The Team

Octagon Consulting are a team of aeronautical experts all of whom have a background of naval aviation in the German Navy Search and Rescue Squadron. The German coastal area of Baltic Sea and North Sea has been known to us since then and we have been involved in most German offshore windfarm projects.

Steffen Leesch

  • Former German Navy officer and naval aviator in the German Navy Search and Rescue Squadron
  • Dipl.-Ing. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
  • Helicopter pilot with onshore, offshore, hoist operation (HHO)
    and SAR / HEMS experience
  • Senior aeronautical expert witness and consultant certified acc. to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17024
  • HLO Assessor according to OPITO standard

Dennis Hartmann

  • Former German Navy officer and helicopter pilot in the German Navy Search and Rescue Squadron
  • Dipl.-Kaufm. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
  • Helicopter pilot with onshore, offshore, hoist operation (HHO)
    and SAR / HEMS experience
  • Senior aeronautical expert witness and consultant certified acc. to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17024
  • HLO Assessor according to OPITO standard

Jan-Henrik Barkow

  • German Navy officer and helicopter navigator in the German Navy Search and Rescue Squadron
  • Dipl.-Kaufm. University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
  • Senior aeronautical expert witness and consultant certified acc. to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17024
  • HLO Assessor according to OPITO standard