Torsten Oltmanns

Torsten Oltmanns (born 6 October 1964) is a German author, economist and journalist who has written several books on marketing and change management. He is currently a partner and Global Marketing Director at the management consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Life

Torsten Oltmanns studied Economics at the University of Cologne (Germany). He underwent training as a journalist on economics and politics. With a thesis on journalism, he obtained his diploma from the University of Cologne in 1993.[1][2] He published several articles touching on economic themes.[3]

He held positions at McKinsey, the executive board of Booz Allen Hamilton and the administrative staff of the German Federal Ministry of Defense,[4] where he oversaw the implementation of budget controlling.[5] Since 2004, he has acted as the Global Marketing Director of Roland Berger Strategy, working from its offices in Berlin (Germany), London (England) and Zurich (Switzerland).[6] From June 1 until December 31, 2011 Oltmanns headed the communication of the conglomerate Haniel as an interim manager. Oltmanns returned to Roland Berger in January 2012.[7]

Since 2004, Oltmanns has been the editor of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants' think:act brand, which appears in various formats and which recently received the "Best in Corporate Publishing" award from the International Corporate Media Awards.[8] The think:act series was awarded 2005, 2006[9] and 2007[10] with the BCP-Award in the category Corporate Publishing for "Financial Services / Real Estate / Consulting".[11] In 2011 the think:act publications received the Astrid Awards of MerComm Inc.[12][13]

Torsten Oltmanns is an Assistant Professor for Executive Communications at the University of Innsbruck (Austria)[14] and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, a part of the Saïd Business School.[15] Since 2014 Torsten Oltmanns is Professor & Founding Dean of the Department of Management and Economics at the Quadriga Hochschule Berlin.[16]

Oltmanns is patron of the Atlantik-Brücke, a private, non-profit, nonpartisan association with the goal of building a bridge between Germany and the United States.[17] Torsten Oltmanns is also co-founder and supporter of the 2011 founded registered association “investigate” which provides financial resources for journalists to realize complex researches.[18] Oltmanns is also a member of the board of the German-Jewish association „Jewish Voice from Germany“, which agitates for the relationship between Jewish and German people.[19]

As a member of the delegation of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a Strategic Partner of the World Economic Forum, Oltmanns has participated in the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters. His commentary and impressions of the world's most important economic summit were published in his blog Bulletin from Davos.[20][21]

Publications (extract)

References

  1. ↑ Diploma thesis of Torsten Oltmanns, Das öffentlich-rechtliche TV-Angebot 1952 bis 1991 und seine Nutzung; Köln, im November 1993, ISBN 3-9803886-4-6, , University of Cologne
  2. ↑ Profile of Torsten Oltmanns, Website of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
  3. ↑ Department Management & Economics, profile of Torsten Oltmanns, Quadriga University Berlin
  4. ↑ http://www.genios-fachpresse.de/artikel,CAPI,20020502,scharping-legt-nach-bundeswehr-alle,D4A431X0.html, Capital, 2/2002
  5. ↑ The implementation of controlling in the Federal Ministry of Defence. in: Controlling & Management, June 2002, Special Interest Magazine for Controlling
  6. ↑ Press release about Torsten Oltmanns' position as Global Marketing Director, Website of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, 21 September 2004
  7. ↑ "Haniel-Kommunikator geht zu Roland Berger"(German), wiwo.de, 3 November 2011
  8. ↑ http://www.rolandberger.com/media/press_releases/Awards_for_think_act_magazine.html, Press release, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, January 28, 2013
  9. ↑ http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/unternehmensmeldung/bericht-67098.html, innovations-report.de, 29 June 2006
  10. ↑ http://www.marketing-marktplatz.de/Intro/Medien/RoBergMagBCP07.shtml, marketing-marktplatz.de, 12. July 2007
  11. ↑ "Hall of Fame" on the official website of the BCP-Award
  12. ↑ List of the Astrid Award winner on the official website of MerComm Inc.
  13. ↑ http://www.consultant-news.com/article_display.aspx?p=adp&id=7343, consultant-news.com, 8 November 2010
  14. ↑ Website of the Institute of Languages and Literature, University of Innsbruck
  15. ↑ Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation – profile of Torsten Oltmanns. sbs.ox.ac.uk, Oxford Said Business School
  16. ↑ http://www.quadriga.eu/quadriga/aktuell?id=198, quadriga.eu, called 30 May 2014
  17. ↑ A message from Germany all patrons took part in the message
  18. ↑ http://www.investigate-ev.net/verein/unterstuetzer/, investigate-ev.net, called 30 May 2014
  19. ↑ http://jewish-voice-from-germany.de/cms/board/, jewish-vocie-from-germany.de, called 30 May 2014
  20. ↑ Bulletin from Davos, WEF 2013-weblog of Torsten Oltmanns
  21. ↑ Interview with Torsten Oltmanns, ZDF, January 24, 2013

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