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High social competence for sensitive change processes

We bring together many years of experience in the IT, start-up and retail industries with our expertise in the areas of human resources and organizational consulting. Our team has a high level of social competence, which is necessary to accompany the sensitive change processes at our customers.

In line with our corporate values and our contribution to culture promotion, we set new impulses for our team and our customers together with our advisory board with a background of business and culture.

The most important thing in music is
not in the sheet music.

Gustav Mahler

Unser Team

Hohe soziale Kompetenz für sensiblen Veränderungsprozesse.

Felix Finger

Felix Finger

Managing Partner

Founder, investor and manager. Until the beginning of 2020 managing partner of the shoe-retailer HR-Group, most recently responsible for IT, logistics and e-commerce. After that, he was interim managing director in finance and human resources as well as fundraising at the start-up aifora. With transaction experience, he supports clients in M&A processes and tech companies as a member of the advisory board, for instance.

Melina Brandstetter

Melina Brandstetter

Managing Partner

Investor, Entrepreneur. Many years of experience in organizational and recruitment consulting with a focus on IT & digitalization. Until 2018 responsible for recruiting, business transfers and outsourcing at a subsidiary of the Allgeier Group. As consultant she supports team hiring and integrations in start-ups, mid-sized companies and consultancies.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Merkel

Prof. Dr. Helmut Merkel

Chairman of Advisory Board

Manager, consultant and entrepreneur. From 2003 Helmut Merkel was chairman of the management board of Karstadt Warenhaus AG. At KarstadtQuelle AG he was responsible for the IT department and until 2005 he was Director of Human Resources.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Frucht

Prof. Dr. Stephan Frucht

Member of Advisory Board

Cultural manager, musician and doctor, long-standing managing director of the “Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft” at Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) in Berlin. Since 2015 artistic director of the Siemens Arts Program in Munich and Berlin.

Denise Linn

Denise Linn

Consultant

Consultant in the Recruiting team. With her know-how from her work-study and her studies in German and Philosophy at the HHU, she supports us in approaching potential candidates and proactively accompanies the application process.

Johanna Sophie Jendrian

Moritz Ehrenreich

Working student in the area of office management

Working student in the area of office management. In addition to his studies in philosophy, politics and economics at Witten/Herdecke University, he takes on administrative tasks and assists the management in project-related matters.

Sania Khan

Sania Khan

Duale Studentin im Bereich Recruiting

As part of her dual studies, she works at Brook Valley in the area of recruiting and also provides support in other project-related matters. She is a student of Human Resources Management at the IU International University in Düsseldorf and can therefore incorporate newly learned aspects into her work.