"True to her motto "Trade is Change", she sees challenges as a new opportunity. She is an inspiring spirit with an extraordinary flair for new trends and innovative business models. Her sense of fun and desire to improve the world are contagious and inspire courageous and often unconventional ways. As a passionate optimist, she knows that there are solutions to all challenges. "There's no such thing as impossible – seize the moment, stay focused and deliver top results”. Her high sense of responsibility, the unshakable conviction that everything is possible if you believe in it and work tirelessly for it, as well as genuine fascination for the diversity and uniqueness of people, not only characterise her work, but also her personality. Energetic and lively, this motivates her to be even more creative, courageous and innovative, with major emphasis on customer satisfaction."
(Esther)

"I met Dorotea during theperiod in which she held the position of Director oftheHuman Resources Division for Lidl Italy, appreciating its human and professional characteristics. Through her strong predisposition to take initiatives, a significant boost to the development of the entire departmentwas enabled, transferring enthusiasm to the collaborators and accompanying the managers towardthe path of innovation. As a consequence of hercommitment and the excellent results achieved, Dorotea was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Lidl Germanyin 2015. Thanks to her excellent intuition, aimed at economically sustainable, efficient and creative solutions, Doroteasuccessfully contributed to the realisation of the new company orientation. In particular I want to mention the image campaign (Employer Branding) and the new concept of Leadership, themes that through Dorotea´s commitment have been implemented in business dynamics throughout Lidl Germany appreciated and held in great esteemDorotea as a colleague, as she always managed to generate new stimuli."

(Christine Rittner, Executive Board Human Resource, Lidl)

"For Lidl Italy, Mader wasinstrumental in helping the company achieve a better reputation initsterms as anemployer. In fact, Lidl was the first company in the GDO food sector to enter Italy´s "Great Placesto Work" top ten. Lidl states: "Dr. Mader will bring, among other things, her experience in Lidl Germany to increase the image level as an employerat a national level."

(cit. Lebensmittel Zeitung 37, 11.09.2015)

"Dorotea is a person full of energy, a manager who knows how to act in a reflexive way and someone who is intrinsically endowed with great motivational skills. I was positively impressed by her ability to know how to put herself forward in a convincing way, while always maintainingrespect towards everyone, collaborators and customers alike. The same goes for her career path; through performance of managerial and operational functions, participation as a member of the Board of Directors of a multinational company, herintercultural competence and open and cheerful way of communicating, Dorotea became established as a prestigious and recognised representative of European management. "

(Dr. Willhelm von Trott zu Solz, Senior Executive Consultant, - The Boardroom - a brand of the Von RundstedtGroup).