Christoph Kraemer is responsible for the areas of restructuring, insolvency, strategy and planning. After working as a senior consultant at Baumgartner & Partner, the graduate industrial engineer founded comes (now WAYES) together with other partners.

"There's nothing better than unwinding in the sun and wind while sailing at the weekend."

Konrad Martin is a restructuring, insolvency and planning expert with us. The graduate industrial engineer (FH) previously worked as a consultant at the OEM consultancy P3 Group.

"How do we get out of this? A crisis shows who can do what."

Heinz Baumann is an expert in the area of restructuring, insolvency and planning. While still working, he successfully completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.).

"Having typical management consultant tasks without having a typical management consultant life is what makes WAYES for me."

Christian Bier has been working in the fields of restructuring and planning since 2007. Before joining WAYES, he worked as a managing director in the machine tool industry and in several restructuring consultancies, including as an authorised signatory at Ernst & Young.

"A good consultant takes the time to understand their clients' problems, is able to derive a strategy from this and has the ability to explain it in a crisp presentation, even to a bored schoolchild."

Peter Böttger works in the restructuring and planning department. Previously, the banking specialist was, among other things, a department director at Commerzbank and deputy head of the credit department at Raiffeisenbank.

"My motto: 'You always see each other twice in life.' So behave in such a way that you can also be a valued interlocutor the second time around."

Jan Handzlik is a restructuring and planning specialist. He also holds a professorship at Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences and is a lecturer at Bremen University of Applied Sciences.

"It is the enthusiasm for numbers that drives me. I also try to transfer this motivation to customers, colleagues and students".

Patrick Jacobs is responsible for planning and restructuring. He previously worked for 6.5 years as a project manager at Corporate Planning, where he designed and integrated controlling solutions (planning, analysis, reporting). He also worked for several years in controlling at Volkswagen and o2, among others.

"We can't change the wind, but we can change the sails" - that's why it's important to react quickly and correctly to changes.

Jan Schönemann works in the areas of restructuring and planning. Before joining WAYES, he was controller at Sprinkenhof GmbH (asset and project management for real estate). Through his experience at Ernst & Young in auditing and restructuring, he brings in-depth expertise.

Steffen Völkel contributes his expertise primarily in the area of planning and is also one of our LucaNet experts. Previously, he worked for several years as a controller at Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. 

"At WAYES, the team concept has the highest priority, which makes a big difference in the implementation of projects."