Born in: 1940

Since 1957:
Hotel Specialist with international management expertise

Since 1970:
Consultant and Design Planner for the hotel, foodservice and event catering industry

Memberships:

• CSI, Foodservice Consultants Society International; 1983 – 1992:
  Chairman of FCSI Europe / FCSI International
  
  
• Cornell Society of Hotelmen
  
  
• Founding Member of Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association Germany
  (HSMA Deutschland)

  
  
  

  Career:

• 1957 – 1960: Vocational Training as a Hotel Business Manager

• 1960 – 1962: Academic Studies in Business Administration

• 1962 – 1969: Management level and GM positions of leading hotels in Germany Switzerland, France, and Canada

• 1969: School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, USA

• Since 1970: Consultant and Design Planner for the hotel, foodservice and catering
  industry

• Since 1974: CEO of bbg-CONSULTING and UG-Unternehmensberatung
  Großverpfleger (Advisory Services for Catering & Event)

• Since 1988: Deutsche Bank’s contract advisor for the hospitality industry

  
  
  

  International Awards:

• foodservice design of the Hotel Management School, Dortmund

• foodservice design of Berliner Volksbank, Potzdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany

• mas-services for Zugspitzbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

• concept & design of the guest house Petersberg, Bonn, Germany

• operating Statistics of the German Hotel Industry

  
  
  

  Publications:

• National Hotel & Restaurant Operating Statistics 1969-99

• Developing Criteria for Operating Statistics in the Institutional Foodservice

• several Operating Statistics on Institutional Foodservice

• The Labor-market of the German Hotel- & Restaurant Industry

• Institutional Foodservice Design

• Functional Design for Hotels & Restaurants

• Innovative Kitchen-Design and Layout

• Functional Dishwashing

• Effective Function-Room-Design

• Food-Preparation and –Storage

• and numerous articles in professional journals