Summary
Wolfgang Lechner is a Senior Executive Advisor based in Barcelona with 20+ years of expertise in strategy development, operational excellence and leadership, and 14 years of sustained professional experience. He partners with organizations to drive business transformation, blending analytical rigor ("head"), empathetic leadership ("heart") and practical execution ("hand") to deliver measurable results. His background spans senior roles at ifss Business Excellence and corporate leadership at GE Capital and voestalpine, giving him deep experience across consulting, program management and commercial project delivery. Known for insisting that "reality is not negotiable," he focuses on pragmatic, auditable change rather than theoretical plans. He also advises proceedit’s board, signalling a long-term commitment to BPaaS and business process innovation. Fluent in international business practices from studies at WU and Esade’s CEMS-IMBA, he brings both academic grounding and hands-on change leadership to complex transformations.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
CEMS-IMBA, CEMS-IMBA at Esade
Mag., Mag. at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French