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Being direct, appreciative, and having a good sense of humor at the same time, Michael represents the consulting philosophy of Timmermann Partners.

As a passionate entrepreneur, he already founded his first marketing company during high School: raba.tt introducing coupons to the German-speaking countries. After selling the company, he went on to study psychology and worked for McKinsey & Company, where he learned the craftsmanship of classical strategy consulting. After working as a Partner for change management in a medium-size business consultancy, he founded Timmermann Partners. He also acquired the norther German serminar Hotel Ellernhof, developed it further and sold it after 3 years.

Overall, he lived two years in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada and still loves traveling – ideally to places he can explore through climbing, on a motorcycle, or scuba-diving.

Since September 2015 Michael is the proud father of his little son Merlin.

Others about Michael Timmermann:

• “Thanks to him, I believed in change for the first time.” R&D manager, large chemical corporation
• “It’s extremely rare that someone is analytically AND socially highly competent – he has it both.“ Professor, Free University of Berlin
• “A truly inspiring leader.“ Department head , OSCE
• “The smartest guy I’ve met in this firm.“ Project Leader, McKinsey & Co.
• “There is a correlation between age and ability, but he is an outlier.” CEO, private equity firm

Professional background & education:

• Founder of Timmermann Partners
• Former Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Co.
• Graduate psychologist with a focus on business and organizational psychology (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
• 4 years of experience as a start-up entrepreneur in the marketing industry
• Owned the northern German seminar hotel Ellernhof for 3 years
• Certified executive coach
• Certified outdoor trainer, team and leadership trainer with 14 years of experience
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Influenced by his passion for traveling and adventures, which led him among other destinations into the Andes Mountains, Ralph started coaching a variety of groups through intensive trainings even as an outdoor trainer.

As a trained businessman and psychologist, he combines knowledge of business concepts with that of human behavior in the professional context. His calm and constructive nature enables him to help people overcome challenges throughout change processes.

Before joining Timmermann Partners, he trained a large variety of teams not only in the business and organizational fields, but also in the military. These teams benefited from his extensive experience and his common as well as extraordinary training methods.

When Ralph is not fully occupied by his job as a Project Leader for change processes, you can find him kayaking on a wild river or ski mountaineering towards a snowy summit.

Professional background & education:

• M.Sc. in psychology with a focus on social, business and organizational psychology (Paris-Lodron University, Salzburg)
• Businessman (IHK Munich, Germany)
• Certified career coach (CoBeCe Regensburg, Germany)
• More than 8 years of experience as self-employed trainer
• Certified outdoor trainer (low and high rope course, mountain & whitewater)
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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His unstoppable desire for inspiration has always motivated Martin to travel abroad. South Africa, Mississippi, and California were his favorite destinations so far, where he completed both his graduate degrees. He already put an emphasis on internationality during his bachelor studies. He chose to study at the international Jacobs University with 700 fellow students from more than 100 different countries. He is grateful for the many friends and experiences his wanderlust brought to him.

As a graduate in organizational psychology and trained mediator, Martin combines his expertise and methodical knowledge in economics with very good soft skills. These skills were extremely helpful during his time as a mediator at the Los Angeles Superior Court. He gathered first-hand experience in how conflicts can be turned into win-win situations. His open-mindedness and warmth quickly win over his clients and colleagues. Being a very good listener, he is able to take other’s perspectives and understand their needs and problems quickly, which allows him to find effective and structured solutions. In change processes, he aims at creating both a rational and emotional understanding of why change is so important and builds rapport to the individuals he works with.

Professional background & education:

• Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology) & Master of Dispute Resolution (Pepperdine University Law School, Straus Institute)
• Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences & Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology (Jacobs University Bremen)
• Expert as student consultant for KPMG and Toyota Financial Services, USA
• Internship at KPMG Law, Frankfurt, Germany in the field of controlling of conflict costs
• Mediator at the Los Angeles Superior Court and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. federal agency against discrimination in the workplace) (2013)
• Publications in the Consulting Psychology Journal and Journal of the International Ombudsman Association; Referee at the Academy of Management Conference

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As a son of an old Northern Frisian family that has been in the trade business for centuries, Jens is a merchant by trait. Already as a student, he got interested in organizations and their complexity. Organizing, structuring, thinking, directing and taking on responsibility fascinated him early on.

The first opportunity to follow his interests presented itself in the form of youth work and later in form of a professional commercial Training. Then as a Staff Sergeant in the German Navy. His hunger for new experiences lead him to come to the west of Germany, where he attended University and worked in his own management consulting firm thereafter.

His passion for precision and excellence combined with his desire to make a difference lead him to PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he started out as an Audit Manager, before working as a management consultant. During this period of 7 years he got insights in several industries, improved his analytical competencies as well as his ability to lead others.

After working as Manager Group Development at Ströer Media SE, he changed over to ESG GmbH, where he worked as the Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Internal Audit, in the automotive and aviation industries.

Intrigued by Timmermann’s mission and cooperate culture, Jens now uses his experience as “Secretary of the Interior”, which is to say he is responsible for our internal functions and processes. He and his team ensure that HR, marketing, IT, and finance are oriented toward our needs and our clients’ needs.

Outside of work, the proud father teaches his daughter “Nele” how to walk and continues to share his experience and knowledge as author and lecturer. He also cooks, reads, and travels to see his favorite rock bands or his soccer club FC St. Pauli. To calm down after a hard days’ work he goes for a run or goes to the movies.

Professional background & education

• Diploma in economics (with a focus on leadership and information economy)
• Certified Commercial Assistant
• Certified Environmental, Health and Safety Manager
• Certified in Risk Management Assurance
• Lecturer at the Fachhochschule Köln, the Fundraising Academy and at Deutsches Umweltinstitut
• Scrum for Consultants

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Sepp Baumeister loves storytelling for a reason: by narrating things can be connected in hindsight, which seem random and arbitrary as they happen. This skill helps him make sense of a non-linear CV shaped by curiosity and a longing for new challenges. A childhood on 3 continents (and one subcontinent), university studies spanning prehistory to ethnology. Employment as production assistant of the Bonn Club of Rock Musicians, creative director and head of strategy in various agencies, founding a family, and an NGO supporting abandoned children in Nepal (Bbuildsupnepal, feel free to join) to get back to their families. Each and every station has to do with change, and this has made Timmermann Partners a perfect fit. As Head of Communication Creation organizations in transformation by forming a common narrative for people and topics. In his spare time he enjoys the opera, builds things and repairs anything that falls into his hands.

Professional background & education:

• Creative Director J.Walther Thompson
• Executive Creative Director Pepper Munich
• Creative Director Wunderman Munich
• Head of Strategy Embrace/Employer Branding
• Creative Director Concept Oddity
• Head of Communication Creation , Timmermann Partners

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Dominik loves life and thus has tried out a lot. After a few enriching detours, he graduated from high school in his hometown Munich as one of the best students in his class. After that, he went to the Communauté de Taizé in France where he lived in a shared housing community with young people from over 20 nations. There, he took responsibility in different areas, e.g., preparing breakfast for up to 8.000 visitors or organizing the youth meeting in Nairobi. Furthermore, he used the time to think about himself, the world and questions about God.

After that excursion, he commenced his studies in National Economy and Sociology with statistics at LMU Munich. As he was one of the best students in his class, he was awarded with the “Germany Scholarship”.

Prior to his time at Timmermann Partners, Dominik worked at the consultancy Soliance with a focus on risk controlling.

For over 15 years now, Dominik has committed himself to voluntary work at the YMCA Munich. He leads youth groups, organizes trips and meetings and has brought a number of events to life. Whenever there is some spare time left, he loves to act as a barista. However, Dominik gets the most enjoyment from his three sons and his adventurous wife, Christina.

Professional background and education

• Bachelor’s degree in National Economics, LMU Munich, Germany
• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, LMU Munich
• Master’s degree in Sociology with Statistics, LMU Munich
• Consultant and working student at Soliance
• Research assistant with lectureship at the Institute for Sociology (LMU Munich), Chair for “Institutions and Organizations” as well as at the Max-Planck-Institute at the research project SHARE
• Scientific publications about a number of topics in the fields of economy and society
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Anna-Carla is convinced that a change of perspectives is a big gain for one’s personal development and key for successful teamwork. During her studies in France and Canada, she met people from various cultural backgrounds. These encounters taught her new perspectives, ways of life, and work approaches and thus developed her own way of thinking.

Anna-Carla wants like to make an impact for society through her work. In the Development Cooperation Directorate at the OECD, she engaged in creating more agile public institutions and helped countries’ institutions to uncover their problems. After that, she supported organizational development processes for various clients at Kienbaum Management Consulting. As a change consultant at Timmermann, she brings a lot of passion and knowledge about international cooperation to the table and thereby also helps companies to think across borders and culture areas.

As a private person, Anna-Carla loves to sing in a choir and to explore nature. She discovered her passion for hiking through the bush walks she did during her half-year exchange stay in New Zealand. It was there where she also acquired a new point of view on the cohabitation of the mankind and nature.

Professional background & education

• Double master’s degree in political sciences and international relations, Sciences Po Paris, France, and Free University Berlin, Germany
• Bachelor in Social Science, Sciences Po Paris, France
• Internship at the Organization and Transformation department of Kienbaum Management Consultants
• Internship at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Focus: agile institutions
• Internship at the German Federal ministry for economic cooperation and development), department United Nations
• Internship at the German federal ministry of foreign affairs, department for development politics
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Alexander is convinced that openness to new experiences is the best basis for personal development. Ever since he worked as a counselor in a French homeless shelter, his true desire has always been to help people discover and pursue new alternatives.

He learnt to apply this mindset in the business world during his studies. In this respect, he utilized his quiet but enthusiastic nature and as a recruiter convinced German and French leaders to face new challenges. In inhouse and external strategy consultancies he managed to enhance his analytical skills in restructuring and qualification projects.

In his private life, Alexander realized his “openness to new experiences” by traveling new countries and embracing other cultures or enjoying Munich’s cultural diversity. In order to relax, he goes for a run in the Nymphenburg park or explores – being born in the north – the surroundings of Munich.

Professional background & education

• Master of Science in Organizational Change & Consulting at RSM, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Diplôme d’études supérieures en Management at NEOMA Business School, Reims, France
• Bachelor of Science in International Management at ESB Business School, Reutlingen, Germany
• Internships at: Kienbaum Executive Consultants, Paris, France; Bosch Inhouse Consulting, and Arthur D. Little.  Industrial sectors: Automotive, Consumer, and Industrial Goods
• Former Chair of ESB Student Consulting e.V.
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Since the start of her career, Mariola has been an enthusiastic change consultant. She is passionate about experimenting how to make working as a team more efficient, sustainable, and fulfilling. In doing so, she connects traditional change tools with more modern change elements like bottom-up and viral change. It’s fascinating to her how a small group of people can change an entire organization, if they have the right support.

Already before her time at Timmermann Partners she assisted companies in different industries concerning their change processes.

Privately, Mariola is an enthusiastic sailor and prides herself in combining a demanding job and a fulfilling family life. She is fluent in six languages (German, Polish, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese) and she’s home somewhere between Poland, Germany, and Portugal, which leads her to answer questions about her nationality with “European”.

Professional background & education

• More than 7 years of experience as a change management consultant, also internationally
• Master of Science in Organizational and Social Psychology an der London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• Bachelor in Communication Studies at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (Germany) and the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (Spain)
• Prosci® Certified Change Management Practitioner / Prosci Inc. London
• Certified team trainer (TZI, Ruth Cohn Institute International)
• Has lived in Germany, Poland, France, England, Ireland, and Spain
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Gian Luigi is an experienced consultant with a multicultural background. His love for exploring the world took him from Canada to Australia and from Sweden to South Africa.

Gian started his career at McKinsey & Company where he mainly served clients from the consumer goods industry during his first years and learned a great deal about marketing and strategy.

Being insatiably curious, he ended up becoming an entrepreneur. He led two companies in parallel with over 150 employees in the challenging textile and fashion industry. In this field, he didn’t only find an exciting professional endeavor but also satisfaction of his cultural and artistic interests. Besides for fashion and modern arts, he has a passion for classical music, opera, and architecture.

In his last position before joining Timmermann Partners, Gian consulted Italian companies about the expansion of their services in Germany. After years of experiences abroad, Gian knows that the most important journey is the one within oneself. In this context, it’s important to him that his work has a social impact and is related to his roots. As an Italian, he loves the cuisine and culture of his home country and enjoys spending his summers at the Italian Mediterranean Sea.

Professional background & education:

• Former senior consultant at McKinsey & Co.
• Several years of experience as executive manager and entrepreneur
• Studies in business economics at Bocconi University in Milan
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Jonas ist interkultureller Berater mit Asienfokus und Professor für Brand Management und Marketing. Seine Begeisterung für die chinesische Kultur und Wirtschaft führt ihn seit über 15 Jahren regelmäßig ins Reich der Mitte. Jonas berät Unternehmen zwischen Europa und Asien, um Kommunikation kulturübergreifend zu verbessern. Ihn treibt das Interesse, Synergiemöglichkeiten in internationalen Teams und Kooperationen zu finden, ohne bestimmte Wertvorstellung als überlegen zu sehen.

Seiner Leidenschaft für Kommunikation folgt Jonas auch als langjähriger Online-Marketer.
Hier hilft er Organisationen dabei, die eigene Geschichte in erfolgreiche Content-Strategien umzusetzen. Beim kreativen Weitersagen verbindet er die Stärken von PR, Marketing und IT.

Professionelle Inspiration gewinnt Jonas aus der chinesischen Kunst des Netzwerkens, wo Gegenseitigkeit so selbstverständlich ist, dass sie nicht mehr erwähnt werden muss.

Wenn er gerade nicht arbeitet, reist er mit seiner kleinen Familie dem Regenbogen hinterher, klettert auf stabile Bäume oder joggt durch abendliche Wälder.

Professioneller Hintergrund & Ausbildung

• Professur für Brand Management und Marketing an der EBC Hochschule
• Zertifizierte Trainerausbildung für interkulturelle Kommunikation
• Verschiedene Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte in China und Japan
• Studium und Promotion mit chinawissenschaftlichem Fokus

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Listening, accepting and trying to understand others are main values for Thomas. Attitudes that motivated him to found a Kiwanis Junior Club. In his perennial presidency of this charitable society, Thomas and other Members could help lots of families in need and critical situations. His positivity and down-to-earth-quality always helped him in this responsible role and accompany him beyond that in all his endeavours. Thomas is constantly looking for new challenges to improve his skills. In this mindset, his entrepreneurial way of thinking was a strong anchor and drive at the same time. He could apply this quality in several industries to improve their businesses and help them keeping a clear overview. He is addicted to outline strategy road maps before implementing them operatively. All of these passions led Thomas to found his own IOT Start Up. After a successful workday, Thomas loves to spend time in the kitchen to exercise his cooking skills and as a real South Tyrolean, he prefers Italian meals. Furthermore, he is passionate for Railway model landscapes, new technologies, jogging and gym work out.

Professional background & education:

• More than 5 years’ experience in change management, innovation management and risk management
• More than 4 years’ experience in digital transformation
• MBA in project management and process optimization, SMBS Salzburg
• MIM Master in Management, SMBS Salzburg
• Certified Innovation Manager, WIFI Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitut Bozen
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Understanding other cultures and travelling to foreign countries has always been at Paul’s heart – although his slogan appears incongruent with his cosmopolitan worldview. Paul believes that exploring the previously unknown helps to understand and appreciate one’s own background. To fill his box with new experiences and impressions, he studied Intercultural Management and Communication, doing semesters abroad in California and Portugal, and relaxed while working in and travelling New Zealand. Eventually, he completed his Master’s degree in Sweden.

In various university projects for corporations and social enterprises, Paul learned to think systemically, conceptualize root-cause-oriented solutions and question the status quo. At the Family Enterprise Case Competition in the U.S.A., he was awarded with the graduate world champion title in solving complex case studies related to family firms. During his management studies, Paul worked at consultancy firms as a passionate author of specialist books and eloquent content marketer. Anyhow, only writing could not satisfy him anymore, wherefore he now aims at applying his knowledge and ideas at Timmermann Partners. As a consultant, Paul can finally put his passion for holistic solutions and his excitement for organizational change into practice.

Unfortunately, his professional agility does not mirror on the football pitch. Yet, Paul compensates that with his outstanding technique and vision. When playing laser tag with his colleagues, he balances out his rather insufficient physical speed with focus, patience and learning agility. On weekends, Paul and his girlfriend go hiking and explore the mountains and lakes of Bavaria.

Professional background & education:

• M.Sc. Business Administration at Jönköping International Business School – Graduation as valedictorian in the Honors List
• B.A. Intercultural Management and Communication at Karlshochschule International University
• Change- and Marketing projects for a Swedish media corporation, the Federal Ministry of Economic Collaboration and Development as well as many other organizations
• 2016 Graduate Champion at the Global Family Enterprise Case Study Competition (FECC) in Burlington, VT
• Working student in Content Marketing and Public Relations at Reflect│Strategic Personnel Development
• Working student in Corporate Communication and Market Research at ec4u expert consulting ag
• Internship in Business Development and Marketing at ec4u expert consulting ag
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Innately curious and a systemic thinker at heart, Crystal consistently follows her intellectual and emotional instincts, to oftentimes very surprising results. In university, this meant she deep-dived into science, engineering, psychology, sociology, and ethics, to better understand how the world and people work, and how she can make the biggest, most sustainable impact. This took her on an unpredictable ride, where she first travelled the world as a technical trainer for Philips, and then uprooted her life to move to New Zealand in 2011.

In New Zealand, the real adventure began, as Crystal co-founded several start-ups in the energy, food, and finance industries, as well as worked as a partner in her own consulting firm. With every project, she advances her understanding of the “real” problems behind the problems, and develops deeper empathy towards the social and personal dynamics of organisations. She is constantly looking to learn: about people, systems, organisations, and herself.

A chance holiday in Europe connected Crystal to business thought-leaders, and she followed her nose to Munich and to Timmermann. She feels very grateful to have found the Timmermann community, who shares her passion for making effective change happen, and who shares the philosophy that “change begins with the man in the mirror”.

An artist-maker at heart, Crystal was a professional dyer for her New Zealand business Tria Fata Fibre Arts, and co-founded a community art-workshop space in Dunedin, New Zealand. She carries this love of making to Munich, where you can find her woodworking, sewing, dyeing, painting, knitting, and blacksmithing.

Professional background & education:

• M.S. in Applied Anatomy, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA
• B.S.E, Biomedical Engineering (Tissue/Orthopedic Engineering) School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland USA
• Cofounder and Partner – Peregrine Scientific Consulting, Ltd (Neuseeland)
• Cofounder und Investor – Kai (Neuseeland)
• Founder and Dyer – Tria Fata Fibre Arts (Neuseeland) – Business for hand-dyed yarn
• Technical Training, Course Development, and Training Integration – Philips Medical (Cleveland, USA)
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Veronika loves to dive passionately into new and unknown topics. Growing up, she was surrounded by art (her family owned a wood-carving business), and she’s devoted much of her time to her passion for music. After performing in countless concerts as a child, she later decided to focus on the violin and opera singing at university.

During her studies, she conquered numerous opera stages. It fascinated her to discover the intensity with which she explored her limits. Alongside her music career, she also focused on teaching and developing others, which aroused her interest in psychological topics such as learning and motivation. To satisfy her thirst for knowledge, she pursued a Masters Degree in Business Psychology, with a focus on change management.

Shortly after her Masters studies, she decided to make a big change and to focus on business instead of music. She wanted to fully experience organisations in a state of flux. Which is why she became a project manager for restructuring measures in a connector company for hardware stores. As a musician she had developed an ability to quickly switch perspectives between learning and teaching, which has given her a deepened intuition of what people need in order to change. A quality she also brings to her work today as a change consultant. Her special focus is to inspire and empower people, so that they can take new approaches to change.

Veronika also seeks feelings of both intensity and grounding in her free time. She loves to jump into cold mountain lakes, ski through deep powder snow, or just sit at the top of a mountain or by the sea and admire the great nature.

Professional background & education

• Master in Business Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Düsseldorf
• Diploma in Opera Singing at the Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe
• Diploma in Violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and the Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe
• Project Manager at Ludewig Ablängtechnik GmbH
• Self-employed instrumental and vocal pedagogue
• Engagements as opera singer & violinist with various Opera Houses, Orchestras & Festivals
• Marketing & communication projects for the parental wood carving company
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Romina is convinced of lifelong learning and, as a result, she always faces new challenges and follows her curiosity. Her motivation to study Media Management stems from this attitude towards life. By studying a broad combination of economy, technology and design, she gained far-ranging knowledge, learned to recognize complex connections and solve problems creatively.

Whether setting off into the wild or going to the sea – when Romina is seized by wanderlust, she travels mostly to where the sun can be found. On her travels, she particularly enjoys meeting different people from all over the world and getting to know their culture and rituals. Every day, she realizes how valuable these experiences are for her. Or as she likes to put it: new perspectives always open up new doors, behind which exciting challenges can be found.

On her travels, she also discovered her passion for Latin American dances. If Romina does not hit the dance floor in her spare time, she finds her balance doing other sports, preferably outdoors. In addition, she likes having family and friends around.

At Timmermann Partners, she is thrilled to work in an inspiring team and a trusting atmosphere. Here she can develop her ideas and boldly discover new paths.

Professional Background

• Studied Media Management (B.A.) at the Hochschule RheinMain in Wiesbaden
• Worked in the field of Marketing at the Technical College of Mittelhessen
• Head of Marketing at ECHT-Dein Hochschulradio (Hochschule RheinMain)
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Lukas combines the “hard” know-how of an economist and lawyer with the “soft” insights of a sociologist and political scientist. During his studies, he was especially interested in finding out how good human interaction can work. For Lukas, the answer leads not only to theoretical approaches, but also to taking actions and responsibility. For several years now, he has been accompanying families with an immigration background.

Being a competitive athlete, Lukas is a very determined person who quickly gets to the point. Since he loves to share his passion with others, he found a suitable challenge in tournament dance. On the dance floor, he learned to optimize his techniques, to maintain his posture and to work step by step towards a great goal. In addition he learned that mutual harmony combined with staying open to constructive as well as critical feedback is just as important for long-term success.

With Lukas, one can have a good laugh as well as deep conversations. He enjoys himself riding the train, which is why he is on the road a lot. When visiting a city, he soaks up the characteristics of different regions and explores the “taste” of other cultures mainly but not exclusively by eating with friends.

Professional Background & Education:

• Master of Science in Economic Humboldt Universität Berlin
• Bachelor of Political Science at the University of Erfurt
• Practical experience at “Magic Gorilla Coaching” in the field of career, management and business coaching
• Agile Coach
  • Certified Coach for scaling Agility
  • Certified Organizational Agility Professional
  • Scrum for Consultants

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Simon realized very early that he wanted to help people to feel comfortable in their working environment. He sees one of the biggest challenges in today's world of work in the constant change and dealing with it. Therefore, it is particularly important to Simon to learn and apply ways and methods that help people to respond positively to this change. He began his studies with a degree in business administration and chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. As part of an internship at Systemische Potentiale Consulting, he met for the first time his enthusiasm to analyze, accompany and actively participate in shaping change processes. In addition, Simon is characterized by his curiosity and his desire to do unconventional things. During his studies he worked as a cook and learned to combine creativity with a coordinated approach in a stressful environment. Privately, Simon is an open and relaxed person. On his travels through South America and Asia, he learned to appreciate other cultures and ways of thinking and to critically question his own actions. He is also always down for a dinner with friends or sunbathing.

Professional background & education:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Technische Universität München)
• Master of Science in Business Administration (Technische Universität München)
• Internship as part of an consulting project at Systemische Potentiale Consulting

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How do human thoughts and behaviors work come about and how do teams work best together? Questions like these lead Lea to her business psychology studies and kept fascinating her throughout university. Already in the first semester, she joined a student consultancy and was immediately impressed by the various and the steep learning curve. In her last academic year, she then gained her first experience in the “right” day-to-day consulting work in two major consultations and has since felt confirmed in her career aspiration. 

Wie kommt das menschliche Denken und Handeln zustande und wie arbeiten Teams am besten zusammen? Fragen wie diese waren es, die Lea zu ihrem Wirtschaftspsychologie-Studium bewegten und auch währenddessen immer wieder aufs Neue faszinierten. Bereits im ersten Semester trat sie einer studentischen Unternehmensberatung bei und war sofort begeistert vom abwechslungsreichen Berufsbild und der besonders steilen Lernkurve. In ihrem letzten Studienjahr sammelte sie dann in zwei großen Beratungen erste Erfahrungen im „richtigen“ Berater-Alltag und fühlt sich seither in ihrem Berufswunsch bestätigt.  

Mit Timmermann Partners hat sich Lea nun bewusst für eine kleinere Beratung entschieden. Gemeinsam mit einem herzlichen und sympathischen Team freut sie sich darauf wirkungsvolle und nachhaltige Veränderungsprozesse bei den Kunden umzusetzen und gleichzeitig viel über sich selbst zu lernen. 

Wann immer es Zeit und Geldbeutel zulassen, packt Lea ihren Rucksack und lernt neue Länder, Sprachen und Kulturen kennen. Ihr Fernweh führte sie bereits nach Lateinamerika, Südostasien, Australien, Neuseeland und viele Teile Europas. Unterwegs lässt sie sich gern treiben und genießt das Gefühl der kompletten Planlosigkeit und Spontanität.  

Professional background & education:

•  Bachelor of Science in Wirtschaftspsychologie, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
• Praktikantin, Werkstudentin und Bachelorandin bei Capgemini Consulting 
• Praktikantin bei Deloitte Consulting
• StudentischeBeraterin sowie Leitung des Ressorts Mitglieder bei Campus Konzept Stuttgart e.V. 

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Curiosity and the wish to constantly learn new things while sharpening her senses is what drives Karolin. She loves lateral thinking and to change or strengthen things.

She acquired entrepreneurial thinking up from scratch, founding her own business: a fitness and wellness center. She supported people to reach their individual goals, also beyond sports.

Her experiences as a volunteer in crisis intervention have grounded her and show how valuable other people are to her. Her family, an inspiring work environment, mindfulness, environmental consciousness, and a positive and honest interaction are bases for her happiness. If she then also manages to fit in some physical activity, she becomes solid as a rock.

Whenever her role as an assistant at Timmermann allows her to, she loves to teach Thai boxing and yoga, to reconstruct furniture (or an entire apartment :o), to go skiing and travels or supports her children with words and deeds.

Professional background & education

• Trained clerk
• Sports teacher for prevention and rehabilitation
• Yoga teacher
• Trained business manager for fitness and wellness centers
• Founder and owner of an “Injoy” fitness club
• Practice manager, assistant to the board
• Scrum for Consultants

Profil

Determination, willpower and the bavarian motto „a bisserl was geht allerweil“ (“you can always give a little more”) are the three components which ensure Laelias life to always be in motion.

With wanderlust and homesickness frequently taking turns, Laelia knows how to avoid stillstand and while doing so, she discovered her passion for communication, intercultural exchange and for a deep understanding of foreign mentalities. This combination led her in the end to study International Business Communication. Before her studies and afterwards, as she worked as a film production coordinator and -assistant at different film production companies, Laelia also developed a good feel for the audio-visual..

Through her work in the film industry and as a project leader at an event agency, she deepened her organizational skills and gained valuable competences in the conception and implementation of convincing marketing strategies. As a Marketing Specialist, she now brings these experiences to Timmermann Partners and expresses her fascinating creative streak there.

In her free time Laelia currently pursues to become a certified WSET wine sommelier, a hobby, that she always carries with her during her travels through foreign countries and cultures.

Professional background & education

• Bachelor of Arts in International Business Communication
• Project leader at the event- and marketing agency Culinarium Bavaricum
• Production coordinator and -assistant in national and international film production companies
• Certified Organizational Agility Professional
• Scrum for Consultants

Profil

Catherine ist in einem französisch-deutschen Haushalt aufgewachsen – womit ihr das Interesse an Sprachen und anderen Kulturen mit in die Wiege gelegt wurde. Nach dem Abitur ging sie eine Zeitlang nach England: dort begann ihre Reise in die englische Sprache und Kultur sowie den von ihr sehr geliebten britischen Humor. Durch ihre Ehe mit einem amerikanisch-schweizerischen Kolumbianer erlebt sie täglich, wie kulturelle Unterschiede und die Toleranz für Andersartigkeit das Leben bereichern.

Nach einem Grundstudium der Rechtswissenschaften entschloss sie sich auch beruflich auf mehr Internationalität zu setzen, um auch in anderen Ländern arbeiten zu können. Am Euro-Business-College erwarb sie einen Abschluss als Europa Direktionsassistentin. Dies hat sie in die Filmindustrie geführt und ihr dann später die Übernahme einer Relocation Agentur ermöglicht, die sie viele Jahre leitete. Heute ist sie bei Timmermann Partners im Assistenzbereich tätig und unterstützt, wo sie kann.

Privat fotografiert sie gerne – vor allem die Baseballspiele der Grünwald Jesters. Sie verbringt viel Zeit mit ihrem blonden Rauhaardackel Milú und sieht ihrem Sohn gespannt beim Erwachsenwerden zu.

Professioneller Hintergrund & Ausbildung

• Grundstudium Rechtswissenschaften
• Abschluss Europa Direktionsassistentin
• Tätigkeit als Assistenz der Geschäftsleitung
• Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin bei Swift Relocation und Solid Immobilien
• Scrum for Consultants

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Viviana prefers to swim at the point where calmness and movement flow into one another. As an ethnologist, the current pulled her to Tibet, Turkey and Tuscany – and still her goal remained the same: To understand what really drives people.

Besides her academic search for the core of culture, Viviana is interested in the daily life of people. With the sensitivity of an ethnologist and her ability to also take an business perspective, she matched prospective employees with employers during her time at nexpera. Already during her time at university, she started to accumulate in-depth knowledge on diversity management and how companies can live diversity in their daily operations.

At the same time, Viviana was involved in several NGOs, working on political, social, and ecological issues. She excels at questioning standard procedures by bringing in a new and unconventional perspective, e.g., by organizing roleplays to take on the role of cacao farmers in order to assist them.

At Timmermann Partners, Viviana now helps the company to be flexible and stable at the same time, by working in HR and marketing. Here she helps potential employees on their journey to the beautiful Timmermann Campus.

Her creativity also shows outside of Timmermann, then in the form of her own novel, when playing her (brand new) piano or in colorful painting sessions.

Professional background & education

• Master in Ethnology and Intercultural Communication
• Work experience in recruiting at nexpera
• HR internship at Timmermann Partners
• Several internships at NGOs (among others: WWF UK, in the North South Forum Munich and the Freispiel culture agency)
• Working student at FOCUS Online
• Scrum for Consultants

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Already as a child Esther drew attention to herself through her pronounced empathy and the ability to approach others. And still nowadays weather in her job or private life, she is engaged in finding peaceful solutions for her environment and fights discrimination in every form.

Esther is able to bring people and projects into harmony. A skill she learned and deepened as a production manager in the international garment industry.
She combines the big picture with the necessary details, a combination, which gives her and her activities a useful structure.

Her generally holistic view on the big picture also helps her in creating a multi-faceted, fulfilling and successful life. For Esther this means a healthy balance of passionate work, quality time with family, education, relaxation and physical activity. She takes a great deal of pleasure and a lot of flow in cooking, gardening and reading philosophical literature – if she is not found renovating yet another piece of antique furniture.

Professional background & education

• Diploma in engineering garment technology, FHTW Berlin
• Internship production and customer support in the textile industry in London, UK
• Internship financial controlling in the luxury goods branch in Munich
• Marketing, research and customer support at the textile industry in Freiburg, Breisgau
• Product development, quality assurance and design assistance at the luxury goods branch in Munich
• Production management for China and Turkey at a well-known Munich garment company
• Certified project management specialist, IPMA Level-D, GPM
• Certified Organizational Agility Professional
• Scrum for Consultants

Profil

Kreativität und Neugierde, sowie Authentizität und Struktur – dafür steht Nicola. Sie ist eine Problemlöserin aus Leidenschaft: Geht nicht, gibt’s nicht. So arbeitet sie nicht nur ständig an beruflichen Entwicklungsfeldern, sondern auch an ihren persönlichen. Stets im Austausch mit Mensch und Kultur und ausgestattet mit einer offenen Persönlichkeit sammelt Nicola neue Anregungen und Ideen, um Dinge aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven betrachten zu können.

Die Bedürfnisse ihrer Mitmenschen zu erkennen und auf diese empathisch zu reagieren, ist eine große Stärke von Nicola. Ratsuchenden hilft sie gerne und unterstützt lösungsorientiert, so dass sie ihr Team sowohl als Mitglied, als auch in einer Führungsposition, stärken kann.
Während ihrem Studium hat Sie bereits viel Erfahrung als Team- und Projektleiterin in Zusammenarbeit mit mehreren Unternehmen gesammelt. Für ihre Masterarbeit setzte sie sich intensiv mit dem Thema Marketing-Strategieentwicklung auseinander und entwickelte zusammen mit dem Unternehmen Sony DADC eine europaweite „Go-To-Market“ Strategie. Hier entdeckte sie auch ihre Leidenschaft für die Unternehmensberatung.

Als Marketing Intern bei Timmermann Partners kann sie nun die theoretischen Kenntnisse mit ihrer Kreativität vereinen und ihre Expertise in viele verschiedene Projekte mit einfließen lassen.

Privat widmet sich Nicola hauptsächlich der Musik. Als Frontsängerin einer Band, Solokünstlerin und Mitglied eines Musicalensembles ist keine Bühne vor ihr sicher. Ein Fun-Fact: 2015 stand sie auf dem Treppchen als drittbeste Karaoke-Sängerin Österreichs.

Professioneller Hintergrund und Ausbildung

• M.Sc. Strategic Management an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (Schwerpunkt Marketing, Branding, Unternehmensführung und Strategieentwicklung)
• Masterarbeit in Zusammenarbeit mit Sony DADC zum Thema „“The Sharing Economy Approach for B2B Businesses – Development of a go-to-market Strategy for Sony DADC in Europe“
• B.Sc. Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (Schwerpunkt Marketing und Entrepreneurship)
• Projektleiterin am Institut für Strategisches Management, Marketing und Tourismus, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck in Zusammenarbeit mit den Unternehmen Bellutti, Egger und Obi
• Beteiligung an diversen Unternehmensprojekten mit unterschiedlichen Themenschwerpunkten in Zusammenarbeit mit der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
• Ehrenamtliche Studentenberaterin der Österreichischen HochschülerInnenschaft, Innsbruck

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Sneshana is the perfect example of immigrating successfully and contributes to the diversity in our team. Originally from Russia, she migrated to Germany in the beginning of the 90’s. Not only does she have high intercultural competencies but besides Russian, she also speaks German, English, and Spanish.

Through her internships abroad in Malta and Lanzarote, Shenshana discovered her organizational abilities. Her reliable and friendly nature built her reputation as a “good fairy” helping with various administrative matters.

Before joining Timmermann Partners, Sneshana worked as duty manager at the reception desk at Holiday Inn hotels and in the financial and administrative department in the event management sector. We admire Sneshana for her precision and her unique organizational talent.

In her spare time, she likes spending time with her family and close friends in a cozy environment. She also enjoys reading and practicing yoga.

Professional background:

• 2 years as duty manager at the international Holiday Inn hotel chain
• 7 years as financial and administrative assistant in the event management sector

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Amadeus is an adventurous person: In his job as well as in his private life he seeks for new challenges, for example while backpacking and camping in Ireland.

As a trained optometrist, Amadeus not only keeps a keen eye in his position as assistant in Training, but also brings in different perspectives to Timmermann Partners: as a person in training and as a person who trains others.

In his private life Amadeus is interested in different kinds of sports. Lately he’s been into the world of American Football, which he also practices himself. Apart from that, he loves barbequing with his friends or spending quality time out with his family and dogs.

Professional background & education:

• Trained optometrist
• 2 years of work experience as an optometrist at the Fielmann AG
• Assistant in Training at Timmermann Partners since 2016
• Scrum for Consultants

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Music has always been a close companion in Aldin’s life. When he was three years old, he discovered his first music sheets, fell in love with them and started playing the accordion at the age of six. Through the world of music, he gained insights into various cultures and traditions. Just as there is no musician who makes no mistakes throughout a concert, there also is no human on earth, who is never wrong. The important lesson is to learn from these mistakes.

Aldin is very good at dealing with stressful and agitated situations as well as working hand in hand with others.

One year ago he moved to Munich which led to great change in his life. His eagerness to learn and to experience new things encouraged him to explore this different path by improving his German skills quickly and playing an active part in the unique learning community at Timmermann Partners.

Aldin also enjoys playing soccer and watching movies. To relax, he also likes to go for a hike in the mountains. Spending time with his family is very important to him, too.

Professional background & education:

• Final intermediate music school certificate
• German high school diploma (Abitur)
• Studies at the Academy of Music in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Scrum for Consultants

Profil

Nelly ist es sehr wichtig, sich selbst treu zu bleiben und ihren eigenen Weg zu gehen. Ihr christlicher Glaube unterstützt und motiviert sie dabei, die Welt ein bisschen besser zu verstehen und darin Sinn zu finden. Darüber hinaus haben Nelly das Tanzen und die Tänzerszene sehr geprägt und zu dem Menschen geformt, der sie heute ist. Mit den Menschen, denen sie dort begegnet, teilt sie die harte körperliche Arbeit, lernt mit ihnen Disziplin und natürlich auch, auf die Musik zu hören.

Nelly fällt es leicht einen guten Draht zu Menschen zu finden und ihre Gefühlslage schnell zu erkennen. Sie sieht sich außerdem als wissenshungrig und hat Freude daran, das Gelernte gezielt einzusetzen. Besonders dann, wenn sie damit auch noch andere weiterbringen kann. In ihrer neuen Aufgabe bei Timmermann Partners spornt es sie daher besonders an, ihr Können und Wissen auch dort gezielt einzubringen und das ganze Team beim gemeinsamen Wachstum zu unterstützen. Nelly bewundert schon jetzt den Team-Zusammenhalt und ist beeindruckt davon, dass sie trotz voller Kalender immer auf ein offenes Ohr stößt.

Neben ihrer Ausbildung liest und tanzt Nelly gerne oder treibt Sport. Ausgleich und Inspiration findet sie außerdem in der Ruhe und Quality-Time mit sich selbst. Hier kann sie wirklich entspannen und ihren Gedanken freien Lauf lassen.

Nelly hat auch einige Tanzwettbewerbe gewonnen, wie Champion The Best Vol. 12 und Vol. 15 by STREET LOVE, Drope The Beats, Schools over Jame Allstyle Battle, …

Professioneller Hintergrund & Ausbildung

• 2015 Mittlerereife auf der Mittelschule an der Simmannstraße
• Zwei Jahre Tanzlehrerin im ABC Dance Studio München
• Seit 2017 als Assistanz in Training bei Timmermann Partners
• Scrum for Consultants

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To do things differently requires a lot of courage. Marina left her usual environment behind many times. In the U.S., Spain, Mexico, and Argentina, she looked for new perspectives on society, business, politics, colorful inspiration, and many human encounters.

An important success factor for continuous performance and learning is physical and mental fitness. Again, it requires courage to let go in order to discover new resources. Therefore, Marina supports the Timmermann team as the feel-good manager offering to integrate fitness and relaxation for body and mind in the daily work life.

Her passion for discovery led her to her pioneer work as a self-employed coach and trainer for young people supporting them in their professional and personal development. She helps people experiencing a quarter-life crisis, university and high school students and trainees to study more successfully and to discover their potentials. Her openness, joy for life and endurance make personality and career development a positive and fun experience.

To recharge her own batteries, Marina spends time in nature doing sports, in the kitchen preparing self-creations of vitamin boosters or painting colorful impressions.

Professional background and education:

• Head of Quality Management at “Deutsche Auftragsagentur” (DAA)
• More than 4 years of experience as a trainer and coach
• Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (HTW Berlin, TEC de Monterrey/Guadalajara, Mexico)
• DBVC certified coach, certified member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Certified learning coach
• Qualified trainer and coach for personality and career development

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Helena is convinced that a person can only grow if he or she faces new challenges. This is the reason why she dedicated herself to give German lessons to refugees during her Bachelor studies. Furthermore, she became head of marketing and chairwoman of the student consultancy association Consulting Team Kassel of her university. Always eager to learn, she works with heart and soul on every project. During her year abroad in Ireland as Au pair, she assumed big responsibilities since she was in charge of three boys in the age of two to seven years. Also, she learned to assert herself in the right moments and to work independently.

It has always been important to her to gain as much work and life experience as possible. During her work in the Consulting Team, she developed a new marketing concept for the association and worked in different consulting projects for various companies. Further internships and experiences as working student have enriched her marketing knowledge and competencies. During her work in a Start-up, she learned to adapt herself to the fast pacing entrepreneurial world and developed considerable problem-solving skills. Now she is eager to join the Timmermann Partners team as Junior consultant and Marketing Intern and to expand her competencies. She is certain that she will learn a lot from this new challenge.

Besides her passion for new culinary experiences, she gets enthusiastic about languages. Despite her full timetable, she constantly tries to learn new languages and is therefore ready to get involved with new cultures.

Professional background & education:

• Bachelor of Arts in English and American Culture and Business Studies (University of Kassel)
• Chairwoman of the Consulting Team Kassel e.V.
• Head of Marketing, Consulting Team Kassel e.V.
• Intern and working student in the marketing department of RSO Shift GmbH, Kassel
• Intern at Cedic+POS GmbH, Heilbronn

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Surrounded by vineyards and Roman monuments, Lisa studied Business Economics at the University of Trier. Next to her studies, she was highly committed to the interdisciplinary student consultancy Contact & Cooperation. There, she not only engaged in the Human Resources department but also acted as a project leader for consultant projects.

Due to her longtime position in the student council, Lisa developed various core competencies such as taking responsibility, empathy and representing interests of others in public. Since then, she tackles new challenges and tasks with a lot of passion and hands-on mentality, being open for new situations to come. With Timmermann Partners, Lisa is back on something new: a new city, a new company and a new, great team. Together with the warm atmosphere, Lisa is excited to gain exceptional working experience.

Creativity is an integral part of Lisa’s life. Since childhood, she has been enthusiastic about music and therefore has been part of an orchestra – playing the violin as well as the viola. On concert tours in Austria, France and Poland, she met new cultures and people. Still today, she supports the new generation of young musicians with her musical talent. Next to music, she likes to hike mountains for relaxation.

Professional background & education:

• Bachelor of Business Economics at the University of Trier
• Working experience at the student consultancy Contact & Cooperation Trier e.V.
• Internship at Markenmut AG

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Leonie believes that in transformation lies the foundation to unexpected possibilities for both personal development as well as change processes in organisations. Fascinated by this, she put a focus on organisational development, theories of change management, consultancy and human resources management within her studies of pedagogy.

In order to experience the theoretically acquired content, she started working as a student consultant while studying for her Master’s degree in „Pedagogy with a focus on organisational development”.

Besides her professional interests, Leonie loves to design rooms through creating a cozy atmosphere, using brushes and colors or sewing fancy pillows. One thing that gives her the thrills (in a positive way) is reading exciting crime thrillers. When she wants to relax, she takes advantage of living close by the sea, takes her car to the beach, enjoys the breeze of the wind and listens to the sound of the waves.

Professional background & education:

•  Currently Master’s student in „Pedagogy with a focus on organisational development”, University of Heidelberg
• Semester abroad at the University of Limerick (Ireland)
• Bachelor of Pedagogy, University of Munster
• Engagement at the student consultancy GalileiConsult e.V.
• First professional experience as trainer in adult education

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Timmermännchen is known for his desire of climbing and exploring new adventures, which enables him to reach the highest peaks of the birch trees in the woods of the Timmermann Campus. His pursuit of the highest goals – in the literal sense – is a regular inspiration for the entire Timmermann Partners team. Additionally, he creates a cheerful atmosphere with his cheeky, lively manner. Prior to his time at Timmermann Partners, the other animals in the garden profited from his rich experience as a climbing artist and his ability to spread a good mood. Because of his very personal experience, Timmermännchen is convinced that outdoor training in a high rope course should be part of any change process – because only those who leave their comfort zone can reach the highest goals.  When Timmermännchen is not busy supporting Timmermann Partners’ clients and consultants in change processes, you can find him hibernating in its nest. There he crackles hard nuts and enjoys its raw contents.

Professional Background and Education

• Certified Outdoor-Survival-Expert
• Practical experience at Timmermann Partners as mascot