Our team of consultants

Christian Pape, CEO, Top Management Headhunter, Author, Coach
Christian has a University Business Degree in Electronics, is founder and CEO of PAPE. He runs the company, is one of the most popular headhunter in Germany and acts as C-Level-Consultant. He published several bestseller books about recruiting, job & career.

Günter Reinhold, Board Member
Günter Reinhold has a strong industrial background including several top management positions. Within PAPE he is concentrated on technical assignments.

Michael Kuchenbuch, Board Member
Following his economics studies, Michael held international specialist and management positions in major companies in the HR, IT and Sales fields for 20 years. As a personnel consultant, he focuses on ICT, publishing and media, HR, sales, consulting and back office positions.

Dr. Jürgen Rohrmeier, Chairman of Supervisory, Board Member, Headhunter, Coach
Jürgen is an international HR Professional, Executive Search and Recruitment Consultant, University Lecturer and Coach with a holistic approach towards solutions around the human side of organizations. With a University degree in Business Administration plus further studies in Psychology and Adult Education, he worked in international HR positions for many years. He joined Pape in 2003 as Senior Partner. After having served as member of the Executive Board, he now is chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Ulrike Zimmermann, Member of the Supervisory Board and Coach
Ulrike is co-founder of Pape Consulting Group AG, Shareholder, Director, and Member of the Supervisory Board

Eva Heppel, Senior Partner
Eva joined us in 2014 and is focussed in fashion industry, supply chain and purchasing.

Christoph Lehmkühler, Member of the extended management
After studying economics and business administration, Christoph started his career in sales of consumer electronics, followed by positions as sales and marketing manager. He gained international experience as Managing Director Europe and has been working successfully as a personnel consultant since 2009.

Reinhard Potzner, Senior Partner
Reinhard Potzner looks back to many years of management experience in Retail, Market Research, Commercial Services, Management Consulting, IT and Healthcare. As a Headhunter and Recruitment Consultant he is focused on Top-Management-Positions, Sales & Key Account Management, Marketing, CRM, BI and Market Research.

Andreas Schönemann, Managing Partner
For more than 3o years Andreas has been fascinated by how we can inspire people. He learned how to sell consulting and training services, discovered the power of words and enthusiasm and that sometimes it is necessary to fight for the decision he wanted the client to make. He has been a sales trainer for all kinds of sales representatives, partner manager for franchise partners, head of sales and head of business development in a company in the packaging industry but most of all he became more and more an inspirer and agent for change. As Headhunter and Managing Partner of Pape Consulting Group AG he is best called upon when it comes to filling sales-related key positions.

Brigitte Lang, Managing Partner
Brigitte has an University Degree in Economics. With more than 20 years of experience in executive search at partner level of internationally significant consulting companies, she has successfully filled top leading and key positions in Germany and abroad for medium-sized companies, major corporations and global players. Furthermore she gained profound experience in the field of start-ups.

Sarah Beumer, Senior Partner
Sarah Beumer, a graduate in business administration with a focus on HR and labor law, is a senior partner at Pape and has been working in personnel consulting with great pleasure and passion since 2009. After a 10 year sales and management career with a renowned international personnel consultancy, Sarah has a very high level of expertise in the recruitment and placement of specialists and managers, both as permanent solutions and in interim management.

Dimitri van den Oever, Senior Partner
Dimitri has joined our team in 2019. The dutchman finished his studies in Arnhem, the Netherlands. He enjoyed over 20 years of experience in various international management positions in the fields of Sales & Marketing, Human Resources and General Management. Before joining Pape Consulting Group, he was part of the European Executive Board from a leading global Direct Sales company.

Michael Weyer, Senior Partner
Michael studied Economics & Management in the Business Administration course in Munich. The focus of the former trained chef was mostly on the development and management of gastronomic systems and concepts. He was responsible for up to 250 employees in management positions in various market segments and, during his 25-year career, accompanied transformation and change processes as well as HR, recruiting and personnel development issues.

Daniel Schröder, Senior Partner
Daniel has been working for almost 15 years as an organizational developer in the areas of process management and management systems with great pleasure and commitment. In the course of his positions in manufacturing companies and trade, the graduate engineer and businessman has discovered his passion for recruiting and the long-term development of specialists and managers. His main focus is on quality/environment/energy & process management as well as regulatory affairs, operational assignments, occupational safety and supply chain management.

Marco Hainz, Senior Partner
Marco has many years of experience in sales and as a manager. After his industrial training in mechanical engineering, Marco completed a commercial apprenticeship in the chemical industry and then moved directly into sales for capital goods. Already during his extra-occupational studies to become a business economist, Marco took on his first management tasks. He successfully worked as a sales / regional and distribution manager for premium suppliers in the capital goods sector.As a certified business trainer, he is an expert in sales and management development..

Monika Huber, Assistance to the Management, Project Consultant
Monika Huber, a graduate theologian, joined our team in May 2019. She is the first contact person for your concerns.
Her diverse tasks include:

• Office Management
• Project assistance
• Design of the website as well as the social media presence
• Scheduling and organization of meetings

Melissa Schröder, Senior Project Consultant
Melissa has many years of experience as a manager in the quality area of well-known consumer goods manufacturers. Beyond her chemistry background, she has a strong IT affinity and the highest solution-oriented quality standards for herself and her results. Melissa’s friendly, winning personality, her great social intelligence and her persistence make her a true problem solver and always a valued discussion partner.

Thomas Praschak, Senior Project Consultant
Thomas supports our team in Munich as a Project Consultant. He studied social sciences and was co-founder of an IT start-up and has been involved in various HR topics for several years now. In 2015 he joined PAPE and is successful in the search of specialists & executives within high-tech industries such as IT, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive.

Florian Altmeyer, Senior Project Consultant
Florian Altmeyer joined the PAPE Consulting Group AG in April 2023.

Marie Kees, Project Consultant

Adrian Gander, Project Consultant
Adrian joined our team in Munich in 2022 as a Project Consultant.