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Senior Level Executive - Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Bad Oldesloe, Deutschland
Weltweit
CPA / Tax Advisor (Steuerberater)
Bad Oldesloe, Deutschland
Weltweit
CPA / Tax Advisor (Steuerberater)

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20260721 CV Ludwig Lutter ENG v2.pdf
20260721 CV Ludwig Lutter ENG.docx

Über mich

Senior international financial management executive with a strong leadership background, extensive experience and expertise in all finance functions including IPO for US and European SaaS and Pharma and biotech companies.

Skills

Corporate FinanceCertified Public Accountant
IPO & Capital Markets
Extensive expertise in initial public offerings and capital markets transactions, including dual listings on NASDAQ and Frankfurt Stock Exchange, SEC registrations, and de-listing processes for both US and European companies.

M&A & Post-Merger Integration
Proven track record in leading complex mergers and acquisitions, including public-to-public mergers, spin-off IPOs, divestitures of non-core subsidiaries, and full post-merger integration management across multiple industries.

Fundraising & Investor Relations
Strong background in fundraising, investor relations, and financial advisory for both privately held and publicly traded companies, covering venture-funded, NASDAQ-listed, and European stock exchange environments.

Restructuring & Turnaround Management
Demonstrated ability to restructure and turn around underperforming businesses, achieving profitability from significant deficits within short timeframes, including cost optimization and margin improvement initiatives.

Digitalization & Change Management
Experience in driving digital transformation projects, including ERP system replacements (Lexware to Odoo), CRM migrations (Zendesk to HubSpot), SAP, D365 and cloud implementations, as well as establishing data-driven KPI dashboards.

Operations & Controlling
Comprehensive operational management skills covering budgeting, forecasting, rolling financial planning, cash flow management, treasury processes, internal controls, compliance, and audit-readiness.

Tax Advisory & Transfer Pricing
Qualified CPA and Tax Advisor with hands-on experience in tax structuring and optimization across jurisdictions, including transfer pricing and managing relationships with auditors, tax advisors, and legal counsel.

SaaS & Subscription Business Models
Deep understanding of SaaS and subscription-based business models, including unit economics, pricing models, profitability analysis, and KPI-driven management for software and technology companies.

Interim CFO & Consulting
Extensive experience as interim CFO and consultant for B2B and B2C companies across software/SaaS, services, hardware, point of sale, affiliate marketing, e-commerce, pharmaceutical, and social discovery sectors.

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2016

Sprachen

DeutschMutterspracheEnglischverhandlungssicherFranzösischGrundkenntnisseTschechischgut

Projekthistorie

Freelance Consultant / Advisor / Interim CFO

Freelance Consultant / Advisor / Interim CFO
Consulting, advisory, financing and interim-CFO projects for investors and numerous IT companies (B2B and B2C) including software/SaaS, services, hardware, point of sale, affiliate marketing, e-commerce, pharmaceutical and social discovery. Projects range from interim-CFO positions, operations, tax, financial and due-diligence work, investment advisory, fundraising, M&A including post-merger integrations, turnaround and restructuring to crisis and change management. Selected clients include SynapCon GmbH, Innovation Group, Sycor GmbH, SuperVista AG, Insightsoftware Deutschland GmbH, Aponeo, Lightspeed Commerce Inc., and Quidco.

Chief Financial Officer

Eye-Able, Wurzburg
Scaled the finance, controlling and accounting team. Established budgeting, forecasting and rolling financial planning processes. Implemented cash flow management and treasury processes. Set up internal controls, compliance and audit-readiness. Developed pricing, unit economics and profitability models. Drove cost optimization and margin improvement initiatives. Established data-driven decision-making culture through KPI dashboards. Replaced legacy ERP system Lexware with Odoo. Migrated CRM from Zendesk to HubSpot. Led tax structuring and optimization across jurisdictions including transfer pricing. Supported internationalization into new markets.

Chief Financial Officer

Biofrontera AG
Biopharmaceutical company dual-listed on NASDAQ and Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Led reorganization and restructuring making 2022 the first profitable year since inception in 1997. Executed spin-off IPO of 100% US subsidiary Biofrontera, Inc. on NASDAQ in October 2021 (Ticker: BFRI). Managed de-listing and de-registration of parent Biofrontera AG from NASDAQ and SEC in June 2022 (Ticker: BFRA).

Group Chief Financial Officer

HRS Hotel Reservation Service, Cologne
Leading hotel booking portal with over 400m in revenues and 1,800 employees, family-owned German Mittelstand. Responsible for global finance, controlling, legal, business intelligence, customer service and M&A activities.

Chief Financial Officer

Intershop Communications AG, Jena / San Francisco
Responsible for finance, legal, investor relations, human resources, funding and M&A. Transformed a service-oriented business into a product/SaaS business. Grew revenues to 54m. Executed cost cuts of 30% (540 to 380 employees). Headed numerous financing and M&A negotiations including a structured take-private process 2014-2015.

Chief Financial Officer (interim)

eleven Group, Berlin
Leading spam-filter company with 8m revenues and 70 employees. Responsible for finance, legal, funding and M&A. Company was later sold to CYREN Corp. (formerly Commtouch) in 2013.

Chief Financial Officer

Astaro AG, Karlsruhe / Astaro Corp., Boston, MA
Venture-funded IT security company. Responsible for finance, M&A, IR, legal, HR, COS, logistics and fulfillment, IT and sales (interim). Achieved exit to Sophos for over 190m. Grew operations from 12m to 75m revenues. Turned company around from high deficits to cash and EBIT profitability of over 25% within 24 months. Transformed company from software to hardware-based Unified Threat Management (UTM), highly KPI-driven SaaS/subscription business model.

Chief Financial Officer

POET Holdings, Inc., Redwood City, CA / Hamburg
Initially private, then venture-funded company. IPO in 1999 with filings at both Prime Standard/Frankfurt and NASDAQ. Responsible for finance, investor relations, funding, M&A, legal, HR and internal IT. Led numerous M&A transactions including the public-to-public merger with Versant Corp. (NASDAQ: VSNT) in 2005. Grew operations from 5m to 32m and from 24 to 245 employees.

Audit Supervisor & Tax Advisor

Westphal Feseker Breutigam, CPAs & Attorneys at Law, Hamburg
Headed audit teams in public and due-diligence audits of companies across retail, production, services, distribution, logistics and IT, including tax advisory.

M&A Manager

Treuhandanstalt (Federal Agency for Privatization), Berlin
Assisted and later headed the sale of former state-owned companies after the reunification of Germany.

Auditor

KPMG Peat Marwick, Frankfurt
Auditor at KPMG Peat Marwick in Frankfurt.

Zertifikate

Steuerberater

Steuerberaterkammer Hamburg

1998


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