Consulting work

Since 2010
Sales Representative, Hermes-OTTO International, 22172 Hamburg

Since 1997
International consulting firm
Providing consulting services to 30 companies in Germany and Switzerland.
Objective: Procurement of textile and apparel goods from China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan
1986-1987
  • Liz Claiborne, New York (largest American textile group)
  • Baird-Gruppe, London (second largest textile group in England)

Cooperations

Professional Experience

1955
University entrance qualification, specialization in economics, Reutlingen
1955-1956
Apprenticeship to become a trained retail salesman for textiles in Modehaus Seißer (a fashion retailer) in Würzburg
1956-1958
Assistant manager and deputy head of department at Modehaus Seißer, Würzburg
1959-1971
Took over the Georg Kaiser company, Nuertingen (textiles specialty store) at the age of 21.
Today, the company is under lease.
1971-1986
Member of the Executive Board of the Sütex Textilverbund e.G., deputy speaker
Responsibilities:
  • Purchasing the entire textile and apparel range from all markets around the world
  • Sales in the Federal Republic of Germany and Western Europe
  • Advertising
1987-1989
Company management with specific authorization of the receiver of the SWA Spinnerei und Weberei Augsburg GmbH, Augsburg
Objective: Recapitalization of the bankrupt company
1989-1997
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Kolb & Schüle AG (stock exchange listed public corporation for textiles and apparel)

Honorary Offices

  • Member of the executive committee of the foreign trade association “AVE” in Cologne
  • Member of the trade show advisory board Übersee Import Messe in Berlin
  • Managing Director EZ-Textil
  • Member of the board of trustees LTD Nagold
    (teaching institute of the German textile retail industry)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Nino AG, Nordhorn
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Human Solution, Kaiserslautern
  • Commercial judge, Stuttgart district court
  • Member of the Executive Board of the trade association Baden-Württembergische Textilindustrie e.V., Stuttgart
  • Member of the district assembly of the Nuertingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce (honorary golden pin)

Commitment

  • Founder and first chairman of the friends of the Dr. Vöhringer-Heim in Nürtingen
  • Founder and Chairman of the association for the promotion of the home, family and elderly care (Diakonie) in Nürtingen
  • Holder of the golden Diakonie cross “Kronkreuz”
  • Guest lectures at the Reutlingen advanced technical college
  • Member of the Nürtingen-Kirchheim Lions Club
  • Member of the "Friedrich-List-Gilde in Reutlingen"
  • Member of the foundation "Freudeskreis Fritz und Hildegard Ruoff Stiftung"
  • Member of the "Freunde und Förderer der Staatstheater Stuttgart"
  • Member of the society “Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth”
  • Member of the “Förderkreis der Internationalen Bachakademie Stuttgart”
  • Member of the rowing association “Ruderclub Nürtingen e.V.” (holder of the honorary golden pin of the German rowing association)
  • Member of the “Schwäbische Albverein”