Over the past twenty six years Thomas held several Finance positions in Germany, Malaysia, Singapore and China, for companies in the semiconductor (Infineon, Qimonda) and EDA (Mentor Graphics) industry.

In his current role, Thomas is Member of the Regional Management Board for Greater China Region and is functionally responsible for Accounting, Controlling, Tax, Treasury and Compliance. In addition, he has a supervisory role for Legal, Business Continuity, Procurement, Audit, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and local Joint Venture activities.

Prior to his position in Shanghai, Thomas was in charge of the Regional Controlling for Asia Pacific in Singapore where he implemented SAP4/HANA in Singapore and Munich as Business Project Lead.

He worked as Chief Financial Officer at Infineon Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Infineon’s largest Back-End Manufacturing site, responsible for Controlling and Cost Down activities of Power and Discrete products. 

During the time in Malaysia, he was also a member of the board of directors and president of the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC), where he was strongly involved in
implementing a vocational training program (TVET/DVT) according to German standards in Malaysia.

Before leaving Germany in 2009, he gained experience in the EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
industry at Mentor Graphics and in the Memory Semiconductor industry at Qimonda/Infineon.

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