Rainer Dumbsky

Lead the procurement function in DE & CH Deliver yoy $8Mio+ EBIT and $15Mio+ CF savings; Transform the operationally oriented procurement function to a more strategic, value contributing function; Lead the change process to move the operational procurement activities to a central operational team in Region Europe West; Build close relationships with the Business stakeholders at Senior Director level.

- Act as internal consultant to operative business units across EMEA - Lead efficiency projects within EMEA - Conduct strategic business reviews - Support Make-or-Buy decisions - Run Lean project reviews at Linde’s filling plants - Contribute to post merger synergies in connection with the merger of Linde and Praxair - Lead Spend/Procurement workstream during Linde’s 3-year cost efficiency Program “LIFT” targeting a reduction of external OPEX spend base of 1.3 B€

Member of Program Leadership Team Lead Change, Training and Operational Readiness Activities Drive business transformation process within Program

Lead Change and Integration Management within the regional Business Transformation Team Lead regional business, process experts supporting the deployment of Linde’s SAP Template Drive process convergence towards globally standardized best practice processes

Member of Leadership Team Lead team of 13 strategic & operational buyers Manage 360 M EUR spend Contribute with 25%+ of the company’s EBITDA savings Establish Proc. as an integral part of the organisation Lead the change process to centralize Proc. Drive P2P process efficiency Trigger standardization & drive bundling Challenge business to embrace new processes & to reduce specs so TCO can be reduced Create & embed governance, processes & policies Commodity Mgr for Gases purchased

Member of regional Leadership Team Build-up & lead procurement in Linde's largest business unit Transform the local, administrative oriented procurement departments into strategic functions Trigger standardization & drive bundling to leverage regional spend Main contributor of the company’s EBITDA improvements in connection with Linde’s HPO program Improve YoY productivity by managing & reducing the 2.1 B EUR spend Align, standardize & harmonize Proc. processes Drive P2P process efficiency

Overall responsibility of all SAP deployments to Continental and Eastern Europe Govern process of further enhancing the Core System

Set-up and lead international deployments of the Linde Template starting with France, Czech Republic and Slovakia Responsible for entire Project Controlling of overall Program

Support of Board Members Execution of special projects endorsed by the Board Set-up of Linde’s Market & Competitor Intelligence DB

Responsible for all financial matters of Lotepro including Company Accounts, Cash Management, Taxes, Reporting, Contract Administration, Budgeting Part of team to integrate The Lotepro Corporation into Linde Process Plants Part of financial/legal team setting up a JV between Linde and BOC for a world-wide co-operation in Engineering

Commercial support of all national and international subsidiaries (i.e US, UK, India, CH, AUS) Co-ordination of world-wide reporting Consolidation of financial data Implement new, US-GAAP accounting principles International projects, special project i.e. ‘Y2K’ Management Reporting Various cost analysis Assignment to The Lotepro Corporation, New York, USA for preparation of Budget/Forecast, Year-End-Closing following Linde’s new Accounting Standards (Oct 99 –Feb 00)

Support implementation of SAP R/3 within Finance: Documentation & analysis of as-is-business processes Implementation of new cost accounting structures Realization of existing reporting requirements in SAP Training of employees Build-up Sales Controlling evaluating / measuring performance of the different sales channels

Auditing and Accounting Controlling