Laurent von Büren
International Finance Director
Holzkirchen,BY
Summary
Dedicated to fostering strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and corporate partners across diverse cultures. Excels in optimizing cost structures and maximizing profits on a global scale. Embraces challenges head-on and consistently delivers exceptional results. Prioritizes efficiency and excellence in all endeavors.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Temporary Assignment as Managing Director
Ripenergy AG
10.2024 - 04.2025
- Company Overview: Ripenergy AG is a new acquisition of the CE+T Power Group specializing in Power Conversion for the Industrial, Railway and Military sectors. Main task was to integrate the Rip energy to the Group.
- Ripenergy AG is a new acquisition of the CE+T Power Group specializing in Power Conversion for the Industrial, Railway and Military sectors. Main task was to integrate the Rip energy to the Group.
CFO/Board Member
Uganda Security Printing Company (USPCL)
07.2020 - 09.2024
- Company Overview: USPCL is a company created in 2019 through a Joint Venture agreement between Veridos GmbH Munich Germany/Giesecke & Devrient with the Ugandan Office of the President and Ministry of Finance.
- Delegated by Veridos as Finance Director of USPC in Kampala, Uganda.
- Member of the Board of USPCL.
- Responsible to build USPCL with 2 main tasks: 1) Deliver country wide security documents and systems such as Passports, Identification Cards, Ballot Papers, Land Titles, Birth Certificates, etc. Along with the related systems such as enrolment, biometric (ABIS), data processing, PKI and Document Personalisation Systems. 2) Build a factory in Entebbe, Uganda which will produce security documents with approximately 110 employees. Factory is under construction and planned become operational in 2026.
- Responsible for Finance, HR, Legal, Sales and Procurement.
- Build all related policies such as HR, IT, Finance, Legal/compliance, Procurement etc.
- Engage with high level with Government Entities such as the Office of the President, His Excellency, Minister of the office of the President, Prime Minister, Minister of internal Affairs, Finance Ministry, Ministry of Works and Transport, Electoral Commission, and related permanent secretaries etc.
- Responsible for a team of 7.
Global Integration/Transformation, Finance Director
Nokia Corp
07.2015 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Nokia COO Global Office for Transformation and Integration supports the integration of acquisitions and developing of transformation programs to improve the company’s performance and cost structure.
- Responsible for integrating Alcatel Lucent SG&A to one Nokia management reporting view.
- Drove indirect spend financial and operational KPI’s target setting with the units (CXO -1) along with the related monthly executive reporting.
- Re-designed global policies and governance models to ensure tight cost control around travel, external services, office and communications, insurance, and marketing spend.
- Drove automation for all KPI’s via MS Power BI, Azure and Visual Studio with the aim to give management a live self-service portal of their performance and enhance data analytics.
- Programs driven by my team resulted in YoY reduction in indirect spend of over 300m€ or -15%.
- Responsible for a team of 4.
Country CFO
Nokia Siemens Networks Indonesia (NSN)
07.2010 - 06.2015
- Company Overview: NSN Indonesia with over 500m USD annual revenue and 1500 employees.
- Key driver to migrate ex-Nokia and ex-Siemens financial landscape to one common ERP platform.
- Drove programs to reduce the project assets by over 325m$ or 70%.
- Drove project asset rotation days down by more than 200 days or 60%.
- Contributed to an overall Gross Profit increase of 27%.
- Significantly improved the SOX compliance and audit process resulting in zero deficiencies for the first time in the mergers history.
- Delivered first ever statutory report on time for the post Siemens merger without deficiencies.
- Responsible for a team of 49 and reduced to 42.
CFO Region West-Central Africa
Nokia Siemens Networks Belgium
09.2007 - 06.2010
- Company Overview: Export sales and Services for telecommunication customers for both fixed and wireless networks in West-Central Africa.
- Full P&L/Commercial Sales and Delivery responsibility for all Branch Offices in West and Central Africa.
- Responsible to adherence of all internal and SOX Controls.
- Customer base located in Nigeria, Sudan, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Angola, Senegal, Mali, Burkina, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Niger, Benin, Gabon, Djibouti and Algeria.
- Managed and migrated Siemens branch offices to the Nokia environment.
- Annual revenue >120m$ driven by full turnkey contracts financed by export credit agencies.
- Drove a team of 9.
VP Commercial and Project Management Central Africa
Siemens Tunisia
11.2004 - 08.2007
- Company Overview: Sales and service centre for Siemens AG fixed networks delivering sales, project management and project execution along with all related finance activities for customers in Central Africa.
- Responsible to implement and drive all financial and commercial sales processes such as statutory and global accounting, offer control, internal and SOX controls, contract management, import/export management and delivery management.
- Finance director for all branch offices in the region.
- Annual revenue of over 200m€.
- Drove a team of 5.
Director of Finance for worldwide branch offices
Siemens AG
03.2002 - 11.2004
- Company Overview: Siemens AG, financial management of the worldwide branch offices for turnkey mobile infrastructure projects.
- Responsible for opening and closing of Siemens mobile networks branch offices worldwide.
- Managed the secondment of +350 delegates delivering for Siemens # international turnkey projects.
- Owned the worldwide branch office cash flow, internal controls and financial data integration into the Siemens ERP environment.
- Member of the Siemens global personnel committee responsible for global policies pertaining to international delegations.
- Drove a team of 9.
Commercial Turnkey Project Director
Siemens Venezuela
06.1999 - 02.2002
- Company Overview: Subsidiary of Siemens AG leading all commercial and finance aspects for the implementation of full turnkey Mobile telecommunication infrastructure projects.
- Annual revenue >100m€.
- Responsible for the financial integration of the Siemens AG branch office to the local subsidiary.
- Responsible for all finance activities of turnkey projects and including site acquisition and construction.
- Assured adherence to internal and SOX controls in the delivery and procurement environments.
- Completed full turnkey contracts 15% below budget.
Director of Commercial Sales and Procurement
Siemens Mexico
12.1997 - 05.1999
- Company Overview: Responsible for the expansion of the telecommunication division to cater for the non-state-owned operators entering into the market.
- Set up the office for all commercial and logistical (quote to cash) processes for new Telecommunication operators entering Mexico.
- Led all commercial sales and procurement activities for new tenders and secured the first non-state-owned full turnkey infrastructure project for Siemens in Mexico.
Commercial Sales Lead Telecommunications Americas
Siemens AG
06.1992 - 11.1997
- Company Overview: Siemens AG Communications commercial and finance for North, Central and South America.
- Responsible of commercial sales for the USA, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia and Bolivia.
- Drove logistic and export compliance processes along with commercial project management activities for turnkey projects in Central America and the Caribbean.
- Owned and prepared the financial presentations for the semi-annual Americas sales events.
Various Jobs
BTI Freight Systems, Aegon Insurance Company
10.1988 - 05.1992
- Company Overview: Worked for BTI Freight Systems, Miami Florida, in charge of export sales for Latin America and Europe and Aegon Insurance Company, Tampa Florida, as managing director of the Agency for Tampa.
- Worked for BTI Freight Systems, Miami Florida, in charge of export sales for Latin America and Europe and Aegon Insurance Company, Tampa Florida, as managing director of the Agency for Tampa.
Education
BA - International Business and Marketing
New England College
06.1988
American High School Diploma - undefined
Institut auf dem Rosenberg
06.1984
Skills
- Audit coordination
- Financial strategy development
- Risk management proficiency
- Corporate governance
- Change management expertise
- Mergers and acquisitions experience
- International finance
- Cost reduction strategies
- Financial reporting
- Process improvement
- Organizational development
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue English, fluent in German and Spanish, conversant in French.
To Summarize
- Over 25 years of managing teams between 4 and 49 employees in 4 continents.
- Build or closed subsidiaries or joint venture companies around the world and drove Finance/Commercial Sales and Services for turnkey contracts along with extensive experience with integration of M&A´s.
- Participated as a Board Member also including the role of the Secretary.
- Multiple engagements with high government officials.
- Always focused on the best customer relations, compliance and profitability of the Subsidiaries/Branch offices along with ensuring the best possible interworking with the home base.
- Main Countries of Residency.
- Germany 17 years
- Venezuela 12 years
- USA 8 years
- Switzerland 7 years
- Indonesia 5 years
- Mexico 4 years
- Uganda 4 years
- Belgium 3 years
- Tunisia 1 year
- Diplomas and recommendations upon request or available under: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-von-bueren-a2374316/
Timeline
Temporary Assignment as Managing Director
Ripenergy AG
10.2024 - 04.2025
CFO/Board Member
Uganda Security Printing Company (USPCL)
07.2020 - 09.2024
Global Integration/Transformation, Finance Director
Nokia Corp
07.2015 - 12.2019
Country CFO
Nokia Siemens Networks Indonesia (NSN)
07.2010 - 06.2015
CFO Region West-Central Africa
Nokia Siemens Networks Belgium
09.2007 - 06.2010
VP Commercial and Project Management Central Africa
Siemens Tunisia
11.2004 - 08.2007
Director of Finance for worldwide branch offices
Siemens AG
03.2002 - 11.2004
Commercial Turnkey Project Director
Siemens Venezuela
06.1999 - 02.2002
Director of Commercial Sales and Procurement
Siemens Mexico
12.1997 - 05.1999
Commercial Sales Lead Telecommunications Americas
Siemens AG
06.1992 - 11.1997
Various Jobs
BTI Freight Systems, Aegon Insurance Company
10.1988 - 05.1992
American High School Diploma - undefined
Institut auf dem Rosenberg
BA - International Business and Marketing
New England College
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