Dr. Harriet Sebald brings to hkp/// her expertise in the area of talent management and executive development.
 
She began her career at Deutsche Bank, after which she joined a major HR management consulting firm as a consultant, ultimately rising to the position of Partner in charge of the talent management practice at European level.
 
As an expert in the development and implementation of processes and systems for attracting, retaining, developing and motivating specialists and executives, Harriet Sebald is a sought-after consultant with extensive international project experience in values and competency management, performance management, succession planning and staffing processes. She is particularly interested in the efficient integration of talent management with other HR processes such as compensation and job evaluation.

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.

With his interdisciplinary studies in economics, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Bayreuth, Stellenbosch and Nottingham, Leon Jacob knows how to look at a challenge from different angles. With significant project experience in both compensation and talent management he is an expert in developing integrated HR solutions along the employee lifecycle.

A member of the performance and talent management practice of hkp/// group, Leon is always on the lookout for innovative approaches towards the talent challenges in organizations: talent identification, development, leverage and retention. In international projects with global reach, Leon covers the entire consulting value chain of hkp/// group, from strategic questions all the way to the operative rollout of newly developed HR solutions.

Before his time at hkp/// group Leon developed and published a model for value-based talent management, which he trialed at a UK-based "hidden champion" in the consumer goods industry.