The 48-year old has been a team member of outlet specialist McArthurGlen since 2014 and, until recently, was the Deputy Center Manager of Designer Outlet Roermond in the Netherlands, the biggest center of the McArthurGlen Group. Originally hailing from Bremen, Germany, he studied international economics at Paderborn University, where he is living with his wife and two kids.
Prior to his career at McArthurGlen, he was the Head of Sales at the Finnish Iittala Group and Retail Development Manager for the jewelry company Thomas Sabo, where he was also responsible for retail expansion in Northern Europe and therefore knows the Austrian retail landscape very well.