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Dr. Roman Wecker

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 Roman Wecker is a partner in Heidrick’s Frankfurt office and the managing partner of the Industrial Practice in Europe & Africa. He is also a member of the Industrial, Supply Chain & Operations Officers and Sustainability practices.

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Experience

Roman works primarily with established companies in the industrial tech space, including robotics, automation, high tech, electrification, IoT, sensors, and connected industry. He also works in the building products sector and PE portfolio companies. Roman focuses on C-Suite and CEO and board director roles, with a functional focus on sales, service, strategy, transformation, operations, and R&D.

Before joining Heidrick, Roman worked for 12 years with Robert Bosch GmbH in China, Germany, and Switzerland. He was a member of the company’s business unit board, Powertool Accessories, with worldwide responsibility for marketing and sales. He helped design, shape, and implement two global transformation projects, one focusing on digitalization, including setting up a global digital unit, and the other on customer centricity and agility, including simplifying the organizational matrix.

Roman began his career as a senior business analyst at a global management consultancy. He is fluent in German and English.

Education

The University of Witten/Herdecke, Ph.D. in Business Administration

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, Master’s Degree in Management Strategy and Controlling, Strategy, Production & Controlling, and Psychology focus

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Insights by Dr. Roman Wecker

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INSIGHTS

Focusing on sustainability to gain a strategic competitive advantage

Dr. Roman Wecker

In this podcast, Andreas Feiner, CEO of Arabesque S-Ray, and Philipp Rösler, Arabesque advisor and former Vice Chancellor of Germany, discuss how a sustainable business model reflects positively on economic outcomes and demonstrates responsibility for the environment, society, and the next generation.
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INSIGHTS

Manufacturing in China: A CEO perspective

Dr. Roman Wecker

In this podcast, Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, discusses the importance of China’s manufacturing industry for the company’s competitiveness and how doing business in China differs from operating in the Western world.
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2024 Industrial Technology Officers Organization Survey

Tommy Snyder | Dr. Roman Wecker

Our first annual Industrial Technology Officers Organization Survey compiles data from a survey of senior-level executives in industrial technology companies around the world, with respondents primarily in the United States and Germany.
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German Insights - Deutsche Einblicke

  • China Survey: The "people aspect" from the perspective of German mid-sized companies

    This study examines the experiences and specific tasks of industrial SMEs in China.

  • Einblicke in die Welt der Quantencomputer mit Jan Götz, CEO von IQM (Podcast)
    Insights into the world of quantum computers with Jan Götz, CEO of IQM 

    In diesem Podcast spricht Roman Wecker mit Jan Götz, Gründer und CEO des auf die Entwicklung eines Quantencomputers spezialisierten deutsch finnischen Start-ups IQM.

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