Johannes Brinkkötter is one of the leading Shared Services experts in Germany and member of the hkp/// group Management Board sind 2018.

Following his law studies and admission to the bar, he began his professional career at BASF SE, where he held various departmental and management positions, among other things, he was a political consultant and project manager for M&A and HR. Seven years as Managing Director at BASF Services Europe followed, where he set up and expanded the European Shared Service Center for Finance and HR of the chemical company in Berlin.

With his move to the E.ON Group in spring 2012, in his position as SVP HR Services and member of the HR Board of the energy supplier, he was responsible for several important areas of HR management as well as multiple internal major products. In November 2013 he was appointed a member of the Executive Board of E.ON Business Services GmbH, Hanover. In this role, he reported directly to the CHRO and CIO of E.ON SE.

Petra Knab-Hägele (born 1969), with more than 30 years of consulting experience, is among the leading experts in questions of the implementation of corporate strategies in suitable management and control systems for top management and executives in the German-speaking area.
 
After starting her profession in strategy consulting, Petra Knab-Hägele joined a large international HR management consulting company in 1995 in which she was a partner from 2003 on, acting in the most varied fields of responsibility, among others as a member of the German management and in the leadership of the executive compensation & rewards business division.
 
She has had many years of experience, in particular in the fields of executive compensation, value-oriented company control and incentivisation, performance management as well as sustainable (also stock-based) variable remuneration. In addition, she has headed large international post-merger projects focussing on HR and change management.

Sasa Basta is an internationally experienced HR manager with extensive expertise, especially in the areas of HR strategy, digitalization and strategic compensation management. He looks back on around 20 years of industry experience.

Before joining hkp/// group in 2023, he was Chief People & IT Officer responsible for all strategic and operational HR and IT issues at a global chemical producer, headquartered in Germany. In direct reporting line, he advised the company’s executive board in key transformation processes. In particular, he drove forward the standardization, harmonization and digitalization of HR management processes.

After studying computer science, Sasa Basta initially held various specialist and management positions in HR IT, Compensation & Benefits and HR Shared Services in the MedTech- and Service-industry, where he also gained extensive expertise in design and execution of global HR management projects.

Isabel Jahn joined hkp/// group in January 2017 as Senior Manager. She is consulting banks and financial services providers in all HR relevant matters.

After completing her Master studies in International Culture and Business Studies at the University of Passau, Isabel Jahn began her professional career as a graduate trainee in the HR department of one of the German major banks. She remained as an HR advisor responsible for areas such as recruiting, staff development and internal staffing in various business segments and supporting restructuring projects.

In 2004 she moved to on of the largest Swiss banks. Based in Frankfurt, she held various technical expert and management functions in the areas of talent management and development, global HR projects, and HR principles and compensation. Since 2013 she has been an Executive Director in her position as Head of Human Resources Germany and HR Business Partner for Germany and Austria.

Isabel Jahn holds various additional qualifications, including Certified Business Mediator (Chamber of Industry and Commerce, IHK) and Systemic Consultant (Institute for Systemic Consulting, ISB).