Four partners - one team.

At your side to make change happen.

Our powerful team brings together four experienced consultants whose expertise and backgrounds complement each other perfectly. Together, we pursue one goal: to advance our clients in the industrial sector and give them a competitive edge.

Team
Stefan Zirhan
Strategy & Business Processes

Education

  • Mag. rer. soc. oec., Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Controlling and Marketing)
  • Electrical Engineering, HTBE Wels

Professional Experience 

  • Vega Nova, Wels (A), Trade, Founder & Co-Owner; Price Waterhouse Coopers GmbH, Linz (A), Auditing and Tax; AL-KO Therm GmbH, Marchtrenk (A), Building Services Engineering, Project and Sales Lead Austria
  • hpo management consulting ag, Zurich, Partner

Expertise

  • Consulting focus: Strategy Design, Business Process and Organisational Design, Innovation Design, Process Design, Cultural Development
  • Sectors: Industry, Transport, Healthcare
  • Specialties: Business Development, Performance Enhancement, Procurement Optimisation, Cost Analysis, Project Management, Change Management
Anja Fischer
Change & Communications

Education

  • lic. oec. publ., University of Zurich (Leadership, Organisation, Marketing)
  • CAS Change Management & Organisational Development, ZHAW/IAP Zurich

Professional Experience 

  • Farner Consulting, Zurich, Senior Consultant; Cantonal Bank of Zurich, Lead Internal Communications & Corporate Publishing, Director; fischer.communications, Zurich, Owner; Hewlett-Packard Switzerland: Consumer-go-to-Market Manager a.i.; Fashion Days Group, Zurich, Chief Marketing Officer a.i.; Photonfocus AG, Project Lead Product-/Market Strategy and Branding a.i.; hpo management consulting ag, Zurich, Business Partner

Expertise

  • Consulting Focus: Project and Change Communication, Change Management, Strategy and Positioning
  • Sectors: Industry, Healthcare, Finance & Insurance
  • Specialties: Corporate Communication, Organisation, Brand Positioning and Strategy, Branding, B2B Marketing, Interim-Management
Stephan Markel
Processes & Operations

Education

  • B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering (Focus Manufacturing Technology); Foundry Engineer (Giessereifachingenieur VDG); M. Eng. Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Industrial Management with Focus on Global Supply Chains, Production Networks and Finance) 

Professional Experience

  • Diverse (Senior-) Management und Interim Positions, Taskforce Management, i.a at BMW Group, Fischer Group, Voith, Bosch Group, Eberspächer, Purem, CureVac, MATISA; hpo management consulting ag, Senior Project Manager

Expertise

  • Consulting Focus: Process and Organisational Design, Operations Strategy & Implementation, Restructuring, Footprint Projects
  • Sectors: Industry
  • Regions: Europe, USA, India, China, Turkey
  • Specialties: Crisis Management, Value Chain Optimisation, Plant Performance Optimisation & Productivity Enhancement (incl. ad interim), ERP
Alan Lava
Processes & Operations

Education

  • Dipl. Industrial Management and Manufacturing ETH Zürich (Forming Technology)

Professional Experience 

  • GISC Sagl, Risk Management, Lugano, Founder and Owner; Locarno Film Festival, Security & Special Projects; SARA SA Furniture, Tenero, CEO; hpo management consulting ag, Zurich, Senior Project Manager

Expertise

  • Consulting Focus: Process and Organisational Design, Operations Strategy and Implementation
  • Sectors: Industry, Diverse
  • Specialties: Production Optimisation, ERP, PLM, Interim Management

Expertise x Experience x Responsibility = Trust

As an owner-managed company, we draw on the unique expertise and experience of our partners from their many years in consulting, management, and entrepreneurship, as well as from countless projects. Our individual areas of focus combine to form a seamless overall package. 

 Expertise x Experience x Responsibility = Trust
«To us, consulting is not a one-way service but creative teamwork, where decision-makers, client teams, and consultants all pull together in the same direction. »
Partners for Performance