Wolfgang Hank, MA (HSG)
Managing Partner
- Managing Partner at fortalent
- Investment management & M&A
- HR Due Diligence, audits, organisational development
- Management of portfolio companies
- Advisory, private equity & scale-ups
- Degree in Business (University of St. Gallen, CH)
- People decisions as a driver of growth

Wolfgang Hank specialises in building modern, effective corporate structures in mid-market companies. His experience ranges from investment management and evaluation, due diligence and M&A projects to the operational management of portfolio companies, with an emphasis on organisational development. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen and brings hands-on experience from management consulting as well as from private equity and scale-ups. From this perspective, Wolfgang Hank sees every hire as a business decision: he is especially interested in the impact of the right appointment on long-term business success. As Managing Partner, he is responsible for fortalent's strategic direction and acts as a sparring partner for owners, managing directors and investors whenever leadership structures are created, grow or are reorganised.
Approach
For me, every hire is a business decision. The business model and ownership structure have a major bearing on how a role needs to be shaped within the company. My aim is to give clients a sound basis for their decisions, so that organisation and workforce are a genuine match.
Consulting focus
- Strategic organisational consulting
- Executive Search & board-level search
- Strategic HR advisory
- Succession management
- Advisory board mandates
- Organisational structuring of holdings
- Talent Advisory
- Mid-market companies
- Scale-ups
- Family offices
- Investment holdings
- Foundations
- Banking
- M&A environment
Personality
- analytical, strategic, highly organised
- entrepreneurial
- broad interest in business and economics
