A Team of Experts

Wilh. Werhahn KG is the headquarter of the corporate group and is structured into ten central departments that provide specialized services – for the holding company, the group companies, the employees, the family shareholders, and the board of directors. Together as a team.
The colleagues are experts in their field. Their collaboration is essential, so we place great value on sustainable working relationships and maintain a respectful interaction with each other.

Ali Acet
Ali AcetSenior Manager Corporate Controlling
Since April 2023, I have been part of the Werhahn Group – an environment where entrepreneurial thinking and family values go hand in hand. As Senior Manager Controlling, I appreciate the proximity to top management, the diversity of strategic issues, and the opportunity to actively contribute to the further development of the group. What motivates me the most is the open exchange, the interaction at eye level, and the chance to create real added value with well-founded analyses. Here, not only the result counts, but also the way to get there.
Eva Bergschneider
Eva BergschneiderManager Sustainability Department
I am Eva, 30 years old, and I joined Werhahn in October 2020 as an executive assistant. While working, I completed my master’s degree in International Management until February 2022. I am now working as a Sustainability Manager. Since I enjoy taking on professional challenges, I greatly appreciate that Werhahn has given me the opportunity to engage in this new area of responsibility. From the beginning, I have received exceptional support from the company, my supervisors, and colleagues. Regular feedback discussions and the effort to promote young talents in their professional development have always been of great importance. Due to our diversified structure in the corporate areas of consumer goods, building materials, and financial services, the corporate structure at Werhahn is very complex but offers extremely exciting insights into different industries and working methods. Working in an international environment and collaborating across the group with our business areas always opens up new perspectives and motivates us to tackle new challenges together.
Jan Helge Meyer
Jan Helge MeyerHead of Corporate Development/M&A
Even before Werhahn, my professional stations were characterized by my preference for diversification: I appreciate the extraordinary breadth of the task spectrum, which results from various markets, products, and business models. At Werhahn, diversification also shapes my work and has kept it varied since I joined in early 2020: There are few companies that spread their activities so broadly between the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors – but at the same time, they are successful in all fields in the long term, thus providing a counterexample to the “pure doctrine” of focus. The diversity of business models also brings a great variety of very different characters, which makes for an interesting and varied, sometimes challenging, everyday life.
Michael Wilms
Michael WilmsTeam Leader Tax Department
My name is Michael Wilms (36), and I have been working in the tax department for nine years, currently as Team Leader Tax Compliance. As an active business partner, I support our business areas in their entrepreneurial activities – worldwide! The broad orientation of the group requires expertise in almost all areas of German and international tax law. Collegial cooperation and the individual focuses and experiences of each person are our recipe for success! We drill the “thick boards” across departments in interdisciplinary teams and examine the topics from all sides. Having to look beyond one’s own horizon and understand or even anticipate the topics of other areas makes my job exciting day by day.