorized representative)
Group of companies in international logistics Group, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 30-10
Implementation of consolidation and reporting software Oracle Hyperion Financial Management for Central Europe: Shorter reporting cycles, faster route to results, more reliability, reduced compliance costs, strategic analysis, consistent method of representation as support for statutory reporting.
2016-2016 General Manager Finance (interim)
Major international automotive supplier , Thuringia/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 35
1. Development and realization of a post-merger-transformation-program in the commercial area following the change in the company's shareholder structure (private equity)
2. Heading the departments Finance & Accounting, Controlling, Procurement, Information Service and Legal (5 direct reports and more than 40 employees in Germany and abroad)
3. Continuing resp. implementation of further strategic projects
2016-2016 General Manager Finance (interim)
Major international automotive supplier, Thuringia/Germany

Number of member responsibility: 35
Implementation of detailed project profitability statements on EBITDA level as well as automation of monthly internal reporting.
Identification of "onerous contacts" and re-implementation of post calculation procedures. Comparison of Baseline/CAPEX position with current performance of the project; then drafting and enforcing intra-group countermeasures in order to reduce commercial losses of current contracts or to bring bleeding contracts back on track again.
Implementation of intra-group routines to ensure proper follow-up of this "philosophy" for the time the Interim Manager left the Company.