Name: Verena Buss

Birthday: 31. March 1983

Home Country: Germany

Current Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Personal\ Educational background: Hotel specialist apprenticeship (Baden-Baden, Germany), Receptionist (Geneva, Switzerland), Bachelor of Business Administration in Hotel Management (Den Haag, Netherlands), Starwood AFIO Finance Management Trainee (Brussels, Belgium)

Motto\ Favorite Quote: When life gives you a lemon, turn it into lemonade!

Interests\ Hobbies: Meeting friends, Travelling, Reading, Musicals, Cooking and Baking

Favorite … food, book, actor etc: Favorite food: almost everything! :); authors: Amélie Nothomb, Stieg Larsson; movies: Les enfants de Monsieur Mathieu, Jenseits der Stille, Keinohrhasen

What brought me here: Ambition, hard work, optimism, curiosity... and luck! :)

Highlights of the program: Still to be seen... I guess Bowles (1st Teambuilding) will be the first one! :)

Fun Key learning of Finance Futura: To make a difference

Aspiration: Lead my own department / build great teams and see the world

Other Comments: It is always up to you to make the most out of something!