Born in 1959 in Germany. Since 1998 living in New Zealand, NZ citizen since 2001.
Professional Baker, Food Technologist, bachelor in Technical Industrial Management and Marketing.

25 years of experience in application technology, development, marketing and sales of food ingredients like gums and fibers.
Held various technical and commercial positions, from application laboratory in 1987 to head of technical service and sales world wide from 1991 and Manager of Asia-Pacific Office from 1998 onwards for one of the largest pectin producers world-wide and their subsidiary.

Currently Key Account Manager at Unipektin AG Agency Office Asia-Pacific in New Zealand looking after the markets in Asia, Oceania and North-America, for functional ingredients and gums (pectin, locust bean gum, guar gum, tara gums, funtional blends).
Also a Director of ***** NZ ***** , Consulting & Trading in Food Ingredients and Other Specialties.

Extensive market knowledge and in - field application experience about pectin, gums, food fibers from more than 20 years in application service and sales in Europe, North America and throughout Asia and Oceania.