Dr. Thilo Gaul is currently responsible for the Financial Services division and looks after customers in the banking and insurance sector, with a particular focus on business-related IT issues.
After studying computer science and obtaining his doctorate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), he gained extensive experience in various management positions with increasing responsibility—most recently as a member of the executive board and CTO. For the past six years, he has worked at CAS Software AG, where he was responsible for a development division with around 100 employees, end customer hosting with over 10,000 customers, and internal IT. A particular focus of his work was the strategic development of AI technologies in CRM products.
Dr. Thilo Gaul previously worked as a consultant at Consileon from 2002 to 2007 – now he is returning with extensive expertise and a clear focus on the further development of the financial services sector.
Rüdiger Lang has been working at the interface of strategy/business development and software development for over 20 years. He has extensive experience across several industries (including financial services, automotive, and retail) in Germany and internationally, and enjoys designing new strategies, especially implementing them.
Strongly influenced by initiatives from Singularity University (www.su.org) and Abundance360 (www.abundance360.com), he drives forward the topics of exponential and digital mindset for Consileon, as well as the development of new business solutions based on AI, blockchain, sensors, VR, and AR technologies.
Martin Ehret was born in Bensheim an der Bergstraße in 1973. He lives with his family near Mannheim.
After completing his studies at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, he held management positions in sales, marketing, and cooperation management.
Martin Ehret joined ajco, a subsidiary of Consileon, on October 1, 2012. With the merger of ajco and Consileon in 2025, he became a member of the management board and is responsible for the CRM & CX division and marketing.
Martin Ehret is a lecturer at Worms University of Applied Sciences.
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Areas of expertise:
Brand management, CRM, customer experience, direct marketing, sales, service, customer loyalty programs, internet and mobile media, digitalization, financial services and trade, and Net Promoter System
Andreas Adam was born in Eisenstadt, Austria, in 1969 and lives with his family in Heidelberg.
After studying at the University of Regensburg, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Passau’s Chair of Banking Management.
Since 2008, Andreas Adam has been managing director of ajco, a subsidiary of Consileon. With the merger of ajco and Consileon in 2025, he became a member of the management board and is responsible for finance and controlling. Since 2016, he has also been managing director of FiANTEC Provisionslösungen GmbH.
Andreas Adam is a member of the board of trustees and a lecturer at Worms University of Applied Sciences.
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Areas of expertise:
Commission settlement, compensation models, sales controlling, sales strategy, regulatory requirements, rules and regulations, consulting applications and processes, CRM, sales processes, digitization of back office and sales processes
Dr. Joachim Schü has been the head of Consileon Business Consultancy since its founding in 2001.
He is responsible for the further development and internationalization of the consultancy but is also heavily involved in the operational business. One of his main focuses is the alignment of the client’s IT with its corporate strategy.
Schü studied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe and in the USA and earned his doctorate summa cum laude in Karlsruhe. From 1996 to 1999, he worked as a strategy consultant at the German branch of an American consultancy, later as an executive at a listed systems integrator until 2001.
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As an associate partner, Dr. Peter Göbel aims to shape the future of healthcare together with his clients.
Dirk Dempewolf has been part of the Consileon Executive Board since May 2016. He is responsible for the business with clients from the automotive industry.
Previously, he was an account manager and strategy consultant at Consileon, where he was responsible for projects for one of the world’s largest automotive groups.
Dempewolf studied computer science at the University of Applied Sciences (now TH) in Cologne. Before joining Consileon, he spent a total of twenty years with various IT service providers in both managerial and operational roles – including process and system development, system integration, training, sales, business unit development, and most recently as managing director.
Besides his profound expertise in the automotive industry, Dempewolf has project experience in other high-tech industries, in the financial sector and in retail.
Dr. Jörg Schlösser has been a partner and member of the Executive Board since the company was founded and has also been an authorized signatory of Consileon Business Consultancy since 2007.
He has also been a member of the Executive Board of Consileon Polska since 2007. His areas of expertise are web portals and service-oriented system architectures.
Schlösser studied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe and received his doctorate in database systems. The dissertation was written as part of a joint research project between the university and Daimler-Benz AG about data mining. Schlösser began his consulting career at a listed company.
Since 2015, he has been a senator at the Bundesverband Deutscher Mittelstand e.V. (German Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses).
