Dr. Andreas Seeringer

Chief Executive Officer GEA Farm Technologies, Member of the GEC (Global Executive Committee) GEA Group AG

Chief Service Officer Division Separation and Flow Technologies

Head of GEA Global Service Delivery/Operations, responsible for and establishment of end2end spare parts management incl. service product management, order desk, spares management, international warehouse hubs (internal & external), logistics and forwarding, supply chain management. Further, responsibility for worldwide repair workshop network (PnL) > 15 sites in > 20 countries for certified GEA services.

Head of GEA Business Area Equipment Global Engineering Pool, establishment of this new area, organization with teams at nine sites in China, Germany, India, and the Netherlands providing engineering power for major development projects for all product groups, overachieved cost and quality goals; successfully established Asian regional product localization and development, since 2018 leading role within the GEA ONE SERVICE program (€1.5b sales).

Project Manager Corporate Development with a focus on international, interdisciplinary and critical projects. Project excerpt: group reorganization (PMO and successful systems transition), integration of segment (PMO and master data and PLM integration), sales strategy for product group (RU, US, NL, D) including tools and action plans for local sales that caused in significant growth, group technology management, global procurement standardization showing cost reduction already in the same year.

Main fields of responsibility: sales & service strategy for SME and Start-Ups (e.g. ergobag), turn-around-solutions, logistics & supply chain optimization, head of innovation consulting and financing; governmental affairs consulting. TDALLIANCE is a consulting company specialized on SME and interim management.

Event technology, event management, project management, trade fairs. Prominent event firm NE Germany for equipping restaurants & exclusive lofts/ houses. Started own company in parallel to studies showing fast and sustainable growth. Technical/ service (SLA) partner for well-known clubs & exclusive locations such as airport Tempelhof and customers e.g. Audi, Daimler, BayerSchering, Berlin City, scholz&friends, ClubCommission.

Advising and dealing with correspondence, speech writing. Public Affairs.

Expert and Project: Political strategies for a globalized world - comparing the strategies of multinationals in the USA and Germany

Visiting Researcher Edmund A. Walsh School of foreign service (sfs) – BMW Center for German and European Studies (cegs)

Doctorate in Integrated Strategies Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dodo zu Knyphausen‐Aufseß Topic of PhD‐project: Determinants of Nonmarket Strategies of Business Firms - a country-based, comparative Perspective

Advanced degree program: economy and tax law Degree: Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Grade: 10 points (good) with honors

Topic of dissertation: “The concept of a capital‐based unemployment insurance system – empirical analysis based on the German Socioeconomic Panel (SEOP)” Degree: Dipl.‐Vw. (MSc equivalent) – Grade: 1.7 (good)

Degree program: industrial engineering Major subjects: logistics, manufacturing system engineering and strategic management Topic of dissertation: “Supply chain risk management“ Degree: Dipl.‐Ing. (MSc equivalent) – Grade: 1.5 (very good)