After studying economics at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, he worked for six years in sales management positions at L’Oréal, a global market leader in the consumer goods sector.
He then spent more than ten years in various management positions and as a member of the management board at Keramag in the sanitary, heating and air-conditioning industry and most recently as spokesman for the management board of a company in the Xella Group in the construction industry.
Since 2008, he has been working in personnel consulting at InterSearch. His consulting focus is on the construction industry, with an emphasis on the construction supply industry. He focuses on filling management positions in medium-sized, often family-run companies. In addition, he advises and supports companies in conducting management audits and potential analyses.
Karl-Josef Mondorf is married and has two grown-up children. He is involved in working groups on the topics of data protection, digitization and leadership in the Association of German Management Consultants (BDU e.V.) and is a member of the German Council of Economic Advisors (Wirtschaftsrat Deutschland).