Sabine von Anhalt combines management experience in the pharmaceutical industry and in strategy consulting with over 15 years executive search expertise. In the life science sector she advises leading companies in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In FMCG her focus lies on selected clients in Luxury goods. Sabine is a Core-member of the global Life-science practice. Early in her consulting career, Sabine developed her passion for arts and opera and is part of a vibrant network in the opera scene. Based on her Opera experience Sabine is lecturing at the University Zurich at their Arts Administration program.

Phone: +49 30 88 777 44 0
Email: sabine.anhalt@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Deloitte Consulting: Strategy consulting Life Science Practice
Schering AG (today Bayer): Ten years of global industry experience (Germany, Scandinavia, South Africa, Asia)

EDUCATION
Master Degree Business Administration, University of Wurzburg, Germany, South Africa

BUSINESS FOCUS
Life Science, FMCG, Luxury & Industrial

Ulrich Beckendorff’s consulting practice encompasses executive search for top management levels in Automotive, Engineered Products & Systems Engineering, Cleantech, Transport & Logistics, Retail and Professional Services. Ulrich also provides consulting services for executives in managing change situations. Ulrich studied Mechanical Engineering, focused on Production Technology, and completed a Ph.D. in knowledge based production control. He is an honorary Professor at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover.

Phone: +49 (0)211 13 86 63 23
Email: ulrich.beckendorff@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Dr. Beckendorff Business Consulting, Dusseldorf: Executive Search & Business Consultant, Owner

MSL Management Selection (Germany) GmbH, Dusseldorf: Executive Search Consultant, Managing Partner

Dr. Göhring & Partner Unternehmensberatung AG, Wiesbaden: Management Consultant, Head of Business Center

James Martin Associates (a Texas Instruments company), Dusseldorf: Management Consultant

EDUCATION
Master's Degree & Ph.D. in production engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover

BUSINESS FOCUS
Industrial

Klaus Ewerth specialises on top-level executive search and leadership advisory.
He works for clients in IT & Digital, Professional Services, Financial Services as well as Private Equity Funds (teams and portfolio companies) and family owned businesses.

Phone: +49 40 450 179 0
E-Mail: klaus.ewerth@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Russell Reynolds Associates, Frankfurt, Munich, London: Office Manager, Deputy Country Manager

A.T.Kearney, Munich: Senior Associate

UBS Painwebber, London: Consultant

German Navy: Submarine Officer

EDUCATION
Mastered Coach, Meyler Campbell, London

MBA, ESCP Europe, Paris

M.A. Sociology, Politics & History, University of Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 414 95 66 110
E-Mail: annika.farin@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Farin & Company GmbH, Hamburg: Managing Partner

Tchibo AG, Hamburg: Head Corporate HR

Infineon AG, Munich: SVP People & Organisation

McKinsey & Company, Hamburg, London, Wien: Engagement Manager

EDUCATION
Master in Business/Diplôme Grand École, ESCP-EAP Paris, Oxford, Berlin

Post Graduate Studies in Psychology, LSE London

Iris Krings advises top tier management consulting firms as well as consulting boutiques and is a trusted advisor to one of the Big Four firms since 2004. From her long time experience in this segment derives her expert functional knowledge across M&A, strategy and taxation which she applies to Corporate Officer searches for clients in various industries.
Iris serves as mentor for MBA students of TUM School of Management and for scholars of ‘Geh deinen Weg’, a scholarship of the German foundation Integration, directed towards pupils and students with immigrant background.

Phone: +49 40 450 179 0
E-Mail: iris.krings@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Russell Reynolds Associates, Hamburg, Brussels: Associate

Ray & Berndtson Unternehmensberatung, Frankfurt: Consultant

Interpreter

EDUCATION
Degree in linguistics, cultural science and law, Universities of Mainz, Antwerp and Rome

BUSINESS FOCUS
Professional Services
Corporate Officers (Tax, Legal, Strategy / M&A, Finance)

Phone: +49 40 450 179 0
E-Mail: rupert.nesselhauf@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Mülder & Partner, Dusseldorf: Consultant

Allegheny International, London:
 Group Product Management International

Robert Bosch, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, London, Madrid: 
Marketing- and Sales functions

EDUCATION
lic. oec., Hochschule St. Gallen

Christian Keyser advises companies across all industries. He is predominantly active in the Financial officers practice, executing C-level CFO positions as well as senior finance positions.

Clients include private equity portfolio companies as well as MDax companies and larger family businesses. Following his own CFO professional career, he has now been active in executive search for several years and has a unique network of CFOs potentials and entry points into the CFO space throughout Germany. Christian has a strong professional background as an entrepreneur, line manager and consultant which puts him in an excellent position to deliver excellent search results..

He has been responsible for numerous strategic and operational projects in medium-sized companies as well as in larger corporate environments. Having grown up in the Rhine-Ruhr area, he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at Bosch-Siemens in Munich. After studying business in Witten/Herdecke and Stellenbosch/South Africa, he worked as a consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)financial services practice in Hamburg, Zurich and London. He was responsible for more than 30 restructuring and reorganisation projects in medium-sized companies throughout Germany and was involved in numerous corporate transactions. He managed several business units and post-merger integration projects for a globally active French engineering services provider. As an investor and manager, he participated in the development of a technical services company. Since the sale in 2013, he has been active in executive search. Additionally Christian has experience as a lecturer on financing topics.

John Wittgenstein works from AmropCivitas’s Hamburg office as Senior Advisor.

Serving both national and international clients since joining the search industry in 1999, John specializes in private equity/ direct equity investment and he focuses on attracting, retaining and developing leadership and executive talent in the CFO space for private equity held portfolio companies.
He serves clients mainly within the private equity industry, family offices universe, corporate development teams of larger corporations and for alternative asset investors.

His domestic and international professional background as well as his search expertise of over 20 years, has given him extensive experience in calibrating leadership and specialist talent in the finance director space as well as finding professionals for management teams of investors.

Prior to joining AmropCivitas, he held similar positions with Spencer Stuart, TMP Highland Partners, Korn Ferry and Treuenfels.

Before entering executive search, John Wittgenstein held senior management positions within the German corporate banking industry, serving as Managing Director for Bankgesellschaft Berlin’s corporate banking activities in Germany. He also spent 15 years with Bayerische Vereinsbank in Munich and Hamburg, as well as working abroad in Paris, New York and London.

John Wittgenstein studied biology at the University of Tübingen.
With dual English and German nationality, John is fluent in German and English and well conversant in French.

Christian G. Hirsch has specialized on advising clients in all segments of Consumer Goods, Media& Entertainment, E-commerce and Digital Business. Besides to working for international corporations and large privately owned companies he has built a strong focus on searching for Private Equity Firms and their portfolio companies. In addition, Christian G. Hirsch got a broad experience in searches for Board Services, e.g. Members of the Advisory Board.

As a core member of Amrop’s Digital Practice, Christian closely collaborates with his international colleagues and can provide a global coverage of the relevant candidates. Being a certified PI Analyst he supports companies in building strong and effective management teams.

Phone: +49 89 383 859 40
E-Mail: christian.hirsch@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Hubert-Burda-Media, Munich: Managing Director BurdaCom, Managing Director BUNTE-Magazin

McKinsey & Co, Inc., Dusseldorf, Brussels: Engagement Manager

Unilever, Hamburg: Product Manager

EDUCATION
Diplom-Kaufmann, University of Cologne

BUSINESS FOCUS
Media, Consumer Goods, Private Equity, Family owned Companies

Matthias specializes in the Industrial segment with a focus on Automotive where he advises leading national and international clients (OEM and Tier-1 supplier). In addition, he is an expert in New Mobility concepts and Digitization. His consulting focus also encompasses other many industries such as Aerospace, Packaging, Industrial Automation, and Construction Materials.
Matthias is a Core Member of Amrop’s Industrial practice for many years and an Alumnus of Amrop's Trusted Advisor Program at IMD in Lausanne.

Phone: +49 89 38 38 59 50
Email: matthias.rodewald@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
accentum human capital, Munich: Principal

Harvey Nash, Munich: Principal

Baumgartner & Partner, Munich: Senior Consultant

EDUCATION
Master's degree in History, Universities of Hamburg and Venice

BUSINESS FOCUS
Industrial

Ulrich Thess is Co-Leader of Amrop’s Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice and advises clients in the segments of pharma/biotech, diagnostics/medtech, healthcare providers/services, digital and consumer health. Besides working for international corporations he has built a strong focus on searching for portfolio firms of private equity clients.
As a Co-Founder of the INSEAD Healthcare Alumni Network, he closely collaborates with the corresponding Alumni Organizations of the other leading international business schools.

Phone: +49 89 383 859 21
E-Mail: ulrich.thess@amropcivitas.com

PREVIOUS CAREER
Russell Reynolds Associates, Munich: Executive Director, Head of Healthcare Practice Germany

Egon Zehnder International, Frankfurt: Consultant, Head of Healthcare Practice Germany

Rhön-Kliniken, Dt. Klinik für Diagnostik GmbH, Wiesbaden: CEO

The Boston Consulting Group, Munich: Principal

EDUCATION
MBA INSEAD
Medical Doctor, Ph.D., University of Munich

BUSINESS FOCUS
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Private Equity
Financial Officers