Ferdinand Spannan

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Ferdinand Spannan

Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH) / B.Eng.

Sales Manager APAC & LAC

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  • 602-0903 Kyoto
  • Japan

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Personal information

Professional experience (13 years, 9 months)

  • Employment status
    Employee

Educational background

  • Jul 2011 - Dec 2013
    Manchester Business School

    Global MBA

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2005
    Hamburger Fern-Hochschule

    Economics and Business Engineering / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (FH) / B.Eng.

    Entrepreneurship, Process Automation

  • Sep 1999 - Apr 2000
    Technische Universitaet Karlsruhe

    Machinery Engineering, n/a

  • Languages
    German (First language), English (Fluent), Spanish (Good knowledge), French (Good knowledge), Japanese (Fluent)

About me

I would call myself anopen-minded person with a strong will to achieve what I planned for while respecting the people's individual needs in my environment. I believe that in order to really establish good relationships to business contacts you must be able to speak a common language, not necessarily the helpful language skills, but also the ability to capture the other person's character in full comprehension and deal with him/her in an appropriate way. A win-win situation with communication on the same level is the basis for long lasting and fruitful cooperation.

For intercultural communication, I furthermore believe that it is essential to have lived/worked in a foreign country for a longer period of time in order to developed a great deal of understanding for foreign cultures and customs. All books you can find in the stores are nice to have but they oftentimes do not tell the true story.

Moreover, I have a strong believe in diversity. Diversity is positive and I hope that globalization in the negative sense will not lead to a further destruction of diversity. It is nice to have a common language to communicate with, but over this do not forget where you come from! If one day we will globally all watch the same shows on TV, eat the same food, wear the same clothes and shop the same chain stores, it will be very, very boring!

Tolerance is the means to mutual understanding. Never say "It is worse/It is better than at home" but say "It is different!".

Ethics is an important topic. I see huge deficits here. Economic growth and development that is self-sustaining and not exploiting the global resources excessively is what every business executive should strive to achieve. Less greed, more rational behavior to the benefit of the community and more long-term strategies.

Well, maybe this told you a little bit about myself. Trust me, I am not always as sincere as it might sound here. If you are interested to know more, then please feel free to get in contact.
 

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