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I am available as an interim Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Head of Legal, or Senior Project Lawyer for demanding mandates in the DACH region as well as for international remote projects.
Ideal areas of application:
• Crisis mandates & rapid regulatory implementation: Efficient, turnkey setup and scaling of compliance management systems (CMS) under high time pressure (Track Record: CMS implementation for 1,500 employees and 43 companies within 6 months).
• M&A Post-Merger Integration (PMI): Structured legal and operational integration and harmonization of policies for acquisitions (Experience from over 30 successfully integrated company acquisitions).
• Digital & Tech Governance: Implementation of complex requirements in the areas of Cyber Resilience (NIS-2), DORA, and the EU AI Act.
• Legal Tech & Automation: Optimization of departmental workflows and introduction of AI-supported compliance and contract review processes for measurable risk reduction.
My credo:
As an experienced leader (LL.M. Compliance Management / International MBA), I offer companies immediate operational relief from day 1, pragmatic and scalable solutions, and negotiation skills at C-level and investor level (project experience in DACH, Western Europe, and North America) / Change Management & Transformation.
German
Native or bilingual
Czech
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Conversational
Portuguese
Basic
Can work on-site
München (up to 50km), Nürnberg (up to 50km), Stuttgart (up to 50km), Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 50km)
Experience
- AFILEON GruppeCCO (Chief Compliance Officer)DIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2026 - Today (5 months)München, Germany• Further development of the compliance tool landscape with own budget responsibility for the compliance cost center.• Successful introduction of the internally prompted and AI-supported platform Wiki-How with research function and option for knowledge exchange, training responsibility.• Compliance Culture: Improvement of the compliance rating in the corporate group from 3.5 to 9.8 (scale of 1-10) within 6 months.
- AFILEON-GruppeCompliance ManagerDIGITAL AND ITAugust 2025 - January 2026 (5 months)München, Germany• Development and implementation of a scalable group-wide compliance management system (incl. IT Compliance) for up to 1,500 employees, to date 43 companies within 6 months, ensuring audit readiness.• Advising management on all compliance-related legal issues, risk management: Measurable risk reduction, 100% achievement of bonus-relevant targets.• Legal management of 32 company acquisitions including successful post-merger integration without significant compliance incidents in the first year.• Reporting & Stakeholder Management: Establishment of KPI-based reporting and management of bi-weekly investor reporting (Participants: Investor, Management, partially
- Museum Editions Ltd.,Licensing Director & Legal CounselLUXURY GOODSJune 2019 - November 2021 (2 years and 5 months)United StatesInternational Business Development and IP-contracting/licensing for an international 3D Popart company based in NY.
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Education
- Certificate Corporate GovernanceDHVW Speyer University of Administrative Sciences2011Corporate-Governance
- Part-time MBAUniversitat di Valencia2027Berufsbegleitender MBA