Entrepreneurial CFO and Member of The Management Board with comprehensive experience in strategic and operational finance & controlling at family owned and PE-backed midcap companies. With a distinguished career at companies with mostly international business and footprint I thrive in multiple business scenarios including organic growth, expansion through M&A, restructuring, turnaround management, portfolio management (divestments) and consolidation. A trained banker with a combined university degree in engineering and business administration I have a flair for companies that either have a technology-based product portfolio or use technology-driven processes as a business advantage. Selected skills and accomplishments: • Manage complete finance & accounting function incl. budgeting, forecasting, strategic financial planning and analysis, financial accounting and treasury.• Manage adjunct corporate functions such as human resources, procurement, legal and IT.• Co-founded and -established cleantech startup that enables an innovative packaging recycling/plastics separation process (won KfW-Award “Founder Champion 2013”).• Comprehensive experience in investment projects and corporate finance including acquisition of venture capital and bank loans in the multi-million € range.• Supported and enabled international growth of companies finance-wise to meet or even outperform the business plan in different economic scenarios.• Supported market-entry by founding and establishing the processes of subsidiaries in foreign countries (EU, North America, Asia).• Facilitated and ensured IPO readiness of international software company.• Developed an analytic and effective method of reducing warranty costs in the automotive field (won group-wide SKF Excellence Award).• Covered COO role for a year to bridge sudden leadership gap.