Claudius Grossmann
Advisor for Finance, Asset Finance, Property development, Compliance and Risk Topics and Start-ups in Asia
Experience
Chief Financial Officer
Turing Robotic Industries Group
Assisting this start-up in the mobile device sector to set up a financial reporting and controlling/monitoring systems, executing daily payments as well as handling general accounting-, taxation- and compliance matters.
Associate Director
Connaught Finance Investments
Consulting, arranging and structuring financial solutions for asset financing, vendor finance programs, also on equity and mezzanine basis.
Independent Business Consultant
Offering Advisory and Consultancy Services or Interim Management solutions for start-ups, restructuring-projects, sourcing and funding for industrial projects in Asia. Collaborate in the build-up of fintech-knowhow and set-up of respective websites.
Deputy General Manager
Deutsche Leasing (China) Co., Ltd.
Leasing of industrial equipment of German and European manufacturers in China. Overall responsibilities for all back-office functions as well as the risk management of risks of vendors, lessees and equipment values. Deep accumulated knowledge of legal and physical collection and repossession process in China.
Senior Advisor
ChiCapital
Setting up internal structures, processes and organization to this newly established Fund. Assessing and accompanying investment projects in coal mining and aviation in Asia. Consulting and supervising on behalf of ChiCapital a turn-around project of Adkinsons Public Securities Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand, acting as non-executive Director in 2006 to ultimately raise profitability.
General Manager
PALADIN Limited
Together with the majority shareholder co-managing this Chinese-owned and HKSE-listed investment company, restructuring its financial position and developing new business, one major task was managing and successfully completing a medium-sized luxury residential property project at "The Peak" in Hong Kong in co-operation with architects, construction companies, banks and HK housing regulators. Managing the complete litigations for the group
Chief Operating Officer
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Carrying the overall responsibility for the Branch and supervising its day-to-day operations, while simultaneously co-ordinating commercial and investment banking activities with European SME as well as local corporate clients in Hong Kong and Southern China resulting in improving Branch's performance. Besides also responsible for regulatory issues and points of contact to HK regulators. Due to a global shift of group-strategy under parent Allianz AG in 2004 down-sizing and closure of Branch implemented.
Head of Credit Risk Management and COO
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Keeping existing loan portfolio at satisfactory risk-levels in an environment, which was characterized throughout these years by continuous large-scale failures of banks, securities brokers, insurance companies and big industrial corporates in Japan. In this context implementing change of portfolio policies combined with swift exit-execution helped to avoid any major loss for the Branch during that time.
Risk analysis and back-office support also to the investment bank arm, Dresdner Kleinwort (Japan) Ltd., in its strategy to promote and sell investment bank products to clients in Japan.
Head of Credit Risk Management
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Physical set-up of the newly-established Branch, defining the internal PRC credit policy for the Branch and the Bank in general and subsequently continuous building up and supervising a well-balanced loan-book in China coupled with diligent training of newly hired local staff. Assisting German multinationals as well as SME in regulatory, financial issues, organizational issues in setting up subsidiaries or JV schemes in China. Preparing and participating in large scale syndicated project-, energy- and aircraft-loans.
Assistant Manager, Credit Risk Management for Financial Institution
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Analysis and Co-coordination for loan- and trading-limits to foreign financial institutions, particularly in the Asian-Pacific region and the Americas
Analyst, Central Credit Risk Management Division
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Assessing and evaluating worldwide risk-exposures and preparation of Board-reports as decision basis
Analyst, Credit and Loan Department
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Processing domestic loan business (private and corporate)
Trainee, Credit and Loan Department
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Processing loan applications and assisting Management in general matters incl. client relationships
Trainee
DRESDNER BANK AG/Dresdner Kleinwort
Int'l Trade Finance Department, Loan Department and Correspondent Banking Division
WEST LB-GIROZENTRALE
International Division, Relationship Banking, Syndications, Audit Department, Credit Department
COMMERZBANK AG
Training program – domestic bank business