Currently, Senior Vice-President, SAP, responsible for research and development hubs (SAP Labs) globally and strategic projects for the China market; Member of SAP's global Senior Executive Team. Lecturer at Tsinghua SEM, Beijing; Tongji SEM, Shanghai and Dalian University of Technology. Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce, China. Vice-Chairman of the OAV (East Asia Foundation, Hamburg, Germany) and member of IGSTC (Indo-German Science and Technology Council of the German and India Ministry of Research). Member of the APA (Asia-Pacific Committee of German Industry), which advises the German Government on APAC matters. Author of various books and articles on innovation, India, and South-West China. Guest lecturer at INSEAD, CEIBS, NUS Singapore, NTU Singapore and NUS, Seoul).