Manuel has over 20 years of experience in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development. He has initially provided support for Lean business transformations at all levels as an HR Consultant and later by leading customer-focused Talent and HR organizations in multi-national companies (up to $2.2B and 40+ locations). His assignments include various Talent leader roles at Danaher´s Water Quality Business and Head of HR positions in Pharma and Biotech.

As an entrepreneur he has (co-)founded start-up businesses and professional networks. He is passionate about applying Lean and agile thinking to build, improve and sustain impactful HR and talent practices, placing and developing key talent to drive the transformation journey, and building a Lean leadership culture at all levels of the organization. Manuel holds a MBA  (Diplom-Kaufmann) and Ph.D. in Business Administration (HR focus) from Essen University.