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MANAGER PROFILE
Financial expert for international projects in production and R&D

Financial expert for international projects in production and R&D

  • Interim CFO, Controlling in Production and R&D
  • Commercial management of plants, units or locations
  • Transactions: M&A and post-merger integration

"As a financial expert, I take on international projects in production and R&D"

Qualifications

European Business Studies (EBS) - Diplom-Kaufmann - Strategic Finance Program (IMD Lausanne) - Leadership Academy (Infineon Technologies Management Institute) - Achieving Finance and Controlling Excellence Program (Siemens Management Institute) - Lean Six Sigma (BMG) - International experience: Portugal, Malaysia, USA, England, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Israel - Foreign languages: English, Portuguese

Stations

Siemens - Infineon Technologies Memory - QIMONDA Semiconductors - LANTIQ Semiconductors - OSRAM Opto-Electronics - KUKA Roboter - SEMPERIT Medical - HABA Family Group

More about the interim manager

The internationally experienced finance expert is available for national and international tasks as interim CFO as well as comparable roles. He also specializes in the design and implementation of change projects and transaction support for M&A and post-merger integrations. His focus is primarily on companies with international development and production that are exposed to high cost pressure in a highly competitive industry. His international assignments include corporate headquarters, production facilities and R&D centers in Germany, Portugal, Malaysia, Israel, China, Malaysia and the USA.

The interim manager has been working in finance functions for large (listed) manufacturing companies and medium-sized companies with a family and/or PE ownership structure since 1997. He has been working as an interim manager since 2009.

His experience focuses on the following finance functions: Plant Controller, R&D Controller, Business Unit or Division Controller, Project Manager for process setup and optimization and accounting harmonization (US GAAP), M&A Manager, Commercial Manager, CFO for production plants and Head of Production Controlling in a group of companies. He has acted at both individual company and group level and has worked successfully in both project and matrix organizations.

In his management responsibilities, he has led both national and international teams. Thanks to his consistently close cooperation with technical managers at board, business unit and functional level (sales, production and R&D), he and the teams involved have always been very successful in building solid foundations and bridges, creating transparency and strengthening performance.

His clients are very satisfied with the results of his work. The renewal rate is 100 percent. In addition to his professional activities, the financial expert is a member of the Bavarian regional management of the Dachverband Deutsches Interim Management (DDIM).

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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The interim manager was hired by a European industrial group as interim CFO to support the turnaround at the group's largest production site with seven plants in Malaysia. He brought together the Finance, Accounting, Tax and Controlling departments and supported the local Managing Director as Finance Business Partner.

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