Team / Paul Kuntermann
“Being married to a French woman, my life is devoted to understanding the different mentalities, behavior and practical ways of doing things of the French and Germans. A good understanding of the decision-making processes between French and German teams produces spectacular improvements as it is reflected in the success of Ariane Espace and Airbus.”
Born in 1942, Paul Kuntermann has been living a cross-cultural life as a German national married with a French national and living in France since 1972.
As a leading member, he participated to set on foot the first franco-german governmental agency decided under the De Gaulle / Adenauer agreements and tasked with the management of the joint defence programmes.
He joined the Daimler Benz Group in 1979 and was in charge of various joint-venture companies in Paris. As a managing director he had to run over a period of 20 years 4 different companies in the electronic/defence sector. These companies included beside the French and German nationals, American, British and Italian nationals.
Through his operational responsibilities he acquired sound experience in cross-cultural differences, intercultural communication, management and conflict resolution.
Early 1999 he created his own consultancy company for cooperation engineering, COMIXIO.
Two completely different domains are treated :
- Consult small and medium size companies to gain a foothold on the german or french market
- In the area of intercultural management he works very closely with Professor Jacques Pateau from the University of Compiègne.
Diplomas :
- Masters Degree (Dipl.Ingenieur) in Aeronautics from the University of Stuttgart.
- Postgraduate diploma in defence science and public administration (Grosse Staatsprüfung Wehrtechnik).
