Christian Poeschl

- Leading a cross-functional team across Finance, IT, carrier management, and PMO - Driving Post-Merger Integration: onboarding new companies at speed, creating value, and building integrated operations. - Shaping Legal Entity Consolidation: streamlining structures, designing hubs, and aligning stakeholders. - End-to-end driver to turn a network of brokers into a scalable growth platform. - Large-scale IT platform transformation, including legacy replacement, cloud migration (Azure), API- & event-driven architectures, data migration, go-live & hypercare, and building state-of-the-art target IT architectures - Operating Model, Sourcing & Vendor Management Expert driving Target Operating Models, insourcing / outsourcing transitions, and BPO-to-internal capability builds; governance design, SLA/SLO-based vendor steering, system integrator management

• Setup of a high performing post-merger integration & consolidation function to support GGW's fast-paced buy-and-build strategy. • Manage the implementation of strategic Group projects as part of a value creation plan.

Head of Bayer's Corporate Strategy & Business Transformation Department | Value Realization | Portfolio Management | General Management | Sustainability and Digital Strategies ✦ Head of Bayer's Corporate Strategy and Business Transformation leading up a team of c. 40 FTE. ✦ Owning Bayer's strategic planning process (incl. capital allocation process, portfolio management, and parenting strategy) and enhanced it for greater agility and transparency. ✦ Led Bayer's strategy-triggered, global business transformation programs ✦ Developed value creation/realization strategies, FX risk mitigation strategies ✦ Created a think tank on sustainability and digitalization strategies. ✦ Pioneered sustainability initiatives, i.e., EU Taxonomy, Scope 3 adoption, EU Green Deal, Net Positive Playbook, Biodiversity- and Water Strategy, and governance and operating model enhancements across Bayer's sustainability functions. ✦ Drove successful functional transformations with a focus on digitalization, i.e., S/4HANA program design and ramp up. ✦ Versatile industry experience in Pharma, Consumer Health, and Crop Science. ✦ Redesigned operating and business administration models for enhanced efficiency in IT, Radiology, and Marketing functions. ✦ Delivered major profitability and process efficiency programs on group and divisional level. ✦ Talent-focused leader, rotating 20+ new leaders into Bayer's line functions.

Director with Bayer's Corporate Strategy & Business Transformation department: ✦ Leading up to 10 FTEs with exceptional upward- and peer-feedback ✦ Change Management & Transformation projects: Digital strategy design and implementation for Bayer's Consumer Health and Pharma division, ESG performance strategy design at group-level ✦ Operations: Smart Factory, Digital Demand Management, Profitability, Network/Logistics Optimization ✦ Marketing & Sales: Data Powered Sales, e-Commerce ✦ Digital: Product Data Visibility ✦ Perspectives: Strategic re-orientation, sustainability, ESG, digitalization, business development, talent management ✦ Interims Management

Team leader within PwC's Corporate Functions Transformation practice and responsible to develop, sell, and deliver integrated, digitally enabled solutions across key corporate functions (e.g., Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, Legal) to a broad range of financial services companies, i.e., private equity companies, banks, insurance companies, and asset management firms. Expertise in enterprise services and finance transformation spanning reorganizations, process optimizations, and automation initiatives, i.e.: ✦ Integration of corporate functions (>300 FTEs) at a top 5 global bank, resulting in enhanced efficiency and risk reduction. ✦ IT strategy development for major global investment firms, encompassing workforce changes and corporate function reorganization. ✦ Design and implementation of a new enterprise services function for a leading investment bank and life insurance company, improving service quality and reducing operational risks. ✦ Developed and implemented global transformation and change management programs ✦ Optimized finance operations for a life insurance company through automation and efficiency improvements. ✦ Resolved AP issues and defined a future state for a major alternative asset management firm, streamlining processes. ✦ Conducted comprehensive finance operating model assessments and transformations for global asset managers. ✦ Advised a major German universal bank on outsourcing core finance processes.

Part of PwC's Finance, Technology, and Operations practice and supported major financial services companies (i.e., private equity firms, banks, and insurance companies) with strategy-based Finance Transformations including comprehensive cloud strategy, finance operating model design, and future state deployment. Focus enabling technologies were Oracle, SAP, and Workday. Services also included critical triage and turn-around work along client's core E2E processes (e.g., Order-2-Cash, Source-2-Pay, or Record-2-Report, Accounts Receivables/Payables), involving other enabling functions besides finance, such as, procurement, (third party) risk management, IT, or legal.

Part of PwC's Financial Services Advisory practice and supported major universal banks with large scale process, system, and data integrations across client's Finance and Risk functions. Developed specialized finance expertise in front-to-back process integration and automation, regulatory reporting, and project management. Ran parts of the finance operations ad-interim for a client, based on a proven track record in driving operational efficiency, ensuring compliance, and managing complex global projects. My strengths lie in streamlining processes, implementing regulatory frameworks, and leading large-scale finance transformations.

Part of PwC's Deals practice supporting various leading private equity firms, global banks, and alternative asset management companies throughout several deal executions (sell- and buy-side) with M&A advice, financial due diligences, cash flow models, valuations, and loan due diligences. Gained a deep understanding of the unique requirements, challenges and success-measures private equity-backed companies have to operate in. Successfully supported numerous transactions, providing critical insights and guidance to banks and PE companies.

Development of marketing strategies, business plans, and image analysis.

Supported the design and deployment of a customer master data management framework and application for a multinational technology company.

Developed pricing strategies, conducted price simulations and market due diligences.

Civil Engineering, Corporate Accounting, People & Organization

Human Resources, International Management