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“Rüdiger and i worked closely together during his time at WBA. He excelled at quickly and accurately assessing organizational and people dynamics, and implementing bold strategies and solutions to drive progress. He partnered effectively within HR and with leaders and teams across the business, and was a trusted adviser to many. I regularly sought his input and guidance during our time as colleagues, and continue to do so.“

Hillary Leisten | former CHRO Walgreens

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“I got to know Rüdiger Heim in my capacity as HR Director BOOTS where we partnered on important transformative HR and digital projects. The quality and depth of Rüdiger’s thinking and actions are based on strong operational and strategic experience. This ability makes him a very strong business consultant and coach who supports both individuals and groups in developing people-centered strategies and operational action plans.“

Nathan Clements | former CHRO Boots
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“I know Rüdiger Heim from my time at Walgreens Boots Alliance, where I worked closely with him in the area of strategic planning for the Alliance Group, as well as the development and team building of the Executive Team. Rüdiger particularly inspired me with his cultural sensitivity and consistently positive outlook. In our collaboration, Rüdiger has repeatedly shown how, thanks to his experience and personality, he can move successfully even in particularly complex corporate environments. This gave him the opportunity to successfully implement decisive projects for the further development of the group.“

Marco Nicola Faes | Director Corporate Affairs Heineken Europe
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“Rüdiger and I worked together closely during my time at CHEP on many strategic and transformational change initiatives across Europe as well as globally. He has a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise in all areas related to people development, organizational structure, and change management, and he’s effectively able to combine that with his knowledge of business to produce effective and sustainable results. Rüdiger’s working style and ability to help you design solutions to address specific business opportunities or challenges make him a very valuable business partner.“

Candice Herndon | President IFCO North America
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“I have been working with Rüdiger Heim as an executive coach for several years. I particularly appreciate the positive and challenging manner that created easy and targeted access to solutions even with supposedly difficult topics.“

Christian Schawel | Managing Director DHL Paket, Executive Vice President Sales

“I got to know Rüdiger Heim as CHRO at Alliance Healthcare, with whom I was able to discuss in-depth business matters at any time and who provided a large amount of valuable food for thought. Both in challenging HR projects (e.g. AHD / McKesson joint venture) as well as in personal development and talent management, Rüdiger stands for sustainable improvements that always take people and organization equally into account.“

Aline Seifert | Managing Director Alliance Healthcare, Germany

“In my role as Managing Director of BoD, Rüdiger accompanied me on important waypoints as an executive coach. The joint sessions were a perfect starting block for reflection and change for me. Due to his positive nature and the almost playful use of tools, the work was really fun and noticeably brought me further.“

Yogesh Torani | Managing Director

“I have known Rüdiger Heim for over 10 years and he was an excellent sparring partner and source of ideas for me as a consultant, especially during my time as CFO Asia during the restructuring of the CHEP organization. In addition to the various restructurings at CHEP Europe, which we have implemented together with sustained success, he was and fortunately still stands by my side as a personal coach and advisor.“

Volker Sdunzig | Senior Vice President Central Eastern Europe, CHEP

“I know Rüdiger from our time at WallgreensBootsAlliance and have worked closely with him on a number of transformation projects. Rüdiger is an excellent and trustworthy HR manager, team builder and change manager. I would particularly like to highlight his outstanding empathy and his profound interest and knowledge of the business. As a business partner, he managed to influence all important partners with great strength and always think in a solution-oriented, optimistic and positive way.“

Kalman Petro | Chairman of the Board of Alliance Healthcare, Netherlands

“I know Rüdiger from our time at WBA and worked closely with him on some transformational projects. Rüdiger is an outstanding HR business partner. He has the unique capacity to position himself as a solution provider for business owner. He has strong leadership abilities allowing him to attract talents around him. His positive mindset and his strong drive are recognized by his boss, peers and collaborators. An exceptional professional to work with!!!”

Laurent Bendavid | President Alliance Healthcare, France

“I have known Rüdiger Heim for almost ten years now and worked closely with him during my time as CFO EMEA. He is distinguished by the fact that he specifically takes into account the human impact of restructuring and helping people find alternative options. Outstanding was his passion to develop internal talents within the company, to coach them and to help them in their careers.“

Berry Sevriens | Chief Financial Officer, CHEP North America

“In the 15 years of working with Rüdiger Heim, I have particularly valued his skills and focus on developing and promoting talent. In the German management team, we worked together on the transformation of the commercial teams and, in this context, successfully introduced a training academy and coaching & mentoring programs. Last but not least, Rüdiger Heim has played a major role in my personal development through his work as an advisory board member in the Supply Chain Management course at the renowned University of St. Gallen. During my participation in this course and in my functions as managing director in Russia and later in Turkey, he was my continuous sparring partner.“


Ralf Pätzold | former Managing Director Turkey