35 years of expertise in Change Management in Process Industries
20 years as CEO for global family businesses and business units of listed technology and market leaders in the Process and Consumer Goods Industries
B2B, B2C, Trading, Surface Technology Plastics, Fibres, Nonwovens, Composites, Films, Paints, Coatings, Automotive, Electrical, Construction, Hygiene and Medical, Furniture as well as Decorative Papers and Edges
Industry Expert, CRO, International Advisory Board, Operative Advisor, Coach and Mentor of IT Start-ups
Turnarounds and International Restructurings
M&A, Buy & Build, Carve-outs, Spin-offs, Post Merger Integration, Exits, Internationalization
Growth-oriented Value Creation,
Service Orientation and Strategy,
Customer Integration
Change & Culture Management,
Sales and Market Strategies
Business Transformations, Digitalization and Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) in Lean Management, Best Practice, Operational Excellence (OPEX) and Market- / Product-Excellence (MAPEX)
Mechanical Engineering, graduated as Diploma Engineer
Postgraduate studies in Industrial
Engineering with focus on Business
Administration and Management
Function | Company | Period | Branch | Products / Materials |
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Founder and Owner | Alpha Executive Advisory
| Manufacturing Industries | Competence in implementation as CEO - CRO - Board. Restructuring, Growth Strategies, Change-Management | |
CEO Döllken Kunststoffe GmbH and Probos Plasticos S.A. as well as Deputy CEO und COO Surteco Decor GmbH | Surteco SE Group
| Furniture, Surfaces, Plastics | Decorative Papers, Edge Bandings, Paints / Lacquers, Extrusion
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CEO impress Group
| impress Decor Group/ Constantia Industries AG
| Furniture, Surfaces | Decorative Papers, Impregnation, Paints / Lacquers | |
CEO Menzolit-Fibron Gruppe and Managing Director DNK | Dynamit Nobel Kunststoffe (DNK) | Automotive Compounds/Composites
| Composites, Injection-Molding, Thermoplastic / -set Mold Parts, SMC, BMC, LFT | |
Board Operations and Technology | Dechamps Textil AG
| Textile and Clothing | Textile Fabrics | |
COO and Member of the Management Board | Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG
| Hygiene, Medical, Automotive, Industrial Products | Nonwovens, Synthetic Leather | |
Branch Director | Ferchau Konstruktion GmbH | Service and Engineering | Consulting and Construction Service, Project Business | |
Engineering and Processing Nonwowens | Freudenberg Gruppe
| Hygiene, Medical, Automotive, Industrial Products | Nonwovens |
Function | Company | Period | Branch | Products / Materials |
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Chairman of | Alanod GmbH & Co KG
| Electrical and Electronics, Furniture, Decoratives, Photovoltaics | Aluminum Surface Finishing | |
Operative Advisor
| AUCTA UG
| Manufacturing Industries | Digitalization, Software | |
Various international mandates as Chairman or Member of the Advisory Board of affiliated companies | Surteco SE Group, impress Decor Group, Menzolit-Fibron Gruppe | Furniture and Automotive in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, UK, Canada, USA, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, Singapure, Australia | Decorative Papers, Edge Bandings, Paints/Lacquers, Extrusion, Composites, Injection-molding, Thermoplastic/-set Mold Parts, SMC, BMC, LFT | |
Chairman or Member of the Advisory Board | AVK-TV and JEC | Automotive
| Composites/Compounds
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