Dr. Wilhelm K. Kross, Dipl.-Ing., MBA, is a recognized expert in the field of project- and risk management. As a Director of Value & Risk AG, Dr. Kross has worked for banks, IT services providers and energy traders since early 2000. In the 1990s he applied his expertise to industrial projects in North and South America and Africa. Dr. Kross is a certified European Engineer, a lecturer at the European Business School, VP Finance of the Project Management Institute Frankfurt Chapter, and leads the PMIFC 'Troubled Projects' committee as the local contact for the PMI TPSIG and RiskSIG.