Experience

Neuraxpharm

• Spain
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Finance Director Germany, Austria & Netherlands

  • May 2021 - Present

  Leading all Finance & Accounting activities in the group leading entity of a PE Backed company for Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. Building up top-notch reporting structures and a robust Accounting for all entities. Leading all Finance & Accounting activities in the group leading entity of a PE Backed company for Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. Building up top-notch reporting structures and a robust Accounting for all entities.



Caesar & Loretz GmbH

• Germany
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group CFO

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  Family Owned SME Group in the HealthCare and GMP-regulated environment with 200+FTE and 2 factory sites. Responsible Redesign of all F&A related processes und implementation of new ERP and Finance system to drive growth. Partly responsible for operations. Family Owned SME Group in the HealthCare and GMP-regulated environment with 200+FTE and 2 factory sites. Responsible Redesign of all F&A related processes und implementation of new ERP and Finance system to drive growth. Partly responsible for operations.



Citova GmbH

• Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

  Seasoned Finance and Strategy Interim Executive in the Consumer Health Care, FMCG and Digital Start-up sector. Seasoned Finance and Strategy Interim Executive in the Consumer Health Care, FMCG and Digital Start-up sector.



Heilpflanzenwohl AG

• Cologne Area, Germany

• Group CFO

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2017

  Building up from scratch and than leading all Group wide CFO Functions for a Swiss based Health Care group such as Legal, Finance, Accounting, HR, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Tax and Contract Management. In 18months we became one of the most successful OTC companies and launched more than 4 completely new developed OTC products in Germany. Building up from scratch and than leading all Group wide CFO Functions for a Swiss based Health Care group such as Legal, Finance, Accounting, HR, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Tax and Contract Management. In 18months we became one of the most successful OTC companies and launched more than 4 completely new developed OTC products in Germany.



Urban Surfers Investment

• Germany
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Founder & GM

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2015

  We are an investment consultancy to private equity, venture capitalists and single family offices that helps investors to invests in early stage projects digital health projects. With a young, ambitious and highly talented team we consult mainly regarding digital driven industries and business ideas with a special focus towards Life Science. We are an investment consultancy to private equity, venture capitalists and single family offices that helps investors to invests in early stage projects digital health projects. With a young, ambitious and highly talented team we consult mainly regarding digital driven industries and business ideas with a special focus towards Life Science.



Bayer

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jul 2009 - Aug 2013

  CFO for Bayer in Romania and Bulgaria (Deputy GM)From 2009 operating as CFO and deputy General Manager (CEO) for Romania and since 2011 for Romania and Bulgaria. Having full PoA and executing the operations as “administrator” of the company. Main focus from 2009 onwards to stabilize and grow the company, to build appropriate service backbone function and to professionalize the delivery quality towards internal and external stakeholders. Build up several CFO functions from the scratch such as Tax, Legal Entity Controlling, Legal and Compliance as well as a centralized Procurement function. Responsibility for Finance and Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal Entity Controlling, Procurement, IT, Facility Management, Administration Management, Car Fleet Management and internal Travelboard. Representing the company in all major legal cases, e.g. against the Competition Council and others. Establishing internal guidelines and procedures as well as an integrated ERP environment to keep up pace with the growth of the business (constant growth p.a.). Implemented SAP R/3 as standard operating ERP software within 6 month. Biggest Achievement: one of the highest satisfaction rate of delivered service quality within in the group. Skills gained and deepened in General Management, Crisis Management and building up sufficient but efficient Organizational Infrastructure in a dynamic market. Main target: sales and marketing orientation implemented as genuine DNA of a CFO department to gain market share and defend market position.Responsibility : X Mio. € budget p.a. plus 79 FTE´s. Show less

• • Jul 2005 - Jul 2009

  Responsible for all issues related to Corporate Financing of up to 180 Bayer legal entities across Europe. Effective Management of all equity measurements in the Bayer Group for European entities with a focus on reducing tax burden and establish top-in-class cash management. M&A due dilligences and project management in the area of CFI for medium M&A projects (up to 250 Mio. EUR/deal) plus divestments in the amount of XXX Mio. €). Introducing a web based management tool for all dividend inflows and outflows in the Bayer group.Establishing financing rules and internal invoicing rules to avoid FX effects ("embedded derivatives") within the Bayer group. Highlights: being a major part in the acquisition of Schering AG in 2006 (and all post-merger activities). Initiated several Real Estates deals after Schering Acquisition and managed the PPA (purchase price allocation) with XX bn. € value. Show less

• • Jun 2002 - Jun 2005

  Implementation and managing of a group wide risk management to steer the group restructuring after Lipobay Crisis. Monthly reports to the Holding Board in order to steer and monitor the risk including adequate counter measurements for various global "risk fields". Defining strategies and counter measures in so called Risk Fields, monitoring the progress and act as crisis manager and moderator in high risk fields. Introducing the Risk Management into a ICS System (Internal Control System, based on SOX requirements). Show less

• • Jun 2000 - Jun 2002

  Responsible for the effective sourcing of Valves, Pumps and technical Services as team lead and as strategic sourcer. Responsible for multiple million € projects in US and in Spain. Established a B2B platform with Deutsche Telekom to source effectively technical equipment for chemical industry (today known as hubwoo.com).Introduced strategic KPI´s (such as "negotiation profit") for procurement to measure the strategic success for Bayer´s overall business strategy.