Management Team
was appointed to the Haniel Management Board as CEO in October 2024. From 2015 to 2020, he served as CEO of MAN SE and MAN Truck & Bus SE. Prior to that, he held several senior positions, including CFO at Drees & Sommer, a company founded by his father, and long-standing Partner at the international private equity firm HgCapital in London. A graduate in Business Administration and MBA holder, he began his career in management consulting at the auditing and consulting firm Price Waterhouse.
Joachim Drees
CEO
Joachim Drees
CEO
was appointed to the Haniel Management Board as CEO in October 2024. From 2015 to 2020, he served as CEO of MAN SE and MAN Truck & Bus SE. Prior to that, he held several senior positions, including CFO at Drees & Sommer, a company founded by his father, and long-standing Partner at the international private equity firm HgCapital in London. A graduate in Business Administration and MBA holder, he began his career in management consulting at the auditing and consulting firm Price Waterhouse.
has been CFO of Haniel since October 2023. The Dutchman started his career at Price Waterhouse Coopers and worked 21 years for the US company Belden Inc., serving as CFO since 2012. Before joining the Haniel management team, he was Executive Vice President and CFO at the technology company VIAVI Solutions. Henk Derksen studied economics, holds a master's degree in Accounting, Business Administration and Tax, and is a registered controller at Tias Business School in Tilburg.
Henk Derksen
CFO
Henk Derksen
CFO
has been CFO of Haniel since October 2023. The Dutchman started his career at Price Waterhouse Coopers and worked 21 years for the US company Belden Inc., serving as CFO since 2012. Before joining the Haniel management team, he was Executive Vice President and CFO at the technology company VIAVI Solutions. Henk Derksen studied economics, holds a master's degree in Accounting, Business Administration and Tax, and is a registered controller at Tias Business School in Tilburg.
Investments
Philipp Göhre
Partner Multi-Asset
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Joined in 2010
Previously: Ørsted, UBS, Deutsche Bank
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Lukas Droege
Operating Partner
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Joined in 2025
Previously: Bain & Company, Vodafone, Audi China
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Union Graduate College
Katharina Rosenbohm
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
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Joined in 2022
Previously: Bayer M&A, Deutsche Bank, Leonardo & Co.
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Trinity College Dublin, Jacobs University Bremen
Philipp Krüger
Senior Investment Manager
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Joined in 2021
Previously: HSBC, Macquarie Capital
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Technology Sydney
Michael Olschewski
Senior Investment Manager
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Joined in 2018
University of Cologne, Goethe University Frankfurt, BI Norwegian Business School
Julia Wautmann
Senior Investment Manager
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Joined in 2022
Previously: HSBC, NRW.BANK
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rotman School of Management, Monash University
Richard Krieg
Investment Manager
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Joined in 2024
Previously: Siemens AG, Lincoln International
Católica University Lisbon, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University
Nikolai Treibig
Investment Analyst
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Joined in 2025
Previously: Adiuva Capital, Deloitte, PwC
Nova School of Business and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics Riga, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
