Marcus has over 25 years of experience as a senior executive (CRO, CTO, CFO) and advisor in special situations.
He has successfully guided corporates, investors, creditors, and banks through financial and operational restructurings, performance improvement initiatives, and cross-border reorganizations across industries including retail, consumer products, food, and manufacturing.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of Passau.
Career Highlights:
- CTO & Board Member, Family-Owned Industrial Manufacturer – Led a holistic restructuring program across multiple production sites, including strategic repositioning, SG&A cost and workforce reductions, and negotiations with workers' councils. Managed the divestment and carve-out of non-core activities, implemented project governance (TMO), and improved EBITDA by €20M, leading to a successful company sale.
- CTO & Board Member, Family-Owned Fashion Retailer – Led a performance improvement program and successfully carved out and sold the retail business.
- Advisor, Japanese Multinational (Net sales: $25B, 115K employees) – Led the EMEA workstream for sunsetting a global business unit across nine regions (APAC, EMEA, USA). Oversaw validation of the restructuring plan, execution planning, and implementation. Evaluated strategic options (Fix, Sell, Close) for non-core business, mitigating risks to maximize value. Achieved €50M+ in savings and accelerated the exit of a loss-making business initially considered difficult to divest.
- Advisor, Listed German Portfolio Company (€24B revenue across over 45 countries, 25K employees) – Stabilized operations and designed a company-wide restructuring program across four business units, improving EBITDA through top-line growth, SG&A cost reduction, and organizational optimization.
- CRO & Board Member, Tom Tailor GmbH – Delivered a €30M EBITDA improvement by optimizing store portfolios, reducing costs, and restructuring through a PMO.
- CRO & Board Member, Eismann Tiefkühl Heimservice GmbH – Managed financial and operational restructuring in trusteeship, overseeing the turnaround through a PMO.
- CRO & Board Member, NKD (1,700 stores) – Stabilized operations post-M&A for a financial sponsor, implementing a restructuring program and transitioning to new management.
- CFO, Publicly Listed Consumer Goods Producer – Led post-merger integration of a major competitor and spearheaded performance improvements.
- CRO, Private-Equity-Owned Consumer Goods Producer – Led stabilization efforts post-M&A, executed a restructuring program, and facilitated the company’s sale to a competitor.