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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, Managing Partner at fortalent

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