• Christian
Lenz has a track record as an entrepreneur and as corporate CFO, both
internationally and in France. He is a German national, born in Munich
who grew up in Paris.
Mr. Lenz holds a Master's Degree in Management (Grande École) from ESCP and an Executive MBA from HEC Paris. He has a Franco-German bi-cultural profile and is tri-lingual (English, German and French).
Prior to founding LENZ International, Mr. Lenz served as Deputy CFO Europe, Regional CFO UK & Ireland and Head of M&A Transactions Europe for Euro RSCG Worldwide (now Havas Worldwide), a leading global advertising and marketing agency network and the largest unit of Havas (NASDAQ: HAVS - Euronext Paris: HAV.PA), the world's sixth-largest communications group.
Mr. Lenz also held the following
positions: CFO of Peaktime, a French media expert start-up company specialising in TV/audio technology and optimisation software for the media and marketing communications industry, Director of Finance and Administration of Europe Online, a
Luxemburg-based Internet online services start-up company, Financial Controller of
Deutsche Cargill in Hamburg, the international marketer, processor and
distributor of food, financial and industrial products and services,
Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at The Walt Disney Company
in Paris. He started his career with Schlumberger (Oilfield Services) where he held
Financial Management and Audit positions in France, North Africa and in
Italy.
Mr. Lenz was for several years President of the International Chapter of
the French Institute of Financial Executives (Association nationale des
Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion, DFCG), where he sat on
the Executive Committee and on the Board. He oversaw strong chapter
growth, was instrumental in significantly expanding the scope of
activities of the chapter and organised and narrated several International CFO Conferences.
Mr. Lenz was a lecturer at HEC Paris and at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
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