Management

At deas, management focuses on tasks and projects. Flat hierarchies are therefore essential to us. Our employees are encouraged to take personal responsibility in their own thought and action – always in accordance with our corporate philosophy and at eye level with our clients.

deas is headed by four Managing Directors, who operate from different locations: Dirk Meyer-Hetling, Cologne, Gerhard Kulbarsch, Munich, Andreas Wendt (speaker), Detmold and Holger Wendorff, Berlin.

Dirk Meyer-Hetling

The graduate in business administration (FH) and trained insurance clerk has more than 30 years of professional experience in risk and insurance consulting. He initially worked for an owner-managed and later for a group-owned brokerage company. In his last position, Dirk Meyer-Hetling was a member of the central management of an international insurance broker in Germany for many years.

Dirk Meyer-Hetling, who is based in Cologne, has the operational business responsibility for the industrial broker of the Ecclesia Group.

Gerhard Kulbarsch

The certified insurance clerk joined deas and Orth in 2017. Gerhard is based in Munich, from where he is responsible for the business operations of the Region South. In previous years, his career led him through various senior management positions. He was the Head of Sales for Germany and Austria of Marsh, a member of the executive board of the insurance brokers Aon and also Südvers. In addition, Gerhard Kulbarsch has also gathered international experience.

Andreas Wendt

Andreas Wendt is a certified insurance professional with emphasis on liability insurance. He joined the Ecclesia Group in 1992, where he has assumed various functional responsibilities. He has many years of experience and comprehensive expertise in alternative risk transfer models (ART) and other areas of broader relevance to the insurance industry.

Andreas Wendt accompanied the Group's entry into the Swiss market, and was active there as local Managing Director for five years. Now, he is a member of the management of deas and other industrial insurance brokers of the Ecclesia Group. In his management responsibilities he concentrates on the strategic orientation of the industrial brokers in addition to servicing selected larger corporates.

Holger Wendorff

Holger Wendorff is a certified insurance clerk with many years of experience in industrial insurance business. Other professional posts along the line were at Allianz (Hamburg), Gerling (Hamburg), Kühne & Nagel (Hamburg), Allianz Worldwide Care (Dublin) and AON HRS (Hamburg).

Wendorff, who is now a member of the deas management, joined us in 2001 - when the company still operated under the name of debis and later on under DaimlerChrysler Services Assekuranz Makler GmbH. Today, as a Managing Director, Wendorff focuses on servicing selected international key accounts.