Marion Gartner

• dwarfs & Giants, an innovative organizational consulting firm, focused on rewriting the future of organizations where companies struggle to solve complex business challenges in rapidly-changing environments. • As Transformation Consultant designed & facilitated processes where organizations are driven by purpose; decision-making is distributed to where the best know-how resides; where organizations fail/learn iteratively + people collaborate on eye-level using transparency to create better results

• Part of the Austrian x-sector Executive Board; Lead the HR team to deliver HR strategies & business partnering to the Board, GMs & leadership teams in support of businesses (Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Consumer, Production) • Responsible for the EMEA HR Executive conference to engage HR leaders around the new HR purpose in a dynamic environment • Managing an efficient HR Operation + Employee & Labor Relations: owning HR budget & HC; employee law compliance; managing all employee life-cycle events

• Lead the South Region HR team to provide HR strategic partnership to executives, mgrs & employees (400+). • Strategic partner to the South Region VP & leadership team focused on building org. & talent capabilities, driving performance culture; integrating new acquisitions (i.e. IBM server, Motorola), developing people strategies for new biz; • Managing an efficient HR Operation + Employee & Labor Relations: owning HR budget & HC; ensuring employee law compliance; managing all employee life-cycle events.

• Expanded the role to develop an Organization Development function in EMEA (incl. Russia) to support Lenovo’s strategy in driving profitable growth & gaining share to become the #1 leading personal technology company • Lead the Organization Redesign process with Senior Executives to constantly evolve EMEA’s structure to serve changing business needs • Lead the EMEA-wide restructuring initiative to drive organizational health • Lead the EMEA-wide Talent Management process to develop talent and succession

• Established an Organization Development function in Western Europe to support Lenovo’s strategy in getting a stronger presence in the WE Consumer Market • Advisor to the WE Business Leaders to diagnose and solve issues related to structure, processes, culture and people • HR M&A Lead for WE to drive a multi-year HR integration effort post the acquisition of Medion Plc.

• Key role in developing a global Organization Development function; building an effective interface between the Headquarter organization which develops corporate programs & guidelines and the local HR partners to execute on them. • Shaped a global Executive Learning Program for 300 Executives to upgrade leadership skills & capabilities required to achieve Lenovo’s vision.

• Established a new Change & Organizational Development unit to design a new performance management system in support of the new leadership & performance culture and educated the bank’s leadership team in its performance management goals, process and mechanics. • Project-managed the annual HR Review process with the American shareholder focused on HR strategies, organizational effectiveness initiatives, senior leadership assessment, succession planning, and emerging talent development programs

• Key advisor and sparring partner to the CEO, the new Anglo-American leadership team, and the HR Managing Director to introduce a performance-based leadership culture and values in a traditional Austrian, previously trade-union owned bank. • Developed and implemented a bank-wide Leader Pulse Survey to understand the leader’s attitudes towards the new American owner; took the lead in analyzing and interpreting results for the Managing Board and derived an action plan.

• Member of a large cultural change project; became a key advisor to the new American HR Managing Director responsible for developing a performance-based culture in a traditional Austrian bank. • Primary interface between Deloitte and the client to shape and coordinate project streams based on client’s needs.

• Member of the Senior Management Integration Committee assigned to the cultural integration of the merging of two Swiss insurance companies. • Designed and implemented specific employee-focused initiatives to maintain employee motivation and morale during the merger integration of the two corporations.

Speciality: Human Resource Management; Labour Markets and Educational Systems

Exchange study

Speciality: Investment Consultancy and Corporate Finance Organizational Development and Human Resources

Specialized in: Intercultural Pedagogy; Reform Pedagogy Study exchange at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (United Kingdom)