Our People

An international team with deep private equity experience

Our team combines the pragmatism of an entrepreneurial senior executive with the structured analytics of a consultant. With backgrounds in business, engineering and the sciences, we are genuinely curious about unlocking the unique potential of each organization we work with. We listen to our clients and share their commitment to achieving results.

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Meet our leadership team

Andros Payne

Andros is the Managing Partner and Founder of Humatica. He brings more than 25 years’ international experience as a business leader, investor and consultant in private equity and organizational effectiveness. Andros is a recognized expert in post-deal transformation and a regular contributor to PE trade journals on the topic, having written over 50 articles in the area.

He holds degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from the Stanford Business School. Andros speaks fluent German and English.

Andros Payne

ZURICH

Andros Payne

Marcel Baettig

Marcel is Humatica’s DACH Managing Partner. He has led multiple organizational analysis and implementation engagements for mid- and large-cap funds and their portfolio companies, and listed companies.

Marcel works pragmatically with management teams to deliver results and minimize risk.

Prior to joining Humatica, he was in various executive and C-level positions with a global precision instruments manufacturer and a financial information provider. Marcel was responsible for a P&L of approx. CHF400 m and 1’100 employees, involving EBIT turnaround and cultural transformation. Earlier, he was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, focusing on organizational and growth engagements. Marcel is a mechanical engineer and MBA by training.

Marcel Baettig

ZURICH

Marcel Baettig

Jen Jee Chan

Jen Jee is an Operating Partner and provides oversight for Humatica’s Asia business. He is a seasoned consultant skilled in areas of business process, strategy optimisation and project / program management. His experiences span hotel-leisure, industrial, education, research, IT/data centers and commercial fit-out sectors.

A trained engineer, Jen Jee has also helmed businesses at country / regional levels with international consultancy firms, responsible for portfolios ranging from tens to hundreds of millions CHF.

Jen Jee Chan

SINGAPORE

Jen Jee Chan

Manolis Datseris

Manolis is a Director with project experience in various sectors, geographies (EU, US, APAC) and sizes (50-6,000 FTEs), focusing on Organizational Performance improvement, Target Operating Model design, and Rightsizing, as well as on Sales Effectiveness and Business Process Optimisation.

In addition to project work Manolis is responsible for driving Talent and Knowledge Management initiatives within Humatica. He holds a BSc & MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) and a MSc in Management from London Business School (UK), and he is the sports enthusiast of the team.

Manolis Datseris

London

Manolis Datseris

Jan Löning

Jan is partner at Humatica in Paris. He brings extensive international consulting and executive management experience to the team.

Following an initial career with Oliver Wyman, Jan has held senior executive positions in renown French companies including FNAC, Yves Rocher, Oscaro, Avis Budget Group and Europecar. His in-depth understanding of best-practice retail sales, B2C and e-commerce management processes is a welcome addition to Humatica’s traditional strength in B2B markets.

Jan is French and German national and fluent in French, German and English.

Jan Löning

PARIS

Jan Löning

Zoë Fox

Zoë is the HR Manager for Humatica and leads the HR function across all our offices. She has over 13 years of experience in generalist HR management within professional services spanning consultancy, accountancy and legal in both the UK and the US.

Zoë also has many years of experience of internal resource management, and external recruitment roles across a range of sectors.

Zoë has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Birmingham.

Zoë Fox

LONDON

Zoë Fox

Andreas Knobloch

Andreas Knobloch is managing director at Humatica GmbH in Munich. He brings more than 20 years international experience in corporate leadership positions, start-ups and as an advisor in private equity and organizational effectiveness.

As one of the first Humaticans, he has advised numerous private equity clients and their portfolio companies in major strategic transformations and driving organizational performance. Andreas has also held leadership positions in high-tech growth areas as a VP at Deutsche Telekom and at Philips. Andreas started his career as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman in London.

Andreas holds a BSc in Management Sciences and a Master’s in International Finance from the London School of Economics. Andreas speaks fluent English and German.

 

Andreas Knobloch

MUNICH

Andreas Knobloch

Claudio Limacher

Claudio is a Director at Humatica. He has led a number of projects in the areas of organizational performance improvement, post-merger integrations, restructuring, cultural change and leadership process design and implementation. He can combine the needed analytical and communication skills to assure outstanding project outcomes in a broad variety of industries including software, hospitality, engineering projects, chemicals, textiles, financial services, logistics, specialized materials, energy maintenance, recycling and telecommunications among others.

Prior to joining Humatica Claudio was a technology CEO in the hospitality industry of a venture capital backed SaaS company focused on cutting edge distribution and leading revenue management solutions for accommodation providers. After leading the company through its growth and internationalization phase, the company was successfully excited in an industry deal.

Claudio received a B.A. in Business Administration from the Uni of St. Gallen (HSG) Switzerland, an M.A. in Information Management from Uni of St. Gallen as well as a M.Sc. in International Management from ESADE Business School, Barcelona. He speaks fluent German, English, Spanish, advanced French and basic Polish.  

Claudio Limacher

ZURICH

Claudio Limacher

Paul Simpson

Paul is a Director and the Technology Lead at Humatica. He has led client engagements across a range of industries, including Financial Services, High-tech, Software & Data Solutions, Industrial Manufacturing & Distribution and Retail & Hospitality. He is a functional expert in Commercial and Technology / Product parts of the organization through implementation support.

Paul leverages an engineering background to lead the Humatica technological developments across operations and products. He believes in a strong customer and product focus, applying engineering principles and analytical skills to help management teams solve their most pressing issues.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Science in Robotics, Systems and Control from ETH Zurich.

Paul Simpson

ZURICH

Paul Simpson

Bryan Turner

Bryan is Partner in the London office.

Bryan has significant international business leadership, consulting and operational experience with public, private and PE owned companies. Bryan has led a number of significant business transformations including Organic and M&A growth initiatives, revenue optimisations, carve outs, digital transformations, and organisational optimisation activities across a wide range of industries.

Bryan holds a BSC (Eng) (Chem) from The University of the Witwatersrand and an MBA from INSEAD and enjoys sailing as well as coaching and refereeing rugby over the weekend.

Bryan Turner

London

Bryan Turner

Karen Wright

Karen is Humatica’s Finance Manager.  Karen qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC.

She has worked in practice and industry and has experience of professional services, financial services and a technology startup.

Karen Wright

LONDON

Karen Wright

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