Industry Experts

Team

Team

Management

Introducing our exceptional team of industry experts

CEO

Jacek Helle

History

Jacek Helle has over 20 years of experience in industry and consulting. After his first positions as a strategic buyer at Getrag-Ford Transmissions GmbH and as Group Controller at E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, he moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH in the restructuring department and later to Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner GmbH, a management consultancy specialising in family businesses in special situations.

Professional Experience

During this time, he was responsible for many projects in various industries with the aim of eliminating earnings weaknesses in an implementation-oriented manner, optimising processes and products in line with lean thinking and thus realigning companies holistically and strategically – also in board positions.

Industries Activity

The company has been supporting medium-sized companies since 2012. In addition to traditional restructuring, profit improvement and process optimisation projects, newly developed technologies are also industrialised,

i.e. developing production processes, developing machining processes, adapting production machines and finally setting up and testing production facilities.

Expertise

His expertise therefore lies in the holistic restructuring of companies,

i.e. from ensuring solvency, returning to profitability, optimising the process and production landscape and strategically realigning the company to optimising products.

He devotes his free time to his family, mountain sports and mountain biking.

 

partner

Werner Faßbinder

History

Werner Faßbinder has over 30 years of experience in the industry. After his first years as a quality engineer and project manager for well-known automotive suppliers and industrial companies, he moved to a newly founded joint venture of Beru AG. Here he played a key role in setting up production.

Professional Experience

He then worked for a subsidiary of the automotive supplier Magna and managed major projects ranging from the relocation of production for existing products to the development of new product groups.

Subsequently, he was responsible for the entire supply chain management and manufacturing for Kaba (Benzing) GmbH in Schwenningen. The focus was on realisation- oriented earnings growth and increasing technological competitiveness. In line with lean management, processes and products were optimised and the company’s competitiveness increased. His pronounced process thinking and his affinity for IT made implementation much easier for him.

Industries Activity

He spent the last few years as Technical Director of a subsidiary organisation of a large trading company in the furniture industry. There he promoted the technological exchange with research institutes and the reorganisation of intralogistics.

Partner at Reengineering TAG GmbH since 2020.

Expertise

 

His core competencies lie in the holistic optimisation of companies, but in particular in production, quality, the supply chain and the industrialisation of new developments. He has an extensive network at an international level, which often enables him to identify solutions in an international context. Good English language skills also enable him to carry out international change management projects and to harmonise management teams through coaching.

Family and sporting activities determine his free time and provide balance and the development of new ideas.

 

PARTNER

Sören Quent

History

Sören Quent has over 21 years of experience in the areas of financing, restructuring and consulting. As a trained banker and senior consultant at the Gerling Group, he began his career in corporate finance and supply chain finance. He then moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH in the restructuring department and later to another consultancy firm. In addition, he managed a medium-sized automotive trading group and also worked as commercial director of a medium-sized administrator’s office in Düsseldorf.

Professional Experience

During his time as a senior member of the Gerling Group, Sören Quent was responsible for Meyer Werft and the stainless steel division of Thyssen Krupp, among others. As part of his activities for consulting companies, he was responsible for the preparation of expert reports in accordance with IdW S6 and their implementation for medium-sized companies.

Industries Activity

Sören Quent has been working as an interim manager in management positions for 12 years and has worked on more than 15 projects for various clients during this time. The focus has been on reorganisation and restructuring situations. In addition to relocation and cost reduction issues, company sales were prepared and successfully completed.

In addition to family entrepreneurs, clients include banks, PEs and international investors. The  projects   for   which  Sören  Quent  is  responsible  as  CEO,  CRO,  CFO  or  general representative were in various sectors, including automotive, injection moulding, digitalisation, mechanical engineering, glass and retail.

Expertise

His expertise therefore lies in the holistic restructuring of companies,

i.e. from ensuring solvency, defining measures and the associated stakeholder management. In the vast majority of projects, the strategic realignment and an improved cost structure are also implemented.

He devotes his free time to his family, football and mountain biking.

 

partner

Nan Ju

History

Nan Ju has 14 years of experience in advising large and medium-sized companies. After studying business administration in Germany and China, he spent 6 years advising large and medium-sized companies on the execution and valuation of company acquisitions and sales in the Transaction Services department of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH.

Professional Experience

During this time, he was responsible for many projects in various sectors with the aim of analysing and evaluating potential purchase and sale properties (due diligence), structuring the transaction process and successfully concluding the purchase or sale.

Industries Activity

Since 2014, he has been responsible for many M&A transactions as Managing Director at Eurasien Consulting GmbH in Frankfurt. There he successfully supported many well-known Chinese buyers as well as well-known European sellers in their transaction and integration projects (PMI) of various types.

Since 2021, he has been a partner at Reengineering Management GmbH, where he is responsible for the financial optimisation of commercial areas in restructuring projects in addition to classic and distressed M&A transactions and topics.

Expertise

His expertise therefore lies in the holistic implementation of corporate transactions, i.e. from the search for a company (target), to carrying out due diligence, valuing the company, managing the communication process and conducting the purchase or sale negotiations through to supporting the parties in the integration of the companies (post-merger integration). In addition, we optimise the internal controlling and reporting of the companies within the restructuring projects.

 

ASSOCIATED PARTNER

Andreas Krämer

History

Andreas Krämer has over 25 years of professional experience in retail banking. After graduating with a degree in economics from the University of Bonn, he began a successful international career in the automotive banking sector at Ford Bank, Mazda Bank, Jaguar and Land Rover Financial Services. He has gained profound expertise in the entire range of tasks of a retail bank at local and European level in Germany and abroad (in particular sales & marketing, risk management, overall bank management, governance), as well as in relationship management with all stakeholders (e.g. banking supervision, rating agencies, investors, deposit protection funds). Most recently, he was General Manager of Ford Bank and Executive Director of FCE Bank plc.

Professional Experience

In addition to many years of experience in bank management, knowledge in refinancing management, risk management and customer-oriented retail banking, in sales & marketing of the automotive bank, he has managed various restructuring projects (in some cases with necessary negotiations of reconciliation of interests and social plans).

Industries Activity

He has been working as an independent consultant since 2017 and has been an Associate

Partner at Reengineering TAG GmbH since 2020.

Expertise

In addition to the strategic approach of his end customer-orientated consulting, the focus is always on entrepreneurial goal orientation, the development and implementation of sustainable solutions and communication with stakeholders.

 

ASSOCIATED partner

Dr. Hans Jörg Eyrich

History

Dr Hans Jörg Eyrich has over 20 years of experience in consulting and corporate management. After training as a banker and studying economics with a subsequent doctorate, he began his professional career at Arthur Andersen & Co. GmbH. He later moved to a medium-sized tax consultancy and auditing firm.

Professional Experience

During this time, he was responsible for auditing and consulting assignments in various industries and different legal forms. In addition to pure auditing activities, he uncovered and realised potential for improvement in clients’ structures and processes.

In 2002, he moved to DRF e.V. and carried out an extensive reorganisation. As CEO of the AG and Managing Director of several subsidiaries in Germany and abroad, he consolidated the companies into the DRF Luftrettung Group.

Industries Activity

He has been supporting medium-sized companies in his own company since 2018 and has been an Associate Partner at Reengineering TAG GmbH since 2020.

Expertise

 

His expertise lies in the holistic restructuring of companies, the integration of different corporate cultures and the optimisation of existing structures and processes through to the strategic realignment of the company.

He also works as a coach for managers and entrepreneurs.

 

He spends his free time hiking, skiing and sailing with his family and friends

ASSOCIATED PARTNER

Hans Michael Traub

History

Hans Michael Traub has almost 30 years of management and consulting experience in a wide range of sectors and industries. After his first position as an assistant and later as Deputy Head of Human Resources in a large medium-sized trading company and automotive supplier, he moved to a waste disposal and recycling company within an energy supply group as Head of Human Resources.

Professional Experience

In the course of an outsourcing process, he became a self-employed management consultant specialising in personnel and organisational development. During this time, he was responsible for many national and international projects in various sectors and areas as a managing director

Industries Activity

After further engagements as Director Human Resources in an Anglo-Saxon corporation and as Head of Human Resources in an aviation company, he returned to self-employment as a managing partner in his own consulting firm specialising in human resources. He has been an Associate Partner at Reengineering TAG GmbH since 2020.

Expertise

His expertise lies in the holistic view of corporate structures and the optimisation and digitalisation of the processes at work within them. Specialising in committee work in relation to dealing with employee representatives, he can get faltering negotiations back on track and lead to a profitable and compromise-based outcome. His consulting approach is characterised by a strong solution and implementation mentality.

 

He spends his free time with his wife, family and friends. Sporting activities in the fresh air serve as a physical balance.

 

ASSOCIATED partner

Reiner Holzmann

History

Reiner Holzmann has over 25 years of experience in trade, industry and consulting. After his first positions as a technical and strategic buyer and group leader at Fehrer GmbH (Automotive First Tier) and as Supervisor Purchasing Europe at Kennametal GmbH, he moved to various companies in the metalworking, mechanical and plant engineering, electronics and automation technology and plastic injection moulding sectors.

Professional Experience

During this time, he was responsible for many management positions and projects in various industries with a focus on purchasing, supply chain management through to value chain management and restructuring in this area with the aim of optimising performance and

costs in operations in order to significantly increase the competitiveness of the company as a whole.

Industries Activity

He has been supporting medium-sized companies as an independent consultant since 2013 and has been a partner of Reengineering Management GmbH since 2021. In addition to classic restructuring projects, tasks in trouble shooting and interim management as well as innovation projects are also realised, i.e. new supply chain strategies or planning, assembly and production processes are developed and new ERP tools are introduced, including cross- linked functional units throughout the company.

Expertise

His expertise therefore lies in the holistic restructuring of companies,

i.e. from the analysis to stabilise and secure the process flows and structures, as well as the systems (ERP tools) in conjunction with the people in the area of responsibility, through to strategic realignment and sustainable optimisation.

He spends his free time with his family and friends and enjoys travelling. His physical balance is provided by sporting and manual activities in the fresh air.

 

ASSOCIATED PARTNER

Pol van Eyghen

History

Pol van Eyghen has over 20 years of experience in industry and consulting. After his first positions as project manager at the Saarland Economic Development Agency and as export manager at Fabel Kabel & Leitung, he moved to Grupo Antolin, where he was managing director of plants in Saarlouis. He was then responsible for technology transfer at the Saarland Technology Transfer Company HTW Saarland.

Professional Experience

During this time, he was responsible for many international projects in various areas with the aim of eliminating earnings weaknesses in an implementation-oriented manner, optimising processes and products in line with lean thinking and thus realigning companies holistically and strategically and industrialising IP know-how. His foreign language skills (French, Spanish, Dutch, English and German) have served him well in the implementation process

Industries Activity

He has been supporting medium-sized companies in his own company since 2014 and has been a partner of Reengineering TAG GmbH since 2019. In addition to classic profit improvement and process optimisation projects, he also optimises the supply chain as a whole and carries out change management projects as required.

Expertise

His expertise therefore lies in the holistic optimisation of companies, but in particular in production, quality, the supply chain and the industrialisation of new developments, and he is fluent in several languages.

Family and friends dominate his free time and provide balance and the development of new ideas.

 

ASSOCIATED partner

Frank Liesner

History

Frank Liesner has over 20 years of experience in finance and controlling. He has worked both internationally and in various industrial sectors. After graduating as an industrial engineer, he worked for the Henkel Group for over 10 years. International assignments have taken him to Spain, Chile and Brazil.

Responsible for the finance division as CFO, he successfully implemented reorganisation, integration and restructuring projects.

Professional Experience

Responsible for the finance division as CFO, he successfully implemented reorganisation, integration and restructuring projects.

Industries Activity

In the further course of his career, he successfully set up a shared service centre for the German subsidiaries of a large crane manufacturer. As Senior Director Finance, he then played a key role in the successful implementation of SAP S4 HANA at a biopharmaceutical company.

Expertise

His expertise is based on extensive knowledge of finance and accounting combined with a wealth of experience in project and change management.

Reorganisation of medium-sized companies, both organisationally and in terms of processes, including IT, implementation of outsourcing and PMI projects in a corporate environment form his area of expertise.

He devotes most of his free time to his family. He also finds balance in endurance sports and volunteers as a parent representative for his two children.

 

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