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My way in…
As the Head of Market Intelligence of my company,
I used to attend conferences all over
Germany to talk about best practices in business.
In early 2008, I arrived the evening before
such a conference in Frankfurt/Main
(FFM). I noticed that one of my old friends
was probably still working in FFM, so I gave
him a call. After a short chat, he invited me to
his fl at that evening. There the best practice
started. I was enthusiastically welcomed by
three other students from his HHL MBA class.
We cooked, had some drinks and afterwards
we played Wii together. I heard a lot of fasci-
Background
Always looking for best practice!
Prospective students of
HHL’s M.Sc. class 2034
Phillip Maximilian Wachs (* 22.5.2009)
Parents: Friedhelm Wachs (P2 and alumni representative
on HHL‘s supervisory board) and Meike Wachs
Greta Helene Janke (*12.05.2009)
Parents: Melanie Janke (P3 and Director of
Corporate Relations / Career Service at HHL)
and Dr. Nikolaus Petersen
nating stories about HHL; the lectures, the
staff, the students and the MBA program the
management school offers. Throughout the
evening I had the feeling that I was a part of
this community even though it was the fi rst
time in my life that I met the others. A couple
of months later, I had my annual feedback
session with my CEO. We discussed my future
career path and happily we agreed that I could
take part in a program that would prepare me
for future management tasks. After intense research,
I came to the conclusion that HHL
would suit my needs. The big difference was
the wonderful evening with the HHL alumni in
FFM a couple of months before. The next
steps happened quite fast. I convinced my
CEO that HHL was the perfect fi t for me. I applied
successfully and fi nally started in the fulltime
MBA program in Fall 2008. Thanks to my
HHL alumni colleagues in FFM and the best
practice they live!
Kerwin-Ryan Marquez (M9)
Nils Josch Nelles (*05.02.2009)
Parents: Erik Pfannmöller (K23)
and Susanne Nelles
HHL NEWS – SUMMER 2009
New staff
Anja Backhauß joined HHL in July 2009 as
Admissions Offi cer. Prior to that she was
Executive Assistant to the President of the
Zeppelin University. She graduated with a
Master in British Studies from Humboldt
University Berlin. During her studies she
gained work experience at the Bertelsmann
Foundation, AHK London and the Centre
of Higher Education (CHE).
Welcome, Anja Backhauß!
Farewell to Jürgen Kotte,
welcome to Jens König
Jürgen Kotte Jens König
After almost 11 years as HHL’s facility manager,
Jürgen Kotte retired on March 31, 2009.
Voted “Best administrative member of staff”
by the students in 2007, we would like to
express our gratitude to him for his dedication
to HHL over this considerable period of time.
We wish him all the best for his well-deserved
retirement. Jens König succeeds him as new
facility manager. Before joining HHL, the
trained car mechanic headed a team in the
service sector. In his leisure time he enjoys
deep-sea fi shing. Welcome to Jens König!