2023 – present

Head of IT & Operations, S-PensionsManagement GmbH, Cologne

• Strategic management and transformation, i.e. ensuring the future-readiness of IT and operational processes

• Responsibility for IT security, emergency management [BCM] and regulatory compliance [including project management for DORA]

• Management and budgetary responsibility with direct reporting to executive management

2022 - present

Freelance Artist

• Contemporary abstract painting using acrylics, primarily on large-format canvases

•  Curation via my own online gallery and online shop on Saatchi Art

2009–2023

• Specialist and management positions in the financial sector [controling, risk management, and internal audit]

• Part-time work as a lecturer in economics and methodology

• Supervisor in insurance and pension fund supervision at BaFin

• Started my career as a research assistant at the University of Münster and earned a Dr. rer. pol. [~ Ph.D.] 

2004–2009

• Diplom [~ M.Sc.] in Economics at the University of Mannheim [including an Erasmus semester abroad]

• Part-time work in economic research [including ZEW, Economics Department] and in the automotive industry

• Internships in the financial sector [Investor Relations, Auditing, and Consulting]

• International internships in development aid and at the Chamber of Foreign Trade for Southern Africa

1990–2003

• High school diploma from Kopernikus Gymnasium Niederkassel

• Rheidter-Werth Elementary School

1983

• Born in Bonn

Certifications

• BCM Manager [© DGI] 

• BSI IT-Grundschutz Practitioner [© DGI]

• CIA - Certified Internal Auditor [© IIA] - currently inactive -

Regulatory Affairs [Financial Sector]

• Extensive training on Solvency II and EbAV II

• Quality Assessments of Internal Audits [DIIR]

• Participation in the BaFin program “Allfinanzaufsicht” [Focus: Insurance, Banking, Securities, and Cross-Sectoral]

Programming and Data Analysis

• Advanced Training in Machine Learning with R [University of Ulm]

• Courses and online tutorials on programming and data analysis with R

Soft Skills

• Personal Coaching

• Executive Training

• Conversation and Negotiation Skills

• Project Management

• Absolventum Mannheim e. V.

• AlumniUM e. V.

• Friends of the Center for Interdisciplinary Economic Research e. V.

• Christian Democratic Union of Germany [CDU]

• German Tolkien Society e. V.

• German Animal Welfare Association e. V.

Teaching & Research

• Profile pages at the University of Münster: Center for Interdisciplinary Economic Research [CIW] and Institute for Organizational Economics [IO] 

• Profile on Google Scholar

• Overview of courses & publications, as well as an online tutorial on data analysis with R  [this website]

Abstract Art

• Profile pages “lehmann.atelier” on Facebook, Instagram and Thread

• Online shop on Saatchi Art

• Online gallery, mission statement and chronology [this website]