Prof. Dr. Andreas Otterbach

Phone: +49 (0)1788553002
E-mail: a.otterbach@senator-partners.de
Special competence: Leadership through appreciation

Andreas Otterbach is an expert in excellence in personnel and corporate management. His focus is on personnel and organizational development, especially the development of an appreciative leadership culture. He also supports specialists and managers in individual coaching sessions.

As Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Management at Stuttgart Media University, Andreas Otterbach's research focuses on the success factors of hidden champions, particularly in terms of personnel management. Many insights can be derived from this that also benefit small and medium-sized companies. His book "Leading through appreciation" (2017) provides a good insight into this topic.

Andreas Otterbach is a business trainer and systemic coach, both certified by the German Association for Coaching and Training (DVCT). These skills enable him to work with his clients in a very personal and targeted manner.

Further stages of his education include a degree in business administration and a doctorate at the University of Bamberg. He also holds a degree in banking management.

At SENATOR, Mr. Otterbach supports the area of "leadership through appreciation". Based on the Hidden Champions research, he supports companies and their managers in implementing an appreciative corporate and leadership culture. The group of "small global market leaders" demonstrates exceptional characteristics in these core elements, which have also led to exceptional business success. And our clients benefit from this knowledge!

Dr. Claus Pfelzer

Phone: +49 151 74 56 69 21
E-mail: c.pfelzer@senator-partners.de
Sector expertise: Logistics, transport and traffic, financial services
Functional expertise: Information technology
Specialist expertise: Laser technology

Senator Partners is pleased to have gained Dr. Claus Pfelzer as a member of the advisory team.

With his doctorate in applied physics on the use of gas lasers in infrared spectroscopy and his scientific work at a major research institute with a focus on solid-state lasers, Dr. Pfelzer has acquired in-depth specialist knowledge in the field of laser technology. He then worked for 30 years in the field of information technology, specializing in various specialist areas such as logistics and financial services. This combination, which is extremely rare in Germany, sets him apart significantly in the consultancy market.

His professional experience in the field of information technology includes consulting as well as line responsibility for IT projects, the operation of IT systems and the management of IT organizations. He has particular expertise in the development of precise requirement profiles for management and specialist roles. Through targeted discussions with decision-makers, he identifies factors that are critical to success and supports companies in filling key positions with a perfect fit - both in terms of professional qualifications and the respective corporate culture.

Its structured approach has proven its worth in filling demanding positions for marketing, internet and e-commerce systems as well as for payment systems in the area of critical infrastructures (KRITIS), which have correspondingly high IT security requirements due to their criticality.

As a manager in the IT sector, Dr. Pfelzer was responsible for department heads, teams and project groups for 16 years. Today, his extensive experience in the targeted selection of employees forms the basis for successfully filling positions in the digital transformation and in high-tech areas such as laser technology and its applications.

Thanks to his scientific work as a physicist and his career at an IT consulting company and a large, internationally active logistics company, Dr. Pfelzer has a very good network and access to highly qualified managers and specialists.

His motto is: "Don't just dream of success, work for it."

Dr. Claus Pfelzer has recently supported the following positions and successfully filled them as part of exclusive advisory mandates:

Head of IT Projects
Head of IT Operations
Team Leader IT Service Management

Business Analyst
Budget Manager
IT project manager
Architect SAP Systems
Software Architect Java
Application manager
Information Security Officer
Senior SAP Consultant
Senior Software Developer JAVA
Senior Specialist Output Management

Many positions were filled several times in different sectors.

Further reference projects are available on request.

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Uwe Rautzenberg

Mobile: +49 151 6884 2197
Phone: +49 (0) 8243 99 31 990
E-mail: u.rautzenberg@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: Mechanical engineering, production, stamping, forming technology and metalworking
Functional competencies: Marketing and sales, Supply chain management
Specialist expertise: Lean management

SENATOR Partners is pleased to welcome Uwe Rautzenberg to the team as an experienced expert. With his extensive knowledge of mechanical engineering, production, stamping and forming technology as well as metalworking, he significantly enriches the group's potential.

As a graduate industrial engineer and graduate mechanical engineer, both from the Technical University of Munich, Uwe Rautzenberg has an excellent academic foundation. His more than 25-year career in management positions, including several years as Managing Director, has been characterized by sustained success and a clear strategic focus.

His outstanding professional achievements are reflected in various areas. In business expansion, he was able to secure the company's continued existence through successful turnarounds and transformations and achieve significant increases in sales and efficiency. His global experience includes the establishment of an international production network with responsibility for sites in the USA and China as well as the development of strategic alliances at a global level. With impressive innovative strength, he has opened up new business areas and accelerated processes through targeted digitalization projects. His leadership skills are also evident in the successful reorganization of sales, production, service and purchasing as well as in the implementation of challenging change management projects, such as the introduction of a team-oriented corporate culture and lean management.

Uwe Rautzenberg is convinced that careful personnel selection is the basis for successful organizations. Even as a young engineer, he recognized in Kaizen workshops that their success depends largely on the right selection of team members. The same principle is even more important when it comes to filling management and key positions, especially when companies expect excellent performance.

Thanks to his personal diligence, extensive network and international expertise, Uwe Rautzenberg as a SENATOR partner offers the ideal support to fill management and key positions in medium-sized companies with the perfect fit. True to his motto "The right staffing is the key to sustainable success", he focuses on excellent solutions that enable companies to realize their full potential and achieve top performance.

Mr. Uwe Rautzenberg has recently accompanied and successfully filled the following positions within the scope of exclusive consulting mandates:

Sales Manager
Key Account Manager
Sales consultant

Sales employee
Head of Internal Sales
Team Leader Production
Lean Manager
QA/QM manager
Head of HSE (Environment and Occupational Safety)
Team Leader IT
Personnel manager

Personnel officer
Purchasing Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Logistics Manager
Commercial Manager
CFO
Head of Finance and Accounting
Controller

Many positions were filled several times in different sectors.

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Peter Schönberger

Phone: +49 (0) 17647539309
E-mail: p.schoenberger@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: eHealth, medical technology, sports
Functional expertise: Legal & Compliance
Specialist expertise: aptitude diagnostics & management assessment

Peter Schönberger studied law in Munich and worked as a lawyer in renowned law firms until he took over the legal department of an eHealth group in 2006. During this time, he accompanied the company's development into a Tecdax group, particularly in the context of inorganic growth and in his role as a key player in the German telematics infrastructure.

In 2011, Peter Schönberger took over responsibility for the Group's global HR department. In particular, he was responsible for the international harmonization of the national companies, digitalization, management support and the development of a company health management system.

In 2014, Mr. Schönberger left the company and moved to the management of a professional sports club, which the founder of the Group had previously taken over through Mr. Schönberger's mediation. As Managing Director, he reached the final of the German Ice Hockey League twice with the Cologne Sharks and was also a member of the league's legal and economic committee.

Peter Schönberger has been working in personnel consulting since 2019 and contributes his expertise from his many years of entrepreneurial activity. He has in-depth knowledge of IT and particularly in the field of telematics infrastructure. Peter Schönberger is still licensed as a lawyer and can approach candidates for legal positions "from colleague to colleague". He also quickly establishes a good level of experience with HR managers through his management activities in the HR sector.

Peter Schönberger has also completed a LUXXprofile Master training course. Mr. Schönberger uses the intrinsic analysis method LUXXprofile to analyse candidates in the final selection process as well as existing company managers in order to increase the accuracy of fit between position and candidate or manager. His intrinsic training also regularly helps him to assess candidates well in terms of their drivers.

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Dr. Achim Stegner

Phone: +49 (0) 8161 4050035
Mobile: +49 (0) 151 701 666 95
Email: a.stegner@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: Financial Services
Functional expertise: Finance & Accounting, Legal & Compliance, Risk Management
Specialist expertise: HR process optimization

Senator Executive Search Partners is delighted to have gained Dr. Achim Stegner, a manager with many years of international experience in the financial services industry, particularly in the insurance, banking and financial intermediary sectors, for its partner network.

Dr. Stegner has many years of (board) experience, a broad finance and operations background and a very positive track record in development and change topics. In the financial services industry, he was responsible for various operational and strategic functions in the middle and back office, at the interface to IT and at board level.

With his broad expertise, Dr. Stegner supports companies from the primary insurance and reinsurance sectors, the banking industry and other financial services in all aspects of personnel consulting. Due to his wealth of entrepreneurial experience and his broad functional background, he is a valued partner in the precise placement of experts and management positions, not only in the areas of finance, risk, operations and at management level.

With his in-depth knowledge and practical experience, Dr. Stegner also devotes himself intensively to the exciting field of sport, clubs and associations.

As a board member and previously a senior executive, Dr. Stegner frequently used his industry and specialist knowledge to develop promising strategies and implement them, including the corresponding organizational development. He has also organized expansion and growth in an international environment and managed a wide range of transformation issues.

Dr. Stegner laid the foundations for his professional career with his vocational training as a banker, his studies in business administration and his subsequent work as a research assistant at a university with an accompanying doctorate. Dr. Stegner then moved into the insurance industry - both at Group level and at the level of individual national companies.

Before joining Senator Executive Search Partners, he was CEO of an international primary insurance company within a large corporate group.

His motto: "Finding and attracting the right people is the most important key to success, not only in business".

Extract of positions that Dr. Achim Stegner has successfully filled in his previous activities: