About me
Business
- Senior leadership roles in global corporations (Philips, Merck, Evonik)
- Managing director of a mid-sized company
- Founder and owner of companies
- Degree in business administration, MBA
Science and technology
- Hands-on experience in R&D and high-tech industry
- Separate degrees in mathematics and in physics, PhD in physics
- Degree in nanobiotechnology
- Teaching positions at the universities of London, Nuremberg, Niederrhein and Duisburg-Essen
People and psychology
- Leading people and organisations
- Degree in psychology
- Multi-year training in systemic consulting, organisational management, systems thinking and organisational development
What crystallised
Over the years, this breadth and depth have crystallised into the one thing clients call me for most:
cutting through complexity.
Finding the core of a matter – and naming it clearly that everyone can work on it.
International
I move easily in international settings. I have led highly diverse teams spanning more than 15 nationalities, and I have lived and worked for several years each in Japan, the Netherlands, England and Greater China.
Languages: German, English, Japanese, French, Dutch and Chinese.
What drives me
My life's work is the holistic success of people and organisations. Real success, the way I see it, is holistic success: mastering every area of life and bringing them into harmony. That is the art of living.
I think in systems and connections – and that holds for individuals just as much as for companies. It is about being: a state that keeps arising anew out of what we actually do.
Working hours are precious hours of life. Making business worth living is what drives me.
Making business worth living
A company is about performance. So what would that look like in an environment shaped by genuine appreciation for one another?
To me, it goes without saying that this creates real value and highly profitable business.
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Experience
Publications