Rene and I worked directly together when he was the Regional Finance Officer for Straumann’s North American operations while I was the Executive Management Board member responsible for the global sales operations and marketing, heading additionally the North American Regional Management. He is an always reliable, precise and highly trusted leader with a strong financial background and pragmatic, result driven business orientation. Thus, he was instrumental for our successful strategic transformation North American sales organizations. He led the resizing and refocusing of the organization, helping the team to focus and gain competitive leadership, constantly outpacing the market and key competition. Later, we were very pleased when Rene accepted our offer to relocate to Italy and become the General Manager for Straumann Italy, one biggest and most competitive implant markets worldwide, hit by the European financial crisis. Here again, he demonstrated outstanding leadership capabilities and a strong business sense, which was honored again by great results. Rene is a thoughtful leader and business executive with a comprehensive technical and emotional intelligence who combines strategic thinking with the capability to enter into details to assure consistency of execution. I truly enjoyed working with him and would always be happy to do so again in the future.

I had the pleasure to work closely with Rene during his time as Chief Financial Officer of Straumann's North American Businesses. Rene is a thoughtful, measured business executive who has a deep understanding of both the financial reporting and P&L levers that drive value in a successful organization. His ability to translate this technical skill set across functional and cultural boundaries is one of his best attributes, and I would be happy to work with him again in the future.

Rene and I worked directly together when he was the Regional Finance Officer for Straumann’s North American operations while I was the Executive Management Board member responsible for the global sales operations and marketing, heading additionally the North American Regional Management. He is an always reliable, precise and highly trusted leader with a strong financial background and pragmatic, result driven business orientation. Thus, he was instrumental for our successful strategic transformation North American sales organizations. He led the resizing and refocusing of the organization, helping the team to focus and gain competitive leadership, constantly outpacing the market and key competition. Later, we were very pleased when Rene accepted our offer to relocate to Italy and become the General Manager for Straumann Italy, one biggest and most competitive implant markets worldwide, hit by the European financial crisis. Here again, he demonstrated outstanding leadership capabilities and a strong business sense, which was honored again by great results. Rene is a thoughtful leader and business executive with a comprehensive technical and emotional intelligence who combines strategic thinking with the capability to enter into details to assure consistency of execution. I truly enjoyed working with him and would always be happy to do so again in the future.

I had the pleasure to work closely with Rene during his time as Chief Financial Officer of Straumann's North American Businesses. Rene is a thoughtful, measured business executive who has a deep understanding of both the financial reporting and P&L levers that drive value in a successful organization. His ability to translate this technical skill set across functional and cultural boundaries is one of his best attributes, and I would be happy to work with him again in the future.

Rene and I worked directly together when he was the Regional Finance Officer for Straumann’s North American operations while I was the Executive Management Board member responsible for the global sales operations and marketing, heading additionally the North American Regional Management. He is an always reliable, precise and highly trusted leader with a strong financial background and pragmatic, result driven business orientation. Thus, he was instrumental for our successful strategic transformation North American sales organizations. He led the resizing and refocusing of the organization, helping the team to focus and gain competitive leadership, constantly outpacing the market and key competition. Later, we were very pleased when Rene accepted our offer to relocate to Italy and become the General Manager for Straumann Italy, one biggest and most competitive implant markets worldwide, hit by the European financial crisis. Here again, he demonstrated outstanding leadership capabilities and a strong business sense, which was honored again by great results. Rene is a thoughtful leader and business executive with a comprehensive technical and emotional intelligence who combines strategic thinking with the capability to enter into details to assure consistency of execution. I truly enjoyed working with him and would always be happy to do so again in the future.

I had the pleasure to work closely with Rene during his time as Chief Financial Officer of Straumann's North American Businesses. Rene is a thoughtful, measured business executive who has a deep understanding of both the financial reporting and P&L levers that drive value in a successful organization. His ability to translate this technical skill set across functional and cultural boundaries is one of his best attributes, and I would be happy to work with him again in the future.