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Guido Pott

Interim CFO / Controlling / Change / Projects

€1,300/day
Köln, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Guido

My domain is financial corporate management. International.

Interim Expert Finance & Controlling

As CFO, Head of Controlling, or Head of Special Projects, I work in medium-sized, corporate, and family-owned companies that typically operate internationally. These companies are in the industrial services sector, including telecommunications, IT, software, logistics, occupational health protection, and consumer goods manufacturing.

I manage projects for profitability improvement, process automation, restructuring, and digitalization, and I am responsible for the establishment, optimization, and sustainable integration of controlling as an active management function. I also serve my clients as a change manager for the digitalization of business models or as an ad hoc crisis manager.

Practical areas of focus:
Controlling (Comprehensive expertise in planning, analysis, and management of business results), Finance/Accounting, Purchasing, Real Estate Management, M&A, Investment Management, HR, Internal Audit, and Risk Management. Excellent operational understanding and process know-how combined with strong strategy, transformation, and digitalization development skills.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Japanese

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Köln (up to 50km), Münster (up to 50km), Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km), Landkreis Osnabrück (up to 50km), Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Scale-up.NRW
    Advisor for Startup & ScaleUp Ventures
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    July 2023 - Today (2 years and 11 months)
    Advising young ScaleUp companies on the topics of financing, organizational structure and processes. Industries: Robotics, Fibre Coat Technology, Renewable Energy
    Coaching Digital Business Models Venture Capital Growth
  • Meduno Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)
    Bonn, Germany
    Meduno Arbeitsschutz GmbH is a digital platform that offers occupational physicians, occupational safety specialists and corporate customers easy access to one another.
    Entrepreneurship Digital Business Models Lean Startup
  • SunGarden GmbH
    Managing Director / Chief Financial Officer
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    March 2022 - June 2023 (1 year and 4 months)
    Münster, Germany
    Overall responsible Managing Director with group-wide focus on Controlling, Finance, Accounting and HR.
    Corporate Management CFO Corporate Governance Restructuring

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Education

  • Executive MBA
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management / WHU Otto Beishein School of Management
    2004
    Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), General Management
  • Doing Business in China, Business Strategies in Asia
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    2003
    Doing Business in China, Business Strategies in Asia

Certifications

  • Restructuring Manager
    Management Circle
    2013
    Creating Transparency Regarding Product Profitability Strategy Development, Cost Management, Investment Control, Financial Planning and Control Development of a Turnaround Concept
  • Certificate in International Accounting (IFRS / HGB / US-Gaap)
    Internationale Akademie für Rechnungslegung Stuttgart
    2016
    Accounting

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