Interim Management
Everest Heads provides interim executive leadership when organisations face transition, instability, or execution-critical situations that require immediate senior responsibility.
Typical mandates include leadership gaps, transformation pressure, organisational realignment, and complex business or technology environments where clarity, momentum, and delivery are essential.
Led by Ruediger Kretschmann, Everest Heads brings more than 35 years of international leadership experience across global industrial companies — including CIO leadership, transformation mandates, and execution under pressure.
Executive Track Record
Senior executive roles across global industrial environments, with a strong focus on technology leadership, transformation, and international execution.
- Founder & CEO — Everest Heads (United Arab Emirates)
- Global CIO & General Manager — Oerlikon (Switzerland)
- Global CIO — Multinational Commodity Trading Company (Dubai)
- Global CIO — Jenoptik (Germany)
- Regional CIO Asia / Middle East — OSRAM (China)
- Global CIO — WashTec (Germany)
Typical Interim Mandates
- Interim CIO / IT Executive Leadership
- Technology and Digital Transformation Leadership
- Stabilisation of IT organisations in transition phases
- Leadership during restructuring, turnaround, or growth phases
- Integration or separation of IT environments in M&A situations
- Strategic repositioning of IT as a business partner
International Leadership Experience
Ruediger Kretschmann has led global teams across more than 40 countries and on all continents, combining professional experience and residence in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
His leadership experience includes managing organisations with more than 300 employees and working with over 1,000 professionals across multiple regions and functions.
In these environments, he has led large-scale transformation programmes, including ERP implementations, global IT rollouts, and the development of international IT operating models.
This international perspective enables effective leadership in culturally diverse organisations, ensuring alignment, execution, and sustainable results in complex global environments.
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If your organisation is facing a leadership gap, a critical transformation phase, or an execution challenge that requires immediate senior attention, a first conversation helps clarify the situation and the potential mandate.