Our advisory board
Advising, supporting and showing new paths: this is how the Advisory Board supports the Stadtmanufaktur
We as Stadtmanufaktur want to be a beacon – in the strategic consulting of cities and urban spaces and in the way we work and think.
We can only achieve this self-image – as a company and as people – if we regularly reflect on our decisions, behaviors and perspectives and use the experience gained from our Integrating the network. This is exactly what our advisory board stands for.
Wilhelm Alms, Dr. Reiner Brüggestrat, Wibke Kähler-Siemssen and Dr. Hariolf Wenzler contribute their knowledge of business and corporate management, law and culture to Stadtmanufaktur. As a corrective and source of inspiration, they look at our activities from the outside and point out alternatives and possibilities. All four members of our advisory board have their home in Hamburg – just like us – and are therefore particularly close to us.
Advisory board of the Stadtmanufaktur
Wilhelm Alms
Management consultant
Location: Hamburg
The business administration graduate has extensive experience as a management consultant in leading positions and as a former managing partner and long-standing CEO of the Hamburg-based consulting company Mummert + Partner AG. Alms is also the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WEP Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft des Kreises Pinneberg mbH.
Wilhelm Alms is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research in Switzerland.
Two questions for Wilhelm Alms …
In your opinion, how does Stadtmanufaktur support the development of cities?
The functionality of a city is an important component, which requires the interlocking of processes. At this point, Stadtmanufaktur plays an overarching and moderating role, creates relationships and communication, and complements the technical perspective with a socio-cultural one. In this way, it successfully helps cities in the transformation process.
What motivated you to join the advisory board of Stadtmanufaktur?
Value creation is not only important in an economic sense, but also in a social sense. I am happy to support the latter and contribute to Stadtmanufaktur, because an excellent team does outstanding work in this sense for the success of our customers.
Dr. Reiner Brüggestrat
Former head of Hamburger Volksbank
Location: Hamburg
With a doctorate in economics and history, he was Chairman of the Board of Hamburger Volksbank for many years (2007 – 2020). In other functions, he was committed to the interests of the Hamburg metropolitan region, including as Chairman of the Committee for Finance of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the Allgemeiner Norddeutscher Arbeitgeberverband e.V. (ANA) and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank.
Brüggestrat is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Warburg Bank.
Two questions for Dr. Reiner Brüggestrat …
In your opinion, how does Stadtmanufaktur support the development of cities?
Cities function through networks and the moderation of formal and informal relationships. People simply know each other. This awareness of “moving together” is embodied convincingly and innovatively by Stadtmanufaktur.”
What motivated you to join the advisory board of Stadtmanufaktur?
My professional experience has taught me that access and networks are important factors in moving issues forward. Interaction and communication are always important. It is a great pleasure for me to contribute this awareness.
Wibke Kähler-Siemssen
Managing Director of the Patriotic Society of 1765 e.V.
Location: Hamburg
Wibke Kähler-Siemssen is an expert in civic engagement. She has been managing the Patriotic Society of 1765 since 2014. The mission of the Hamburg Association for Civic Engagement: to provide impetus for social improvements, put ideas into practice and offer a forum for the free exchange of opinions.
Before joining the Patriotische Gesellschaft, Wibke Kähler-Siemssen was Managing Director of the Elbphilharmonie Foundation and Senior Consultant at Roland Berger.
Two questions for Wibke Kähler-Siemssen …
In your opinion, how does Stadtmanufaktur support the development of cities?
New approaches and innovative ideas are needed, especially in city centers, in order to accompany the major changes in a sustainable way, to make them places of identification for all citizens and places of democratic participation. I find it particularly important that Stadtmanufaktur has recognized this as an important topic and is developing approaches here.
What motivated you to join the advisory board of Stadtmanufaktur?
As a patriotic society, we are committed to a liveable and humane city center. We test citizens’ ideas through pilot projects and discuss current urban development issues. I am happy to contribute our experience and questions to the advisory board and, in return, benefit from the dialog with the experts at Stadtmanufaktur.
Dr. Hariolf Wenzler
CEO of the law firm YPOG in Hamburg
Location: Hamburg
Hariolf Wenzler is CEO of the law firm YPOG, which advises and supports investments in young and up-and-coming companies.
Before joining YPOG, the doctor of economics was responsible for European business development at Baker McKenzie. Before that, he was Managing Director of Bucerius Law School in Hamburg for many years (2006 – 2016), Managing Director of Hamburg Marketing GmbH (2004 – 2006) and Managing Director of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (1996 – 2004). Dr. Hariolf Wenzler is also a mentor of the Startup Incubator at RWTH Aachen University and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA).
Two questions for Hariolf Wenzler …
In your opinion, how does Stadtmanufaktur support the development of cities?
Attractive cities attract people and companies. Good marketing alone is not enough. Stadtmanufaktur combines the topics of communication and urban development, involves stakeholders and moderates processes for success. The winner is the entire urban community.
What motivated you to join the advisory board of Stadtmanufaktur?
The team at Stadtmanufaktur combines strategy development with practical expertise. They are familiar with the enormous challenges facing urban players today. The advisory board helps to further develop the clever methodological approaches so that complex projects can continue to be delivered professionally and successfully in the future.