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Turnaround, Reorganization, Reengineering, Changemanagement,

Turnaround, Reorganization, Reengineering, Changemanagement,

Work Experience

17 Years Management experience as CFO/CEO or Member of the Board of Directors in medium sized and big internationally operating German and US based companies, plus 6 years experience as Interim-Manager and Management Consultant.

Skills : Very creative business manager with proven ability to increase bottom line results. International experience in the field of financing. Highly effective business negotiator. Negotiated and financed several turnkey projects, Joint Ventures and Start up Companies. Several successful Turn Arounds, debt restructurings and international Reengineering projects. Excellent Controlling background with very good technical understanding

Worked for companies of all sizes.
- staff: from 80 to 10.000
- sales: from $ 10 Million to 1,5 Billion



Education

simultaneous studies in :
Business Administration and
Mechanical Engineering at Technical University of Berlin

Degree:
Diplom-Ingenieur (Industrial Engineer, MBA)

other:
Controller Academy Gauting
Berlin School for fiscal law and auditing



Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND MAJOR PROJECTS


CONTOLLING / REPORTING
Introduced, improved, or harmonized several times : worldwide Controlling systems
methods of calculation and cost-accounting,
international Reporting,
Budgeting, Forecasting,
Project-Controlling,
Claims-Management

Standardized Controlling, Reporting etc. in newly acquired companies with parent companies systems.
Standardized and improved a.m. in a newly formed Holding with 90 subsidiaries in 39 countries



ORGANIZATION
Restructured the legal and internal organization of a worldwide represented Company, targeting higher profits by using synergy- and / or taxation-effects. For example national Country Holdings were created, to absorb profits by losses, business lines were sold to local sister companies, to create profits, where we could not use or transfer taxable losses-carried-forward or similar assets.

Managed several very successful Reengineering projects, which resulted in higher cycles with less people, shorter delivery time with better reliability of delivery date and improved clients satisfaction. In many cases achieved a significant growth in the number of identical parts, what reduced inventories. Modular redesign of product lines resulted in more types with lower number of parts and lower production cost.

Established centralized Global Sourcing with decentralized worldwide local purchasing departments in



CORPORATE FINANCE / M & A
Successfully negotiated about 20 acquisitions / sales of foreign companies, valued companies as a whole, did the due diligence, prepared commercial and legal papers

Successfully negotiated Joint Ventures in China, Russia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Europe, United States
and Brazil, organized local credit lines.

Established US subsidiary for a german Company, financed new subsidiary by Private Placement in the US,
prepared all commercial and legal papers, Road Show presentations, arranged local credit lines




FINANCE
Financed a new production plant for Company in Germany. Negotiated credit-lines and subsidies with Banks and Public Authorities. Prepared the Feasibility study and all commercial / legal papers.

Financed locally a new Chinese subsidiary with European and Chinese Banks. Prepared Feasibility Study, all legal and commercial papers, negotiated with local Authorities, Banks, etc.

Negotiated the financing of a major coal-mining project for India, project value DEM 3 Billion in cooperation with major internatinal Investment Banks

Financed the foreign buyers of major German export goods ( machinery, complete plant equipment) with KfW, AKA, German and international Bank Credit lines, arranged long term credit lines, cross border leasing, barter and debt equity swap , familiar with HERMES and similar europian institutions.

Have experience in : Hedges, Factoring, Caps, Swaps, Assignments, short and long term credit lines,
Cash managemant.

Have been member of the (Clients) Advisory Board of Dresdner Bank for several years



COMMERCIAL DATE PROCESSING
Installed PC-Network with 400 PC`s

Installed several times complete SAP R3 / R2 software package

Installed Lotus Notes for worldwide reporting, communication and inventory management
Installed complete NAVISION package



LEGAL / TAXES / ACCOUNTING
Have very good experience in international company law, company bylaws, terms of trade, labor law
and taxation

Have extensive experience in : legal and management accounting, tax return,, annual report, valuation methods, international consolidation, German- and US GAAP



GENERAL
Managed successfully several Turnarounds in different industries in Germany, Europe and Overseas (including all social and legal aspects)and have good experience in debt restructuring

Effective Crisis Management as Interim Manager in in different industries.

Have international sales experience ( key account ) in the field of capital goods and turn key projects

Used to international traveling, familiar with foreign mentalities and habits

Team oriented worker with a good sense of humor, prefer flat hierarchies, short reporting lines and fast decisions

Have been member of several industrial Advisory Boards and Dresdner Bank Clients Advisory Board, actually Chairman of the Advisory Bord of the non profit Foundation





Languages

German (native)
English (business fluent)




Other

Hands-on expierience in the following industrial sectors:
- capital goods
- machine building
- havy machinery
- serial and mass production
- plant engineering and construction
- contracting
- services
- healthcare
- construction industry

MY PERSONAL FOCUS:
- turnaround
- reorganization / restructuring
- reengineering projects
- controlling / reporting projects
- M&A in connexion with a.m. projects

Small and medium sized family owned companies are wellcome as well as corporate subsidiaries or large scale enterprises.





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