Vice President of the University of Economy and Law Berlin
scientific and professional career:
• since 1/2014: First Vice President of HWR Berlin
• since 6/2012: Member of the Advisory Committee for Development Cooperation at the
Senate Department for Economy, Technology and Research
• 4/1/2010 - 3/31/2014: Vice President of HWR Berlin
• 2009/10: Dean of Studies at the Institute of Management Berlin
• since 2008: Professor for International Management, HWR Berlin
• 2000–2008: Head of Finance, biopharmaceutical company, Munich and Chapel Hill, USA
• 1998–2000: Corporate Consultant, Bain & Company, Munich and Zürich
• 1994–1998 Research Assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena
• 1989–1994 studied Economics in Bayreuth and San Diego, USA
Main Focus:
• Venture capital financing
• Mergers & acquisitions and licensing in the pharmaceutical industry
• Management of hightechnology, especially biotechnology enterprizes
Awards:
• Scholarship, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, München
• Finalist, European International Business Academy „Doctoral Thesis Competition“, Stockholm
• Laureate, Businessplan Competition of Deutsche Ausgleichsbank, Bonn
• Admission to „Beta Gamma Sigma“ – honor society for AACSB-accredited business schools