Skills

IT & Organisation

• Microsoft Office, PM Tools, Miro, Program Management
• Agile Projects

Internships

1994 ? 1998

Role: During Studies, Marketing Agency

Customer: FutureCom (Young & Rubicam Gruppe), Eschborn

07/1995 ? 08/1995

Role: German Development Aid Services, Agricultural Project

Customer: Deutscher Entwicklungshilfe Dienst, Pozuzu/ Peru

07/1993 ? 08/1993

Role: Former Dresdner Bank stake, Private Clients

Customer: Banque Veuve Morin-Pons Paris/ France

07/1991 ? 08/1991

Role: Marketing and Sales activities for German clients

Customer: Joulin Aéro, Etampes/ France

Selected Projects

Financial Services/ Management Consulting

Customer: KPMG AG WPG, Frankfurt

Tasks:

Setup of Payments consulting services for banks and corporates:

• Analysis of the consulting market and the demand for payment services
• Setup of process consulting in payments (e.g., SEPA, PSD2, Instant Payments, Cards)
• Design of Digital Payment Services Provider strategies for corporates
• Key client targeting and organisation of sales activities (focus: core German banks and DAX40/ MDAX corporates)
• Recruiting, developing, and managing of payments experts

Projects in the area of Payments Services for banks:

• Design of global digital payments and marketplaces strategy for an 80bn German industrial client (ongoing)
• Strategic program management of ECB`s T2/ T2S Consolidation project for a European, local central bank (stakeholder management on board and division board level, smart PMO, KPI?s; 300+ people in project - ongoing)
• Strategic evaluation of the consequences of Instant Payments on Cards at the POS for a German association
• Strategy and organisation consulting for an international bank regarding Euro-Clearing
• Project Lead of numbers of payments projects regarding process-related implementation of SEPA, MaSi and PSD2 for German retail banks
• Project Lead of successful realisation of payments and regulation projects
• Commercial/ Product Due Diligence Sell-side of several payments start-ups (buyer Large Payment Companies or banks)

Setup of Fintech Services:

• Organisation of the Fintech service offering of KPMG for Tax, Legal, Audit (?Smart Start?)
• Selection of Fintechs for a cooperation with KPMG
• Management, Program design and representative of KPMG Leadership in Frankfurt?s Tech Quartier

Projects in the context of Digital Transformation:

• Leading a strategic digitalisation project for an automotive captive bank
• Conceptual design of a global Fintech radar (method, KPIs, search, integration strategy) for an automotive captive
• Strategic M&A deal: Advising the purchase of a payments Fintech
• Validation of the business strategy of an Austrian Transaction Bank
• Design of a digital strategy for a large bank regarding bank account, cards, and payments
• Subject Matter Expert in the Corporate Accelerator Program for a multinational Captive in Singapore

Setup of Blockchain/ DLT Services:

• Organisation of the Blockchain/ DLT Service offering of KPMG for banks and insurance companies (2016)
• Setup of a global partnership with Microsoft (2016)
• Setup of German and European KPMG working and expert groups for CBDC (i.e., public initiatives such as ECB?s Digital Euro as well as private initiatives such as ?Giralgeld Token?)

Projects in the context of Blockchain/ DLT/ CBDC:

• Supporting a European, local central bank in the context of ECB?s Digital Euro project within the design of uses cases as well as with initial prototyping considerations
• Supporting a German bank in the setup and design considerations of Central Bank Money Token initiative (?Giralgeld Token?)
• Prototype for a promissory note bond for a large German bank (POC)
• Prototype for a tokenisation of a physical asset for a corporate (POC)
• Education and strategic sessions with banks and corporates 

Finance and Treasury Management

Customer: KPMG AG WPG, Frankfurt

Tasks:

• Project examples:
  • IPO of the lamp division of a global industry company: turnover 5bn EUR, 50+ countries, 110 legal entities. 150+ people in project. Design and setup of the complete finance and treasury department ? in the dimension of strategy, organisation, processes, personnel, and IT
  • Carve-out of the IT division of a global industry company: turnover 5bn EUR, 30+ countries. Design and setup of the complete finance and treasury department ? in the dimension of strategy, organisation, processes, personnel, and IT
  • ?Reverse Integration of an international automotive supplier: Acquisition volume 1.2bn EUR. 200+ people in project. Leading the workstreams finance & treasury, legal and tax
• Design Global Payment Factory for a German DAX40 automotive company
• Leading numbers of beauty contest for the selection of appropriate payments and cash management systems for bank accounts, payments, cash pooling and banks, Swift Service Bureau Selection as well as managing the implementation of such solutions
• Key client targeting and organisation of sales activities (focus: DAX40/ MDAX corporates)
• Recruiting, developing, and managing of corporate treasury experts