1. Name Doris Mailänder
Place of birth Graz - Austria
Education “Merchant of Tourism with diploma ”, Austria
Current Profession General Manager of a specialist recruitment consultancy for
finance & controlling
Your function in the ICV Deputy head of the work group “Nord I”
For how long have you been a member/an operative member? For more than 5
years.
Your ICV-team consists of (names and tasks) Matthias Wolfskeil – leader of the
work group “Nord I” – and basically all the members of the work group. They all
help in different situations and take over different tasks (speakers, hosts etc.)
How many hours a day/a week/a month or a year do you spend working for the
ICV? Approximately 5 hours per month.
What are your main duties and responsibilities in the ICV? Part of the “work group
leaders’ team for the northern region” of Lothar Kuhls.
What do you like about your work for the ICV, what could you easily leave
behind? To work with interesting, well educated, inspired and motivated people.
I don’t want to leave any experience with the ICV behind.
What made you ambitious to work for the ICV? The spirit of the group led by the
idea of helping implement the controller’s role as a “consultant for the top
management”.
How does the ICV benefit from you – and how do you benefit from the ICV? The
ICV benefits from me because I love networking. Meaning I am dedicated to
recruiting further members for the ICV – especially for the work group “Nord I” of
course. I have also set myself the target of finding more women interested in
becoming members of the work group. I invite at least five ladies in management
positions related to controlling to every event we offer.
I in return benefit from the members as individuals and from their working
experience as well as management experience within the field of controlling &
management.
In the eastern European countries there are more women in positions with
responsibility within the ICV, compared to western European ICV work groups.
Why do you think it is like that? As far as I know they are better organised in
managing their “work-life-balance”. Working “moms” are accepted in society –
that is not entirly the case in the western countries yet.

2. What could men in the ICV learn from women in the ICV, what could a man in any
organization learn from YOU? Well – what every person can learn from another
person – acceptance, new ways of thinking, patience, what ever there is to learn.
To be honest, I don’t think that we are that different.
If you think of the ICV: just tell us one word or one sentence or one thing you do
immediately think of! Motivated people.
If the ICV would fulfill you a wish straight ahead, no matter what – what would it
be? An advanced “intranet” for members with links to Skype a.s.o. to help people
communicate within the ICV throughout Europe.
Are there any other organizations related to your profession that you do support
with your active work? Yes – I am an active member of the EWMD –
www.ewmd.org – an international network for women in management
In Germany there is a dictum saying that a working woman always has to be
twice as good to achieve the same level of appreciation that a man receives for
the same performance. What do you think about it – would you agree with it?
No, not entirely – I think it is as hard for men to get to the top as it is for women.
The competition is getting harder. Especially the well educated people from the
eastern countries should be the competition we should focus on – not the gender
within our own countries.