Franz Petermann

Work at ZHAW
Focus
- Executive- & corporate / business management
- Turnaround management, Reduce-to-the-Max concept
- Restructuring initiatives
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Integration & transformation
- Corporate Finance, financial management
- Change management
- Sales excellence as a growth driver
- Customer focused management & transformation
Teaching
- Lecturer in Corporate - & Business Management, Corporate Finance & Business Simulation Games
- Expert & supervisor for master theses
Professional development teaching
Experience
- Excellence in Executive- & Business Management (Long-term mandates)
Founder Pefron (LLC)
02 / 2018 - today - Member of the Management Board / Executive Management positions in various areas (GVP Retail, CFO Retail, VP Finance)
Sonova Group International
10 / 2002 - 01 / 2018 - Co-Owner and Member Board of Directors
Studer Foodcleaning Ltd.
2007 - 2017 - Co-Owner and Member Board of Directors
Bioburn Ltd.
2007 - 2017 - Co-Founder & Head of Development of haptic business simulation games (part-time)
SimExcellence (LLC)
2007 - 2010 - Member of the management board / Chief Financial Officer CFO
Qualiflyer Loyalty ltd. (Swissair Group)
02 / 1999 - 09 / 2002 - Program- & project management of optimization and system / ERP projects (Europe)
Foam Partner Ltd.
04 / 1995 - 01 / 1999 - Project management of financial & process optimizations (Asia, North America)
Siemens Building Control Ltd.
11 / 1990 - 01 / 1999
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Science in Business Administration / Finance
University of Wales
1999 - 2002 - Bachelor in Business Administration / Business
University of Applied Sciences and Arts
1987 - 1990
Continuing Education
Deep Dive in all areas of Controlling
Controlling Academy Munich
1995