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. |
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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. |
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