Focus on… My career

I am the general counsel of a €4.5bn company with more than 23.000 employees. As such, I am responsible for all legal matters. My area of responsibilities includes the patent department, compliance and insurance department. At MANN+HUMMEL, my team and I solve legal problems for a cleaner world, since MANN+HUMMEL provides filtration solutions for a better world.

In the legal department, we are about 45 colleagues, and we all consider ourselves business partners to the management team. This is what differentiates us from external advisors because we know our business better than anyone else. These days, we act less and less as traditional lawyers but more like risk managers. At the same time, we try to maintain a pragmatic and hands-on approach. We try to quantify and evaluate legal risks so that our colleagues can make decisions that are within a legally secure and safe framework.

As an individual, I am passionate about all things technology, such as the idea to standardise and introduce processes and KPIs to the legal department; I believe that our corporate world needs to transform in order to allow for positive change towards a more sustainable future (social, economic and ecological). I try hard to support sustainability every day – in business and in my private life.

In my personal life I have lots of interests: I have a soft spot for the outdoors; I do not fear tomorrow because I am an optimist and believe in mankind’s inherent goodness; finally, I love a good book!