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Miami, Florida, United States

Florida registered Travel Agency specialized in the Caribbean and Mexico

La Habana, Santo Domingo, Playa Del Carmen, Zürich

Caribbean Tours AG is a swiss-owned destination specialist with operations in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Kassel Area, Germany

Commercial Director of Germany’s youngest airport. After several consulting assignments I was called to become part of the airport’s management team.Responsibilities:- Traffic development by new routes, airline and tour operator acquisition.- Marketing and product sales support.- New brand and positioning.- Retail- and advertising management.- Integration into regional networks and und Social-Media Marketing- Travel agency cooperations Applied Knowledge… Show more Commercial Director of Germany’s youngest airport. After several consulting assignments I was called to become part of the airport’s management team.Responsibilities:- Traffic development by new routes, airline and tour operator acquisition.- Marketing and product sales support.- New brand and positioning.- Retail- and advertising management.- Integration into regional networks and und Social-Media Marketing- Travel agency cooperations Applied Knowledge and Skills:- Airlines’ management processes and structures- Key account management- Identification and development of new business opportunities- Professional representation in public on all levels- Negotiations ´business-to-business´- Cost management, budget control, score-cards for result analysis- Teamwork- Creativity and commercial acumen Show less

Allensbach - Gemany

From April to August 2014 I lead a business planning and restructuring process for a tourism group in Peru. Previously I had been advising various regional airports in Germany on business development including the start-up of a virtual airline. I served as consultant to the Spanish hotel chain Paradores' board of directos. Besides I have been sharing my expertise as speaker for specific audiences about Regional Air Traffic Development within the EU legal framework and as lecturer at Las Palmas… Show more From April to August 2014 I lead a business planning and restructuring process for a tourism group in Peru. Previously I had been advising various regional airports in Germany on business development including the start-up of a virtual airline. I served as consultant to the Spanish hotel chain Paradores' board of directos. Besides I have been sharing my expertise as speaker for specific audiences about Regional Air Traffic Development within the EU legal framework and as lecturer at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University in Spain, responsible for the Air Transport Operator Management module of the post-graduate expert program for “Airport & Aviation Management”. Show less

Avis Spain suffered a deep crisis and significant losses of sales since 2008. The Management Team who hired me for the turn-around was substituted by internal people from other territories.

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain

After my return to management consulting I lead projects for Air Berlin (German airline), Excelsis (UK airline start-up project), Regional Government of the Canary Islands (Tourism & air route development), Island Administration of Gran Canaria (Tourism & air route development), Foundations for Tourism Promotion of tMallorca and Menorca and the Department of Transport & Tourism of the Balearic Regional Government. I assumed interim management responsibilities for the CREATION, CERTIFICATION… Show more After my return to management consulting I lead projects for Air Berlin (German airline), Excelsis (UK airline start-up project), Regional Government of the Canary Islands (Tourism & air route development), Island Administration of Gran Canaria (Tourism & air route development), Foundations for Tourism Promotion of tMallorca and Menorca and the Department of Transport & Tourism of the Balearic Regional Government. I assumed interim management responsibilities for the CREATION, CERTIFICATION & LAUNCH as CEO of BQB Líneas Aéreas in Uruguay and as General Manager for ISLAS Airways in Tenerife. Show less

Montevideo

CEO and project manager for the start-up phase of Argentinian-Uruguayan Buquebus Group’s new regional airline. The job included management of all certification, sourcing processes, export-credit financed fleet purchase and organization.Interim management assignment by Klappt Consulting.

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

EUROPEAN REGIONAL AIRLINE OF THE YEARBinter, formerly state-owned airline of the Canary Islands, faced privatization and the end of the monopoly situation. I was hired as CEO to drive culture-change towards a customer centered strategy, total repositioning of the brand, fleet renovation, internationalization and improve economic results. The accomplishment of those objectives was rewarded by ERAA European Regional Airlines Association with the most prestigious ‘EUROPEAN REGIONAL AIRLINE OF… Show more EUROPEAN REGIONAL AIRLINE OF THE YEARBinter, formerly state-owned airline of the Canary Islands, faced privatization and the end of the monopoly situation. I was hired as CEO to drive culture-change towards a customer centered strategy, total repositioning of the brand, fleet renovation, internationalization and improve economic results. The accomplishment of those objectives was rewarded by ERAA European Regional Airlines Association with the most prestigious ‘EUROPEAN REGIONAL AIRLINE OF THE YEAR’ reward. Business volume surpassed 140 million Euros, EBITA close to 20%, aprox. 1.000 employees and a fleet of 17 aircraft:13x ATR-72, 2xBC1900 & 2xB737. Show less

Since the foundation of my consulting company specialized in Strategic Business Planning, Marketing and Sales we have advised important reference clients worldwide: e.g. projects as member of the low-cost airline start-up team for HLX.COM (now TuiFly.de) in Hannover and Madrid and for the Ministry of Transport of the Equatorial Guinea (Airport Management Project)

As non-executive director I was in charge of 'special'​ projects:Board Member and Vice-Chairman at Newco Airport ServicesFounder and CEO of Fuerza de Ventas - comercial service platform for Spanair and Star Alliance. In this context I acted as Chief Commercial Officer. My mission was to lead Spanair change from a charter to a regular airline culture.Involvement in the group's tour-operator `Club de Vacaciones´ defining strategy and developing new exclusive package products.

Newco was founded as Spanair's passenger & aircraft handling service subsidiary with a vision to provide handling services to Star Alliance members in Spain as soon as new liberalized legislation would open up the handling market. As member of the board I contributed airline customer perspective and played and active role in designing the organization and defining services.

I started at SAS in Hamburg, Germany as manager for marketing & sales development in Northern Germany. From Jun 1992 to Feb 1993 I was working at Stockholm headoffice in Route Management before being expatriated to Spain & Portugal.

The two family-owned tour operator businesses and the hotel served me to learn the basics of the tourism trade at a young age. I regularly worked on new product development, supplier negotiations, out-going and incoming/DMC, sales, customer care and as tour-leader.During this time I got aquainted with the middle eastern business cultures of Egypt, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, Tunisia, Lebanon, Siria, Yemen and the Golf states, as well as Latin America.

Mba, European Business & Management

Activities and Societies: Oxford Union Society Strategic Planning, Marketing & Financial Management Master Thesis on 'The effects of EU.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Economics

Activities and Societies: AIESEC - Coordinator for International Relations. Within this responsibility I organized a student exchange.