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Sven Laue

Board Advisor & Fractional Finance Executive — Governance, Finance & Transformation

About Me

Sven Laue is a fractional finance executive and board advisor with more than 25 years of experience building, steering, and restructuring corporate finance functions in regulated and transforming organizations. He has held senior finance leadership roles, including Vice President of Controlling for a newly established seven-country business unit at SGL Carbon, Head of Group Controlling in turnaround situations, and program leadership for regulatory and ESG transformation at a German state bank (Landesbank). His work spans group controlling, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), financial consolidation, project and program governance, and translating regulatory requirements into management steering, processes, and systems. On a board, Sven Laue brings three perspectives: the financial depth to see what the numbers really say, the governance and systems to steer the business on them, and the ability to move an organization through the change that strategy demands. This makes him valuable on a board guiding a company through growth, restructuring, or transformation.

Jurisdiction

Germany

Notable Employer

  • Vice President of Controlling, BU New Markets at SGL Carbon SE

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Founder & Principal — Fractional Finance Executive & AdvisorLaueConsulting
2016 - Present

Independent fractional finance executive and advisor to leadership teams in regulated and transforming organizations. Engagements across banking, energy, defense, and industrial sectors, with a focus on group controlling, FP&A, financial consolidation, restructuring, and program and PMO governance. Frequently translates regulatory requirements — GDPR, ESG/CSRD, information security — into management steering, processes, and systems. Selected mandates include Helaba (regulatory and ESG transformation programs) and energy-sector project controlling.

Vice President of Controlling, BU New MarketsNotableSGL Carbon SE
2010 - 2012

Member of the management team of a newly established global business unit at a world leader in carbon and graphite materials. Built the unit's controlling function from the ground up across seven countries (Germany, Poland, France, USA, Japan, China, Singapore) — operating model, governance, reporting structures, and SAP FI/CO setup. Steered the P&L against the unit's financial targets, led ten controllers in an international matrix organization, and supported business planning for the unit's growth strategy.

Education

Masters of Business AdministrationCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
1993 - 2000

Certification

Total Certifications3

Supervisory & Advisory Board Certification

Board Company

2025

Certified Change Manager

Cambridge Judge Business School

2025

Credential ID: 157438758

Certified Data Protection Officer (EU GDPR / BDSG-neu)

Förde Campus

2018

Skills

Core skills10
Languages2

Skills

Corporate Governance
Financial Oversight
Group Controlling
FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Restructuring & Turnaround
Financial Consolidation
ESG & Sustainability Finance
Change Management
Risk & Regulatory Compliance (GDPR/CSRD)
Stakeholder Management

Languages

English
German

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