Austria
CPA & Tax Advisor | AI-Leveraged Advisory for Founders, CFOs & Scale-Ups | 30+ Years Big-4 (EY) & SaaS-Exit Experience. 15 years at Ernst & Young (Big-4), Assurance & Advisory; from 2006, Country Risk Manager for Transaction Advisory Services (M&A). ~20 years as external CFO, Compliance Officer & Tax Department Lead of an international SaaS / MarTech group, through its 2020 exit to a publicly listed global software corporation. (Senior) Partner at CORTES and OPIKA, plus external CFO / shareholder roles across pharma, tech and marketing scale-ups. Certified Tax Consultant (2000) and Certified Public Accountant / CPA (2004), Austria; former member of the Chamber’s board of examiners and accounting-policy committees.
15 years at a Big-4 firm in Assurance & Advisory. From 2006, additionally Country Risk Manager for Transaction Advisory Services (M&A), responsible for risk assessment and quality assurance on transaction engagements.