Herwig Haunschmid

Herwig Haunschmid
Senior Consultant
herwig.haunschmid@cdiconsult.com

Herwig Haunschmid has managed research & development and industrial enterprises throughout his career. He gained experience in several sectors and industries, such as steel production and plant engineering, mechatronics, automation, logistics and cement. In addition to successful organic growth he has acquired and integrated a number of companies.

Education

System oriented management at the Management centre in St. Gallen

Career

Horst Wiesinger Consulting GmbH
Managing Director

voestalpine Krems Finaltechnik GmbH
Managing Director

vatron gmbh
Managing Director

VOEST-ALPINE Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
Business Unit Manager

Experience

30 years of industry experience, thereof 25 years as senior official and 17 years as Managing Director
Numerous buy-side M&A projects
Chairmanship of supervisory boards of subsidiaries
Extensive international and intercultural experience in almost every industrialized country with a clear understanding of economic and geopolitical contexts to derive forecasts and appropriate strategies
Broad technical knowledge and large personal network to many specialists and stakeholders in the respective industry sectors
Speaker at international conferences on technical innovations and topics of the global economy
Professional focus: steel industry, plant engineering, mechatronics, automation, feedback control systems (control technology), sensor technology, R&D, start-ups, logistics and cement industry