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Advisory Board of the Department

The close cooperation between companies and the department of Management Sciences is one of the essential success factors for the strategic orientation of Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

In order to intensify this cooperation an advisory board was founded following a decision by the departmental council in November 2010. It is the aim of the advisory board to build a continuous and active bridge between theory and practice. Closer cooperation is planned in research projects, student research projects, placement of trainees and guest lectures. In addition the advisory board serves as a platform for periodic exchanges of experts on the analysis and possible development of teaching contents in the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.

So far, a wide range of issues have been discussed in the meetings of the advisory board, such as lectures held in English, the companies’ future demand for training and further education and joint research projects.   

The advisory board consists of ten company representatives and three university representatives from the Department of Management Sciences. The members of the companies include representatives of Deutsche Telekom AG, Ford Werke GmbH, Deutsche Post DHL Group, Reifenhauser-Group, Haribo GmbH, ACP Group, Eaton,Go! Express and Logistics, Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG and the Wirtgen Group.

Corporate Representatives

The business perspective in the Department of Management Sciences is represented by the following corporate representatives:

Martina Baerecke - GO! Express & Logistics

Studium
  • Master's degree in Political Science, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Professional Career

  • from 7 / 2023: GO! Express & Logistics Deutschland GmbH - Management
  • 11 / 2017 until 6 / 2023: GO! Express & Logistics Deutschland GmbH - Authorised signatory, Head of Quality and Process Management and Head of Marketing
  • 6 / 2015 to 6 / 2023: GO! Express & Logistics (Deutschland) GmbH - authorised signatory
  • 3 / 2014 to 7 / 2023: GO! Express & Logistics (Deutschland) GmbH - Head of Quality and Process Management
  • 10 / 2010 to 2 / 2014: GO! General Overnight (Service) Deutschland GmbH - Team Leader Product and Service Development
  • 7 / 2008 to 9 / 2010: GO! General Overnight (Service) Deutschland GmbH - Project Manager International
  • 1 / 2008: Randstad Deutschland GmbH - Sales
  • 11 / 2003 to 7 / 2007: Institute for Personnel Research, Management Consultancy - Project Management

Stefan Brassel - ACP Group

Stefan Brassel

Curriculum vitae

Studies and Training
  • 2001 - 2006: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Economics
  • 2005 - 2006: University Udayana -Denpasar (Indonesia), Asia/Pacific Economics, semester abroad
  • 2010 - 2012: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Master of Arts - MA, Innovation and Information Management
     

Professional Career
Bechtle

  • June 2007 - Jan. 2009: Bechtle, Sales Trainee
  • Feb. 2009 - June 2011: License Specialist (Microsoft)
  • July 2011 - December 2022: Head of Licence &. Cloud Technology Consulting
  • January 2023 - August 2024: Managing Director Bechtle IT System House Aachen

ACP Group

  • September 2024: Managing Director ACP Group

Dirk Görtz - Deutsche Post DHL Group

Dirk Görtz

Vice President Talent Development, Deutsche Post DHL Group

Curriculum Vitae

Studies and Training

  • Diploma in Economics | Business and Economics | Ruhr University Bochum and University of Bern

  • Doctor of Business Administration | University of Surrey

  • Master of Science in Behavioural Science | London School of Economics

Professional Career

  • 2011–2014: Team Lead, Marketing Strategy E-Post

  • 2014–2022: Vice President Dialog Marketing

  • 2016: Vice President Communications E-Post

  • 2019–2022: Member of the Board of Directors, YDM digital (Joint Venture of Yamato Holding & Deutsche Post DHL)

  • 2022–2024: Vice President Marketing & Communications, Post and Parcel Germany

  • 2024–present: Vice President Talent Development

Angela Knauber - HARIBO

Angela Knauber

Head of Talent Acquisition Employer Branding, HARIBO GmbH & Co. KG

Curriculum Vitae

Studies and Training
  • 2017: Bachelor of Science, University of Cologne, major subject: Social Sciences, minor subject: Business Administration
Professional Career at Haribo Germany
  • Since 2024: Head of Talent Acquisition / Employer Branding
  • 2023-2024: Team Manager Talent Acquisition

  • 2021-2023: Personnel Officer

  • 2020-2021: Junior Personnel Officer

  • 2019-2020: Programme Manager - International Projects, HARIBO of America

  • 2018-2019: International Trainee Human Resources

Michael Kukla - Reifenhäuser-Group

Michael Kukla

Director HR Reifenhäuser-Group

Curriculum Vitae

Studies and Training
  • Apprenticeship as industrial clerk
  • Studies of business administration with focus on business psychology in Cologne (extra-occupational), Diploma in Business Administration in 2006
Professional Career
  • Since 2000 in the Reifenhäuser Group:
  • 2000: Personnel administration expert
  • 2005: Personnel officer in the subsidiary Reifenhäuser REICOFIL GmbH & Co. KG
  • 2008: Head of personnel selection, HR projects and administration Reifenhäuser holding company
  • 2010: Head of HR for the German locations
  • 2014: Director HR Reifenhauser-Group

Vera Lang - Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG

Vera Lang

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Global, Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG

Curriculum Vitae

Studies and Training
  • On-the-job training as an industrial clerk at a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF AG
  • Completed a degree in Business Administration at the University of Applied Sciences Koblenz in March 2007
Professional Career
  • 2007 – 2011: Senior Consultant at Randstad Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Employee recruitment and support, as well as personnel development
  • 2011 – present: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG – various positions to date
    HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, HR Manager for Operational Support, Engineering Global
  • Since 2015: Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Global (with a short return to the operational area)
    Globally responsible for strategic talent acquisition, employer branding activities (including EVP), recruiting processes and tools, stakeholder management, candidate experience, continuous improvement, and innovation (use of AI, digital events, participation in internal HR transformation projects)

Markus Lecke - Deutsche Telekom AG

Markus Lecke 

Head of Education Policy Team, Competence Center HR Development, Deutsche Telekom AG

Curriculum Vitae

Studies
  • Communications Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Lippe

Professional Career

  • 1995-1999: Training concept officer, Deutsche Telekom, responsible for industrial-technical training
  • 1999: Head of district management for vocational training
  • 2002-2005: Regional Manager Training Region West, responsible for Deutsche Telekom training in NRW, Rhineland-Pfalz and Hesse
  • 2005-2009: Group headquarters of Deutsche Telekom AG in Bonn, senior expert for junior staff strategy in the Competence Centre Human Resources Development
  • 2009-heute: Head of a team for education policy, responsible for the Group's own university of applied sciences, university cooperations and the project to introduce part-time study programmes

Committee Work

Mr. Lecke is involved in education policy committees at national and European level.

Dirk Lunken - Ford Werke GmbH

Dirk Lunken

Lawyer and Senior Director, Talent and Organisation Development at Ford in Europe

Curriculum Vitae

Studies and Training
  • 2000: Second state law examination
  • 1998-2000: Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court of Cologne
  • 1997: First State Examination/Diploma in Law
  • 1992-1996: Law, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn
Professional Career
  • Since 2001: Ford Europe / Ford-Werke GmbH, during this time various management positions in human resources and social affairs, among others:
  • Head of Central Human Resources (Germany)
  • Head of HR Processes and Systems, Europe
  • Head of Human Resources Saarlouis site
  • Manager Craiova Transition (Romania)
  • Head of Labour Law and Personnel Policy (Germany)

Mandates and Memberships

  • Committee for Labour and Remuneration (GESAMTMETALL)
  • Honorary judge at the Cologne Regional Labour Court
  • (Federal) Representative Assembly of the German Pension Insurance - Federal Government

Markus Metzdorf - Wirtgen Group


Markus Metzdorf 

Corporate HR Project Manager, Wirtgen Group 

Curriculum Vitae

Studies:

  • 2010 - 2015
    Bachelor in Business Law and Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Mannheim, with a focus on Labor Law and Human Resource Management


Professional Career

  • 2015 – 2016
    Daimler AG – HR Manager 
     
  • 2016 – 2017
    AbbVie - Recruiter 
     
  • 2018 – 2020
    John Deere – HR and Organizational Development Specialist, Compensation Analyst
     
  • 2020 – Heute
    Wirtgen Group – Corporate HR Project Manager, since 2024 Head of HR at Wirtgen Group
LinkedIn Profile Markus Metzdorf

Pia Müller - Eaton

 

Pia Müller

HR-Manager Talent Development, Eaton Industries GmbH Bonn

 

Curriculum Vitae

Studies

  • 1982 - 1987: Fachhochschule Koblenz - University of Applied Sciences, study of business administration, specialising in human resources, training and business management

Professional Career

  • 2008–Today: Eaton Industries GmbH Bonn, HR-Manager Talent Development
    • Talentmanagement: Tasks and Responsibility for PMCCDivision @ Eaton, over 6500 EE in eight countries; experienced in HR global systems and programs; reponsibility for strategy and sustainability of talents, career- and talentmanagement; Head of technical and commercial University programs and Vocational Education Training; certified Eaton Trainer for: Leadership Trainings (First-Time-Managers), Valueing Inclusion and Diversity, Changemanagement, Assessment & Selection; SAP Success factor (TalentHub Program), Succession Planning, Development Plans and Programs, Careermanagement.
      • Responsibel for: Hein – Moeller - Stiftung GmbH Bonn (Auswahl und Organisation von Stipendiaten)
      • Cert. Trainer for Insights Discovery; Experienced in Coaching, Mentoring, people development.
      • Eaton external activities: (US-PPP (GIZ Bad Homburg + Bonn), IHK, European Association CEDEFOP; Participation on several  legal business trips on education policy topic in Europe and USA)

 

  • 1989 - 2008: HR Manager Moeller GmbH, Bonn
    • Head of commercial training and project work in all HR topics (e.g. setting up a company health insurance fund, strategic personnel planning process, works council topics, strategic orientation of training issues ...)

 

  • 1987 - 1989: Personnel Officer DGF Stoess GmbH, near Heidelberg, Eberbac
    • Consultant for basic issues, project work, development of seminar series

 

 

Department Representatives

The Department of Management Sciences is represented by Prof. Dr. Jens Böcker, Prof. Dr. Britta Krahn, and Prof. Dr. Dirk Schreiber.