Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
A proactive and ambitious leader with more than twenty-five years experience in sales, marketing, mid- and back office in the Utilities (Statkraft, RWE, Essent) and Oil Industry (BP). Skilled in change and restructuring by creating focus, transparency, simplicity and well organized automatisms. Consistently works to the highest professional standards and thrives when working as part of a cohesive team to deliver projects that yield multiple business benefits. Extensive experience in large system implementations (i.e. OpenLink Endur, Murex, SAP). Focus areas: operational excellence, Business- IT interaction and change management.
Managing Director Statkraft Germany GmbH and Senior Vice President for Finance, Risk Management, Market Regulations and Back Office for business area Market Operations & IT. This business area delivers value by commercially optimising, leveraging and developing Statkraft’s flexible generation portfolio as well as maintaining and growing a strong and sustainable presence within the trading, origination and customers market. Presence in Europe, North- and South America and India.
Managing Director Statkraft Germany GmbH and responsible for Back Office processes related to Trading, Origination and Generation across Europe. Main offices are in Düsseldorf, Oslo, Amsterdam and London. Activities include trade confirmation, settlement, revenue accounting, and balance group management. Focus on process and system improvement, facilitation of new product implementations and international projects to design future solutions within the Business Area.
Heading the Confirmations, Settlements and Contract Execution teams based in Essen (Germany), Geneva (Switzerland) and Den Bosch (The Netherlands). Responsible for ensuring effective deal processing, contract administration, settlement and reporting procedures and providing for complete and timely revenue recovery. Responsible for implementation of Endur and SAP system changes for Back Office.
Various staff and line management roles in energy sales and energy trading in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Several marketing and sales management roles in both Business to Business and Retail segments in the Benelux.