Managing Partner & Partner, Werner Sobek
Roland is Managing Director and Partner of the international engineering consultancy Werner Sobek. Born in Berlin, he subsequently moved to Hanover, Germany, where he studied Structural Engineering. Having ac-complished his diploma, He started working at Werner Sobek and soon rose to be appointed first principal, then general manager, and finally managing director and partner. He heads the department of competitions and is a specialist of project management, light weight structures and steel constructions. He has extensive experience in various important high rise projects, such as ADAC Headquarters in Munich/Germany, the Hegau Tower in Singen/Germany and the 400 mhigh Olympic Tower in Nanjing/China. In addition, he has been in charge of several complex and large-scale projects such as World Expo 2017 in Asta-na/Kazakhstan and the underground railway station in Stuttgart/Germany. Since 2013, Roland has also been Country Representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
