| Degree in Economics | |
| Positions at Grohe AG (D) and Pittsburgh Tube (USA) | |
| 1999 | Joined OBO Bettermann, a family-run company founded in 1911, (Managing director or CEO from 2004 to 2019 / today member of the board of directors) |
| 2003 - Present | Executive Board at GFI / Society for the Promotion of Electrical Installation Technology |
| 2005 to 2011 | Executive Board at ETIM / Electro-Technical Information Model Germany |
| 2009 - Present | Executive Board of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI), Frankfurt am Main (2009-2019 Chairman of the Electrical Installations Systems Divisions) |
| 2010 | Awarded the Entrepreneur Prize for German SMEs |
| 2015 - Present | Member of the Management Council for Reichmuth & Co. Holding AG, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 2018 - Present | Member of the Advisory Council for the Digital Economy NRW and the working group ‘Marketing of NRW as a Digital Location’ |
| 2019 | Founding of Bettermann Ltd. (bettermann.io) to consolidate own company shares and investments as well as consulting projects. |
| 2019 - Present | Member of the Curatorship of the Foundation for Family Businesses |
| 2020 - Present | Co-founder of NewRock Ventures the industry’s first company builder for start-ups in the building automation field, as well as for the digitisation and networking of the trades |
| 2020 - Present | Member of various supervisory and advisory boards in a medium-sized, industrial environment. * |
* Note: For confidentiality and clarity reasons, this represents only a small selection of our client and investment portfolio.
