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During his degree at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Marcus completed a trainee program at Bankhaus Metzler, a private bank, in Frankfurt. After graduating in Business Administration, he worked at KPMG in the “Financial Services – Audit & Advisory” unit.
In 1999 he pursued a new career path as a Recruiting Consultant at Hillreiner Consulting in Munich, focusing on his home turf Financial Services. He established and managed the Frankfurt office until 2004. In 2005, he started his own consulting firm Michel Consult, still focused on people advisory within capital markets, private banking and finance. In 2015, he transferred his business to contagi PERSONAL, where he managed the Financial Services & Real Estate-Practice in the DACH-region as a Partner, and from 2020 as Managing Partner.
Regarding to his 25+ years of experience as an Executive Searcher and Advisor, he formed a resilient professional network of decision-makers from the banking, financial and real estate sectors.
He is an active alumnus of the Frankfurt School and keeps a close association with the university. In this regard, he completed the Advanced Management Program and teaches Full-Time MBAs on the topic of “Employability”. In addition, he is a Management Coach of the European Business School (EBS) and has been an ambassador of AKAD University Stuttgart since 2018.
Marcus is married, has two sons and a daughter and lives in Bad Soden am Taunus. He is an active golfer, wine and music lover, as well as an enthusiastic fan of Eintracht Frankfurt.

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He has a multifaceted work experience as an Executive Searcher with a correspondingly resilient network in various industries.
After graduating from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, he started his career as a Research Consultant at contagi PERSONAL in Frankfurt am Main. There he gained valuable experience by successfully filling different demanding positions of Technical and Commercial Specialists, Managers and C-levels across the Real Estate, Construction, Financial Services and Automotive industry.
In 2020 he took responsibility for a research team and several key accounts in the real estate and financial services sector. Moreover, he was involved in setting up the “Financial Services & Real Estate” unit which he successfully expanded together with his now partner colleague Marcus Michel. In addition, he accounted for the whole internal recruitment management as a responsible recruiter and acted as a speaker at various universities in the Rhine-Main-area where he made a lasting contribution to the company’s networking with local student management consultancies as well as to the recruiting of young talents.
Patrick is a passionate endurance athlete, enthusiastic snooker fan and lover of good food. Originally from the Main-Kinzig area, Patrick has built the center of his life in the city of Frankfurt am Main.

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During her degree in “Media Management & Digital Marketing” at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, she started as a Research Consultant at contagi PERSONAL in Frankfurt. Ana was able to gain significant working experience in the areas of Real Estate, Financial and Professional Services.
Since her graduation, she is responsible for the Direct Search and the entire candidate experience at LightTower Consulting. Regarding her Bachelor of Arts degree in “Digital Marketing”, Ana took over the responsibility for the companies’ social media channels.
In 2023 she completed the certificate program in “Banking Expertise” at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In 2024, she also completed the “Sourcing Masterclass” by CODE to broaden her knowledge in active sourcing.
Grown-up in Wiesbaden, today she is living in Frankfurt.

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Friederike gained first research experience in complex positions in Management and IT Consulting before starting her business administration studies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. She successfully applies this expertise to LTC-projects with a focus on finance and real estate.
Friederike grew up in the Main-Taunus area and enjoys spending time with her family and friends, preferably in Frankfurt. She has a dog, Emil, who also is part of the LTC-team (designated Feel Good Manager).

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Emil ist seit April 2024 integraler Bestandteil des LightTower-Teams. Er sorgt für gute Laune und fordert regelmäßig seine Streicheleinheiten von den anderen Teammitgliedern ein. Sein „Arbeitsplatz“ ist sein blaues LTC-Körbchen unter dem Schreibtisch seines Frauchens Friederike. Er ruht sich gerne aus, erkundet vorsichtig seine Umwelt und liebt seine täglichen Spaziergänge in der Bockenheimer Anlage direkt vor dem LTC-Büro.