Bernhard Mayer

•Facilitate and support all phases of M&A transactions, divestitures, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other complex and time sensitive corporate development projects. •Identify, assess, due diligence, negotiate and close transactions. •Coordinate all deal activities among internal cross-functional teams and external parties incl. advisors. •Manage due diligence, separation (carve-out), integration and other transaction related activities.

•Manage investment banks and transaction service providers for screening, analysis and execution of M&A projects. •Challenge and evaluate proposals of all business units for potential mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures as well as divestments. •Challenge the strategic and financial impact of the envisaged M&A trans-actions. •Organize, coordinate and execute professional analysis, preparation and execution of the M&A transactions incl. negotiation of all related agree-ments.

• To organize and lead Site Services in Basel to support the businesses present at the Basel Site in the most optimal, efficient and cost competitive manner • Aim at excellence and ensure continuous improvements in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) matters at the Basel Site according to legal requirements and Huntsman EHS standards. • Develop and manage a strong facility management team to provide a good service level for all customers and employees on the Basel site.

•To direct and control the finance operations in the European region (including operations in the Middle East and Africa). •To maintain external audit relationship and secure satisfactory internal and external audit opinions for all TE entities in EAME. •To co-ordinate the forecast, budget and measurement processes for the EAME region.

•To direct and control the finance department. •Interface and direct the shared service provider organization. •Establish and ensure the implementation of Swiss Interface agreement •Ensure an adequate system of internal control is implemented which supports Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) 404 compliance. •Direct and coordinate the regional credit management team Europe for TE.

•Maintaining contact to investment banks for screening and analysis of M&A opportunities. •Monitoring and analysis of all major competitors of Ciba Specialty Chemicals. •Challenging and evaluating proposals of all business segments for potential mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, divestments. •Challenging the strategic and financial impact of the envisaged M&A transactions. •Organizing, coordinating and executing professional analysis, preparation and execution of M&A projects

•Develop and implement organization and business processes of the BU H&PC. •Transition manager for transferring the Business Segment Antimicrobials into the BU H&PC. •Develop and implement the strategic plan for the BU H&PC. •Develop, challenge and implement the M&A strategy of the BU H&PC.

•Develop and implement marketing strategies in line with the strategic plan of the Business Segment Antimicrobials •Drive innovation process in cooperation with Research & Development/Technical Service. •Establish and implement BSAM pricing strategies. •Establish market segmentation and provide customer specific services. •Analyze and evaluate markets, market trends, customer and competition activities. •Manage global key accounts, i.e. Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive.

•Deputy of Allied Colloids Limited Integration Manager. •Support Integration Manager of Allied Colloids Limited in all integration activities. •Initiate, direct and control product master data integration in close cooperation with marketing and product management. •Clearing up of acquired product ranges. •Challenge and control business plans for acquired businesses. •Support integration of Allied Colloids Limited marketing, product management and sales personnel into Divisions of Ciba

•Represent all finance and financial control issues in the Business Segment New Business Development (BS NBD). •Generation, preparation and interpretation of all financial key data as a basis for the decision making process in the BS NBD. •Coordinate, challenge and execute the strategic planning and strategic control processes of the BS NBD. •Calculate and challenge profitability of capital investments, joint ventures, acquisition and divestment projects of the BS NBD.

•Challenging and evaluating proposals of Business Segments/New Business Development for potential merger, acquisition, alliance, JV as well as divestment candidates. •Challenging the strategic and financial impact of the envisaged M&A transactions. •Organizing, coordinating and executing professional analysis, preparation and execution of the M&A transactions. •Monitoring and reviewing achievements of the M&A transaction objectives as defined in the Terms of Reference (ToR). •Integration manager

•Invoicing of products and services sold by Ciba to TFL according to the existing toll manufacturing and services agreements. •Establishing and continuously reviewing reporting requirements for the TFL JV. •TFL direct contact for all business, financial and logistics issues. •Directing all spin-off activities and projects of the TFL JV.

•Represent all financial and strategic logistics issues in the BU Paper. •Generation, preparation and interpretation of all financial and logistics key data as a basis for the decision making process in the BU Paper. •Prepare and support the execution of the S&OP meetings of BU Paper. •Coordinate, challenge and execute the strategic planning and control processes of the BU Paper. •Calculate and challenge profitability of capital investments, joint ventures, acquisition and divestment projects

•Represent all finance and financial control issues in the business unit management team of BU D, C & P. •Generation, preparation and interpretation of all financial key data as a basis for the decision making process in the BU D, C & P. •Coordinate, challenge and execute the strategic planning and control processes of the BU D, C & P. •Calculate and challenge profitability of capital investments, joint ventures, acquisition and divestment projects of the BU D, C & P.

•Collection, generation, and preparation of all financial key data of Grenzach Works for the annual (budget) and 3-year plan, quarterly reporting and deviation analysis. •Coordinate and execute the annual cost/expense budgeting for the Grenzach production site. •Calculate and challenge profitability of capital investment projects for the Grenzach production site. •Consult and support all departments of Grenzach Works in finance and control matters. •Coordinate and support information management/info

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