Your team of experts on hand in Stuttgart
Strong region.
Strong partners.
Our areas of expertise are the challenges of our time: digital transformation, building up a young generation of family entrepreneurs, cybersecurity, sustainability and many other corporate issues. Our consulting approach is to adapt, not just maintain the status quo – in partnership with you. Contact us today.
Marcus Nickel
Head of Office and your main contact
As a passionate hiker and mountaineer, Marcus Nickel loves sweeping vistas – and he keeps a similarly broad perspective as Head of Office at PwC in Stuttgart. For over 25 years, his area of expertise has been auditing, and his passion has been the automotive industry. But in a region that is shaped by medium-sized companies and family businesses, he is interested in much more than just gazing at the numbers.
“In my work for our clients, the big picture is important to me, especially in very dynamic times when there’s a lot of pressure to change. We step up every day to make companies in Baden-Württemberg even better. For me, ‘better’ means being future-proof and competitive in order to create and retain jobs.”
Kai Mauden
Your first point of contact for auditing issues
The hilly Stuttgart region is ideal for mountain bike fan Kai Mauden. At the weekend he likes nothing more than to launch himself into the valleys. His enthusiasm for dynamic action is also what distinguishes him as a consultant. Besides auditing, he focuses on digital transformation – and what it means for technology-driven family businesses and medium-sized companies.
“Family businesses shape our region and it’s a challenging time for them in particular. My job and motivation is to support them in recognising and realising the strategic potential of digital transformation.”
Patrick Bardens
Your first point of contact for transactions and deals
Our transaction specialist considers his camper van strategically well positioned – both among the vineyards and by the many lakes here in Baden-Württemberg. With more than 22 years’ experience, Patrick Bardens is responsible for an area at PwC in Stuttgart that is becoming increasingly important, even for family businesses and medium-sized companies in the region: buying and selling companies or individual business areas.
“Restructuring your own company through acquisitions or sales is one of the most complex decisions that an entrepreneur can make. My goal is to support you to ensure that your transactions are successfully planned and executed as an effective means of strategic positioning, ready for the future.”
Manuela Guth
Your first point of contact for tax issues
Manuela Guth loves to delve into a good book in quiet moments, and she’s equally at home delving into the depths of her clients’ tax systems. She’s been a tax specialist for over 25 years and a partner at PwC since 2000, and there’s hardly been a single tax question that she hasn’t known how to answer. She’s a specialist in tax structuring and optimisation, advises on tax audits and is the first point of contact for tax compliance in both national and international corporate groups.
“In Baden-Württemberg in particular, which is a state characterised by strong exports, increasing internationalisation is making tax issues more and more complex. It’s not just the legislation and case law – economic, political and social changes are having a wide range of effects on taxation and the relevant processes too. I challenge myself to keep an eye on the big picture, and to apply knowledge, understanding and foresight to develop solutions for my clients.”
“Digital transformation is not an end in itself. It only makes sense if it brings companies forward in the long term and makes them competitive. This can only be ensured if technologies, people and business requirements are considered holistically in transformation projects. I will be happy to assist you with this challenge!”
“Everything is changing - and with increasing speed. I am convinced that whether a company is dragged along by this change or benefits from it is primarily a question of the right strategic direction.”
Your first point of contact for strategy consulting
Tel: +49 170 2238929
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“The use of the cloud, blockchain and IT operations in general – for companies, taking regulatory aspects into account is just as essential as appropriate IT risk management. Showing my clients how to implement IT compliance and risk management efficiently and with added value is the best part of the job for me.”
“Whether it's a purchase, sale or merger: we analyse the economic opportunities and risks of a transaction for you and create the necessary transparency for a well-founded decision.”
“As a long-suffering fan of VfB Stuttgart, I've learnt that without a variable playing system, you're doomed. In principle, the same applies to accounting & reporting: accounting and reporting rules are constantly changing, especially internationally – coaching my clients to do this properly motivates me.”
“Financial and sustainability reporting will change significantly, particularly as a result of CSRD, ESRS and the EU taxonomy. I would like to support regional companies in mastering the complexity in a needs-based and target-orientated manner. I enjoy doing that.”
“Only those who understand their customers' business properly can optimise VAT. That inspires me every day anew.”
“Some see a jungle of constantly changing regulations and requirements, I see the most dynamic and interesting field of work you could wish for.”
“The interfaces between family and business are various and not always immediately visible. I look at them from a tax perspective – whether in succession planning or compliance: together we find solutions.”
“Trust in data and services is the basis for the digital transformation of business processes. With our cyber security services, we support our customers from strategy to implementation and lay the foundations for trust and sustainable innovation.”
Your first point of contact for cyber security
Tel: +49 1512 8493188
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“Skills shortages, digitalisation, ambulantisation, market consolidation – together with my team, I support the players in the healthcare sector in overcoming these challenges and encourage them to confidently embark on the necessary transformation process.”
“Baden-Württemberg, especially Stuttgart, is regularly underestimated as a financial services location. I quickly learnt that the digital transformation is being driven forward very actively here, the start-up scene is dynamic and the topic of sustainability is gaining momentum.”
“Whether on the way to fast internet or apps – the public sector is not just undergoing a technical revolution. Helping to get things moving in the right direction is what motivates me every day.”
“Good advice starts with listening. I always have an open ear and support you and your company in all legal matters – nationally and internationally, in negotiations, transactions or in the courtroom.”
