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Work Experience: Since 2012: Active investor in automotive/mobility start-ups (6 ventures currently); close cooperation with Earlybird (largest German venture capital fund) as co-investor and venture partner and at Improved CF (M&A boutique) as an associate partner for automotive/mobility topics 1993 – current: Bain & Company Germany, Inc. (Munich, London, Tokyo, Zurich) 1993 – 1995: Management Consultant 1995 – 1998: Manager, Project Leader 1999 – 2005: Vice President and Partner 2006 – 2011: Director and Senior Partner 2012 – 2013: Advisory Partner (40%) since 2014: Senior Advisor for Automotive and E-Mobility topics 1995 – 2004: Member of the German Recruiting Team 2000 – 2010: Member of the German Professional Development Committee 2001 – 2007: Head of the German Organizational Practice 2002 – 2005: Co-Head of the German Industrial Goods & Services Practice 2002 – 2011: Head of the German Automotive Practice 2005 – 2011: Head of the European & Global Automotive Practice Focus: Corporate and BU Strategy, Operations/Restructuring, Private Equity Industries: Automotive (OEMs & Suppliers), General Industry, Aerospace, Telecom Geographies: Worked on site in Japan, the US, the UK, Italy, and China Other: Managing/leading large, international teams for the last fifteen years 1990 – 1993: Daimler-Benz AG, now Daimler AG (Stuttgart) 1990 – 1991: International corporate trainee program 1991 – 1993: Member of the debitel management board 1992: Promotion to Daimler-Benz Area Manager (“Abteilungsleiter”) 1987 – 1990: Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, now part of Airbus Group (Munich) Project Engineer in the Electronics and Defense Division Focus on radar and other sensor development / software simulation 1984: Sikorsky Aircraft / United Technologies (Westport CT, USA) Three months internship program in their helicopter division IPTN/Nurtanjo (Bandung, Indonesia) Two months internship program in their civil aircraft division Education: 1972 – 1981: High School (“Gymnasium”) in Hamburg, Germany 1981 – 1986: Technical University of Munich, Germany Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering with honors Credits in Business Administration 1987 – 1990: Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg, Germany Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (magna cum laude)