Europe
Practice Areas
Compliance Monitorships
Corporate Governance
Crisis Management
Preventive Compliance Advisory
Career
Law studies in Frankfurt, doctorate (Dr. iur.) in Tübingen
1989 Admitted to the bar
1989-1999 Hoechst AG: In-house lawyer in the Central Legal Department, Head of the Supervisory Board Affairs function, Head of the Government Relations function
2000-2006 Celanese AG, Frankfurt / Celanese Corporation, Dallas, Tx: Corporate Secretary, member or chairman of the Management Board of Celanese AG and member of the Executive Committee of Celanese Corp.
2007-2010 Siemens AG, Munich: Chief Compliance Officer
2010-2011 Ferrostaal AG, Essen: Member of the Executive Board, responsible for compliance and administration
2012 Pohlmann & Company, Frankfurt: Founding Partner
2013-2014 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, Montreal: Chief Compliance Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee
2015-2019 Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro: Member of the Special Investigation Committee for the internal investigation of the Lava Jato case
2016-2019 U.S. DOJ and U.S. SEC appointed Independent Compliance Monitor for VEON Ltd, Amsterdam
2020-present U.S. DOJ and U.S. SEC appointed Independent Compliance Monitor for an international telecommunications company
Publications
Companies in Ethics and Compliance Crisis: How to build a culture of integrity and to restore reputation and trust, in: Sommet International de la Confiance dans les Organisations, Quebec 2016, S. 23
Internationale rechtliche Grundlagen, in: Korruptionsprävention. Ein Leitfaden für Unternehmen, DICO 2014, 23–25
Kulturunterschiede in der internationalen Compliance: Der Tenor muss weltweit derselbe sein , in: BUJ Sonderedition Compliance 2013, 92-95
Staatsanwaltschaft im Haus – was muss der Aufsichtsrat tun?, in: Audit Committee Quarterly 2013, 4–9 (together with Dr. Eike Bicker)
Die First-Class-Aufseher, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 17, 21.01.2013
Compliance über Grenzen. Integritätsmanagement in global operierenden Unternehmen, in: Über Grenzen: Kolloquium zum 70. Geburtstag von Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum, Berlin 2012, 17–33
Compliance durch Führen: Thema für die Vorstandsagenda, in: Der Aufsichtsrat 10/2012, 141
Aufsichtsräte – Angst vor dem schlechten Ruf, in: Handelsblatt, Nr. 148, 02.08.2012