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ELCH, Consulting, About, Team, Dr. Herwig Buchholz

Dr. Herwig Buchholz

Managing Partner

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ELCH, Consulting, About, Team, Dr. Wolfgang Falter, neu

Dr. Wolfgang Falter

Managing Partner

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Dr. Herwig Buchholz – Bio

Professional background

30 years of management in life sciences & chemicals

  • Co-founder ELCH / Frankfurt
  • Board Member of Financial, Industrial, and Academic Institutions
  • Global Head of Corporate Sustainability Merck Group / Merck KGaA
  • Global Head of R&D, Chemistry & Strategic Developments OLED / Merck KGaA
  • Global Head of New Business and Development Pigments/Cosmetics/Nutrition Merck KGaA
  • Head of Business Development Fine & Specialty Chemicals / Merck KGaA
  • Fellow and Scientist / Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute / USC Los Angeles

Educational background

  • Professor at University of Oldenburg
  • Ph.D. Chemistry / University of Hamburg
  • University of Southern California Los Angeles
  • Universities of Hamburg, Oldenburg, and Oslo
  • HKUST Business School, Kellogg Business School
  • INSEAD Fontainebleau, ESMT Berlin

Relevant experience

  • Development and implementation of business and innovation strategies
  • Management background and people skills, multicultural and global
  • Sustainability Management, sustainability strategies and sustainable business strategies
  • Innovation management, technology transfer, M&A
  • Change projects on international level
  • Trainings & seminars on all levels of organization

Dr. wolfgang falter – BIO

Professional background

30 years of management consulting in chemicals

  • Co-founder ELCH / Frankfurt
  • Global Chemicals & Sustainability Lead / Deloitte
  • Head of Oil, Gas & Chemicals EMEA / AlixPartners
  • Head of Chemicals & Oil / Roland Berger
  • Application Technology & Product Development / Henkel

Educational background

  • Business Administration / AMP / HBS / Cambridge
  • MBA / INSEAD / Fontainebleau
  • M.Sc. / Organic Chemistry / University of Kansas / Lawrence, KS
  • Ph.D. / Technical Chemistry / RWTH Aachen

Relevant experience

  • Strategic Cost Reduction in Fine Chemicals
  • Sustainable business strategy & organization
  • Mergers & acquisitions / post-merger integration
  • Procurement Excellence
  • Restructuring & Turnaround