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Dr. Axel Brandt grew up in Germany and Belgium, where he completed his bilingual matric at the European School in Brussels. His tertiary acadamic education led to a PhD in physics, having studied at universities in Berlin, Hamburg and being a scientist at the Center of Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. He then decided to exchange science to a professional career in the IT industry.
In his first employment, he has worked as an analyst, project leader and consultant at Germany’s leading software company in Hamburg. Six years later, a well-known German System house appointed him as marketing/sales manager for Switzerland based in Zurich. His business contacts with Switzerland’s No1 SW company led three years later to his next career step, when he became entrusted as General Manager to build up the German subsidiary of the Swiss mother company in Francfort. One of his cooperation partners for computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), the world’s 2nd largest computer company UNISYS at the time. engaged him as IT director (board member), putting him in charge of leading the company`s transformation from a hardware seller to a complete solution provider, which required a reorganization of the software BU.
In his career, Dr. Brandt has gained insight into a large cross-section of industries, when he was in charge of IT developments with cutting-edge software solutions in manufacturing, food industry and logistics. He is familiar with negotiations with C-level management of Fortune 500 companies and is fluent in English, verbally and in writing due to his involvement in many international projects and living/working for over a decade in South Africa.
After returning to Germany in 2011, Dr. Brandt opened the Internet Marketing company Drabis. He joined five years later as senior partner Sino German Executive Search (SGES), a headhunting company focusing on the Chinese automotive industry, which was founded by Huiping Zhang in 2015 and who sold it to him in 2023.
In his first employment, he has worked as an analyst, project leader and consultant at Germany’s leading software company in Hamburg. Six years later, a well-known German System house appointed him as marketing/sales manager for Switzerland based in Zurich. His business contacts with Switzerland’s No1 SW company led three years later to his next career step, when he became entrusted as General Manager to build up the German subsidiary of the Swiss mother company in Francfort. One of his cooperation partners for computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), the world’s 2nd largest computer company UNISYS at the time. engaged him as IT director (board member), putting him in charge of leading the company`s transformation from a hardware seller to a complete solution provider, which required a reorganization of the software BU.
In his career, Dr. Brandt has gained insight into a large cross-section of industries, when he was in charge of IT developments with cutting-edge software solutions in manufacturing, food industry and logistics. He is familiar with negotiations with C-level management of Fortune 500 companies and is fluent in English, verbally and in writing due to his involvement in many international projects and living/working for over a decade in South Africa.
After returning to Germany in 2011, Dr. Brandt opened the Internet Marketing company Drabis. He joined five years later as senior partner Sino German Executive Search (SGES), a headhunting company focusing on the Chinese automotive industry, which was founded by Huiping Zhang in 2015 and who sold it to him in 2023.
