Team

Our team consists of experts with many years of experience in management consulting, sound ESG expertise, strength in implementation and financial and engineering know-how.

Our Core team

Sven Grönwoldt

Managing Director, Management Advisor

“Thinking and acting sustainably means including the factor of the future in every equation.”

Sven Grönwoldt has been advising international companies on sustainability strategy and its implementation in management for over 15 years. He has worked in international management consultancies, most recently as Team Leader and Senior Director Sustainability & ESG Consulting at Jones Land LaSalle (JLL).

Sven is the author of specialist publications on CSR/ESG/sustainability strategy and management and enjoys teaching these topics at two business schools in northern Germany.

The range of companies that Sven Grönwoldt has advised is wide: his focus is on the real estate industry, but he has also advised various international corporations and SMEs from other sectors: Purchasing companies, chemicals, automotive, logistics, food, and many more.

Since 2024, Sven Grönwoldt has been managing director and shareholder of KIRIA Advisory GmbH, part of Tilia Group GmbH.

EXPERTISE
ESG strategy, management and reporting. Sustainable Finance

Christophe Hug

Partner, Management Advisor

“Today, a company can either work on sustainability or on its obituary.”

Christophe Hug – Co-founder and CEO of Tilia GmbH – has a degree in civil engineering from the École nationale des ponts et chaussée, Paris. He has extensive experience in the holistic transformation of energy suppliers and industries to continuously increase performance, growth and innovation.

Before founding Tilia GmbH in 2009, he spent 10 years as CEO of a large international group, where he was responsible for Germany. Within this group, he gained 15 years of operational experience in the DACH region in the fields of energy, water and wastewater.

Based on more than 23 years of experience in the energy and water industry, Christophe Hug leads various innovative projects in the fields of energy efficiency, smart city, water and wastewater and waste management. Creating value for municipalities, utilities and industries has always been his key motivation and is in line with his wealth of experience. As an expert, he is often called upon by cities and various local bodies for advisory work in his field.

EXPERTISE
Strategy / Management / Transformation / Performance / Growth / Innovation / Energy / Water / Sustainable Development / Renewable Energies / Energy Efficiency / Smart City and Neighborhood Concepts

Stephan Werthschulte

Partner, Management Advisor

“Turn sustainability into a growth driver.”

Stephan Werthschulte has been Managing Director and shareholder of Tilia GmbH since 2010 and shareholder of KIRIA Advisory GmbH since 2024.

Before joining Tilia, he worked at Accenture from 1990 and became a member of the German management team in 2000. Since then, he has been focused on the energy sector and headed up the electricity supply business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2003 to 2007. In 2008, he took over responsibility for the power generation consulting business for Europe, Africa and Latin America and worked in France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK.

Today his projects include all kinds of corporate management issues and performance improvement, green business development, climate change and smart cities, energy management and energy efficiency as well as new business and market development. He is always involved in the implementation of concepts and solutions. The range of his clients is broad and with expertise ranging from utility companies to municipalities and industrial companies, his services are highly in demand.

EXPERTISE
Performance improvement / strategy / turnaround management / new business development / energy generation and distribution / energy efficiency / sales and marketing / digitalisation and trade

Peter Jungbluth

Authorised Signatory

“Sustainability can be measured in figures.”

As an authorised signatory at KIRIA, Peter Jungbluth is responsible for commercial management and has experience in controlling and accounting, the manufacturing industry and e-commerce.

He studied industrial engineering (Bachelor) at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, specializing in mechanical engineering and production management, and completed his Master’s degree in business administration at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences.

Mr. Jungbluth then worked for an international insulation manufacturer for more than 5 years, where he was responsible for all business management issues at the German production sites as Industrial Controller. He gained extensive experience in reporting, rolling planning (forecasts) and business case modeling. In his role as plant controller, he was responsible for the reduction of the EEG levy under the special equalization scheme (EEG) and the reimbursement of electricity and energy tax, among other things. In addition, Mr. Jungbluth has gained a wide range of experience in the areas of business unit controlling, ERP/data warehouse/business intelligence and corporate restructuring throughout his career.

EXPERTISE
Controlling / Accounting / Special equalisation scheme (EEG) / Electricity and energy tax / Industry / eCommerce

Katharina Truszkowska

Senior Advisor

“Why is everyone talking about sustainability? Because it creates success!”

Katharina Truszkowska is a Senior Manager at KIRIA and has experience in sustainability and project management as well as in communication and education.

She studied Business Education (Bachelor of Science) at Goethe University Frankfurt and completed two Master’s degrees, the first in Business Education (M. Ed.) and the second in Sustainable Management (M.A.) at the University of Kassel.

She then worked in administration and in the manufacturing industry. Among other things, she was Head of Sustainability at an international sparkling wine, wine and spirits producer, where she gained a wide range of experience.

EXPERTISE
Sustainability management / strategy / organisation / project development and management / training / sales and marketing / corporate communications

Petra Waltemode

Team Assistant

“Sustainable thinking is open in every direction – as long as it’s towards the future.”

As team assistant, Petra Waltemode supports the KIRIA team with all organisational and administrative tasks, travel and appointment management as well as project and special tasks.

She has a commercial education and lived abroad (USA) for several years – where she worked for an insurance company. In Munich, where she lived for 20 years, she worked as an assistant to the management, in controlling, sales and marketing in large companies in the IT, telecommunications and gas industries, as well as in medium-sized companies. In addition to assistance and accounting tasks, her focus was on the organisation, coordination and implementation of trade fairs, company events and sales and marketing activities.

EXPERTISE
Office management, travel and event organisation, administration, accounting

Sustainable action is the biomass of every business process.

Further experts

Our ever growing core team is supported by around 200 employees in our group.

Experte 1

Experte 2

Experte 3

Experte 4

Experte 5

Experte 6

Jobs

Du willst Nachhaltigkeit in konkretes Handeln umsetzen, mit Begeisterung unser Team ergänzen und unsere Kunden mit deiner Expertise exzellent auf ihrem Transformationspfad beraten? Dann werde Teil des KIRIA-Teams!

Initiativbewerbung (m/w/d)

Vollzeit / Teilzeit (deutschlandweit)
Home-Office möglich

Zum Jobangebot

Advisor – Schwerpunkt ESG-Regulatorik (m/w/d)

Vollzeit / Teilzeit (deutschlandweit)
teilweise Home-Office möglich

Zum Jobangebot

Advisor – Schwerpunkt digitales ESG-Datenmanagement (m/w/d)

Vollzeit / Teilzeit (deutschlandweit)
teilweise Home-Office möglich

Zum Jobangebot

(Senior) Advisor – Schwerpunkt Sustainable Finance (m/w/d)

Vollzeit / Teilzeit (deutschlandweit)
teilweise Home-Office möglich

Zum Jobangebot

Advisor – Schwerpunkt ESG-Reporting (m/w/d)

Vollzeit / Teilzeit (deutschlandweit)
teilweise Home-Office möglich

Zum Jobangebot

We don’t want praise today.
We want it in 300 years’ time.

E-Mail