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We empower your business for maximum success

Your partner for change and sustainable growth

Our experience for your company

In an increasingly complex world, the ability to change and adapt is becoming a crucial success factor. Organizations will only survive if they are agile and flexible. Lynius helps companies to sustainably achieve these objectives.

 

Our expertise and experience in the successful transformation of global companies are our guarantees as your business partner. We understand the problems, challenges and opportunities of our time through decades of experience in the successful transformation of global companies.

 

You can benefit from it!

Our four pillars

Senior Executive

Advice 

We support top decision makers as advisors and business partners in complex corporate issues based on our experience in international C-level management.

Interim Management - Lynius

Interim

Management

Doing better instead of knowing better. We take responsibility and make decisions independent of career paths.

Effizienz und Produktivität

Efficiency and

Productivity

Efficiency as the critical success factor. We design your processes along the entire value chain lean and efficient.

Leadership People Culture

Leadership

People Culture

We support your top leadership team to adapt their leadership skills as an enabler for others to meet the challenges of significant change in complex times.

Die Macher

Andreas Tostmann

„Erfolg heißt Machen.“

Andreas Tostmann ist erfahrener Manager, CEO und Aufsichtsrat globaler Unternehmen. Seine Passion: Wirksamkeit entfalten und Ziele erreichen

„Jedes Unternehmen hat seine eigene Dynamik.“

Wilfried von Rath ist erfahrener Vorstand und Berater, Manager und Psychologe aus Leidenschaft.

Wilfried von Rath

Our concept

Andreas Tostmann

Top performance through top management

Andreas Tostmann studied mechanical engineering and economics at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Since the early 1990s, he has held management positions in various fields of expertise in Europe, Africa, North and South America.

 

He began his career began as a product, project and plant manager at Volkswagen, where he was involved in transformation of the business in Germany, Mexico and South Africa . In 2004, he took over as Managing Director of Volkswagen in South Africa. From 2007, he led the business of Volkswagen Slovakia as CEO and CTO. In 2012, he became Board Member for Production and Logistics at SEAT in Barcelona.  In 2018, he was appointed to the Board of Management of Volkswagen PK W for the Production and Logistics area. As of 2020, he headed MAN Truck & Bus as CEO.

 

Andreas Tostmann is a member of various Supervisory Boards as well as an Honorary Doctor of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University South Africa and an Honorary Professor of the Vienna University of Technology.

He is a founder and advisor to CEOs, board teams, owners and investors.

Andreas Tostmann is an experienced manager, CEO and Supervisory Board member of global companies. His passion: Developing effectiveness and achieving goals.

Wilfried von Rath

Top Performance through Top Leadership

Wilfried von Rath studied psychology at the Ruhr University in Bochum.  He later completed the Executive MBA program at Ashridge Management College in Berkhamsted-UK.

 

He began his professional career at Lufthansa Consulting as a consultant for human resources and organization.  He then joined the management team at Volkswagen Coaching GmbH, where he was responsible for management development at Volkswagen AG. He then became Vice President Group HR, responsible for the top management of the Volkswagen Group.

 

After holding positions as a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Slovakia and MAN Energy Solutions SE, he became 2020 Member of the Board of Management Human Resources of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, the largest brand within the Volkswagen Group.

Wilfried von Rath is Honorary Professor and Lecturer for Human Resources at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences. He has various trainings in coaching and psychological diagnostics.

Wilfried von Rath is an experienced Board Member, Consultant, manager and psychologist with a passion.

Wilfried von Rath

Top Performance durch Top Leadership

Wilfried von Rath studierte Psychologie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Später absolvierte er das Executive MBA-Programm des Ashridge Management College Berkhamsted/UK.

 

Sein beruflicher Weg begann bei der Lufthansa Consulting als Berater für Human Resources und Organisation.  Danach war er in der Volkswagen Coaching GmbH in der Geschäftsführung verantwortlich für das Management Development der Volkswagen AG. Im Anschluß war er als Vice President Group HR für das Top-Management des Volkswagen Konzerns verantwortlich. 

Nach Stationen als Mitglied des Vorstands von Volkswagen Slovakia und MAN Energy Solutions SE wurde er 2020 Mitglied des Vorstands Personal von Volkswagen PKW, der größten Marke des Volkswagen Konzerns.

 

Er ist Berater und Coach von CEO‘s, CHRO‘s, Vorstandsteams, Eigentümern und Investoren.

 

Wilfried von Rath ist Ehren-Professor und Lehrbeauftragter für Human Resources der Fachhochschule Aachen. Er absolvierte verschiedene Ausbildungen als Coach in psychologischer Diagnostik in Deutschland und in den USA.

Wilfried von Rath ist erfahrener Vorstand, Berater, Manager und Psychologe aus Leidenschaft.

Andreas Tostmann

Top-Performance durch Top-Management

Der studierte Maschinenbauer und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler ist seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre in Führungspositionen in unterschiedlichen Bereichen in Europa, Afrika sowie Nordamerika tätig.

 

Seine Karriere begann er als Produkt-, Projekt- und Werksmanager bei Volkswagen, wo er an entscheidenden Transformationen in Deutschland, Mexiko und Südafrika beteiligt war. 2004 übernahm er als Managing Director die Leitung von Volkswagen in Südafrika. Ab 2007 leitete er als CEO und CTO die Geschäfte von Volkswagen Slovakia. 2012 wurde er Vorstand für Produktion und Logistik bei SEAT in Barcelona. 2018 folgte seine Berufung in den Vorstand von Volkswagen PKW für das Resort Produktion und Logistik. Ab 2020 leitete er als CEO die MAN Truck & Bus.

 

Er ist Gründer und Berater von CEOs, Vorstandsteams, Eigentümer und Investoren.

 

Andreas Tostmann ist Ehren-Doktor der Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University South Africa und Ehren-Professor der Technischen Universität Wien.

Andreas Tostmann ist erfahrener Manager, CEO und Aufsichtsrat globaler Unternehmen.
Seine Passion: Wirksamkeit entfalten und Ziele erreichen.