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Since April 2004, Andreas Strobel heads the product management department of the Payment Division of Giesecke & Devrient. In this position, Mr. Strobel is responsible for all smart card based products and product related services delivered within the financial industry. Prior to joining Giesecke & Devrient, Andreas Strobel was engaged as Sales Manager for a precision, optical system, components manufacturer where he was involved in successfully setting up the OEM business structure of the company from the beginning. Following this position, Mr. Strobel worked as Key Account Manager for one of the leading industrial, laser marking manufacturers, whose devices are used in various fields of applications, such as optical smart card personalization.Mr. Strobel joined Giesecke & Devrient in 2000, starting in the project management department of the Payment Division of the Smart Card Unit. In his first role, Mr. Strobel was responsible overall for the successful completion of the very first smart card security certification project and the implementation of security concepts. Subsequently, he took over the responsibility for setting up the product range of PKI based smart card products and corresponding services. In 2003, Mr. Strobel changed to Giesecke & Devrient’s Central Corporate Services Unit where he served as Personal Assistant to the Group CEO for one year. Since 2004, Mr. Strobel is responsible for the newly established Product Management department of the Payment Division, and from mid 2006 represents Giesecke & Devrient in the Smart Payment Association. Mr. Strobel holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Technical University of Munich and a joint MBA from The Netherland Institute of MBA Studies in Utrecht and Bradford University in U.K. | 