Business studies with a degree in business administration (FH) at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences.

First professional experience in purchasing, sales and marketing in the parents’ timber trading companies.
Then operational realization of the branch of Enno Roggemann GmbH & Co. KG Holzimport – Holzhandel in Niemberg / Sachsen-Anhalt.

Assistant to the CEO of PRAKTIKER AG, Saarbrücken, responsible for the business areas of purchasing, sales, marketing and expansion, setting up the item and range controlling department, integrating the Extra, Realkauf and Massa DIY stores with simultaneous conversion and adjustment to the PRAKTIKER concept, feasibility studies with purchasing power -, location, price and range analyzes for the expansion of PRAKTIKER in various European countries, preparation of the sale of 25% PRAKTIKER shares to the Hirsch Group and Deutsche Bank, management and editing of the PRAKTIKER in-house newspaper.

Managing director and spokesman for the management at PRAKTIKER HELLAS S.A., Athens, Greece, responsible for purchasing, sales, marketing, expansion and personnel. Elaboration of the concept “technical department store”, development and implementation of own brands and independent product ranges in Greece, establishment of the purchasing-, sales- and controlling department, construction and opening of 4 new locations with a total of approx. 50,000 square meters of sales area, drafting of the 5-year strategy plan .

Managing Director of Cencosud S.A. EASY Division Buenos Aires, Argentina (AR), Managing Director EASY SA, Santiago de Chile, Chile (CL), development of a DIY platform for AR & CL across all business areas for approx. 50 branches with a total turnover of approx. 800 million USD , Adaptation and implementation of the “technical department store” concept, development of the central purchasing department in Buenos Aires and a sales organization, development of an in-house merchandise management system with associated organizational processes and item-specific inventory management, introduction of standard reporting, development of an internal import department with central warehouses in CL & AR, opening of 5 new locations with a total of approx. 60,000 square meters of sales area, planning and approval of 3 additional branches. EASY Argentina has matured on this platform to become the largest DIY company in South America.

From January 2001, founding partner at GTC Global Trading Concepts GmbH.
Since December 2016, partner at PEC Precise Engineering Concepts Co., Ltd., Taiwan.
Since December 2017, senior partner at GSC Global Sourcing Concepts HK Ltd., Hong Kong.

Apprenticeship as a retail merchant DIY store – thereafter training to be a commercial specialist in the consumer market – at HELA BAUPARK, Saarlouis.

Purchasing assistant at PRAKTIKER AG Saarbrücken for white and brown goods with telecommunications, car accessories & bicycles, as well as heating devices and household.

Purchasing coordinator at PRAKTIKER HELLAS S.A., Athens, Greece, negotiating terms with national suppliers, organization of additional Greek suppliers and typical product ranges, coordinating and implementing all advertising measures on site, contributing to the opening of 2 locations in Athens with a total of approx. 13,000 sqm of sales area.

Purchasing department manager at PRAKTIKER HELLAS SA, Athens, Greece for white and brown goods, development of the purchasing department, realization of the “technical department store” concept, management of the Greek advertising department, successive substitution of German by Greek assortments, training of purchasing assistants, worldwide purchasing of imported goods , development and advancement of IT applications for purchasing, in co-operation with the IT department, opening of 4 additional locations in Greece with a total of approx. 50,000 square meters of sales area.

Management consultant at ICJ-Janz AG, multi-year entrepreneurial consultants at Cencosud S.A. Chile and Argentina with the following focuses: purchasing with imports and product ranges, sales and marketing. In addition, other well-known German & European DIY companies, medium and small in size, were advised on the development and implementation of new strategies for purchasing and sales, as well as on the analysis and planning of new markets. Multifarious consultants of industrial and wholesale companies in the DIY environment in matters the internationalization of business and sales structures.

From January 2001, founding partner at GTC Global Trading Concepts GmbH.
Since December 2016, partner at PEC Precise Engineering Concepts Co., Ltd., Taiwan.
Since December 2017, senior partner at GSC Global Sourcing Concepts HK Ltd., Hong Kong.