Manager with more than 15 years’ experience as part of a companies’ management team (Geschäftsleitung) | SVP Corporate Transformation with proven track record in managing and driving sustained and substantial corporate performance improvement initiatives across numerous departments and the group | General Counsel with more than 20 years’ legal practice in multinational industrial enterprises, trading firms and service providers | Experienced attorney with more than 8 years of own legal practice in emissions trading law | Very broad experience dealing with a wide range of commercial and legal matters and commercial law | Excellent skills in structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, both domestic and international, and managing implementation | Proven interpersonal, negotiation and diplomatic skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment | Successful negotiations in more than 100 countries, incl. multi-million EUR project finance contracts and complex contracts involving multiple jurisdictions and players | Solid understanding of influencing politics with over 7 years of experience with participating in and chairing of multi-stakeholder working groups | Strong analytical and organizational skills, excellent communicator (both to internal and external sources) | Strong leader and team player with sound management skills and proven capacity to lead, empower and motivate direct reports as well as large teams throughout numerous departments to ensure high-quality and cost-effective delivery of the work | Particular focus on energy, emissions trading and innovation (identifying and implementing new business opportunities and supporting companies in developing new and supplementary business services with respect to emission trading).