Finance and Commercial Director
Key tasks and activities
- Commercial and administrative management of ZB MED
- Head of administration
- Professional and strategic development of the central service and support departments
- Process optimisation
- Budget officer
Profile
Franziska Fischer has extensive experience in leadership positions within the healthcare sector. Before joining ZB MED, her most recent role was as Commercial Director of St. Marien-Hospital in Cologne, having previously held the post of Deputy Commercial Director. Concurrently, she was Administrative Director for the Neurological Therapy Center in Cologne, where she developed key skills in leadership and personnel development.
Ms. Fischer began her career as a management trainee and Consultant to the Management Board at the St. Antonius and St. Josef hospital group in Wuppertal. Alongside her professional accomplishments, she obtained an Executive MBA in the field of Health Care Management from Paris Lodron University Salzburg and completed the International Management Program at Georgetown University.
Educational background
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09/2018 – 09/2022
Executive MBA Health Care Management at Paris Lodron University Salzburg / University of Salzburg Business School (SMBS) -
04/2022 – 10/2022
Certification as a business risk manager (ÖNORM 4903:2021) – Swiss Safety Center AG / Euro Risk Limited -
03/2021
International Management Program at Georgetown University -
10/2013 – 03/2016
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science, University of Münster -
10/2010 – 04/2013
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Politics and Economics, University of Münster
Career to date
- 07/2023 - 03/2024
A total of 4,200 kilometres long-distance hikes through Canada and New Zealand with a tent and rucksack - 10/2021 - 06/2023
Commercial Director, St. Marien-Hospital GmbH / Neurological Therapy Centre gGmbH, Cologne - 11/2020 - 09/2021
Deputy Commercial Director, St. Marien-Hospital GmbH / Neurological Therapy Centre gGmbH (NTC), Cologne - 04/2018 - 10/2020
Consultant to the Management Board, St. Marien-Hospital GmbH, Cologne (05/2020 - 10/2020) & Klinikverbund St. Antonius und St. Josef GmbH, Wuppertal (04/2018 - 04/2020) - 04/2017 - 03/2018
Management trainee, Klinikverbund St. Antonius und St. Josef GmbH, Wuppertal
