Dr. Harald Kollmann

Strategy Leader | Public Sector & Corporate Transformation | Shaping Future-Ready Organizations

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

Leitung Strategie | Wiener Stadtwerke I lead the Strategy Department of Wiener Stadtwerke, one of Austria’s largest public infrastructure groups. My team comprises 16 professionals in three teams across Corporate Strategy, ESG and selected Strategic Capability Fields (Health Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Accessibility). My primary mandate is the design and implementation of a group-level strategic framework across 11 operating companies spanning five business areas: Mobility, Energy, IT, Real Estate, and Burial/Cemetery Services. In line with the Holding’s evolving role as a management holding, this framework establishes an additional strategic layer that enhances strategic steering capability and enables coherent strategy communication at group level, informing CEO-level dialogue on strategic transformation priorities. My approach to strategy is strongly shaped by my background in organizational design and target operating model work in consulting. I view strategy and organization as interdependent: effective strategy requires structural clarity, defined governance mechanisms and implementation logic. Having worked extensively on innovation and venture-related topics, I integrate renewal, technological trends and transformation dynamics into strategic thinking in a structured and methodical way. While operating in a municipally rooted environment, I strongly value international benchmarks and peer exchange. Even where business models are locally anchored, external comparison and global dialogue remain essential sources of strategic perspective. Previously: BCG, Bain & Company, Chief of Staff to the CEO of ÖBB. Doctorate in International Business (focus: cross-border venture capital). Education in Business and Business Law (WU Vienna), with international programs at LSE and UT Austin.

Experience

  • Head of Strategy at Wiener Stadtwerke GmbH
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Leitung Strategie

  • WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (Vienna, Austria)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher | International Business
      Oct 2022 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Research on International Strategy, Innovation, and Organization in the context of Venture Capital Two publications in leading journals: Global Strategy Journal, International Business Review

    • Doctoral Researcher | International Business
      Mar 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Research on International Strategy, Innovation, and Organization in the context of Venture Capital

  • Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
    Feb 2019 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Focus on Mobility & Organizational Design

  • ÖBB (Vienna, Austria)
    • Project Manager to the CEO
      Oct 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

      ÖBB-Holding AG | Leading large innovation & digital transformation projects

    • Assistant to the CEO
      Apr 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      ÖBB-Holding AG | Chief of Staff role

  • Bain & Company (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)
    • Senior Associate Consultant
      Apr 2014 - Jan 2015 · 10 mos

      Focus on Organizational Design & Change Management

    • Associate Consultant
      Jan 2013 - Mar 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Focus on Supply Chain Strategy & Design, Sales Strategy & Transformation, Organizational Design & Headquarter Re-Location