Kurt Ramin

Lecturer (“Lehrbeauftragter”) for Master in “Compliance & Corporate Security (LL.M) at the University of Applied Sciences (RFH) teaching “Corporate Fraud Management”.

Hinweis: Alle vorstehend aufgelisteten Lehrbeauftragte sind keine Arbeitnehmer der RFH und stehen nicht in einem Arbeits- oder Beschäftigungsverhältnis zur RFH.


Professional Experience
• Managing Director, KPR Associates, Düsseldorf, Germany (currently)
• Current President of the German ACFE Chapter (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners)
• Former Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), New York.
Other experience
• Past director and consultant at the IFRS Foundation at the IASB, London (1997 to 2008):
• Served as Global Chairman of XBRL International for 3 years.
• Member of the EU Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Intangibles. Received the outstanding reviewer award in 2011 and 2018 from the Journal of Intellectual Capital, Emerald Publishing.
• Treasurer and Council Member of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the world's largest association of nature and conservation agencies, headquartered in Gland, Switzerland (2008 to 2012). Sustainability and Strategic Planning.
• Head of Global Standards (AA1000 series of standards) at AccountAbility, London, and Dubai.
• Earlier in my career (US and Germany): Worked in key financial (CFO) and operating positions (COO) at Beiersdorf Inc. (“Nivea”); Emery Industries (NYSE listed); Dow Corning US and Europe (JV Dow Chemical and Corning Glass); Otto Versand (Germany's largest Mail Order-Company); Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation (USA) and as an assistant to an owner of an industry-leading Hypermarket. Commercial apprenticeship at Teroson, Heidelberg.

Academic Development and Publications
• Bachelor’s Degree: University of Applied Sciences (TH Cologne)
• MBA: Central Michigan University, U.S.A.
• CEBS: The Wharton School, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
• Publications: IFAC (2016): “A Capital Approach for Performance Reporting” with links to other publications.
• IFRS and XBRL: How to improve Business Reporting through Technology and Object Tracking (Wiley Corporate F&A) Hardcover – Illustrated, 15 Feb. 2013
• Chair “Global Higher Education Committee”, ACFE, U.S.A. www.acfe.com