Studied economics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, where he specialised in marketing and finance as well as music (conductor) on Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris

Career Stages (Selection)

Since Jan. 2006 Member of the Management Board of KarstadtQuelle AG (today Arcandor AG), Essen.

2005 also Managing Director of Club Bertelsmann, Rheda Wiedenbrück

2000 Member of the Management Board of DirectGroup Bertelsmann, where he was responsible for the Club’s operations in Southern ans Western Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria) and Canada.

1998 Managing Director of the France Loisirs Group, Paris

1995 Marketing Manager and a Member of the Management Board of Bertelsmann Club, Rheda