Team

How New Angles works:
  • From the outside in
  • From the future to the present
  • From the system to levers of change
  • From understanding to insights
  • From principles to action

Partners & Associates

New Angles partners are business people, experienced at Board and senior management level, and are all faculty members of international business schools. We know what it is like to be inside a company managing budgets, projects… and stakeholders.

We understand the short-term pressures managers are under. We know how hard it can be to change business-as-usual thinking. Our job is to make it easier for you to change yours.

Margareta Barchan, Partner

Margareta Barchan specializes in the human side of organisational change. She founded Celemi, a global leader in business simulations and the global youth organisation, Pioneers of Change. She has more than 30 years' experience helping business leaders accomplish their strategic goals and is an affiliate professor in Sustainability at Lorange Institute of Business in Zurich.

Martin Frick, Associate

Dr. Martin Frick is an experienced diplomat and political advisor. He served inter alia as European negotiator for the UN Human Rights Council,as Cabinet Affairs Advisor to German Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and as director for Kofi Annan‘s Global Humanitarian Forum. Martin holds a PhD in law and a diploma in sciences politiques.

Mark Schumacher, Associate

Mark Schumacher has broad international experience in the management of companies in change and transition, brand building and consolidation, as well as product and service development. He has worked for Swatch, LVMH and Nestlé in Europe and the United States. Mark holds an MBA from the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne and a Masters in Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of Geneva.

Martin Thomas, Associate

Martin Thomas MA, MSc, FCIS, FCMA has lived on four continents, speaks French, Spanish and Dutch. Headed Global Planning and was CFO of national subsidiaries for Unilever, then divisional MD, Tate & Lyle. Consults on financial control and strategy. Contributing author to “Business Planning For Turbulent Times”.

Philippe Krenzer, Partner

Philippe Krenzer is a change management specialist with 20 years of experience working for some of the world’s most famous hotels, including: Oberoi (Bali), Claridge’s (London), The Savoy (London) as Hotel Manager and the Hôtel de Crillon (Paris) as General Manager. He is adjunct professor and pedagogical director in Executive Education at HEC business school in Paris.

Jacob Mayne, Partner

Jacob Mayne specialises in organisational change and innovation. He had 20 years’ experience at Unilever, with senior posts in business development, brand strategy, innovation and human resources in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. He is an executive and group coach and adjunct professor in change strategy at HEC Paris Executive Education.

Katja Subrizi-Wessling, Associate

Katja applies systems thinking and skillful design as she coaches and facilitates organisations and individuals toward responsible business practices. She works with both practical and strategic initiatives in business and non-profits. She holds an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice from University of Bath and is a KaosPilot.