I see university leadership as a bridging role: between the market and the university, between CAS and the DHBW campuses, between academic quality and economic viability. Thinking from the market and delivering reliably within the university system belong together.
Positions
Since October 2026
Dean of Business, DHBW Center for Advanced Studies, Heilbronn
Responsible for the strategic and academic development of the business faculty: part-time master’s programmes, certificates and corporate learning. Around 1,500 professionals study at CAS in more than 28 dual master’s programmes.
2023–2026
Vice Rector and Dean of Business, DHBW Lörrach
Led the Faculty of Business with 33 professors. Responsible for central service units: teaching and study services, examinations office, student advisory service, quality management, process management and the library. Chaired eight professorial appointment procedures.
What came of it
Administration that moves faster.
Approving dual partner companies used to take several months on paper. Today it typically takes around two weeks, with a transparent status. We also introduced an application portal for adjunct lecturers and digital workflows, agreed with the staff council from the start.
Internationalisation that works.
The China Summer School grew from around 10 students from two courses to 20 students from almost all DHBW campuses, with around 110 interested. The Lörrach Summer School grew from 12 participants from China to more than 30 from five partner universities worldwide. The partnership with Shanghai Zhongqiao University became DHBW Lörrach’s largest exchange partnership.
Continuing education across borders.
Together with CAS, I developed a training programme for Chinese university teachers on the German higher education system and dual didactics. Three cohorts so far.
Places for learning.
The Lörrach library was developed into a learning hub.
Committees and working groups: Local Senate and Local University Council of DHBW Lörrach (until 2026) · DHBW Business Faculty Commission · working group on reaccreditation and digitalisation · DHBW strategy group on digitalisation (STEP.30) · trinational degree programme with FHNW and Université de Haute-Alsace
How I lead
Calm and respectful in tone, clear on substance. I involve people before decisions are made. I take difficult decisions on transparent criteria, explain them and implement them together with the governing bodies, so that they are not only adopted but supported.
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