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MANAGER PROFILE
Business Executive for the maritime and cruise industry

Business Executive for the maritime and cruise industry

  • C-level mandates in the maritime and cruise industry
  • Pragmatic implementation of (digital) transformation
  • Restructuring, M&A and PMI

"As a business executive, I support companies in the maritime and cruise industry."

Qualifications

Many years of management experience in companies in the maritime industry - Business coach and certified ActeeChange consultant - International experience: Italy, Poland, France, UK, Spain, China, Singapore, Brazil

Stations

AIDA Cruises - Hamburg Port Authority - A-ROSA Flusskreuzfahrten; EUROKAI - EUROGATE Technical Services - Lintec - Linnhoff

More about the interim manager

As COO, CEO or division manager, the interim manager trims companies for maximum efficiency. He stands for the strict alignment of processes with the added value of internal and external customers. The business executive has particularly extensive experience in the maritime industry, the cruise business and in medium-sized plant construction. His C-level mandates focus on crisis management and transformation projects - from mergers and post-merger integration, turnarounds and restructuring to digitalization and agile corporate management.

After studying engineering (shipbuilding) and gaining a sound commercial education, he developed the workshop operations of Europe's largest port logistics group into a full-service industrial service provider and played a key role in shaping a merger from due diligence to PMI. He then successfully restructured an international plant engineering company as Managing Director. Before becoming a consultant and interim manager in 2013, he was Vice President of Marine & Technical Operations, Safety & Security and Crisis Management at Germany's leading cruise company.

The strength of the interim manager: a high level of analytical expertise combined with excellent leadership skills. Every change must be measured by figures, data and facts. Based on his extensive experience from many different companies and corporate situations, he knows that any transformation can only be successful and efficient if transparency is created, the goals are clearly defined, the key players are quickly and effectively involved and taken on board and the focus is placed on results - well-founded, direct and pragmatic.

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Last updated on 17.04.2026

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