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Katharina Baran

Katharina Baran

Katharina Baran, born in 1981, holds a degree in education specializing in adult education from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

She started her career in 2006 at the METRO Group, where she initially worked in various operational HR roles.

In 2011 she moved to the Elevator division of the thyssenkrupp Group. She held various management positions there for strategic and operational units in different HR disciplines as well as having significant responsibility for the global realignment of the HR organization.

In 2017, she was appointed as Managing Director and CHRO for the Europe/Africa region. In addition, she acted as Labor Relations Director and was responsible for the Legal and Health & Safety departments. After the sale and spin-off of the Elevator division from the thyssenkrupp Group, she supported the transformation of TK Elevator Europe Africa into an independent unit on the HR side, for example by establishing expert centers and a shared service center.

Katharina Baran is married and lives near Düsseldorf with her family.

2001 Degree in Education at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2006Human Resources, Recruitment & Legal Affairs,
METRO SYSTEMS GmbH
2007Human Resources, Training & Management Development,
METRO SYSTEMS GmbH
2008Head of Human Resources & Development department,
METRO SYSTEMS GmbH
2011Manager for Management Development, thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
2013Head of the global training organization “SEED Campus” and Head of Management Development,
thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
2015Head of HR Business Partner & HR Transformation,
thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
2017Chief Human Resources Officer and Labor Relations Director, Europe & Africa,
thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
2020Chief Human Resources Officer and Labor Relations Director, Europe & Africa, TK Elevator GmbH
2023Member of the Executive Board of TÜV Rheinland AG since October 15

Last updated: October 2023

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