Our Team
Smart Minds and Winning Personalities – for Any Task
Our goal is simple: we pursue the highest standards in everything we do. Excellence in every respect is our ambition and yardstick. Our team consists of experts and specialists from various fields and disciplines. Each individual can draw on many years of experience in operational leadership positions in industrial companies.
We put together an interdisciplinary expert team geared to the task you have assigned to us and your requirements. This stable team of consultants will support you throughout our cooperation. Get to know our leadership team of executives:
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Dr. Peter Orban
Company Owner, General Manager for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
PhD and MS in Industrial Eng. from RWTH Aachen, MS in Mechanical Eng. from Dartmouth College (USA)
Prior to establishing Orban Consulting GmbH, Dr. Orban held managing director positions in various companies in Germany and Eastern Europe. He also handled restructuring and organizational development projects, drawing on his extensive leadership experience.
Core competencies: restructuring, expert for Eastern Europe
Andrea Erőss
Head of Corporate Affairs
Degree in Business Administration (Dipl.- Betrw.) from the Budapest Business School (BGE)
During her career in the industrial sector in Hungary, Andrea Erőss worked as head of human resources for German, French, and U.S. companies. In this role, she performed a wide range of managerial tasks in human resources and also handled large-scale workforce adjustments.
Core competencies: change management, workforce adjustment
Nordics
Klaus U. Volstrup
General Manager for the Nordics & Executive Consultant
Master of Laws (Cand. jur.) from the University of Copenhagen
Klaus Volstrup managed product lines and production sites in Scandinavia and Central Europa for a global rail vehicle manufacturer. He managed large cross-border projects, and international development and transformation projects.
Core competencies: project and program management, business transformation and interim management
Klaus Pedersen
CEO KP Consulting
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Aarhus School of Engineering (Denmark)
Before founding KP Consulting, Klaus Pedersen has held various positions with Bombardier in Denmark and worked as Project Manager for Vestas. He has strong leadership skills and is used to working with business partners across different backgrounds and culture.
Core competencies: Project Management, Business Development, Quality Assurance
Hungary
László Frank
General Manager for Hungary & Executive Consultant
Degree in Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from Óbuda University, Budapest
László Frank was responsible for the setup and management of new production sites for renowned German automotive suppliers, where he continuously succeeded in proving the value of his international leadership experience and profound knowledge of the automotive industry.
Core competencies: operational excellence, interim management
Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria
Dr. Dan Tulvan
General Manager for Romania & Executive Consultant
Degree in Engineering (PhD) from the Technical University of Timisoara (Romania)
Dr. Tulvan worked as a plant manager and managing director for various small and medium-sized enterprises in the automotive supplier industry and companies in the electrical industry. He is an expert in the setup of (greenfield and brownfield) production sites and reorganization.
Core competencies: site setup, restructuring, six sigma, interim management
Poland, Czech Republik, and Slovakia
Hans-Peter Engel
General Manager for Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia & Executive Consultant
Degree in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) from Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg
Hans-Peter Engel’s activities have focused on Poland for more than 20 years. Prior to enhancing our team as a consultant, he worked as managing director at German and French industrial companies’ Polish sites. He can look back on wide-ranging and in-depth experience in rail vehicle construction.
Core competencies: interim management, change management, operational excellence