Contact us directly

Do you have any questions and would like to be contacted?
I would like to be contacted in the following way:
Management Team (2) – hahn,consultants

Frank Birkenstock

Senior Partner

hahn,consultants gmbh
Memeler Str. 30
D-42781 Haan

Tel.: +49 (0)2129 5573-26
Fax: +49 (0)2129 5573-11
Email:
 f.birkenstock@hahn-consultants.de

Education

Studied industrial engineering specialising in corporate planning at the University of Karlsruhe (KIT) and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Master of Business Administration (MBA) specialising in International Management at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (UMass)

Degree in Industrial Engineering (Dipl. Wirt.-Ing.) and Master of Business Administration (MBA)


Work Experience 

2016 - todaySenior Partner/Managing Director at hahn,consultants gmbh
2011 - 2016Partner at hahn,consultants gmbh
2011 - 2011Senior Manager at hahn,consultants gmbh
2009 - 2010Managing Director at H.J.H. PIPETECH (medium-sized business, industrial production/energy, 50 employees)
2003 - 2008Strategic consultant at Booz & Company (formerly Booz Allen Hamilton) - specialising in strategy-based corporate development and marketing concepts (incl. 6 months in 2007 as strategy manager at Vodafone Australia, Sydney)
1997 - 2003Various internships including Detecon Consulting (consulting), DZ Bank, London (marketing), E.ON Ruhrgas (controlling), HD Reisholz (production management) and Leka Gape, South Africa (project management at an aid organisation) 

Consultancy focus/projects

  • Comprehensive restructuring conception in accordance with IDW Standard S 6
  • Crisis management and interim measures
  • Implementation of reorganisation/restructuring measures
  • Introduction of project management and project controlling systems
  • External and internal reporting (incl. financier communication)
  • Integrated financial planning
  • Comprehensive development of strategy concepts
  • Market entry strategies and internationalisation strategies
  • Business model analysis
  • Portfolio/business area strategies and functional strategies
  • Competitive positioning and competitive analyses
  • Market positioning and market analyses
  • Strategic planning process
  • Development and validation of business plans
  • Market and client segmentation
  • Sales strategies and optimisation
  • Product/development strategies and optimisation (incl. innovation management)
  • Pricing strategies and optimisation
  • Development of customer insights systems
  • Commercial Due Diligence
  • Implementation of strategically motivated M&A processes
  • Post-merger integration

Experience in the industry

  • Industrial production
  • Electrical engineering
  • Logistics
  • Automotive
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Energy
  • Mobile/telecommunications
  • IT and new media
  • Consumer goods
  • Trade
  • Services