Liechtenstein
Strategic Sustainability leader at Hilti AG, delivering measurable impact through climate strategy, SBTi alignment, and cross-functional program leadership. I bring a strong academic foundation and deep expertise in environmental consulting and corporate sustainability—combining technical rigor with business focus to create value through ESG integration. At Hilti, I lead the CO₂ program includinf SBTi target development and validation, net zero roadmap, global strategy rollout—embedding sustainability into core business processes and supply chains. My work bridges science-based climate action with operational feasibility, enabling the company advance toward its decarbonization and circularity goals. With global experience in program management and stakeholder engagement, I navigate complexity to turn ambitious targets into actionable solutions. Passionate about scalable, data-driven impact and fostering long-term value for both business and society.
- Cross functional leadership and ownership of global Science Based Target aligned decarbonization program (120+ countries, 34.000 employees, multi billion CHF revenues, global and diverse supply chains) - Lead the implementation and governance of Hilti's Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), aligning business functions, regions and executive leadership - Direct enterprise-wide Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon management programs, delivering substantial emissions reductions across operations and value chain - Led Hilti to carbon neutrality in own operations, achieved for the first time in company history - Executive lead for EcoVadis, achieving and maintaining Gold ratings across multiple assessment cycles - Act as strategic advisor to executive leadership on climate, sustainability, regulatory developments and stakeholder expectations - Lead global renewable energy sourcing and contracting strategy - Lead exclusive CO2 offsetting program - Sustainability ratings and rankings - Influence sustainability integration across procurement, operations, logistics, product development and corporate functions. - Leading Product Carbon Footprint standardization work with DIN and WBCSD
- Led a corporate transformation program that resulted in Executive Board approval of Hilti's first sustainability strategy - Drove sustainability integration into product development, supply chain management and corporate compliance processe - Led stakeholder engagement and regulatory monitoring programs impacting global operations and products - Directed environmental product declaration (EPD) strategy and lifecycle assessment programs. - Represented Hilti in key industry associations and external stakeholder forums. - HSE reporting and communication - Drove ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (Process management and implementation globally) - Internal HSE audits - Green building (LEED, BREEAM etc) - Monitoring of regulatory or stakeholder demands including action plans and follow ups
- Sustainabilty strategy / management Europe and Corporate - Developed supply-chain sustainability strategy for a global packaging manufacturer; recommendations adopted and implemented within corporate sustainability program. - Sustainability reporting (DJSI, corporate sustainability report, newsweek green ranking, CDP, GRI etc...) - Regulatory compliance (product and corporate) / regulatory affairs - Supply chain sustainability - Ecodesign in research and development - Association work (EUROPEN (The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment), Metal Packaging Europe, BDI (Bund deutscher Industrie), BCME (Beverage can makers Europe) - KPI generation and tracking - Lifecycle assessments - Customer presentations and workshops - Beverage can recycling initiatives in several european countries - B2B: Key customers: Beverage Industry
- Fulfilled Soil and groundwater remediation projects in >10 countries and across chemical industry and military installations - Developed an innovative and new remediation technology from laboratory to full scale - HSE supervision of large construction site of a soil washing plant including wastewater treatment plsnt scaling the newly developed remediation technology to industrial scale - Biggest project remediation of an old chemical plant's internal landfill in Lauterbourg / France including the development of a method, scaling up to a large scale soil washing plant, construction supervision and taking into operation of the plant - Fulfilled building contaminant surveys e.g. asbestos / lead based paint - Due diligence audits - Key customers chemical industry and US military installations across Europe
Reviewer of the publication “Europe’s Environment – the fourth assessment (Belgrade report)”