Profile
8 years in-depth organizational experience as an employee
Expert career in the financial services industry (e. g. B2B services provider EOS Group, one of the leading international providers for individual financial services and a member of the Otto Group as well as subsidiaries of the Warburg Group, holding company of M.M.Warburg & CO, Germany’s biggest owner-managed private bank)
12 years wide organizational experience as an external consultant
Solutions for versatile organizations (see customers & references)
20 years effective work in versatile organizational structures
Familiar with decision-making processes within SME as well as big organizations
20 years cross-functional collaboration
… with versatile business units and all hierarchical levels
18 years project (management) experience
1. Setup and steering of interdisciplinary brand and brand communication expert-teams in and for organizations
2. Project member in collaboration with management and creative consultancies
16 years sensitivity for international environments and moments of transformation
E. g. international corporate projects, brand integrations and ongoing consulting of international/regional subsidiaries, transformation (internationalization, managerial change, brand development/integration upon mergers and acquisitions, amendment of products and/or services as well as market or competitive environment, setup or reorganization of brand/brand communication departments in organizational context)
6 years independent lecturer for brand conception, brand management, marketing, B2B & services marketing, public relations and content marketing
… at the Brand University, Hamburg, Germany, at the Hochschule Ruhr West, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany, at the Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China and at the Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China
2018: Best in class Master of Arts (M. A.) in International Brand Communication
Focus: Brand conception (Brand University, Hamburg; with distinction)
2000 – 2004: Studies of business administration, communication and languages (EN/FR)
… at the Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, one of the most renowned European universities, as well as at the European Academy for Economy and Languages Cologne, Germany
Entrepreneurial background
Grew up in a family-owned SME environment: my parents’ blacksmith company.
