Senior Financial Officer

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Mendham, NJ 07945 **********@*****.***

GEORG E ANNEN

SENIOR FINANCE EXECUTIVE / GLOBAL BUSINESS PARTNER

INITIATIVE & COMMITMENT & INTEGRITY

CFO with international background and extensive cross-functional & cross-cultural skill-set

Executive with emphasis on financial reliability, performance and continuous improvements

Strategic & operational approach in diverse industries with revenues of $150 - $900Mill./a

INDUSTRIAL / CHEMICALS & PAPER & MATERIALS / PACKAGING /CONSUMER PROD.

Functional leader & team-player accustomed to private, public & private-equity business dynamics

STRATEGIC COMPETENCIES OPERATIONAL COMPETENCIES

Long-Term Planning & Scenarios

Financial Operations (Accounting, A/R, A/P)

Capital Investments, ROI-Calculations

Reporting & Consolidation (US-GAAP / IFRS)

Project- /Capital Funding

Audits – external / internal & Compliance

Equity- / Re-Financing

Budgeting, Rolling Forecasting, FP&A

Merger & Acquisitions / Divestitures

Business- & Plant-Controlling, Costing

Joint-Ventures / Spin-Offs

Cash Flow Projection, Treasury, Forex-Hedging

Tax-Structures & -Planning

Continuous Improvement Initiatives

Risk Management, Insurance

NWC- and Workflow Optimization

HR: Change Management, Recruiting, Benefits

Payroll & Benefits, Incentive Schemes

I.T.-Systems, Infrastructure, Application

SAP- & ERP-Software-Applications, Cyber Security

Legal: Commercial B2B Contracts, Compliance

Project Management & Implementation

MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS www.Morganplc.com 01/2017 - present

GLOBAL FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER & SHARED SERVICES DIRECTOR

BU Advanced Ceramics & Metals home office New Jersey / >50% travelling

Responsible for global Finance Organization with 12 production sites and shared service group.

Reports to President of Technical Ceramics Division with dotted line to Group CFO in London;

Member of the global Leadership Group, leading Finance Group with 12 direct and15 indirect empl.

Rewrote global strategic plan together with divisional President; focus on external markets & applications

>> Board approval for new direction: stronger world-wide growth & margins thru more Innovation / R&D

Increased Cash-Flow through better rolling S&OP forecasting process across all business functions

>> Rolled out networking-capital initiative (inventory, A/R, A/P), achieved 23% higher operating cash

Recommended two strategic investments for Asia (China + South Korea) incl. ROI and benchmarking

>> Both projects were authorized and are in the process of being erected, passing initial milestones

MONDI (Paper & Packaging) www.MondiGroup.com 2014 - 2016

CFO AMERICAS / VP FINANCE & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

MONDI North America home office New Jersey / Atlanta, GA / Pleasant Prairie, WI

Responsible for Mondi’s North-American Finance & Admin organization with five legal entities

Reported to U.S. regional President and Global VP Paper Bags; 7 direct & 25 indirect reports

Integrated newly acquired business, transition services, then with own team in streamlined org. set-up

>> Rolled-out new admin workflows & controls; SAP-implementation: 2 months ahead of plan

Combined HR functions onto one platform: ADP-payroll, AON-healthcare benefits; Fidelity 401k

>> Annual cost savings of $3.6Mill. achieved due to change to self-insured benefit plans and optimization

Coordinated tax-restructuring project of five legal entities, utilized NOL position for domestic expansion

>> Achieved savings of $7.0Mill in federal and state taxes over a three years period

Reducing risks in treasury, legal/compliance, insurance, patent/trademark, safety & environment

>> Established clear documentation and managed holistic approach through buy-in of all stakeholders

GERRESHEIMER (Glass Packaging, Medical Devices) www.Gerresheimer.com 2008 - 2014

CFO NORTH AMERICA

GERRESHEIMER Glass Inc. & KIMBLE CHASE LIFE SCIENCE Vineland, NJ

Responsible for Financial Operations, Reporting, Treasury, Tax, I.T., HR-benefits/payroll in the

Americas consisting of 4 Business Units, 7 legal entities, 17 manufacturing sites;

Reported to Group CEO & CFO in Germany and was Board Member for subsidiary JV; part of U.S.

Leadership-Team; managed 5 direct & 38 indirect employees

COGNIS (Specialty Chemicals & Nutritional Ingredients) now www.BASF.com 2006 - 2008

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

COGNIS Corp. / NAFTA Cincinnati, OH

Responsible for all Accounting & Finance Functions in the U.S. and NAFTA consisting of 4

Strategic Business Units, 5 legal entities, 6 manufacturing sites, 5 R&D-centers;

Reported in matrix-organization to NAFTA-President & CFO of COGNIS-Group in Germany,

managed 7 direct & 35 indirect employees

DEGUSSA / EVONIK (Specialty Chemicals) www.Evonik.com 1999 - 2006

VP CONTROLLING & BUSINESS SERVICES 2003 - 2006

BU PEROXYGEN CHEMICALS Parsippany, NJ

Responsible for all Financial matters & I.T. of global Business Unit, in charge of interfaces to

internal Shared Services; 3 business lines, 20 legal entities, Capital Expenditure > $50M/a

Reported to global BU-President, managed 5 direct & 25 indirect employees

VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE, CONTROLLING & SERVICES 1999 - 2003

BU CATALYSTS & INITIATORS München, Germany

Responsible for entire Global Business Unit (which was formed after the M&A integration of

Laporte’s Fine Chemical business) and Finance Director of GmbH/LLC-entity;

Reported to the Global President and the Managing Director of the legal entity, managed 5

direct plus 20 indirect employees across 6 continents

MESSER (Industrial Gases / Welding & Cutting) part of Hoechst www.MesserGroup.com 1987 - 1998

CORPORATE PROJECT LEADER 1997 - 1998

Messer Advanced Gas Systems Frankfurt, Germany

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR 1991 - 1997

Messer South Africa Jo’burg, South Africa

TRAINING-ON-THE-JOB / BUSINESS ANALYST 1987 – 1991

Headquarters, Executive Office Trainee Frankfurt, Germany

EDUCATION & TRAINING, ORGANIZATIONS, LANGUAGES

Elementary and High School Education in Essen, Germany 1966 - 1979

University of Cologne, Germany - Degree: Diplom-Kaufmann ~ MBA 1981 - 1987

Management Programs at INSEAD, USW, WHARTON 1991, 1995, 2000, 2003

Professional Organizations FEI, CFO-Roundtable, GACC

Bi-Lingual & Dual-Citizenship Germany & U.S. since 3/2011

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