About Benjamin
Interim Manager & Business Sparring Partner for organizations and leadership teams in transition, growth, and transformation phases.
What I do
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Previous Mandates (Selection)
Qualifications
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Basic
Experience
- Benjamin Ott - Advisory & CoachingSelf-employedCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2025 - Today (10 months)München, GermanyI take on responsibility in transition, growth, and transformation phases – both in building new businesses and markets, and in stabilizing, realigning, and further developing existing organizations.My focus is on combining strategic business development with operational implementation: I clarify decision-making and role logic, build sustainable structures, and ensure that organizations remain capable of action, grow, and achieve impact.My focus: I work where responsibility is unclear, decisions are stalled, and implementation power is lacking.
- Selected Advisory GmbHInterim Manager & Business Sparring PartnerCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2023 - Today (3 years and 7 months)Munich, Germany
- Sparring for management and leadership teams on strategic decision-making, market changes, and reorganizations.
- Clarification of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes in complex organizations.
- Assumption of temporary leadership and results responsibility in interim mandates.
- Translation of business models and strategies into concrete implementation architectures (organization, roles, processes, steering).
- Clarification of responsibilities, decision paths, and priorities to ensure speed, focus, and stability simultaneously.
- Moderation of critical leadership and conflict situations with a focus on decision-making and progress, not on process maintenance.
Mandates (Selection)
- Financial Services – Go-to-Market strategy and restructuring of marketing/sales, with role allocation and priorities to accelerate operational implementation.
- Energy/Green Electricity – Interim assignment for realignment of leadership and structures, readjustment of roles and priorities, and stabilization of the organization during a transition phase.
- Health-Tech – Executive Business Sparring to sharpen market, product, and pricing logic, as well as to clarify responsibilities and collaboration within management and the team.
- Consulting – Strategic and operational sparring to refine positioning, marketing, and growth logic, as well as their operational translation.
- The Brand Power Company (WPP)Managing Director DACH/EUPRESS AND MEDIAJanuary 2018 - October 2024 (6 years and 9 months)London, United Kingdom
- Building and scaling the DACH region (New Market Rollout) including P&L responsibility (double-digit million revenue).
- Leading interdisciplinary teams in an international matrix setup.
- Member of the global leadership team with responsibility for transformation, governance, and leadership standards in Europe.
- Development and implementation of market entry, organization, and rollout models for new markets.
- Steering growth, structure, and performance in a dynamic corporate environment.
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Education
- Systemic Coach (DCV certified) DiplomaKompetenz Zentrum Coaching - Anja Mumm202414 Monatige Ausbildung zum systemischen Coach
- Diploma in Media EconomicsRheinische Fachhochschule Köln20114 Jähriger Diplom Studiengang mit Schwerpunkt internationales Marketing & Kommunikation