Haselhorst Associates and H&Z are growing even closer. In August 2026, Haselhorst Associates GmbH was legally merged into H&Z Unternehmensberatung GmbH. The merger does not affect ongoing projects and clients. The people behind our projects and our long-standing client relationships, as well as our expertise, remain unchanged.
However, we are expanding the expertise available to you with our new business unit H&Z Performance & Restructuring.
After more than two decades as CRO, our founder, Dr Arno Haselhorst, is stepping down from day-to-day operations. On 1 October, he will move from his roles as managing director and partner to join the H&Z Advisory Board.
Following the legal merger with H&Z, the Urban Transformation team of Haselhorst Associates has been integrated into the H&Z Industry Cities & Utilities.
For the first time since the Haselhorst Smart City Ranking was launched in 2018, the ranking positions of individual cities will not be actively communicated this year. “In our view, the focus on listing the placement of cities leads to a misunderstanding of the core concept of a smart city,”…
Corporate performance is under immense market pressure, which is also driving noticeable changes in management consulting. There is growing demand for partners who take end-to-end responsibility for performance – from in-depth analysis through robust strategies to successful implementation.
Together with the city of Mönchengladbach, we have developed a systematic approach to measuring the impact of smart city initiatives and identified ways in which these measures can be sustainably embedded. The results can be found on the Smart City Dialog website.