Our
Leadership-Team

Put your trust in our leadership experts with their many years of expertise in the areas of marketing, sales, CRM, brand management, market-oriented corporate management, marketing and sales organisations and pricing strategy.

Our competencies

Dr. Christian von Thaden

Managing Partner & CEO

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Christian von Thaden is Managing Partner and CEO and has extensive cross-industry expertise in the areas of marketing and sales organisation as well as brand management and strategy. He always acts according to the motto ‘If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got’. He spends his free time with his family, stand-up paddling on the Ruhr or cheering at BVB games.

Dr. Nicolas Nasner

Managing Partner

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Nicolas Nasner ist Managing Partner und bringt jahrelange Erfahrung in den Bereichen Marketing- und Vertriebsorganisation und Pricing mit. Mit seiner Expertise unterstützt er Unternehmen bei der Optimierung und Umsetzung von kundenorientierten Organisationen. Das humorvolle Nordlicht ist eingeschworener HSV-Fan. Den perfekten Ausgleich holt er sich bei gemeinsamer Zeit mit seinen drei Kindern und beim Badmintonspielen.

Jasmin Cornelsen has been successfully advising clients from a range of industries for several years. As an expert in customer experience, digital marketing and communication, she always combines external market and customer requirements with internal business requirements. She is particularly passionate about sustainability and social engagement. She organises the annual Christmas donation campaign and other social aid projects throughout the year. In her free time, she is also a passionate advisor for the latest culinary insider tips and trendiest bars in the city. She enjoys pursuing this passion on her numerous trips around the world.

Sonja Görlich has extensive expertise in the areas of corporate strategy, transformation and leadership, as well as brand management and marketing strategy. She primarily supports customers with issues related to growth and realignment, as well as the successful and sustainable implementation of new strategies. She likes to spend her free time in convivial gatherings with friends and family. She appreciates good restaurants just as much as a pub crawl or a visit to a beer garden.

Dr. Laura Gruber

Associate Partner

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Laura Gruber is a specialist in customer-centricity management. She works in the cross-industry consulting areas of CX management, omnichannel and touchpoint management, digital marketing strategy, customer segmentation and CRM design, as well as digital data analytics and business intelligence. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, travelling and taking part in carnival. To the chagrin of all her colleagues, she has a particular weakness for karaoke bars.

Thomas Richle Frantzen has been working as a consultant for over ten years and has extensive experience in the retail and telecommunications sectors. He specialises in growth strategies, the development of new business areas and models, pricing strategies and coaching. In addition to developing new concepts, he also ensures their successful implementation. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling and taking trips in his classic convertible.

Rebecca Castro has cross-industry experience in marketing, sales and consulting and is a specialist in brand management and strategy. She has been a passionate golfer since she was a child. She finds balance in her everyday life as a consultant in yoga or gives free rein to her creativity in artistic projects. Even the strictest diet has to give way at one of her cake tastings.

Rieke Holzapfel is an expert in corporate culture and change management with years of consulting experience in a wide range of industries. Her goal is to create a progressive working world. A world that is humane and at the same time strong enough to withstand global developments. ‘Growth is where the energy is.’ She loves to discover the world, on a small and large scale. Preferably with her family and friends. Whether at the kitchen table, on the jogging trail, in the forest or on the diving boat.

Jacqueline Sattler is head of the Marketing & Sales Organisation Practice and an expert in marketing and sales organisation, change management and collaboration models. When she is not working, she enjoys watching Loriot classics or playing golf. As a native of Munich, she regularly takes advantage of the city’s proximity to the Alps and goes hiking; always with her: her beloved furry friend.

Fabian Fischer is a cross-industry expert in strategy development and transformation. With extensive project experience in these areas, his repertoire includes marketing strategies, organisational development, target and control systems, and collaboration models. The topics are linked by close collaboration with customers and a focus on their conscious and unconscious needs. In his free time, he can be found with friends and family either on the sports field, in the mountains or in his favourite travel destination, Italy.

Elisa Kasparick is an experienced consultant who supports clients from various sectors and industries in developing sustainable marketing, sales and omnichannel strategies. Her main focus is on practical feasibility. By working closely with her clients, she develops innovative organisational solutions and inspires real mindset change. In her free time, she enjoys jogging, yoga and her hometown of Berlin. She also loves travelling the world – whether Nepal, Myanmar, China, Peru or Colombia – and is no doubt already planning her next trip.

Lisa Mertens advises clients across industries on strategic marketing and sales topics. As a generalist, she loves the variety and the growth that comes with it. Whether it’s organisation, brand, CX or digitalisation, the main thing is that working together as a team creates tangible added value and is fun. She draws strength and inspiration from nature, from her yoga mat, from the kitchen and especially from travelling with family and friends.

Matthias Saalfrank is an expert in value-generating brand strategies and brand experience management. He has many years of international experience, particularly in the financial services, B2B and pharmaceutical industries, both on the consulting and corporate side. He is particularly interested in the latest technologies related to automation, generative A.I. and growth hacking. In his free time, Matthias likes to don his work gloves – no DIY project is too ambitious for him, even if the result is not necessarily always straight as a die.

Ira Schaefers has been advising clients across a range of industries for several years. As an expert in customer experience, digital marketing and marketing strategy, she sets new standards while always keeping her clients’ goals in mind. In her free time, she can be found in the mountains with family and friends – whether on the ski slopes or hiking trails.

Benedikt Schückhaus is an organisational development, process optimisation, brand management and customer experience specialist. Prior to Batten & Company, he spent some time in the consumer goods industry, which is why it is particularly important to him that practical implementation measures are always developed alongside the strategy. He has extensive experience in numerous projects in the chemical and food industries, as well as in the financial services sector. The Cologne native loves city trips, is fascinated by architecture and is a passionate skier.

Lisa-Marie Seufert is an expert in strategic marketing and advises clients across industries on brand management, marketing strategy and change management. She specialises in international projects and the intercultural challenges that come with them. In her free time, she also loves to immerse herself in different cultures and to travel to a wide variety of countries around the world. However, there is one country that she is particularly fond of: Sweden. Here she enjoys spending balmy summer evenings in a small wooden house by the lake.

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It is the TEAM that makes the difference. The individuality and creativity of each and every Batten makes us what we are: One of the world’s leading marketing and sales strategy consultancies. We look beyond the management consulting horizon and pick up where other consultancies leave off.

Our values

Values such as team spirit, flexibility and professionalism characterize our way of working and are at the same time the basis for developing the creative and analytical potential of each individual and jointly designing the best solutions for our customers. We work in an agile, flexible, collaborative, innovative and, above all, very close to our customers. Get to know us.

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