Michael Knoche is an Associate Partner at ingeniam Executive Search & Human Capital Consulting GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin, a role he has held since February 2018. Simultaneously, he serves as a Freelance Consultant, Trainer, and Coach for AKZENT Consulting GmbH, specializing in occupational and emergency psychology, leadership coaching, and recruitment. His extensive career in business psychology includes over 17 years as an independent Business Psychologist providing consulting and training, as well as serving as a Lecturer at Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences since 2014. Previously, Michael spent over a decade as a Business Consultant at Gideon GmbH from 2012 to 2023. Earlier professional experience includes working as a Personnel Consultant at Michael Page, focusing on finance sector recruitment, and a role in customer service at Akademische Buchhandlung Werner GmbH. He began his career as an Industrial Clerk and Branch Clerk at Max Giese Bau GmbH. Michael holds a Diplom Psychologe in Psychology from Technische Universität Berlin, a degree in Sociology and Psychology from Freie Universität Berlin, and a Betriebswirt (BA) in Business Administration from Wirtschaftsakademie Kiel.