Books, Communications & Change

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career (selected)

Owner, SCHADENDORF Books, Communications & Change (since 2005)

For many years: Editorial Director/Publishing Director at renowned German book publishing houses such as Herder, Econ and Springer Gabler; publisher of non-fiction books on business, economics, society and politics; numerous bestsellers with authors such as Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, Philip Kotler, Don Tapscott, Charles Handy and Hans-Werner Sinn; publisher of books from leading consulting firms such as Accenture, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, EY, Kearney, McKinsey and PwC

Early career: Research Assistant at the Seminar for Public Finance/New Political Economy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), trilingual German/French/English

Early career: Research Assistant at the Seminar for Public Finance/New Political Economy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), trilingual German/French/English

Education (selected)

Various training and further education courses on leadership, team development, coaching, (intercultural) communication, e-learning

Postgraduate Studies in Management, Culture and Development Economics at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)/School of Management, Bangkok, and at the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore (both with a research scholarship from the Swiss National Fund)

Studies in economic and social sciences, in particular political economy, business administration and development economics, at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), bilingual (German/French); degree: Lic. rer. pol. (equivalent to Masters), thesis: summa cum laude

Bachelor studies in business administration (and philosophy) at the University of Hamburg

Studies in economic and social sciences, in particular political economy, business administration and development economics, at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), bilingual (German/French); degree: Lic. rer. pol. (equivalent to Masters), thesis: summa cum laude

Bachelor studies in business administration (and philosophy) at the University of Hamburg