TEAM

Our team is characterized by experienced entrepreneurs.

We combine many years of experience in the IT and retail environment with our expertise in the areas of HR and organizational consulting as well as financing. The entire team also has a high level of social competence, which is necessary for supporting the mostly sensitive change processes of our clients.

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

Gustav Mahler

In line with our corporate values and our cultural sponsorship contribution, our advisory board of business and cultural professionals provides new impulses to our team and our clients.

Felix Finger

Managing Partner

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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 also supports tech companies as a member of the advisory board, for instance.

Melina Brandstetter

Managing Partner

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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

Chairman of Advisory Board

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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

Member of Advisory Board

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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

Consultant

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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.

Moritz Ehrenreich

Working student in the area of office management

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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

Duale Studentin im Bereich Recruiting

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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.