Management

Egbert Deekeling is a Senior Partner. The company founder supports and advises communications experts, CEOs and top managers, especially during phases of comprehensive, large-scale transformation. He is one of the most renowned experts in this field.

Egbert graduated in sociology and later became Managing Director at ABC/EUROCOM. In 1995, he founded Deekeling & Fiebig, which later evolved to become the strate­gic communications consultancy Deekeling Arndt/AMO. Egbert is co-author and co-publisher of a number of specialist books on the topic of change communications, CEO commu­nications and commu­nications in times of digital trans­formation.

Olaf Arndt ist a Senior Partner and an expert in complex communications at the interface between industry, government and society. Among other things, he focusses on positioning companies and executives, particularly in crisis situations and phases of strategic realignment. He supports top management in communicating success-critical topics to policy-makers, the media, opinion-makers and the capital market.

Olaf trained in journalism, after graduating in political science, sociology and history. He draws upon his many years of management and consulting experience with renowned consulting firms. He co-authored the book “CEO-Kommu­nikation. Strategien für Spitzen­manager” (CEO commu­nica­tions. strategies for top managers), with Egbert Deekeling.

Susanne Arndt is a Managing Partner and an expert in transformation communications and change management. She specialises in supporting top management and executives through profound change processes by focusing on strategic transformation, purpose, digital transformation, restructuring as well as integration processes.

After completing her degree in German, history and media studies, Susanne spent ten years working at a consulting company before joining Deekeling Arndt/AMO. She has extensive experience in corporate commu­nications, corporate responsibility, change, and crisis commu­nications. As a specialist in change manage­ment, she has a wealth of experience in dealing with different interests and target groups as well as in communicating complex business decisions in various industry contexts. She co-authored the book “Change-Kommunikation” (Change communications) with Egbert Deekeling and Dirk Barghop.

Dr Dirk Barghop is a Senior Partner. He advises companies on executive and employee communications during times of highly complex (digital) transformation and renewal processes. His specialises in developing strategic commu­nications programmes and designing executive commu­nications processes.

Dirk holds a Ph.D. in historical anthropology and produced a thesis exploring communications among the elite rulers in ancient Rome. Before embarking on his consulting career, he worked in research and teaching at third-level. Dirk is co-publisher of the books “Kommuni­kation im Corporate Change. Maß­stäbe für eine neue Management praxis” (Communications in times of corporate change. Standards for new management practice), “Kommuni­kation in der digitalen Trans­formation” (Communications in times of digital transformation), and he co-authored the book “Change-Kommunikation” (Change communications) with Egbert Deekeling and Susanne Arndt.

Michael Fuchs is a Managing Partner. He is in charge of the Design Studio and an expert in transformation, change communications and corporate branding. He supports companies through change and realignment processes. He focuses in this regard on developing visions that are the central point of orientation in times of change. Michael also works with his clients to develop storylines, corporate values and brand content that serve to raise the profile of companies with their target groups. He supports and guides the implementation of this content in terms of good design and language.

Michael worked as an editor for the Rheinische Post newspaper and was Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis Magazine. He studied media, politics and social sciences at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, where he also worked for many years as a guest lecturer.

Volker Heck is a Senior Partner. As the head of our Frankfurt offices, he is responsible for our Capital Market team of experts. His main focus is on capital market commu­nica­tions, managing regulatory and political topics and positioning of top management during phases of strategic realignment.

After graduating with a degree in economics, Volker spent more than 20 years working for energy companies and has broad-based experience of national and international lobbying. He focuses on the area of energy and the environment, having held various senior positions at the RWE energy group for many years.

Stephan Rammelt is a Managing Director and team leader at the Transformation division. A sociolo­gist by education, his consulting work focuses on digital trans­formation, strategy commu­nica­tions, restructuring and integration processes. His main areas of expertise include designing executive communications, planning and implementing measures to mobilise and involve employees as well as developing strategies for agile collaboration and leadership.

Stephan studied sociology and law in Heidelberg as well as public relations at the Bavarian Academy of Advertising and Marketing in Munich. Before joining DAA he worked at other commu­nications con­sul­tancies, covering a wide range of topics such as corporate communications, stakeholder management and crisis communications.