Areas of expertise
The subjects my work is built from. If you want to know where to start, the two entry formats are listed under Offering.
Travel cost diagnosisBusiness Travel Assessment Day
Project leadership, travel and expense
I lead undertakings with a defined end state: rollouts, system changes, post-merger integrations, building a central travel function. From clarifying the brief through delivery to handover into regular operations.
Typical outcomes
- an undertaking with a clear target picture, scope and acceptance criteria
- a rollout that keeps going
- a documented handover into regular operations
Process and systems
Travel request, approval, booking, expense claim and the path into the general ledger as one chain. SAP Concur as the central platform, alongside add-ons such as Cytric, Navan or Yokoy and the interfaces to ERP and HR systems.
Typical outcomes
- a documented process chain from request to posting in the general ledger
- named owners for each process step
- a list of the breaks, sorted by effort and impact
Governance, compliance and tax
Policy architecture, control points anchored in the system, and the tax interfaces: VAT and payroll tax on travel expenses.
Typical outcomes
- a policy that is reflected in the system
- clear responsibilities across travel, finance, HR, tax and legal
- auditable control points in booking, approval and expense
Duty of care and travel risk management
Duty of care as a process rather than an emergency binder: risk assessment before booking, locating travellers, escalation paths, and the data gaps that open up when parts of a trip are booked outside the official channels. The traveller is at the centre.
Typical outcomes
- a duty of care process with named owners from booking to return
- closed data gaps for rebookings and privately booked parts of a trip
- escalation paths that work in an emergency without having to ask first
Sustainability and CO₂ data
Measuring business travel emissions reliably and making them governable. The calculation follows ISO 14083 and delivers auditable data for Scope 3 reporting under the CSRD. Reduction targets get a metric and an owner and are anchored in the travel policy and in sourcing.
Typical outcomes
- a traceable calculation method for travel emissions
- auditable data for the Scope 3 report
- reduction targets with a metric and an owner in policy and sourcing
Bleisure and workation
Two hybrid forms, two areas of law. Bleisure, the business trip extended privately, touches payroll tax, statutory accident insurance and travel expense rules, and belongs with travel management. Workation, working from another location, touches social security, permanent establishment risk, the 183-day rule, A1 certificates and employment law, and usually sits with HR. Each needs its own rules.
Typical outcomes
- short clauses for the travel policy, backed by management
- an approval path without escalation loops
- an auditable cost-neutrality check with compliant record-keeping
Sourcing and supplier management
TMC tenders, contracts with airlines, hotels and car rental providers, and the governance that follows: SLAs, escalation paths, business reviews.
Typical outcomes
- a specification that can go out to tender
- comparable offers instead of comparable brochures
- commitments that hold contractually, and a structure that follows up on them
Also as an interim role
These areas can also be taken on as line responsibility for a fixed term.
More on interim leadership