Primary specialism: Change/Organisational Development

Markets with deep expertise: Germany, France

Languages : English, German, French

Hourly and/or daily rate expectations: € 1,000 per day or € 125 per hour

Workforce types directly supported: an uncommonly broad variety: blue-collar, white-collar, young talent, middle management, top management, managing directors, board members.

Current home country: Germany with mobility to work across Europe

Team management: 2-10 direct reports, up to 20 including indirect. Happy to work as a manager of teams or act as a sole contributor.

Current/recent employer: Current client is a small subsidiary of a significant Fortune multinational. In the past, I have been the Senior VP for International HR and Talent Management for a company of circa 1 bn€ sales and over 5,000 employees

Remits of particular interest: Change, Transition, Post-Merger Integration, Digitization, Labor & Employment Law, Restructuring, Comp & Ben, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, International HR (including expat management).

Unique expertise: Mergers & Acquisitions (including Due Diligence, Post Merger Integration), global employee mobility (international assignment management)

Commerciality: A couple of years ago, I was confronted with a situation where global mobility of employees was low while the company was expanding into BRIC countries. I created new benefits and services while restructuring base compensation, improved preparation for international assignments and significantly enhanced reintegration and long-term career perspectives. Additionally I developed a comprehensive global expat policy in order to manage global mobility as efficiently as possible. The result: a dramatic increase in global mobility thanks to which all critical vacancies could timely be filled, post-assignment attrition be halved, and overall expat cost be reduced by 1m € p.a.

Strengths: My biggest strength is to combine a systemic approach with pragmatic solutions: My thinking is complex while my acting is simple. This requires strong business acumen and empathy. And this is why I find appropriate and sustainable solutions that are easy to accept by different stakeholders.

Need to know: I'm not just building bridges between stakeholders and conflicting interests, I'm the architect of those bridges.

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