Heiko Kreisel, EMBA Country Manager Ukraine, Zeppelin (Caterpillar)

AHK Ukraine – Board Member

Telefon: +380 50 314 14 96 E-Mail: heiko.kreisel@zeppelin.com

43 years old, married, one child

CAREER SUMMARY

A Senior Executive with over 20 years profound experience in strategy & business development and sales & after sales management in machinery industry. Proficient in managing deep crises and extreme growth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Successful leading international subsidiaries with more than 500 employees, pronounced customer orientation, can-do mentality and delivering double-digit bottom line growth. Possess a joint Executive MBA diploma from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (USA) & WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-present Zeppelin Group

Zeppelin is a German privately owned large company, offering worldwide solutions in the areas of construction & agricultural machines, rental, construction logistics, drives and propulsion, energy, and general and plant engineering. Zeppelin employs more than 10.000 employees and achieved revenues in 2018 of more than € 2.9 billion (www.zeppelin.com).

2014-present TOV Zeppelin Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine (www.zeppelin.ua)

Managing Director (headcount: 550)

2012-2013 Zeppelin International AG, Moscow, Russia

Regional Director for Armenia, Belarus & Central Asia (headcount: 270)

2010-2013 Zeppelin Armenia Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

Managing Director (headcount: 80)

2008-2010 OOO Zeppelin Russia, Moscow, Russia

Deputy General Manager (headcount: 200)

1998-2008 Siemens AG

Siemens is a German conglomerate company and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare (Siemens Healthineers), and Infrastructure & Cities. Siemens employs 379,000 people worldwide and reported revenue of around € 83 billion in 2018 (www.siemens.com).

2005-2008 OOO Siemens, Energy Sector, Moscow, Russia

Head of Strategy & Business Development (headcount: 4)

2004-2005 OOO Siemens, Corporate Strategy, Moscow, Russia

Project Manager

2001-2004 Siemens AG, Corporate Strategy, Munich, Germany

Consultant

2000-2001 Siemens AG, IT Services, Munich, Germany

Financial Controller

1998-2000 Siemens AG, Infrastructure Sector, Munich, Germany

Commercial Project Manager

EDUCATION

2015-2017 Joint Executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management, USA (www.kellogg.northwestern.edu) and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany (www.whu.edu)

1996-2001 Private University of Applied Sciences “AKAD”, Germany (www.akad.de)

Diplom in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann (FH))

1996-1998 Siemens trainee program (“Stammhauslehre”), Munich, Germany

1992-1995 Business College (Abitur), Goerlitz, Germany

Languages: German (native), English and Russian (proficient), Italian (basic)