My background is unusually broad. That is no accident.

I studied law because I wanted to understand how systems work and why they sometimes fail. After starting out as a lawyer in international corporate and tax law, the wish to be closer to business decisions took me to strategy consulting at BCG, and from there, as early as 2005, into the front row of digital transformation at Axel Springer.

I have been an entrepreneur since 2009: with the transformation consultancy _MEDIATE for actively shaped change in mid-sized companies and corporates, and since 2019 also with the start-up Culcha, because strategy alone does not change an organisation — the new behaviour of the people inside it does.

Today, in all of my roles — founder, consultant, fractional manager, supervisory board member, professor and author — I work to help companies secure their future with artificial intelligence without losing their workforce along the way.

Where I learned what I pass on today

Pioniere des Wandels

My conversations with people who shape change instead of waiting for it. New episodes on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

The facts at a glance

EDUCATION

Studied law, doctorate in law (Dr. jur.)

EARLY CAREER

Lawyer in international corporate and tax law, then strategy consulting at the Boston Consulting Group

CORPORATE

Axel Springer: head of M&A projects and head of special projects in the publishing management of the Hamburg regional newspapers

OWN COMPANIES

_MEDIATE (Mediate GmbH), transformation boutique, since 2008 | Culcha, TransformTech startup, since 2019

ROLES TODAY

Managing director, founder, professor, supervisory board member, fractional manager, author, speaker

BOOK

“KI-Kompetenz: Für eine Zukunft in Wohlstand”, Verlag Vahlen, ISBN 978-3-8006-7504-8

INITIATIVES

Co-initiator of the KI-K initiative | Initiator of the “Digital Transformer of the Year” award

CLIENTS (SELECTION)

Deutsche Post, ProSiebenSat.1, Axel Springer, mid-sized companies and corporations in the German-speaking region

TOPICS

AI transformation, strategy and operating model, processes and productivity, workforce and behaviour change, governance

LANGUAGES

German, English, French

PLACES OF WORK

Berlin, Munich, Zurich