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"Interim manager is not a profession you pursue, it is more of an activity you choose, and I would say that the right time to do so is when you are no longer striving for a career, but when you merely want success. It's really true: Pursuing a career you reach a stage when it loses the importance it had for you at the beginning, because you have already proven yourself. But taking a task to a successful conclusion – that is a feeling that never loses its relevance."
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Barth, former board member at Dresdner Bank (responsible for IT), Associated Partner of Atreus GmbH and Atreus Manager, most recently as CIO of Versatel AG
"I don't think that interim managers take their projects to a successful conclusion more quickly because they are better managers. The advantage they have lies more in their focus: Interim managers are committed to their assignment and their client, not to internal company conventions, customs or alliances. In many companies the argumentation is too often based on the past instead of looking forward to the future and at getting the best results."
Karl Kornwolf, Atreus Manager of many years standing, most recently COO of Tele Columbus GmbH
"The long term: That is of course an important part of what I do, but I don't have to link my personal development to that of any one given company for the long term. If you lay down foundations in a company you have to quickly gain an idea of where you want it to lead, and although my interim assignments always require long-term and strategically-oriented thought and action, I start making the short and long-term decisions and doing the activities that are required immediately, more or less the day I arrive. That is what I am hired to do.“
Susanne Momberg, former CFO at CCR AG, working for Atreus as a CFO on various interim assignments since 2007
"To really make a difference, that's what drives me. When one of the Atreus Partners asked me several years ago whether I could imagine working as an interim manager, I wasn't convinced at first. Today I am very glad he managed to talk me into it. Now I can devote myself entirely to assignments in which I have a wealth of experience and considerable proven successes. Since starting as an interim manager, I haven't had just one dream job but a series of them – again and again, one after the other"
Marc M. Bamberger, Atreus Manager of many years' standing,currently CFO of Armacell International Holding GmbH, an investment of Investcorp International.