Katharina Baeck

Empowering people & organizations through strategic HR consulting – with drive, empathy and a true spirit of partnership.

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

About

Leadership and broad HR experience across functions and industries, with a strong focus on strategic business partnering. What drives me: understanding business, enabling people, shaping culture and making change happen – with clarity, consistency and impact.

Experience

  • Human Resources Consultant at Katharina Baeck - Consulting: People/Culture/Coaching
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Persönliche Zielverfolgung at Career Break
    Jun 2025 - Dec 2025 · 7 mos

    Planned professional break focused on professional and personal development. During this time, I began a certified systemic business coaching program and volunteered at MAhL ZEIT, a day center for people experiencing homelessness in Hamburg. These experiences strengthened my coaching mindset and reinforced my commitment to human-centered, impact-driven work.

  • Head of Human Resources EMEA (VP) & Ex. Director Global HRBP at Evident Scientific
    Apr 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Strategic advisor, coach and trusted partner/Steer carve-out from Olympus to Evident and build up a new HR Department / Leading and facilitating multiple business restructurings/ Collaborate closely with regional HR leads and global Centers of Excellence to align and implement global initiatives and drive harmonisation of HR processes

  • Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG (6 yrs)
    • Head of HR Scientific Solutions Division
      Feb 2022 - Apr 2022 · 3 mos

      Steer the carve-out from Olympus to Evident and build up the HR department in EMEA Managing recruitments to ramp up of the new business/ Standardizing and optimizing HR core processes/ Outsourcing of Payroll

    • HR Business Partner
      May 2016 - Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      strategic business parterning with core functions and leaders for DACH and EMEA. Connecting HR strategy between EMEA and global whilst implementing and driving local initiatives like workforce planning, talent management, reorganisation and employee life cycle. Steering certain EMEA HR projects like new performance system and carve out of scientific solution division

  • MTU Aero Engines (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Personalmanager
      May 2012 - Apr 2016 · 4 yrs

    • Compensation and Benefit Specialist
      Dec 2009 - Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Trainee im Bereich HR
      Jun 2008 - Nov 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos