About the person
Functions and committee activities at Fachhochschule Dortmund
Director of the Master's Program in Business Management (M.A.)
Director of the Master's Program in International Management (M.A.)
Member of the Senate of the Fachhochschule Dortmund
Member of the Faculty Council (Faculty of Business Studies)
Teaching and research areas
Strategic Management
Business Management
Business Simulations / Business Simulation Games
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education
University activities
Since 2007: Professor of Business Administration, specializing in corporate management, at Fachhochschule Dortmund
2005–2014: Adjunct lecturer at the RheinAhrCampus Remagen of the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences; specifically in the MBA distance learning program, module on Restructuring and Insolvency Management
Voluntary and part-time activities
Since 2007: Volunteer work in local politics (City of Lünen and Unna District) and, as a result, various roles on supervisory boards and at shareholders’ meetings of municipal and district-owned subsidiaries, etc.
Since 2007: Part-time work as a lecturer and management consultant
Professional experience
2002–2006: Vice President and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) at Elster Group GmbH, formerly Ruhrgas Industries GmbH (RI), Essen
1998–2001: Business graduate in Investment Controlling at VEW ENERGIE AG, Dortmund; following the merger of VEW AG and RWE AG on October 1, 2000, transferred to Investment Controlling at RWE Power AG, Essen
1994–1996: Business graduate in Group, Financial, and Accounting at HOCHTIEF AG, Essen
1988–1992: Worked intermittently as a bank clerk at Volksbank Waltrop-Lünen eG prior to being called up for military service and during lecture-free periods of study
Educational pathway
1999: Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.), Faculty of Business Studies and Social Sciences at the University of Dortmund (Prof. Dr. Egon Jehle, Chair of Industrial Management)
1989-1994: Degree in Business Studies (Diplom-Kaufmann) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Dortmund
1988-1989: Basic military service
1985-1988: Apprenticeship as a banker at Volksbank Waltrop-Lünen eG (now part of Dortmunder Volksbank eG)
1972-1985: School education; graduated with a general higher education entrance qualification from Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium, Lünen