Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Experience in initial public offerings (IPO) of strong growth companies and private equity secondaries. Public listing in the US. Managing Director in the multi-channel e-commerce B2C and B2B industry. 13+ years of experience as C-level in multiple industries (CFO, COO, CEO). Digital growth expert online and mobile. Value creation specialist in multiple private equity settings. Management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Expertise in the health care industry at market leading medical diagnostics service provider. Focus on strong growth, operational excellence, digital leadership and bottom-line results.
Jan 2021 one of the most successful eCommerce/Consumer IPO at NYSE/NASDAQ. Ticker MYTE. Mytheresa is one of the leading global luxury fashion e-commerce retailers. Mytheresa offers ready-to-wear, shoes, bags and accessories for women, men and kids in more than 130 countries. The highly curated offer focuses on true luxury with designer brands such as Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci, LOEWE, Loro Piana, Moncler, Prada, Saint Laurent, Valentino and many more. Mytheresa’s unique digital experience is based on a sharp focus on high-end luxury shoppers, exclusive product and content offerings, leading technology and analytical platforms as well as high quality service operations. Mytheresa has net sales of > 500m EUR and > 900 employees. Strong growth of +25% CAGR in the past four years. Track record of profitable growth with FY 2020 Adjusted EBITDA margin at 8%. More than 570.000 active customers worldwide. Responsibility for Accounting & Tax, Controlling, Corporate Finance/Treasury & Risk, Business Intelligence, Customs operations, Payment & Fraud, Legal & Compliance, Process management & Internal Control Complete switch from German GAAP to IFRS. New global payment service provider. New cash management and currency hedging implemented. Introduction of US Sales Tax compliance. New Corporate Governance setup with Dutch holding company. Financial Vendor Due Diligence. Full preparation of secondary sale process. Successful separation from Neiman Marcus heritage.
Senior advisor to international private equity, asset management, hedge funds and industry players. Value creation specialist in growth turnaround, operational excellence, entrepreneurial leadership and M&A integration
Europe’s largest industrial supply & distribution network. Turnover of EUR 2.2 bn. 8,000 employees in 23 countries. Brands in DACH include Brammer, Zitec, Kistenpfennig and Montalpina Backed by Advent International, a leader in private equity, with the goal to transform the delivery of industrial products and provide innovative value-adding services and solutions for its customers Turnaround of new national distribution and warehouse center setup and performance. Complete redefinition and implementation of core processes and IT support. Operational excellence implementation in main fulfillment centers. Definition of new ERP strategy and new IT organizational structure.
SYNLAB is a leading medical diagnostics services provider. EUR 2 bn. revenues. 35 countries. 13,000 employees. Strong growth through operational excellence, digital innovation and industry consolidation. Backed by Cinven, a leader in private equity. COO Germany EUR 480 mill. revenues. 4,500 employees. Responsible for best in class platform operations (140 sites) and service excellence, central purchasing, logistics, technical support and quality management. EBITDA margin improvement of 5%-points. Full responsibility of IT, business intelligence and new digital strategy for SYNLAB. Takeover of CFO functions as CFO position was mostly vacant. CEO Germany Hospital Division EUR 160 mill. revenues. Operating 114 satellite labs in hospitals. 500 hospitals as core customers. Responsible for growth and profitability turnaround. Sales growth of 7% p.a. with margin improvement of 6%-points. Named head of SYNLAB International Hospital Practice Group Additional temporary roles Successful exit of private equity owner BC Partners and acquisition by Cinven (June 2015) Acting CEO of SYNLAB Germany Northern Region (Oct 2015 - March 2017) Acting CEO Germany (Jan 2016 - Sep 2016)
Weltbild is a market leading international multi-channel media and consumer products retailer. Revenue growth from 0.8 bn. to EUR 1.2 bn. in 4 years. 40% online revenues. 450 retail outlets. 5,000 employees. 6 countries. Selected as one of the top 5 online brands in 01/2014 (YouGov) and most popular online shop for books and digital products in 01/2014 (Handelsblatt). Group CFO Equity and debt refinancing (participation rights, asset backed securities, bank debt). Financial and business controlling (new data warehouse product controlling tool). Treasury. Accounting, consolidation and tax. M&A and post merger integration (acquisition of EUR 200 mill. revenues; sale of Dutch, Russian and Polish operations). Stakeholder reporting to board and financial community. Introduction of risk management system with yearly audits (KonTraG). Setup of compliance organization and new corporate governance structure and processes. Group COO Responsible for corporate development (growth, operations, organization and processes), IT, HR, retail store operations, logistic operations, customer care center and production. Setup of the most successful digital ebook partnership "Tolino" with a higher market share than amazon's kindle. Integrated cross channel market strategy for Weltbild and Hugendubel with strong 40% online revenue share (EUR 400m) and digital strategy. New IT infrastructure (incl. SAP FICO, MM, SD, CRM).