" A good consultant needs to understand the potential of technology to challenge his clients’ perspectives and business models. "

Dr. Wolfgang Bernhart has been a Partner at Roland Berger’s Stuttgart office since 2007 and is an expert for automotive topics. He has carried out numerous strategy projects and transformation programs around the world. He helps clients across the whole automotive mobility ecosystem to boost growth and leverage technology and business model innovations around digitization and eMobility.
He began his career as a Project Manager for Diebold Deutschland, then joined a major international consulting company in 1996, where he became Associate Director in 1999 and Co-Head of the Automotive Practice in 2001. In 2002, he joined COVISINT Europe as Key Account Director for a big German automotive OEM before returning to consulting in 2003.
Wolfgang studied Production Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. He completed his PhD in 1993 at the Institute for Machine Tools and Operations Technology, also in Karlsruhe, where he was an Assistant Professor.