Current Function
General Manager, Consultant, Coach and Trainer

Reference Number
080876-GKH

Competence Profile
Strategic management of international corporate investments, risk, performance and change management; ensuring competent management structures, clear functional distributions and strong, committed teams; optimized processes

Strengths / Experience
Building bridges between cultures; problem-solving for sustainable performance improvement; Long, broad and deep experience in Western/Eastern/Central Europe, Asia, Africa

Age group / Nationality
50-55 years / USA

Branches / Lines of business
Banks/Financial Services
Chemical Industry/Pharmaceutical Industry/Biotechnology
HR Consulting/recruitment agency

Functional areas within the company
Consulting
Finance / Controlling / Taxes
Lead functions - commercial
Management Board / Managing Director
Project Management

Targeted Function
Management; Interim Management; Project Management; Coaching/Advisory role

Educational Achievement
MA in International Relations/Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; Bachelors degrees from Columbia University (phi beta kappa, magna cum laude)

Language Skills
English (Mother tongue), German, Portuguese and French (excellent), Russian (basic)

Description
Job History:

Since 10 years until today Manager, Consultant and Coach:
Leading successful bank restructuring projects in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine (brought a Hungarian bank from near-insolvency to profitability; supported reorganisation for smooth introduction of new business line in major Ukrainian bank)
Process optimization between subsidiary and headquarters (harmonized processes between Hungarian and Polish branches and their German owner, making them profitable)
Leading, conceiving and carrying out training programmes in China, Thailand, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Bangladesh (trained managers and trainers)
Change Management and intercultural programmes with leading European banks and firms in pharmaceutics, logistics, nuclear technology and automobile branches
Editor and publisher of the first book on risk and performance management in German language
Coaching board members and directors of German and international banks and companies
Teaching intercultural business management at universities
Running a limited liability company, subsidiary of a large conglomerate

8 years Division Manager of an international consulting company headquartered in Germany:
Restructuring, training, policy development projects worldwide (conceived a 12 Mio EUR training programme for Chinese industry)
Project conception, management, monitoring and evaluation
Negotiations with clients, governments, partners
Line responsibility (last department oversaw and managed up to 50 consultants)

12 years with a multinational organisation including long-term international assignments:
Supervision of personnel and responsibility for results
Conception and management of projects and programmes, negotiation with governments, organisations and institutions, companies, other stakeholders
Project and programme monitoring and evaluation

Further Skills:
Outstanding analytical and conceptional capabilities, both written and spoken; ability to present complex issues and situations in an understandable way; communications and social competence; team building; moderation and mediation; „fire fighting“ for crisis resolution

If you have any questions Mr. Kuzio would be thankful to receive your call under +43 (0) 664 / 455 86 88.

Confidentiality is a matter of course for us.