Christoph Lenhartz
Christoph Lenhartz is General Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Pinnacle Strategies. He oversees all EMEA business operations, including business development, resource management, and project delivery. In addition to running Pinnacle's Norway and Germany offices, he is spearheading expansion of the company's EMEA efforts. He leads a team of international experts who assist Pinnacle's clients in making substantial and sustainable improvements in operations and performance.
Mr. Lenhartz joined Pinnacle Strategies in 2012 from VISTEM where, as Chief Operations Officer, he was responsible for all aspects of project delivery. He has more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience helping clients including Deutsche Post, DHL, General Motors, Swisscom, and Hewlett-Packard significantly improve their bottom lines. As part of this he developed Business System Optimization, a method to improve organizational processes, policies, and structure to achieve strategic corporate objectives including expanded market share, market leadership, and profitability. His expertise also includes post-merger integration of supply chain operations for major international groups.
He serves on the boards of TOCICO, the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (Chairman 2012/2013) and the Eliyahu M. Goldratt Foundation.
Mr. Lenhartz is a sought-after speaker on business and operations strategies and has written numerous articles on subjects such as profitable growth strategies, project management, continuous improvement, business and performance management.
He holds a graduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Essen in Germany and a MBA from Clemson University (USA). He has also pursued Engineering Management studies at Washington State University (USA). He is a member of APICS (Association for Operations Management) and the German Federal Association of Economists and Business Managers