Competences and Profiles
Rüdiger O. Assion
Rüdiger O. Assion is the founder and managing partner of BOC Consult. The trained journalist and businessman worked as Managing Director for the US communications consultancy Edelman and was responsible for financial communications in the DACH region. Prior to that, Assion was a member of the board of the Swiss derivatives bank Leonteq AG and was responsible for the bank's communications and investor relations. Assion worked for Deutsche Börse AG for 10 years in a senior position in Frankfurt and, as Managing Director Group Communications, was responsible for the Group's global communications and corporate marketing. In previous positions in the automotive industry (BMW Group, Volkswagen Group, General Motors), Assion developed his expertise in the field of labor relations, among others. Assion is a graduate of the Akademie für Publizistik, Hamburg, and the SEP program at Stanford University, Palo Alto.
Ernst Primosch, MSc.
Ernst Primosch is the founder and managing partner of BOC Consult. He is internationally recognized as an expert in change communications, brands and marketing. The trained economist, engineer and journalist has an excellent network and extensive experience in the EU, the USA and Asia. With a proven track record in leadership positions in top international companies and consulting giants, he has led prominent Global 500 companies to significant growth and success as a consultant. He became internationally known for his work at Henkel and its transformation into a global FMCG and technology group, but also as CEO of prestigious consulting firms such as Hill & Knowlton and Edelman. To date, Ernst Primosch has provided expert advice to hundreds of companies. He has received numerous awards for his outstanding work in the areas of communication, branding and marketing.
Jan Schoch
Jan Schoch is an investment banker who has worked for international banks in London and Zurich. He worked in various positions for Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and the Swiss stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange. He later became active as an entrepreneur and founded Leonteq AG, among others, which received a full banking license from the Swiss financial supervisory authority FinMa as a derivatives provider. He is also involved in real estate and hotel projects in Switzerland and Serbia. Jan Schoch holds a Master's degree from the University of St. Gallen and has received several awards as a CEO and entrepreneur.
Michael Krons, Msc.
Michael Krons is a journalist. He has worked for public broadcasters including WDR, ARD and ZDF. There, the political scientist was responsible for the Tagesschau and Tagesthemen programs and later for the investigative magazine "frontal". At the ARD/ZDF information channel Phoenix, he took over responsibility as deputy program director. In earlier years, Krons worked as an editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He then headed the news channel n-tv and built up the political editorial team. Krons has received several prestigious awards for outstanding journalism. He is a lecturer at the University of Bonn and at the ARD/ZDF Media Academy. As a consultant, he specializes in strategic communication, crisis communication, crisis and media training and moderation. Michael Krons studied political science, German studies, education and film studies in Cologne and Berlin.
Klaus Franz
Klaus Franz is a trade unionist, former European Works Council member with over 30 years in office and former Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel AG. As the highest employee representative in the struggle for survival of Opel and General Motors Europe (GME), he became the decisive crisis manager and the face of the company in politics and the public, particularly between 2008 and 2010. Klaus Franz sees himself as a bridge builder between employees, management and society. For this, he was awarded the international "Communicator of the Year" prize and the "Golden Crest" of the city of Rüsselsheim, among others. By 2012, the qualified social worker had represented around 60,000 employees in Europe. Since 2013, Klaus Franz has been advising employee representatives and managers on change and restructuring processes with the research company "Forum Urbanum".