Professional Career

01/1992-10/2001	CFO Imperial Brands Plc., Hamburg / Germany Number of member responsibility: 15 Worldwide responsibility for the financial achievement of given targets of the Duty Free business and the "Order Delivery Process" (process between the incoming order and the physical delivery of product). Implementation of complex controlling system for 120 different markets and 500 SKUs.
10/2001-12/2007	Vice President Business Controlling Henkel AG & Co., Duesseldorf / Germany Number of member responsibility: 59 Responsible for the financial achievement of given targets for Henkel Technologies in EMEA & LA (€ 1,9B, 5000 employees): - Monthly, quarterly and year end reporting - Financial planning of the region - Acquisition and divestments of group assets as portfolio management measures
12/2007-12/2009	General Manager Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen / Germany Number of member responsibility: 80 Worldmarket leader in light- and electron-microscopy. Leading supplier for companies active in bioscience, material research, quality-assurance and -control. Worldwide responsibility for the departments Finance, Controlling, HR, M&A and Operations/Supply Chain.
12/2009-12/2011	Excecutive Vice President Von Roll AG, Waedenswil /Switzerland Number of member responsibility: 2500 Bottom line responsibilities for all 23 manufacturing units worldwide plus global R&D and Process & Quality: Installation of a global six sigma quality system, Implementation of a global stage gate process to manage innovation, turn around projects on legal entity level and for product lines, site consolidation projects.
12/2011	Owner Mathias Consulting, Starnberg / Germany Mathias Consulting's business strategy involves a proprietary set of actions that enables a company to be more than just the sum of its parts. The most important role of is to help business units achieve leadership points. We consult in areas we understand and are able to run. We ensure moderate processes in our projects considering aspects of all stakeholders. We are serving clients in the High-Tech industry as Laser solutions, Additive Manu-facturing and surrounding industries