Caroline Cerar, MMag. MSc.
Functions
Owner and Managing Director
Management Counterparts GmbH
Coach and Psychological
Counselor for Executives
Caroline Cerar is the owner and Managing Director of Management Counterparts (founded in 2009) and Chair of the Board at UpQuAI Solutions AG. With over 23 years of experience in management consulting, leadership development, and organizational transformation, she helps corporations and executives build effective leadership and operational effectiveness. She is particularly concerned with supporting the self-development of leaders, teams, and entire organizations.
„I am engaging myself with questions of how to make organizational leadership more effective and fostering the self-development of leaders, teams, and organizations, untapping their true potential."
Caroline Cerar
Profile
A former partner at Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen and 8 years with Procter & Gamble, she brings deep operational and strategic expertise to her consulting, coaching, and speaking work. She also served for a decade as a university lecturer at Karl-Franzens-University Graz. She holds degrees in law, business administration, and psychotherapeutic psychology.
UpQuAI Solutions AG
Co-Founder and
Chairwoman of the Board
Professional background
Co-Founder & Chairwoman of the Board UpQuAI Solutions AG
Since 2009
Since 2023
Since 2009
Owner & Managing Director of Management Counterparts GmbH
2009-2012
Coach and Psychological Counselor for individuals with leadership responsibility
2006-2009
Cooperation partner with Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
1993-2002
Partner with Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
Associate Partner / Project Manager with Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen
2002-2006
Various strategic and operational leadership functions in the consumer goods industry
(Procter & Gamble) with local and international responsibility
Academic background
Studies of Psychotherapeutic Psychology
(Danube University Krems, Austria)
Studies of Law and of Business Administration
(Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria)
Training
Systemic Consulting and Coaching curriculum
Gestalt therapy trainings
Systemic Counseling and Therapy trainings