Roland Berger Partners count on continuity in vote for new management team and agree consulting package for the corona crisis

• With new management, Roland Berger is capitalizing on proven minds from all established consulting fields and regions.
• Supporting customers in current crisis and reactivating economic performance are the focus of consulting approaches.

Munich, March 2020: On March 27^th, as scheduled, the approximately 250 Roland Berger Partners from 35 countries elected a new management and supervisory board at the first purely virtual Partner Meeting in the company's history. In light of the corona pandemic, the Partners also agreed a comprehensive consulting package to support clients during the current crisis. The focus of the package was predominantly on the question of how to reactivate economic performance in a controlled manner. In the western world, this will have to take place at a point in time when the corona virus has not yet been completely defeated.

The new Board of Managing Directors, elected for a four-year term, consists of, Marcus Berret, Denis Depoux and Stefan Schaible – all proven faces from the current leadership team. Stefan Schaible will assume the function of Global Managing Partner and Spokesman of the Board of Managing Directors. The Board of Managing Directors and Roland Berger's newly elected Supervisory Board, which consists of Laurent Benarousse, Sascha Haghani, Robert Henske, Yvonne Ruf and René Seyger, represent the diversity of the consultancy across all established fields of expertise and regions.

Stefan Schaible, Global Managing Partner and Spokesman Board of Managing Directors, views the fast and proactive support of customers in the current situation as the consultancy’s top priority: “The spread of the coronavirus is putting our societies and the global economy through an unprecedented test. The protection of the population, in particular of at-risk groups, is the first priority. That is why the worldwide ban on contact and the rescue measures for companies are absolutely the right move. However, the question of how we can boost economic output in a controlled manner is already an important one. In concrete terms, this means protecting the workforce in such a way that production and services can be broadly resumed. This requires a social tour de force in terms of the availability of corona tests, protective suits, breathing masks, disinfectants etc. and the rapid implementation of corona-compatible work processes. German companies with their excellent production know-how are called upon here to first supply the health care system in full and then gradually enable other companies to ramp up their operations. We are contributing to this with our “protected ramp-up” approach, which focuses on human and economic factors.”

Thanks to its broad setup of industries, Roland Berger is currently providing many clients with acute support in response to the economic impact of the corona pandemic. These days, many companies are setting up so-called Emergency Rooms and 360-degree check-ups. Ad hoc measures are primarily aimed at avoiding liquidity shortage, securing the confidence of investors and banks, and, if necessary, securing government aid. With its proven experience in restructuring and corporate performance improvement, and its established industrial expertise in key industries, Roland Berger advises on sensitive decisions that safeguard business, enabling companies to cut costs in the short term while maintaining their growth potential. The services described above are available remotely, as is appropriate to the situation.

Roland Berger's globally integrated consulting fields allow it to bring together impressions from international market and industry trends. With analyses on the economic impact of COVID-19, the consultancy is outlining possible scenarios and helping companies assess the consequences of the crisis. Based on these findings, companies work with Roland Berger experts to develop industry-specific, regional solutions for acute operational challenges and define responses to medium-term changes in the business environment, ensuring that competitiveness can be secured sustainably.

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