Akkus, Inci
Freelance Management Consultant
I am an international interim executive and restructuring expert, specializing in crisis management, operational transformation, and strategic growth. With 20+ years of experience across pharma, medtech, biotech, and logistics, I advise boards and C-level leaders on high-impact change. My work spans Europe, China, and the US, driving efficiency and sustainable business success.
Apélian, Rafael
DDIM Board
Rafael Apélian has an international background with over 30 years of professional experience in the automotive and mobility industry. As an executive, his areas of expertise include leadership, marketing, sales, regional management, and operations of service and retail businesses, as well as branch network development and supply chain management. He combines his passion for customers and the development of employees, structures, and processes with a strong focus on results. His management style is cooperative, empathetic, and demanding. Since November 2018, Rafael has been a board member of DDIM, focusing on marketing and communication. He is also active in the DDIM working group // Automotive. Additionally, Rafael serves as a lecturer in the M.A. Automotive Management program at the University of Applied Sciences for Business (FHDW) at the Bergisch Gladbach campus under the direction of Prof. Dr. Stefan Bratzel.
Assef, Mohammed
MA-Solutions – Interim Management & Consulting
Mohammed is since 2016 Interim Manager with 35 years Automotive/ Industrial experiences. As certified Business Transformation Manager/ Chief Program Engineer he leads operative product launches and strategic consulting in the global industry. In the last 10 years by an OEM he led in Product Planning global vehicle Programs (EU, USA, South America, Russia, China, Australia). He applies his broad experiences as PMO advisor, Task Force Leader, Transformation Manager, Launch Manager or Senior Dept. Manager to support companies and business development, as well M&A activities. He is actively involved in the DDIM work groups International & Project- & Program Management.
Aydin, Ulvi
AYCON Management Consulting GmbH
Ulvi AYDIN (born 1960) is an award-winning Premium Executive Interim Manager since 2005, corporate and entrepreneurial developer, certified supervisory & advisory board member, speaker, brand ambassador and author. As an internationally active interim CEO and CSO, he supports medium-sized companies and corporations since 20 years in brand and market development, repositioning, restructuring and sales excellence. Ulvi is a member of IBWF – Institut & Beraternetzwerk qualifizierter Unternehmensberater, Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Rechtsanwälte und Notare für den Mittelstand, member of the professional association “Die KMU Berater-Bundesverband freier Berater e.V.”, certified BAFA consultant and certified “BERATER OFFENSIVE MITTELSTAND” and member of ArMiD, Aufsichtsräte Mittelstand in Deutschland e.V..
AYDIN is also a DEUTSCHE BÖRSE certified supervisory board member. He writes about his experiences as an interim manager in various business media (Wirtschaftswoche, SpringerProfessional, Transformations-Magazin, Controller Magazin, Harvard Business Manager, etc.). His company – AYCON Management Consulting GmbH – specializes in restructuring, going-2-market strategies, brand strategy and management stress tests.
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Bröcker, Joseph
Executive Interim Director – Corporate Real Estate & Facility Management
With over 30 years of experience in corporate real estate and facility management, has held senior leadership roles across international organizations. A graduate in Business Economics and Facility Management from the Netherlands, he further specialized in corporate real estate management in Belgium. As an IFMT-certified interim executive, he is fluent in Dutch, English, and French, with an intermediate level of German.
Joseph founded and led companies specializing in office and hotel refurbishment and has contributed to the success of firms such as RVM Property Management (Netherlands), QUARES Real Estate (Benelux), ISS Facility Services (Belgium), and Q7FM.COM (France). His expertise spans office and retail spaces, logistics, and the food and pharmaceutical industries.
With a strong track record in managing multicultural teams, driving organizational change, and leading high-stakes negotiations, Joseph brings strategic vision and operational excellence to companies undergoing transformation. His pragmatic and entrepreneurial leadership ensures impactful results.
Elias, Annette
Interim Profis GmbH
Annette Elias is a passionate founder and a successful entrepreneur. She has now been working as an Interim Provider for over 13 years. With her two companies, Interim Profis GmbH and SCOUTMENT GmbH, she is professionally involved in new HR tech innovations aimed at matching people with the ideal role in the perfect environment.
Interim Profis GmbH provide interim managers on a daily rate base. Their interim managers have a successful track record and longstanding experience. Their USPs are the staggered commission model and a first offer in less than 48 hours. Basically, they do not exclude any branches or functions – but they only provide Interim Managers on C-level. Their favorite customers belongs to the „German Mittelstand“.
The companies are located in Germany – near to Düsseldorf.
With great enthusiasm, she advocates for more female entrepreneurship and more women founders through the German Association of Women Entrepreneurs. In recognition of her commitment, she has also been honored by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) as a “role model entrepreneur”.
Ferrari, Frederic
F. Ferrari Interim & Consulting
Since 2013, as an executive interim manager, consultant and project leader, I have been supporting industrial mid-size companies in Germany, Benelux and France in several crisis and strategical phases: revenue and liquidity crisis, turnaround, restructuring, carve out, Post Merger Integration, transformation, SAP migration to S4 HANA. Before 2013, I used to be employed as head of Controlling, Finance Director and CFO in German industrial mid-size companies belonging to international groups.
Main sectors: automotive, building materials, metal processing, renewable energies (off shore wind parks, solar parks), industry (seed, glass, plastic, food, packaging), FCMG, engineering, wholesale trade B2B
Ferrari, Tilo
CEO // Deutsche Interim AG
For more than fifteen years, Tilo Ferrari has been staffing interim projects with independent specialists and managers. This makes him and his team an important partner for companies that have staff shortages or need support with transformation processes. As a graduate in business administration and business informatics, Tilo is working hard to make a difference through technology – for customers as well as for interim managers.
George, Manoj
Partner // Valtus Deutschland
Manoj George, after a 24-year career as a manager in large German and US companies, started a new professional chapter as a partner at VALTUS Germany in 2024. With his international background, he aims to position VALTUS as a leading provider of interim management solutions in Germany, focusing on the needs of small and medium-sized private equity firms.
Kuhn, Sebastien
Sebastien Kuhn SAS
Sebastien Kuhn is currently working as an interim Sales Manager for a German Fintech based in Munich. His mission is to develop French speaking markets (France, Benelux, Switzerland).
An ESSEC graduate, he began his career as a financial auditor at Deloitte, then move on to the Airbus group. He then specialized in opening up new markets for fast growing startups.
He is an active member of AECMT and DDIM since 2023.
Lukas, Christian
Cordillera Strategie
Born and raised near Iserlohn, Germany, Christian has built an impressive career in international sales and digital transformation. After training as a wholesale and foreign trade merchant, he studied international business in Reutlingen (Germany) and Annecy (France).
He spent 18 years with the Robert Bosch Group, working in Germany, Hong Kong and the Philippines, mainly in sales, product and project management and general management. Later, he led the European subsidiaries of a US electrical engineering company and managed a low-voltage cable JV in Indonesia.
Since 2016, he has been an independent interim manager and consultant specialising in B2B sales, aftermarket strategies and process optimisation with a focus on the aftermarket and Asia (website: Home – Cordillera Strategie). With over 30 years of global experience – including 10 years living and working in Asia – Christian has worked with German, Japanese, American, French and Italian companies. He is also an IT start-up mentor and speaks German, English and French.
Ménétret, Jean-Philippe
President of AE-CMT
Jean Philippe supports top managers in the different stages of the life of their company: strategic thinking, offer development, start of new business, channel development, international development, development of company awareness and support of merger-acquisition-sale or fund raising projects. He is Certified Interim Manager and Coach. He is also the President of AE-CMT, the French association of Interim Managers.
Mertens, Thomas
Mertens Interim Management Consult
With over 30 years of experience in sales, business development, and international market expansion, Thomas MERTENS has successfully led companies through complex market-entry strategies and high-stakes sales operations. His expertise spans industries such as consumer electronics and mechanical engineering, where he has driven revenue growth, built high-performing sales teams, and navigated challenging international business environments. As an Interim Manager, Thomas has taken on leadership roles in diverse markets, helping organizations adapt to unexpected challenges and turn them into strategic advantages. From restructuring sales departments to closing multimillion-dollar deals in unfamiliar regions, he understands the unpredictability of working abroad—and how to thrive in it. At this conference, he will share insights on „Expect the Unexpected” when working abroad as an Interim Manager, providing real-world cases, strategic approaches, and practical solutions for success in dynamic global settings.
Let’s connect and explore how adaptability, strategic sales leadership, and market intelligence can drive success in international business! -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/thmertens/
Montefiori, Fabio
Leading Network
Fabio Montefiori is an experienced Interim Manager specializing in business transformation and competitiveness across various industries. Since 2013, he has supported companies by taking on top-level managerial roles to drive growth and efficiency.
He serves as President of Leading Network, the Italian Association of Temporary Managers, and as a Board Member of INIMA, the International Network of Interim Manager Associations. Since 2024, he has also been a member of the National Observatory on Fair Compensation under the Ministry of Justice, representing non-regulated associations.
Niederberghaus, Dirk
Managing Partner // Boyden Interim Management
Dirk Niederberghaus is an interim management specialist with many years of experience as a leader and consultant. Over the course of 20 years, he has worked as an international management consultant, financial director, and interim manager. His extensive expertise in the areas of change management, M&A, restructuring, and turnaround enables him to precisely match interim managers with companies in special business situations.
Paces, Pavel
Member of the committee of the Czech Association of Interim Management
Pavel is a crisis and interim manager in area of finance, controlling, restructuring, transformation and business strategies. 20+ year experience of leading and motivating team, transforming financial function to deliver company performance improvement, leading and driving profitability, creating of financial department as a partner for management team. Worked in international corporates as well as mid-size companies – privately owned. Experience in production, automotive, retail, wholesale and IT business. Providing services in CEE region (mainly Czech and Slovak republic).
Paez, Francisco
President of the Spanish Interim Manager Association (AIME)
Francisco boasts 18 years of expertise as a C-Level Interim Manager, focusing in generational succession in family businesses, bringing a deep understanding of operational efficiency and technological integration. Francisco excels in guiding executives and teams to peak performance. His versatile skill set and extensive experience render him a highly valuable asset across diverse business contexts. He is president of the Spanish Interim Manager Association (AIME).
Paul, Stefan
Pareto-Interim
Stefan Paul, an engineer with extensive international CEO, COO, and CRO experience, excels in turnaround, crisis management, and plant startups. Since 2008, he has led PARETO Interim, driving organizational, strategic, and financial transformations, optimizing processes, and enhancing company value. Founding member of the DDIM Automotive expertise group and DDIM Operations expertise groups.
Schneider, Thomas
Managing Director EIM Germany (Munich)
Director EIM AG (Zug)
30+ years of management experience in marketing / sales, restructuring and business development for medium-sized companies.
Thomas Schneider has been successfully active in interim management for 22+ years and can draw on a wealth of experience and knowledge from numerous projects.
Schulz, Thomas
RAU | INTERIM GmbH
Thomas Schulz is the managing partner of RAU | INTERIM GmbH. He has been active for many years as a personnel manager, trainer, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He worked for 10 years in the Bavarian dairy industry and has been leading the first interim management provider focused exclusively on the food industry since 2015. RAU | INTERIM is an associated provider of DDIM. From 2015 to 2021, Thomas Schulz was the head of the DDIM specialist group // Food. RAU | INTERIM GmbH, with its central offices in Warburg and Cologne, is the first interim management partner in the German-speaking region that focuses exclusively on the food industry. The company’s goal is to be the first point of contact in the industry to arrive at the best possible questions for the most effective solutions.
Selby, Jonathan
Board member of Leading Network and the founding chairman of INIMA
Jonathan has been an International Interim Manager since 2007 and has completed assignments in the UK, Italy, the USA, and China. His competencies are in general management, operations, design engineering, project management and quality assurance. He comes from a technical background in the Aerospace Industry and has since widened his experience in other business sectors (electronics, contract manufacturing, automotive, semiconductors, automation and industrial machinery).
Jonathan has often been the “cultural bridge” between Italian medium-sized companies and multinational corporations. He is a British national, a permanent Italian resident, and fluent in both Italian and English. He is a board member of Leading Network and the founding chairman of INIMA.
Dr. Strack, Marei
Chairwoman of DDIM e.V.
Dr Marei Strack is an experienced Interim Manager, Senior Advisor, and Executive Coach. She thrives in transformational environments that require strong commitment and leadership capable of engaging and inspiring teams.
With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Dr Strack combines expertise from management consulting, the SME sector, and her tenure as a Senior Vice President in a corporate environment. Her core strengths lie in executing strategies, driving organisational change efficiently, and resolving complex conflicts.
Since 2012, Dr Strack has served as Chairwoman of the Board at the Dachgesellschaft Deutsches Interim Management e.V. (DDIM), Germany’s leading association for interim management. Additionally, since 2006, she has been a member of the Research Advisory Board at the FIR Institute within the Smart Logistics Cluster at RWTH Aachen University.
Švehla, Viliam
I review, design, plan or transform Global/European Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics strategies, designs, facilities, processes, as well as manage Ops performance and teams.
My focus is on delivering expected result by fixing the situation, apolitically addressing findings and issues from a neutral position, following agreed project mission as the highest authority in place. I strongly believe in holistic attitude to the Supply Chain or organisation as a whole, in order to truly achieve operational excellence by optimised and integrated processes. This can be achieved in close cooperation of Operations, Sales, Finance and all involved service providers and Supply Chain partners.
van Lelyveld, Maarten
Co-founder and board member of AIM Portugal
Maarten is an international interim manager with experience in running complex Business-IT initiatives for global companies. Experience with short and long-term project and program achievements, either in local and global environments with different cultures. His international background (lived and worked in Portugal, The Netherlands, Spain, and UAE) has been beneficial in several client cases in Europe based in Lisbon. Maarten is co-founder and board member of AIM in Portugal, and responsible for the International Relations portfolio.
Wagner, Chris
Talent Consultant // Valtus Deutschland
Chris Wagner is Head of Manager Relations at Valtus Germany and has 10 years of experience in recruitment, with 5 years in interim management. In his current role, he is responsible for maintaining and qualifying the manager pool to ensure that Valtus can always rely on highly qualified executives. With his expertise and network, he plays a key role in the successful placement of interim managers.
Wizemann, Constantin
Percinque Deutschland GmbH
Constantin Wizemann has been a temporary manager since 2022. In 2023 he opened the Munich office with PERCINQUE and is responsible for the German-speaking region. His strengths lie primarily in business development and sales in an international environment.
Thanks to his many years of management experience in German-Italian companies, he has a deep understanding of intercultural challenges. He has successfully managed foreign branches and driven their European internationalization. Before entering the temporary management world, Constantin was an entrepreneur in the real estate industry and founded a company in the field of new work and sustainability.
Wojnicki, Stanislaw
Board member of SIM, the Polish Interim Managers’ Association
Stan has 25 years of management experience in academia, FMCG and financial companies. A professional interim HR manager ( board member of SIM, the Polish Interim Managers’ Association, and of PSHR, a Polish HR Association), he also acts as a consultant helping in the design and implementation of new processes and organizational structures, runs innovative thinking projects and generations management programs for companies. He is the author of “Different generations, one organization” (Warsaw 2015, in Polish), a book on various aspects of managing generations in the company, and several articles on the subject. Fluent in Polish, English, French and Russian he worked in various capacities in Poland, the US, the Netherlands, Mongolia and was for 5 years the regional HR director for the Middle East.