About me.

I started my professional career with Tchibo GmbH in Hamburg. There I soon gained management experience in various positions within the Controlling department and learned that order and structure in figures is not an end in itself but a critical factor in the success of any business. I had the opportunity to design change processes, some of them complex, on a variety of projects. One formative experience was my involvement in the Tchibo-Eduscho merger within the Business core team. My last role within the Tchibo Group was heading up the Business Management and Administration departments at a subsidiary.

Further stages in my career in Germany and abroad took me to the MPC Group as a holder of a general commercial power of attorney and, among other things, to Olympus Holding as Strategic Project Officer. During this phase of my career I performed various management duties in the fields of finance, accounting and controlling, as well as continuing to be responsible for commercial projects and carrying them through to a successful conclusion. Most recently I spent eight years as CFO of a medium-sized company in the greater Hamburg area, directing the commercial activities and running the finance, accounting, controlling, tax and legal departments.