Christian Claus

President / CEO / Managing Director of James Hardie in Europe James Hardie is a world leader in innovative and sustainable fiber-cement & fiber-gypsum building materials with net sales of approx $4 billion. With more than 5,000 employees, James Hardie serves customers on all continents worldwide

General Manager of Tarkett´s xxxM€ business operations in South & West Europe with overall more than 3,000 blue and white collar employees across 30+ countries Tarkett is a world leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface materials with sales of $3 billion. With more than 12,500 employees and 32 industrial sites, Tarkett serves customers in more than 100 countries and sells 1.3 million sqm of flooring every day for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores & sports fields

Leading Tarkett‘s xxxM€ Global Key Account Management Organization with a special focus on Hospitality, Workplace/Office & OEM as well as International Distributors in the DIY & Builders Merchant channels with the overall mission to build long-term relationships with the customers that are most strategic to our business by delivering win-win outcomes and maximum value for their business

General Manager of Tarkett´s xxxM€ business operations in Central Europe DACH & CEE comprising of 11 countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania & Kaliningrad)

Managing Director of Tarkett´s xxxM€ legal entity in D-A-CH, the Tarkett Holding GmbH with more than 400 blue and white collar workers across multiple sites

Leading Tarkett‘s Commercial/Sales Excellence Team and associated initiatives across Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin-America focusing on CRM, Pricing, Digital, Talent Development and Customer Experience

General Manager of Tarkett´s xxxM€ business operations in Central Europe & Managing Director of Tarkett´s legal entity, the Tarkett Holding GmbH, with overall more than 1000 blue and white collar employees across 11 countries In addition, leading Tarkett‘s Global Key Account Management Organization & the Commercial/Sales Excellence Team across Europe, Middle East & Africa Tarkett is a world leader in innovative and sustainable flooring with 13,000 employees and net sales of more than €3 billion

Leading Air Liquide`s commercial operations for industrial and speciality gases in Germany - especially focusing on innovative solutions for entrepreneurs & professionals

Leading 3M`s Renewable Energy Business (Wind & Solar related B2B solutions in the area of Adhesives, Resins, Coatings, Tapes, Films, Abrasives, PPE) Full P&L responsibility, managing a xxxM€ product portfolio of renewable energy products through direct key account management and industrial channels, lead cross functional teams, accelerate new product commmercialization and increase market penetration of key accounts & countries

Leiter des Geschäftsbereichs Windenergie: Strategic Business Development, New Product Introduction, Product Management, Marketing Management, Customer Focused Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Market Research, Key Opinion Leader Management, M&A, Acquisitions, Alliances

Leiter des Geschäftsbereichs Windenergie in Europa, dem Mittleren Osten und Afrika: Strategic Business Development, New Product Introduction, Product Management, Marketing Management, Customer Focused Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Market Research, Key Opinion Leader Management, M&A, Acquisitions, Alliances

Marketing Manager: Marketing Communications, Strategic Business Development, Market Research, Product Management, Customer Focused Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, M&A, Acquisitions, Alliances

Social Media, Social Networks, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Community, Web 2.0, Medien-Nutzung, eMarketing, SEO, SEM, Blogs, Blogging, Weblogs, Wikis, Neue Medien

Marketing Communications, Product Management, Produktmanagement, Market Research, Customer Focused Marketing

Konzeption und Umsetzung von Wachstumsstrategien (u.a. Landtag NRW, CROSSART Route-Moderne-Kunst, Staatskanzlei NRW - Kulturminister, Heinrich-Heine-Universität)

Executive Education Courses on Management, Sustainability, Negotiation & Innovation Harvard Business School, London Business School & MIT Sloan School of Management

Marketing Controlling Organisation