Experience.
Setting the course and creating value
Industry experience & industry convergence
My service portfolio covers all phases of a company’s transformation , including change management.
In the role of CFO or Transformation / Restructuring Officer (CxO), I assume operational responsibility for implementation.
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“Many years of professional experience enable a quick eye for potential results and pragmatic improvements.”
Stefan Gros, Chief Financial / Transformation Officer+
Industries
- Automotive
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Trade / E-Commerce
- Healthcare
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Technology
- Food
- Manufacturing industry
- Project business
- Trade
- Digital
Commercial management
Strategy and financing
- Strategy and financing options
- M&A (buy & build, PMI, consolidation)
- Syndicated financing, private debt, bonds and promissory bills
- IPO / Initial public offering
Digital finance and business processes
- Further development of finance departments, including digital finance / analysis, conception, implementation of CFO 4.0
- Automation potential with robotics process automation
- Streamlined and agile business processes
Performance and value enhancement concepts
- Working capital management
- Purchasing and process optimization, cost and location optimization
- ERP roll out, Shared Service Center
- Integrated planning and KPI analysis
Business transformation and restructuring
- Growth transformation
- Conception and implementation with Office measures
- IDW S6, StaRUG and protective shield proceedings (ESUG)
- Stakeholder management (banks, PE investors, customers, suppliers)
- Personnel measures
Special business successes
- Sustainable earnings improvements in the millions of euros p.a. through strategic cost and operational value management (digital process and sales optimization, implementation of measures, M&A)
- Further development of the business model incl.
Finance department and business transformations with the design and implementation of value-enhancing measures enabled sustainable efficiency gains, ROCE increases and cost savings - Securing and optimizing corporate financing through a mix of facilities, innovations and integrated liquidity planning (bonds, family office promissory bill, syndicated loan, syndicated factoring)
- Profitable management of company results worldwide through proactive controlling as well as operational and balance sheet-oriented measures (IFRS) (ERP/SAP roll-outs, shared service centers, KPI management, carve-outs, post-merger integration)
Memberships and advisor mandates
- Advisory Board of Schweizer Beteiligungs-Holding since 2024
- Senior Advisor ELF Debt Fund / Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Frankfurt a.M. since 2020
- Industrial Advisor for strategy consultants, Big 4 auditors
- Founding member of the Digital Finance and M&A Working Group of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft e.V.
- GEFIU e.V. German CFO Association
- Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG, Central Region, Frankfurt am Main (2009 to 2016)
- Member of the German Supervisory Board Working Group (AdAR)
“Specific experience in an industry is undoubtedly valuable.
However, new impetus is more likely to come from someone who has successfully seen in other sectors.
This opens up new opportunities and creates perspective.”
About me:
- Lecturer for Valuation / M&A at the Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt since 2010 Lectures and publications on digital finance, transformation, corporate finance, strategy, StaRUG
- 2024: IESE, Positive Leadership Program, Barcelona
- 2021: Univ. St. Gallen Business Model Innovation
- 2010: IMD High Performance Leadership Program, Lausanne
- 2002: Certified Accountant (IFRS, US GAAP)
Language skills
- German: Mother tongue
- English: Business fluent
- French: Good knowledge
Experience abroad
- Asia
- Eastern Europe
- USA
- Middle East
