Directors

Christiane Atassi is a Director of the company. She focuses on systematic planning and management of complex change and renewal processes. In addition, she is responsible for the Design division as Director of the Design Studio. As an experienced project manager, she has headed up national and international projects, managed campaigns and supported and successfully implemented regional transformation projects.

Christiane has been working as a consultant for 20 years and has extensive expertise in large-scale projects. She majored in sociology, politics and media studies at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.

Julika Benz is a Director with our Transformation team of experts. She consults companies on complex change processes as well as in strategy develop­ment and communi­cations. Her main focus is on the inter­faces between strategy, HR and communi­cations.

Julika studied business administration and has many years of experience in designing strategy and communi­cations processes in corporate environ­ments. Before moving to Deekeling Arndt/AMO, she worked for ten years at the world's largest logistics company.

Sandra Gerber is a Director with our Transformation team of experts. For over ten years now, she has been advising companies on complex change and renewal processes. In addition to working on change projects of various kinds, Sandra was most recently involved in a large-scale regional transformation project over a number of years, helping to implement it successfully. She has extensive experience in the area of large events. She focuses on consulting around topics such as strategy development and communication as well as the design and implementation of communications measures for managers, teams and employees.

Sandra holds a degree in economics, majoring in strategic marketing, economic geography and non-profit management at Leibnitz University Hanover and at the University of Zaragoza in Spain.

Jörg Kohnen-May is a Director. He focuses on developing communications strategies, content and agenda-setting programmes to position companies and their top management with relevant stakeholders.

Jörg studied English and German literature at the RWTH Aachen, and also gained a Certificate of Advanced Studies in “Curating” at the Zurich University of Arts. Before joining Deekeling Arndt/AMO, he worked for 15 years in other communications consulting firms. He brings with him experience in corporate communications, sustainability/CSR communications as well as risk and reputation management.

Dr Sebastian Marx is a Director of the company. He advises on transformation processes and the positioning of companies, brands and people. His consulting activities range from strategy development, to conceptualising and implementing content and dialogue formats, right through to communications in crisis situations.

He holds a PhD in German and has extensive experience as well as a wealth of industry knowledge based on many years of working in the agency and corporate sphere, among other things as spokesperson of an energy corporation.

Jeanette Meier is a Director with our Trans­formation team of experts. For seven years now, she has been advising companies on complex change and trans­formation processes. The main focus of her work is on developing and implementing corporate visions and values as well as designing manage­ment communi­cations and measures to mobilise and involve employees.

Jeanette holds an M.Sc. in Communications Studies from the University of Twente, where she majored in Marketing Communication and Consumer Behaviour. Before becoming a consultant she worked in marketing and market research.

Daniela Münster is a Director with our Capital Market team of experts at our Frankfurt offices. She focuses on advising national and international clients in all matters of stakeholder communications, in particular with regard to transactions such as M&As or IPOs as well as in subsequent investor relations activities. In addition, she advises companies in special situations, for example in the area of shareholder activism.

Daniela studied English and history in Freiburg and Dundee, in Scotland. After a PR internship and sub­sequent role in PR consulting, she moved to investor relations and capital market communications, supporting a number of medium and large-scale enterprises, both in their mandatory communications and in transactions. Previously she worked for a US non-profit organisation.