Munich, Bavaria, Germany
• Seasoned Chief Financial Officer with extensive experience leading all finance subfunctions including finance & treasury, planning & controlling, investment analysis, risk management, accounting, reporting, and tax as well as related functions such as legal, IT, procurement, and insurance. • Proven track record of driving financial strategy, transformation, and sustainable growth across international environments. Lived, studied, and worked in Germany, the US, the UK, the UAE, Argentina, and Russia—bringing a truly global and intercultural perspective to leadership and decision-making. • Recognized as an empathetic, confident, and open-minded leader with experience managing teams of 30 professionals. Known for a positive, can-do attitude, adaptability, and strategic mindset that balances operational excellence with a clear focus on the big picture. • Extensive project expertise in M&A and divestment transactions, as well as process optimization and business transformation initiatives. Business experience spans the energy and chemical industries, both in scale-ups and corporates, and across publicly listed and private equity–backed organizations.
Private equity–backed renewable energy scale-up • Serve as Chief Financial Officer, driving the company’s financial strategy and sustainable growth in the renewable energy sector. • Lead strategic initiatives including M&A, portfolio management, and capital allocation to support expansion and investor value creation. • Oversee Finance & Treasury, optimizing the company’s capital structure and funding strategy across corporate, project, and equity financing. • Manage Planning & Controlling and Accounting & Tax teams to ensure robust financial performance management, regulatory compliance, and transparent reporting. • Head the Investment Analysis team, enabling data-driven decision-making and strategic investments. • Lead the Legal department, ensuring effective governance, contractual integrity, and risk management.
• Lead team responsible for preparation and implementation of financing plans globally, including project and joint venture financing as well as M&A financing • Manage corporate capital structure with €4.5 bn. bonds and €900 million revolving credit facility with bank syndicate • Lead negotiations of key financing contracts • Responsible for credit rating with rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch as well as German central bank • Managing strategic relationships with banks
Member of the Management Board of Wintershall AG, a joint venture between Wintershall Dea and Gazprom holding oil concessions in Libya, responsible for the budget planning and financial statements according to German GAAP (HGB)
• Finance lead of transformation project supported by BCG dealing with the organizational re-design to re-invent the operating model of Wintershall Dea • Responsible for design of global finance & accounting, strategy & M&A and internal audit functions
• Diploma thesis on foreign exchange management at Wintershall • Internships in various business-related departments (finance, controlling, procurement, marketing, logistics)