Bernd Seifert

• Strategic business partner for the growth and geographic expansion strategy with specific focus Central & Eastern Europe (Poland & Russia) • Talent upgrade in core functions (leadership team, marketing & supply chain) • Development and implementation of global approach to talent management in Coleman • Lead change management for outsourcing of financial service functions to Poland and India as part of the global Jarden team • Supervise a team of 6 HR professionals

• Responsible for Employee Services (ES) strategy and action plans in the CEEMEA region (services include payroll, travel, mobility, employee & organizational data management) • Regional governance with main HR outsource provider to manage the delivery of services for the region • Managing service interventions with the global governance team • Partnering with HR business partners, finance, internal service functions

• Responsibility for the design and implementation of the HR shared service model across Europe. The scope of services included talent acquisition, learning & development, compensation & benefits, HR systems and employee communications • Managed the industrial relationships to Gillette’s European Works Council group • Lead team of 70 employees in the shared services hub structure located in Isleworth / UK, Kronberg / Germany and Lodz / Poland • Responsible for the regional GSS budget of 9 Mio €

• Lead all human resources and change management aspects as part of the implementation of the European Financial Shared Service Centre / Commissionaire Enabled Business Model concept. • Full responsibility for the relocation of the European head offices from London to Geneva • In cooperation with IBM consulting this included the identification of property, managing the staff for relocation / redundancy, relocating the business processes & establishing the necessary infrastructure in the new location

• Strategic HR business partner for commercial operations Central Europe (1,200 employees in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic and Slovakia) • Lead integration of four different business units into one location in Germany in 1999 / 2000 with the harmonization of employment conditions, compensations and benefits in Germany. • Lead the employee relations & works council negotiations through the entire process • Supervised a team of 8 HR profs in Germany / CE-East

• Strategic HR business partner for Braun's worldwide selling organization outside of Central Europe and the strategic marketing organization in HQ, major focus on talent management • Major focus on building and staffing the organizational structure in the emerging markets (Russia, Asia and Latin America) • Developed and implemented an on-campus MBA recruiting program representing Braun at leading MBA schools in Europe

• Implemented an on-campus recruiting program with five different business schools in Europe / US • Implemented a PC-based management development software (Executive Track)

• Responsible for Braun's worldwide compensation systems (salary structures, job grading, etc.) • Implementation and roll-out of the Gillette's Global Employee Stock Option Plan in Germany

• Analysis, application and implementation of the existing compensation policies • Improve the established HR – Information Systems in the mainframe and PC environment