About
Stephan is an accomplished high-achieving senior executive with 25 years of leadership experience (Deputy Chairman of the Board, CFO, Supervisory Board Member, Senior Executive Vice President...) in various industries (GreenTech, Telecommunication, Banking, Asset Management), of which 7 years as CFO and Deputy Chairman of the Board in industry leading mid sized companies in CEE and smallcap scale-ups in Germany. He is a hands on leader with entrepreneurial and strategic thinking and specializes in large scale corporate transformation, digitisation, continuous business & cost optimisation, finance operations and building high performing and diverse team, strategic partnerships with stakeholders and driving corporate change and innovation. He is experienced in PE and VC environments, IPO`s and M&A. Stephan`s key achievements include: • Turning around two industry leading telecom operators in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from no growth into sustainable above market average revenue and…
Experience
Chief Financial Officer
Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies · Erlangen, Bayern, Deutschland
Present
CFO and member of the management board with responsibility for Finance (Controlling, Accounting, Taxes, Treasury), Procurement & Supply Chain Management, IT, Internal Excellence and processes, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. Currently managing a Series C Venture Capital funding round and a €40m company wide transformation program involving top line & cost optimization, business model & organization redefinition, review & optimization of main processes, functions and organization size as well as the rightsizing of supporting functions and aspects of company culture and mindset.
Fintech Startup Co-Founder Investor, Business Angel, Ipo Consultant
· Prague, Czechia
Co-Founder/Investor of FinTech startup in the Czech Republic: • Provision of loans for second-hand car transactions in CZ based upon a self-developed online platform • Responsible for business strategy & implementation and building up the finance organization • After Go live in 2022 role as passive investor IPO Consultant • Project based IPO advisory for various IPO projects of German SMEs, including a leading online optic retailer in Germany • Valuation, strategy, finance organization, • IPO process preparation, capital markets communication and management training
Cfo
Slovak Telekom · Metropolregion Bratislava
CFO & Deputy Chairman of the board for T-Mobile Czech Republic & Slovak Telekom (Deutsche Telekom Group) with responsibility for: 2 separate legal entities, P&L’s, balance sheets and currencies € 1.8bn revenues € 0.8bn EBITDA € 0.5bn OFCFC Ca. 7,000 FTEs Managing a team of initially 400 Finance Experts (down to 220 after successful transformation and digitization), with responsibility for Controlling, Accounting, Procurement, Taxes, Treasury, Logistics, Internal Audit, Customer Finance Key achievements: • Turnaround of both entities from no growth in 2015 into sustainable and above market revenue and EBITDA growth from 2017, winning or defending market shares in all relevant revenue categories • Successful execution of a full management integration across the two companies resulting in a 40% overall management reduction • Designed and lead a €54m transformation programme focusing on digitisation, process automation, robotisation & new agile ways of working. Successful execution of big…
Cfo
T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. · Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic
CFO & Deputy Chairman of the board for T-Mobile Czech Republic & Slovak Telekom (Deutsche Telekom Group) with responsibility for: 2 separate legal entities, P&L’s, balance sheets and currencies € 1.8bn revenues € 0.8bn EBITDA € 0.5bn OFCFC Ca. 7,000 FTEs Key achievements: • Turnaround of both entities from no growth in 2015 into sustainable and above market revenue and EBITDA growth from 2017, winning or defending market shares in all relevant revenue categories • Successful execution of a full management integration across the two companies resulting in a 40% overall management reduction • Designed and lead a €54m transformation programme focusing on digitisation, process automation, robotisation & new agile ways of working. Successful execution of big projects and the introduction of new CRM systems and a new SAP ERP system • Managed significant M&A transactions and post-merger integration in T-Mobile Czech Republic • Full integration, reorganisation and automation/digitisation of th…
Member of the Supervisory Board
T-Venture · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Member of the Supervisory Board of T-Venture, Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Telekom AG, the biggest corporate venture capital fund in Germany. Responsible for business and investment strategy, management and fund allocation supervision, investment analysis and performance management! Most successful investments and exits included companies like Affirmed Networks, MyTaxi, Blinkist or Fairgames.
Head of Investor Relations, Senior Executive Vice President
Deutsche Telekom · Bonn Area, Germany
Direct report to Group CEO & CFO and Member of DT’s global business leader team Involved in all important strategic group discussions and decisions including M&A projects, product introductions, capital allocation, efficiency programs etc. Represented DT as member of the supervisory board of DT venture capital vehicle T-Ventures and multiple other boards and panels Key achievements: • Reduced IR team size by 70% and budget by >50% be-tween 2007 and 2012 with significantly improved quality of service and output! • Introduced new agile ways of working with dedicated re-search and sales sub teams and cross functional responsibilities and digitized the IR function with a big data based new investor targeting concept, virtual roadshows and IR apps for investors and management • Numerous award wins and top rankings in investor surveys, including DT ranked as No. 1 company for Investor Relations in Europe and Germany in 2014 and 2015 and personally being ranked overall No.2 Investor Relations…
Senior Key Account Manager European Equity Sales
Direct report to European head of equity, budget and ac-count responsibility for €50m in commission revenues Account lead for asset management companies Allianz Global Investors and Deutsche Asset Management/DWS Key achievements: • Leading the Lehman Brothers equity business back into the Top 5 among the biggest German institutional asset managers • Coordinated as equity account team leader all efforts across different regions and products including derivatives, convertibles, program trading etc. • Coordinated the cooperation between the Frankfurt sales team and the Lehman Brothers investment banking team in London as well as different research sector teams including media, telecoms and technology • Successful coordination and placements of IPO (Xing AG, Delticom..) and other capital market transactions
Senior Resarch Analyst and Fund Manager, Deputy Head of European Research
Direct Report to the global head of research and global chief investment officer Managed a team of up to 40 investment professionals with assets under management of €10bn Key achievements: • Integrated two separate investment units of Deutscher Investment Trust and Allianz Asset Management, restructured and reduced the team size and costs by 40% • Successfully managed global institutional funds, outperforming benchmarks and competition • Successfully launched and marketed new retail investment funds • Successfully marketed the firm’s research and fund management capabilities to global distribution channels and clients
Senior Buyside Analyst and European Portfolio Manager
Deutsche Asset Management · Frankfurt/London
Investment research analysis for telecommunication services, media & technology, management of €3bn European and global institutional equity and balanced funds Key achievements: • Successful management of global equity portfolios for institutional and retail clients, outperforming benchmarks Introduced a new investment process based upon self-developed top-down asset allocation model for the European equity team • Co-marketed the firm’s research and fund management capabilities to potential clients toward expanding the firm’s asset management base
Treasury Specialist
Ford Motor de Venezuela, S.A. · Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Treasury Department Ford Motor de Venezuela: Currency and interest rate management and hedging, cash flow prognosis and management, banking relations, payment operations, financing transactions Key achievements: • Development and introduction of a 24/7 cash flow management system amidst a banking and currency crisis leading the government to implement capital transaction restrictions • Successful placement of various short term financing instruments, interest swaps etc.
Education
IESE Business School
Advanced Management Programme: Business Administration & Management
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Leading Change
Goethe University Frankfurt
Master, Business Admisitration
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