Bringing people together to achieve an optimal result for all involved already fascinated me during my long-term international career as a manager, managing director, CEO and supervisory board member. It has always been a particular concern of mine to select the right personalities for the right position, especially to take the fit with the company’s culture into account, and in this way to proactively shape the development and success of the company and its employees. In my opinion, hardly any other issue is more important for an executive leader.

After often working together with executive search firms in various roles in my areas of responsibility, my interest grew and resulted in the deliberate decision to switch over from operational management to top management personnel consulting. With great pleasure and passion in addition to the combination of many years of experience – first as operational manager and later as partner at HEADSAHEAD – I have been ready to assist my clients, mandates and candidates as a responsible, competent consultant and sparring partner for several years now.

In the process, I support owners, supervisory boards and management boards, particularly of larger family-owned businesses and medium-sized enterprises, as well as private equity companies and corporates in filling top management positions. After starting my consulting work and still today with main focus on the technology, digitalisation and service sectors, I have added further focal points in the industry and consumer segments over the last few years.

Following my graduation from high school and a longer stay abroad, I studied economics and business management at the Universities of Cologne and Freiburg. After gaining initial professional experience in the finance department of the OTTO mail order company, I worked for 12 years at T-Mobile International in finance and business development positions in Europe and Asia. I then took on a management position in the T-Systems Group and later moved on to Ocè (Canon today) as managing director. Most recently, I was the CEO for the EMEA region, and executive board member of the medium-sized Japanese IT hardware and software manufacturer Wacom before being appointed as a partner at HEADSAHEAD.

I have been married since 1999, have two grown-up sons and live in Bonn. My interests include politics and other cultures as well as a deep connection with music. We also travel extensively to countries both near and far.