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team

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team

Marco Diefenbach

Senior Project Manager

“The fascinating thing about our work is when we get to the heart of a matter via apparent trivialities.”

What colleagues say about him:
“When the salon celebrates, Marco transforms from a project manager to full-blooded artist.”

Isabel Keidel

Junior Project Manager

“After spending my childhood and youth in Lower Franconia, and after my studies in Cologne, Berlin was at the top of my list. But the salon and morphology showed me that you can start anew anywhere.”

What colleagues say about her:
“If you need some creativity, go to Keidel’s idea factory.”

Christine Liebers

Senior Project Manager

“Yeah – it’s that simple.”

What colleagues say about her:
“The salon got Christine out of Hamburg, but could not get Hamburg out of Christine.”

Hannah Neibecker

Digital Marketing Assistant

“Qualitative research never really excited me – but then I got to know the salon, and what can I say, I came to stay.”

What colleagues say about her:
„Neibecker – Excel-Checker.“

Lukas Struwe

Junior Project Manager

“Nowhere else can you immerse yourself so intensely in other lifeworlds that you would otherwise never get to know.”

What colleagues say about him:
“Lukas is McMealPrep – always the one who is best prepared for the lunch break.”

Karin Klumpp

Head of Field Management

“I know how the cat jumps!”

What colleagues say about her:
“If you’ve never eaten Karin’s cheese spätzle, you can’t claim to have EVER eaten cheese spätzle.”

Anja Boenke

Assistant to the Management

“More is more – variety is the spice of life.”

What colleagues say about her:
“Anja knows everything. And if she doesn’t know something, she knows who does.”

Erik Mühlfarth

System Administrator

“Wisdom is the ability to constantly reevaluate your knowledge, experiences, and emotional experiences.

What colleagues say about him:
“Mr. Mühlfarth’s office can be described as a branch of Media Markt.”

Claudia Schwalm

Fieldmanagement

“I’d love to be on time, but that would confuse everyone!”

What colleagues say about her:

“Dog, cat, mouse? Yes, of course! But also swan, donkey, and pigeon! Claudia is passion about ensuring the wellbeing of all animals – including, of course, the salon lions.”

Tilman Imdahl

Student Employee


“I hate sayings. I take care of the technology – and stuff like that.”

What colleagues say about him:
“Tilman is our direct line to youth language.”

Dr. Wolfram Domke

Head of the rheingold Academy

“Et es, wie et es – Nix bliev, wie et wor.” (An expression in the Cologne dialect meaning “It is what it is – and nothing stays the same as before.)

What colleagues say about him:
“Mr. Domke is still looking for a fairy tale that fits the FC Köln football club.”