Workshop HR: "Corporate Culture Change in China"

Frank Fiebrandt is a German national and has been working in China for over 15 years, mainly in the function of General Management. His experience in China covers start-ups, green field investments, business services as well as restructuring projects. He was mainly working in SME manufacturing/sales operations and is very familiar in working with purely Chinese teams. Since 2015 he is acting as an Interim Manager, leading crisis and change management cases. During recent assignments he had many opportunities to interconnect issues of corporate culture with business performance, especially in the Chinese environment.

Dr Laurenz Awater is founder and managing director of the INNOVA Management Institute (Shanghai), a consulting and training company which has serviced over 200 multinational clients over the past 15 years. Laurenz is an expert in leadership and organizational development and has more than 20 years of China experience. To his client base belong companies as Volkswagen, Continental, Benteler, Boellhoff, Duerr, Vector, Uhlmann, Fette, Metro Group, and many others more.

Manfred Hoefler is an Austrian national and managing partner at ICG Integrated Consulting Group, one of Europe’s leading consulting and training companies in the area of change. Manfred is an expert in strategic change, cultural change processes and innovation fitness.
He worked for recognized companies and institutions like BMW, Daimler, GE, Bertelsmann or the European Commission.

Istvan Kosztolanyi (Hungarian) is managing partner at ICG Integrated Consulting Group, one of Europe’s leading consulting and training companies in the area of change. Istvan experienced professional for leadership development and coaching. He worked for recognized companies and institutions like BMW, Daimler, GE, Bertelsmann or the European Commission.