Karl-Heinz Oehler serves as Vice President, Global Talent Management for the Hertz Corporation. His responsibilities include Talent Acquisition, Succession & High Potential Management, Performance and Career Management, Organizational Learning, Organization Development & Design, Human Capital Measurement, and HR Due Diligence and Post Merger integration. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Karl-Heinz has over 30 years of extensive global experience in three main areas: global Human Resources and Organizational Development (OD), senior line leadership positions, and provision of consulting services. He has deep expertise in Organization Effectiveness (OE), having led global OD initiatives and change management programs and measuring their impact on business results. He has also directed major research programs on OE, which were subsidized by the European Commission.

Karl-Heinz is a popular speaker on HR and talent management topics at pre-eminent conferences world-wide, including Human Capital Institute, Osney Media, Richmond Events, Marcus Evans, Teneo Events, Aberdeen, Key Media (Singapore), and International Institute for Management Development (IMD), among many others.

Karl-Heinz is also an accomplished author, and has written articles on HR measurement for various publications, including Training Industry Quarterly and Talent Engagement Review. In addition, he has written a chapter for the "Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management" book published by ASTD.

Throughout his career, Karl-Heinz has led large merger and acquisition initiatives with focus on HR and Organizational due diligence, post merger integration, and the development and implementation of cultural integration projects and programs. Karl-Heinz has worked with the Chinese government to assist with the set up of operating offices in Beijing, and a software development site in Xi’an.

Prior to joining Hertz, Karl-Heinz led Global Human Resources and Organization Development for the international division of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company. Before joining Reynolds and Reynolds he worked for SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) where he held the positions of Vice President, Commercial Operations Southern Europe, Vice President Global Sales Operations, and Vice President, Organization Development, based in Geneva.

Previously, Karl-Heinz created and managed the Geneva branch of Personnel Decisions International, a global OD consulting firm. Before joining PDI, Karl-Heinz worked 15 years in senior positions in human resources, organization development, and marketing & sales with Texas Instruments. He started his career in the airline industry with Sperry-Univac.

A German national, Karl-Heinz holds a Masters Degree in Social Psychology and a Masters Degree in Economics, each from the University of Düsseldorf. He has lived and worked in Korea, Singapore, the United States, Finland, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Germany. He is a member of the Association of Psychological Types. He is also a certified organizational auditor of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).