Office Hamburg

Matthias Wirth joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants at the turn of the millennium. In 2003, Manuel Konen and Arne Lorenzen appointed him as first additional Partner and Managing Director.

Following his apprenticeship in a Relais & Chateaux Hotel as a cook, Matthias was eager to gain additional experience in various other departments in the hotel business. He therefore continued on his career path first as Management Assistant at Steinberger Hotels & Resorts and afterwards as Human Resources Manager for Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts. During his studies in Economy, Matthias developed his taste for crunching the numbers, which helped him tremendously in becoming the undisputed expert in taking care of all finance related issues. But Matthias is also a people-Person, who highly appreciates the daily exchange with clients and applicants. And if there is one thing he cares more about than business, it is the weekly results of his favorite football team, FC Bayern München.

Fun fact: Family, football and skiing

Motto: Never give up! Always keep moving forward!

Ulrich Wilhelm started at Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in 2004 and has been Partner and Managing Director since 2013.

Ulrich played a significant role in setting up our office in Dubai. In 2009, he switched to our office in Switzerland and relocated to Düsseldorf with his family in 2013. Before he started at Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants, Ulrich had always travelled a lot. After his apprenticeships as a cook and in Restaurant Management, he has worked for a number of hotels of the ‘Leading Hotels of the World’ group. He had also been, among other things, Food & Beverage Manager at the The Orchards Hotel in Williamstown, MA, in the United States, and Director of Food & Beverage at the Kempinski Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Hotel Business is his passion, and with his worldwide experience and network of contacts, he is able to connect customers and applicants successfully. Ulrich is no longer a globetrotter, but now enjoys travelling for vacation with his family.

Fun fact: Anything related to cuisine, good wine, good food and quality time with his family

Motto: Our heads are round, so that thoughts can change direction.

Antje-Katrin Scheller joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in 2006 and supports our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe.

Antje-Katrin is a specialist when it comes to Rooms Division. Before she came to Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants, she had already worked in the same field at the Four Seasons Hotels on Hawaii and The Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg. She finished her studies in Business Administration with a diploma in Tourism & Marketing. Today Antje-Katrin focuses on helping others with their career, for which she uses her own experiences. She is not only a reliable contact person for her clients and applicants, but she is also appreciated by her colleagues for her honesty and commitment.

Fun fact: Spending time with her children, travelling with family and friends, sewing, going out for dinner, working in the garden, skiing

Motto: per aspera ad astra

After completing her apprenticeship in hotel management Kirsten worked in Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland. She joined the Konen & Lorenzen family in August 2008 after visiting the hotel management school in Berlin. Since then she proofed her versatility and flexibility by fulfilling a variety of positions as Office Manager or Consultant for the teams Admin, Rooms and Executive. She is a passionate networker and likes to pair people, who otherwise possibly never met for successful cooperations.

Fun Fact: Family & Friends, travelling, culture and good food

Motto: Never catch to stop, never stop to begin. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Malu Lopez joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in July 2015 straight from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom with a Master of Science in Business and Management.

As Consultant, Malu supports our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe. For clients, applicants and colleagues she is a competent and reliable contact person. In addition, she is fast, nimble and always “on the ball” – she puts all her energy into her job. After previous stays in Spain, Great Britain and the Netherlands, her next destinations will be Namibia and Tanzania. Fortunately for us, this will only be for her holidays, and on returning she will have lots of exciting stories to tell.

Fun fact: She loves rollercoasters.

Motto: Love it, leave it or change it.

Maresa von Eynern joined our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe at Konen & Lorenzen as Consultant in November 2018.

After an apprenticeship in the hotel industry, Maresa completed a degree in business administration with a focus on Hospitality Management. She occupied various Sales & Marketing positions e.g. at Le Mériden Piccadilly London and worked her way up to Executive Assistant. She has been in charge of career fairs and various recruiting events at the YOURCAREERGROUP for over 8 years. When it comes to promoting our Hospitality industry to young graduates and managers, Maresa works hard and with enthusiasm to match companies with talents. She combines her good knowledge of the industry and her networking skills with charm and empathy.

Fun fact: My both sons, activities with family and friends, at last doing sports and seeing London again

Motto: Happiness is not about having little or no difficulties, it is about overcoming them victoriously and gloriously (Carl Hilty)

Holger Kaysers-Rothmund has been supporting the Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe since August 2019 as a Consultant.

After completing his apprenticeship as a hotel expert in the Münchner Königshof, Geiselhotels, he studied International hotel management at the IUBH. Following this, he was able to gain and expand his experience and knowledge in private hotels as well as national and international chain hotels such as Motel One, InterContinental (IHG), Max Brown (EHPC) and Ruby through various positions in Sales and most recently as a Hotel Manager. With passion and enthusiasm, Holger lived his role as a host and is now looking forward to using his knowledge and experience to bring candidates and clients together successfully.

Fun Fact: Family, Friends, juggling, sailing

Motto:  “Successful careers are not planned. They arise when people seize opportunities because they know their strengths.” Peter F. Drucker

Vanessa Tönges joined the Konen & Lorenzen family in April 2019 to support our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe as a Junior Consultant.

After graduating from high school, Vanessa moved to the other end of the world and lived in Australia for almost one year. She returned back to Germany to complete her apprenticeship in the hotel business at Lindner Hotels & Resorts, which sparked her passion for working with many different personalities in the hotel industry. After four years in various Sales positions with different Lindner Hotels, Vanessa left the company as Sales Manager and deputy head of department, to fulfill her lifelong dream, returning to Australia to improve her language skills. With fresh spirit and full of go, she is now back in Dusseldorf, supporting Konen & Lorenzen as a Junior Consultant.

Fun Fact: Travelling (leaving the continent at least once a year), visiting restaurants, reading, amusement parks, sports, game nights

Motto: If you can dream it, you can do it. (Walt Disney)

Wencke Haltern joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in January 2016.

Wencke started her career with an apprenticeship at the InterContinental in Düsseldorf and stayed at the hotel afterwards as a Guest Service Manager for additional 2 years, before she has joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants as Team Assistant for our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe. Wencke supports her consultants in all administrative tasks and ensures a smooth workflow every day. Furthermore, she is a very communicative and bright girl, which makes her a popular contact person for clients, candidates and the whole team.

Fun Fact: Exploring nature, travelling, riding

Motto: Be You, not Them!

Lina Siepmann supports our Team Executive & Rooms Division Europe since November 2018 as Team Assistant.

After successfully completing her hotel education at Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Lina worked in Front Office and Event Sales at Hyatt Cologne, Hyatt Düsseldorf and recently at Andaz London. After her stay abroad in London, Lina moved back home and started as a Team Assistant in the Team Executive Europe at Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants.

Fun fact: travel, sport, friends & family

Motto: It’s not enough to want – you have to do it.

Jens Körner joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in spring 2015 after years of working in China, and has since then been supporting our Team F&B.

If you ask Jens which countries he likes the most, it is not without reason that he mainly names Asian countries. For almost 8 years, Jens lived in Shanghai, where he gained a lot of experience in the fields of Food & Beverage, Event Management and Catering at an Asian gastronomy company to which, among others, the Paulaner Bräuhaus Shanghai and KÄFER by The Binjiang One belong. You would think that even though he spent so many years in a world metropolis, moving to Düsseldorf would be enough of a contrast. But not for Jens. He could not wait to leave this busy city life behind and he found a house for himself and his family in the rural Lower Rhine region.

Fun fact: Spending quality time with his family and travelling to unspoilt places

Motto: Aphorisms cause reactions – sometimes it is just the shaking of heads.

Julia Lachmann supports our Team F&B since February 2017 as Senior Consultant / Assistant Head of Team F&B Europe .

After she has finished her apprenticeship as a hotel professional at Swissôtel Düsseldorf / Neuss, she worked there for further two and a half years in the position of the F&B Assistant. At the same time, she realized a diploma in hotel management to intensify her practical knowledge. Afterwards she came to Konen & Lorenzen. For her it is very much fun to keep the daily contact to our applicants and clients. In this way, you experience the gastronomy and hotel business every day in a new perspective. Her colleagues cherish her charming, funny and pleasant manner what makes her to not only a professional, but also a personal enrichment for our F&B team.

Fun Fact: Fitness, cooking, travelling

Motto: When the winds of change blow stronger, some will fortify their walls, others build sailing ships.

Maximilian Brünnette has been a Consultant with our Team F&B Europe at Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants since August 2018.

After completing his apprenticeship in hotel business at the Maritim Hotel next to the Airport in Düsseldorf, Maximilian joined the prestigious Hotel Breidenbacher Hof, where he was in charge for banquet, catering and restaurant service. In 2017 Maximilian felt like supplementing his operational experience with a corresponding academic education and decided to study Tourism-, Hotel- and Eventmanagement at the University Fresenius.

Fun Fact: Good food, good music, exploring the world

Motto: He who stops being better stops being good!

Our specialist in Sales & Marketing, has been in the Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants team since 2003. He became Partner in 2004 and Managing Director in 2013.

Hendrik has a great passion for travelling, and his favourite destination is the USA. Therefore, after finishing his apprenticeship in Hotel Management at the Grand Elysée Hotel in Hamburg, he first went to Florida. Then, after graduating with an M.A. (Magister Artium) in Applied Culture Sciences, he went to California to gain work experience. Subsequently, he started his career as a Recruitment Consultant in a number of renowned companies in Ludwigsburg and Düsseldorf.  Afterwards he returned to his hometown Hamburg to set up our office and his team. As a proper citizen of Hamburg, he is also a loyal fan of the football team Hamburger SV.

Fun fact: Travelling, friends and family

Motto: Don’t underestimate people, who make a step backwards. They might be preparing a run-up.

Norman Bloemberg joined Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in Hamburg as Senior Consultant for our Team Commercial Europe in June 2008 and is Head of department since December 2016.

Norman is a likeable maverick and therefore our allround trouble-shooter in the Hamburg office. In addition to his daily search for the missing puzzle piece for his clients, he is a sought-after contact person for any issues concerning IT, as well as for any concerns, wishes and enquiries of any kind. His many years of experience help him to advise our applicants on their careers. After finishing his studies in Hotel Management, he worked for several hotels of the Marriott International Hotel Group in the area of Sales & Marketing, and recently as Director of Sales in Berlin.

Fun fact: Family and his motorbike

Motto: Be yourself!

Sabine Ahlbrecht supports Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants as Senior Consultant of our Team Commercial Europe in Hamburg. She joined the company in July 2003.

Sabine is one of the longest-standing employees at Konen & Lorenzen, and was significantly involved in the setting up of our office in Hamburg. For many years, she has brought clients and applicants together, and she still enjoys getting to know new people and being able to give them career advice based on her own experience. Prior to starting at Konen & Lorenzen, she had already been active in the area of recruitment and marketing. She gained her expertise through years of experience in the hotel business and her studies of Cultural Science with a major in Business Economics, Tourism & Marketing.

Fun fact: Having a relaxing time with family and friends.

Motto: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

Miriam Rilling started at Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants as Office Manager in February 2013, and is now Head of Recruiter, working for our Team Commercial Europe in Hamburg.

When Miriam joined Konen & Lorenzen, she could already look back on some exciting steps in her career. After her apprenticeship in Hotel Management in Eisenach, Germany, she moved to New York, where she had held several positions in the Front Office area as well as in the tourism sector. Some years later, she completed her studies in Hotel Management and moved to the Maldives. Her wish list still includes a trip to India and we are eager to see when she sets off with her family.

Fun fact: Spending quality time with family and friends, culture and cuisine

Motto: Stay positive, be strong and focus on your dreams.

Henrik Lange supports our Team Commercial since August 2015.

Quite soon, it became obvious to all colleagues that he is a charming, open and hearty man from the North of Germany. A “bad mood” is something unknown to him. All these qualities made it possible for him to gain a firm foothold in Sales. On finishing his apprenticeship at Hotel Louis C. Jacob in Hamburg, and after an internship at Park Hyatt Washington D.C., he went to Zürich where he was responsible for the Event and Sales department of Park Hyatt Zürich. But his hometown Hamburg was calling, which is why he moved back there and strengthened the Cluster Sales Team of both Marriott International Hotels before he started at Konen & Lorenzen. He shares his passion for Hamburg and the football team Hamburger SV with some colleagues, but the title of the most passionate sports fanatic is his alone.

Fun fact: Football, family and travelling

Motto: Never judge a book by its cover.

Wilfried Stübchen started with Konen & Lorenzen Recruitment Consultants in October 2013 as Senior Consultant for our Team Dubai and supports now our Team Commercial Europe.

Prior joining Konen & Lorenzen, Wilfried was with Jumeirah Group for many years in Global Sales and on property based in Germany and the UAE. His association to the diversified Middle Eastern culture and multi-national community kindled his enthusiasm to work for our office in Dubai. Wilfried has in-depth expertise in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Revenue/Distribution and Rooms Division, and is in the possession of an extensive network of partners, which today are of great benefit to his applicants and clients.

Fun fact: Tennis and football

Motto: If you don’t try, you will never fly.