Professional Career

1981-1982 Internal Auditor
Sperry Corporation UK, United Kingdom

Financial and operational audits, as well as balance sheet audits and year end help to external auditors
1983-1985 Internal Auditor
American Express International Inc., Germany

General financial and operational audits as well as selected financial audits, development of policies and procedures, data security, and year end help to accounts department, consulting of travel offices and the management of the cashiers department for two months.
1985-1988 ARA Services GmbH
ARA Services GmbH, Germany and Europe

Number of member responsibility: 4
Management of german residency incl. France, Spain, Belgium and Italy. Duties incl. planning, execution of audits and reporting to senior management in Europe and US. Reporting to the Audit Director worldwide in the US.
1988-1990 Audit Manager
Braun AG/ Gillette Corp. ( Mother company ), Europa

Number of member responsibility: 3
Managing the audit department of the Gillette Corporation within their daughter Braun Group. Planning, execution and report preparation of audits. Responsibility for three staff members. Consultant to the mangement in control issues.
1991-1992 General Manager
Gold Zack Group, Oldham UK

Number of member responsibility: 110
General Manager ( CEO ) of the daughter company Oldham Elastics. Managing and the restructuring of the company for improvement of profit and reduction of costs, implementation of a management reporting system, a production planning system and other control systems.