Biography

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Anselm Steiner was born in Munich (Germany) and studied in both Munich LMU and Paris X. There, he obtained the French teaching qualification in Lettres modernes as well as a Maîtrise in Comparative Linguistics with a focus on automatic translations. His professional career began in France as a teacher, translator, and economic journalist, before spending over ten years as an auditing team leader at a Paris-based consulting firm.
 

In 1990, Mr. Steiner moved to Berlin to work in business rescue consulting, where he eventually took over the management of personnel, finances, administration, and warehouse logistics in the distribution wholesale sector. He negotiated with labor unions and later worked in contract manufacturing, as well as in restructuring and investment management in southern Germany.
 

In addition to his work as a business economist, Mr. Steiner became involved in examination committees and further trained as a systemic coach. He earned a Master of Taxation cum laude at Mainz University of Applied Sciences with a focus on international tax law, passed the public German tax advisor exam, and is a member of the South African professional body SAIT as a Tax Practitioner. He is now a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) in Cape Town.
 

Since 2006, he has been a partner and Director at Steiner Tax Consulting (Spire, Germany) and serves as a permanent consultant for the investment decisions of a family office in southern Germany. In South Africa, he has been advising entrepreneurs and private individuals for years on the tax structuring of investment projects from and to South Africa, as well as providing tax defense advice in the conflict between the two legal systems.