Chief Restructuring Officer – Interim manager in cost reduction and restructuring

Chief Restructuring Officer – Interim manager in cost reduction and restructuring

In order to successfully set up and implement restructurings, your company also needs the right skills internally to manage such special situations. This is often helped by assigning very experienced interim managers, who exclusively implement restructurings as an internal force. In addition to our traditional consultancy service we can also provide these experienced interim managers within 24 hours via our subsidiary interim-x. The CROs can take on the following exemplary tasks in your organization:

   

  • Assumption of management responsibility in acute crisis situations
  • Revision and realignment of corporate strategies
  • Critical review of improvement measures
  • Negotiating with stakeholders
  • Implementation of measures

Below you will find CVs from experienced CROs who can support you in your restructuring projects.

Richard Denzler – CRO specializing in “Production”

Richard Denzler has an engineering background and over 30 years of management experience in various industries, including senior positions in startups, SMEs and listed corporations, where he successfully led companies through crises, and developed and implemented turnaround strategies.

Michael Holzäpfel – CRO specializing in “CFO Topics”

With more than 20 years of international management experience in various industries, Michael Holzäpfel has established himself as a specialist in change processes and optimization of business processes. His expertise ranges from restructuring finance departments to post-merger integration and includes both operational and strategic mandates.

Norbert Hinz – CRO specializing in “Production”

Norbert Hinz has a solid technical and business management background, which he has successfully contributed to numerous restructuring projects for many years, especially in the technology industry.

Markus Kepka – CRO specializing in “FMCG Industry and Mechanical Engineering”

Markus Kepka is a long-standing expert in the field of corporate management and has experience in numerous restructuring projects, primarily in the mechanical engineering and consumer goods industry.

Uwe Kolb – CRO specializing in the “Healthcare Industry”

Uwe Kolb is an experienced senior consultant and CFO with expertise in the restructuring and recapitalization of companies in the medical services sector in particular.

Torsten Kramer – CRO specializing in the “Food Industry and Middle Eastern Topics”

Torsten Kramer is an internationally experienced interim managing director and operations manager with many years of experience in restructuring within the food and cosmetics industry, with a particular focus on crisis intervention and leading multicultural teams.

Ekkehard Luther – CRO specializing in “Industrial Goods”

Ekkehard Luther successfully contributes his extensive expertise in corporate management, controlling and cost accounting to his restructuring and reorganization projects – primarily in the field of industrial goods companies.

Gerrit Oltmanns – CRO specializing in the “Food Industry”

Gerrit Oltmanns brings many years of experience to restructuring and transformation within the food industry, specializing in strategic development and process optimization.

Heinz Sarnau – CRO specializing in the “Automotive Industry”

Heinz Sarnau's professional career spans several leading positions in well-known companies in the automotive supplier industry, where he has successfully implemented extensive restructuring projects, particularly through efficiency improvements and cost reductions in various production facilities.

Franz Walter Wiest – CRO all-rounder specializing in the “Retail Industry”

Franz Walter Wiest is an experienced C-level manager with expertise in the restructuring and strategic transformation of mid-caps and Group subsidiaries. He has international experience in cost reduction, social plans and reconciliation of interests in France, the US and Germany. Areas of expertise include sustainable revenue growth, optimization of the cash-to-cash cycle and corporate refinancing.

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