Karl-Heinz Harzheim worked in several top multinational companies within different industries before joining Signium Engels & Harzheim in Zurich. He began his career in marketing with Unilever Hamburg. Then he moved to the hygiene paper division of Schickedanz Group (now P&G) as Marketing and Key Account Manager for Germany and Switzerland where he was responsible for important multinational projects. Wishing to move from FMCG to the Media World, Mr. Harzheim accepted an offer from Bertelsmann to become General Manager of AZ Direct Marketing in Munich.

In 1989 he became a Partner at Ward Howell International in Zurich and is a Managing Partner at Signium Engels & Harzheim since the Ward Howell network was rebranded Signium International in 1998.

His client portfolio includes a wide variety of multi national clients with a focus on FMCG Companies, Media and Publishing Houses, Big Advertising and Direct Marketing Agencies and E-commerce Companies. Dipl.-Kaufmann Karl-Heinz Harzheim holds degrees in Business Economics and Social Psychology from the University of Cologne.