Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Seit über 20 Jahren verbinde ich Strategie und Unternehmertum – von der Beratung über Corporate Venture Building bis hin zu eigenen Gründungen. 2008 habe ich das Umwelttechnologie-Unternehmen SunCoal Industries mitgegründet und bis zum erfolgreichen Exit 2023 begleitet. Weitere Stationen waren Führungsaufgaben bei Koehler Paper SE, wo ich den Bereich Innovative Solutions aufbaute. Heute führe ich gemeinsam mit Martin Böhm KAVITS (eine Marke der Frimaco GmbH) in ihre nächste Entwicklungsphase – mit Fokus auf B2B-Reparaturdienstleistungen im Consumer Electronics. Damit gestalten wir aktiv die Kreislaufwirtschaft, indem wir Handelsketten, Onlinehändler, Versicherungen, Garantieanbieter und Fachhändler mit professionellen Reparaturlösungen unterstützen. Mich treibt an, sinnhafte Themen unternehmerisch voranzubringen – von der Bioökonomie bis zur Kreislaufwirtschaft.
Seit September 2025 führe ich gemeinsam mit Martin Böhm das Unternehmen KAVITS in seine nächste Entwicklungsphase. Unsere Stärke liegt in B2B-Reparaturdienstleistungen im Bereich Consumer Electronics. Wir unterstützen Elektronik-Ketten, Onlinehändler, Versicherungen, Garantieanbieter und Fachhändler mit professionellen, skalierbaren Prozessen und hoher Servicequalität. Damit ermöglichen wir es unseren Kunden, sich auf ihr Kerngeschäft zu konzentrieren – in dem Wissen, dass ihre Service- und Garantieversprechen zuverlässig erfüllt werden.
Personal investment vehicle focused on creating long-term value through entrepreneurial action and forward-looking investments.
As the founding head of the Innovative Solutions business unit at Koehler Paper SE (>1.3 bn sales, >2,500 employees, >210 years family business), I played a pivotal role in driving the company's growth perspectives by creating new business segments and forging strategic partnerships. My leadership in steering committees and direct investments in start-ups have been instrumental in driving innovation and fostering a culture of entrepreneurship within the organization. This was reinforced by being part of the management board and close involvement of various company functions in projects. The role also includes representing Koehler on advisory boards and panels, e.g. in the now listed additive manufacturing company BigRep SE or the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF).
In my role as Co-Founder & Managing Director at SunCoal Industries, I spearheaded the development of a groundbreaking technology portfolio to produce performance products from renewable raw materials. This included creating Renewable Functional Fillers from lignin as a substitute for carbon black in rubber and plastic. My leadership contributed to a significant investment of >1.2 bn € by UPM Kymmene Oy from Finland in the world's first industrial biorefinery for biochemicals in Germany, showcasing the impact of our innovative solutions. From 2016 onwards I served as non-executive managing director until the sale of the company with its unique technology portfolio to UPM in 2023. As a sideline, I was on the supervisory board of a family-run diagnostics company (Analyticon Biotechnologies) focused on customized solutions for urine diagnostics and hematology from August 2013 to the end of 2025.
Project Management and Leadership • Leading of consulting and client teams. • Project controlling including preparation of steering committee, board and bank presentations. • Regularly recruited, trained and mentored other consultants and interns. • Was promoted regularly starting from Junior Consultant in 2003 to Project Manager in 2007. Corporate Strategy, Operations Management and Restructuring • Development of International Market Entry Strategies with related market and benchmarking studies. • Efficiency optimization applying Operations Research models (e.g. regression, root-cause analysis). • Improvement of procurement and working capital management. • Development of organizational blueprints for corporate functions with associated cost savings. • Identification of reduction measures in other operating expenditures.