Manfred Hader
Manfred Hader heads Roland Berger’s Global Aerospace & Defense Practice and operates out of the firm’s Hamburg office. He focuses on consulting large international companies and institutions in the fields of aerospace & defense, engineered products and utilities on issues of strategy development, strategic transformation and operational performance improvement. Manfred believes that the key to finding sustainable solutions is to leverage the diversity of the individuals at the company, both internally and externally. He has a passion for bringing different people together and is known for applying a personal approach to the work he carries out for his clients.
After beginning his career with an eight-year stretch in industrial marketing and sales at various high-tech companies, Manfred has followed his passion for bridging differences around the globe. Prior to joining Roland Berger in 1998, he lived and worked in Germany, France, Japan, the US, the UK and Italy. Now firmly settled in his role at the company, he leads large cross-border strategy, transformation, performance improvement and post-merger integration projects. Manfred studied Business Administration, Finance and Marketing at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany and the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, USA. He has a Franco-German Baccalaureate from the Lycee International in St. Germain-en-Laye, France.
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Standard beats size in Europe’s offshore wind
Study, November 22, 2024
Space enabled KSA
Article, October 7, 2024
Advanced Air Mobility
Study, August 13, 2024
Aerospace: Building resilient supply chains
Article, June 6, 2024
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Le numérique, vecteur de la transformation de l’industrie de défense européenne
STUDY, November 16, 2023
A security context that calls for a new paradigm for the defense industry
Article, October 29, 2023
Space-enabled Germany
STUDY, October 18, 2023
Aviation's Roadmap to True Zero
STUDY, May 10, 2023
ESG in the defense industry
Study, December 21, 2022
Can European aviation achieve its goal of climate neutrality?
Article, September 27, 2022
Space-based solar power
Article, August 17, 2022
Sustainable aviation fuels: Key solution to achieving net zero?
Interview, August 1, 2022
Why greater supplier involvement is critical for green aviation
Article, July 13, 2022
Regional Air Mobility: How to unlock a new era of aviation
Study, June 21, 2022
Sustainable airport operations can revolutionize Advanced Air Mobility
Interview, May 23, 2022
Significant developments within the Advanced Air Mobility industry
Article, May 13, 2022
Scaling up for industrialization into a new era of aviation and transportation
Interview, May 4, 2022
Vertiports – The fundamental service provider to the Advanced Air Mobility industry
Interview, January 31, 2022
The Advanced Air Mobility Commercial Certification Guide 2022
White paper, December 20, 2021
Advanced Air Mobility: Using a short takeoff and landing aircraft design
Interview, December 16, 2021
Civil aerospace post-Covid-19 rate ramp-up: Can your operations handle it?
Article, December 10, 2021
An aerospace supply chain fit for the future
Article, November 17, 2021
The decarbonization of aviation – hydrogen propulsion, SAF and electric technology
Interview, November 5, 2021
How urban air mobility will kickstart a new era of electric flight
Interview, September 28, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Targeting autonomous flight operations from the beginning
Interview, August 25, 2021
Advanced Air Mobility: How to develop an automated traffic management platform
Interview, July 27, 2021
Small satellites and the growing demand in microlaunchers and ridesharing
Interview, July 15, 2021
Innovate and industrialize: Offshore wind energy
Study, June 28, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Developing a hybrid-electric aircraft
Interview, June 24, 2021
A year on from Covid-19 in the aviation and aerospace industries
Article, June 14, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Successfully combining eVTOL vehicles with demand modelling data
Interview, May 26, 2021
Supporting Europe's microlauncher lift-off
Study, May 4, 2021
A flight path to post-Covid success
Article, April 30, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Designing vertiports following a non-exclusive ecosystem approach
Interview, April 26, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Building flying cars that both fly and drive
Interview, March 31, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: Why FlyNow aims to be the game changer in the Urban Air Mobility industry
Interview, March 11, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: How to build an operating system in Latin America
Interview, February 12, 2021
Urban Air Mobility: The selection and evaluation process of relevant partners in the industry
Interview, January 21, 2021
Aerospace & Defence Management Issues Radar 2020
Study, December 2, 2020
The high-flying industry: Urban Air Mobility takes off
Study, November 10, 2020
Urban Air Mobility: Shaping the future of mobility
Interview, October 16, 2020
Turbulent times in Aerospace MRO
Article, October 8, 2020
How the Covid-19 crisis is expected to impact the aerospace industry
Article, June 10, 2020
Cargo drones: The urban parcel delivery network of tomorrow
Article, April 28, 2020
Urban Air Mobility: The way to a sustainable intercity air transport
Interview, April 17, 2020
COVID-19 – How we will need to rethink the aerospace industry
Article, April 8, 2020
Backlogs and balancing acts in the aerospace and defense industry
Study, February 24, 2020
Cargo drones: The future of parcel delivery
Article, February 19, 2020
Bell aims to make Urban Air Mobility more affordable
Interview, January 29, 2020
EHang implements its vision of UAM by setting up a test center in Guangzhou
Interview, January 7, 2020
Urban Air Mobility: Blade seeks to democratize short-distance air travel
Interview, December 2, 2019
Urban Air Mobility: eVTOL passenger jets to be in service soon
Interview, November 11, 2019
Electric aircraft will become mainstream with up to 50% efficiency improvements possible
Interview, November 4, 2019
Passenger drones: First ipo seen in two to three years
Interview, October 10, 2019
Volocopter CTO: First air taxi route to open in the next 2 - 5 years
Article, August 29, 2019
Mapping autonomous urban air mobility's progress
Article, March 24, 2019
Aerospace suppliers: brace for headwinds
Study, January 29, 2019
Aerospace & Defense Radar 2018: disruption as a threat to traditional business models
Study, December 11, 2018
Passenger drones ready for take-off
Study, November 21, 2018
Ingolstadt's soaring ambitions for urban air mobility
Point of view, October 9, 2018
Aerostructure tooling market: Automation the decisive factor
Study, September 27, 2018
Aerospace & Defense Issues Radar 2017
Think:Act, September 21, 2017
New Perspectives for the Defense Industry
Point of view, February 15, 2017
Cyber attacks: the invisible threat
Point of view, November 30, 2016
Offshore wind power
Think:Act, October 24, 2016
The tipping point of offshore wind
Point of view, October 22, 2016
Aerospace industry: turning point ahead?
Think:Act, June 2, 2016
Aerostructure Equipment Market
Study, November 30, 2015
Tailwind for the aerospace industry
Think:Act, May 16, 2015
Cyber-Security
Think:Act, March 4, 2015
COO Insights - Industry 4.0
Think:Act, January 12, 2015
Top Management Issues Radar 2013 – Aerospace & Defence industry
Study, February 11, 2014