Clarity & Speed
Curiousity
Fresh Perspective.
Your Sparring Partner & Kickstarter for Pivotal Moments & Transitions
Strategic Consulting | Interim Management | Fractional Leadership | New Ventures
Hi, I’m Christian – nice to meet you!
I’m an international strategist, marketer, sustainability entrepreneur, advisor and seasoned leader with a unique blend of corporate, consulting and founder experiences.
For over 20 years, I’ve helped brands grow, re-position and successfully navigate Pivotal Moments – often without the safety net of playbooks, routines or established processes. My career has been spent at the frontiers of change and innovation across industries as diverse as automotive, retail, B2B and tech. I thrive where comfort ends, transition unfolds and new paths are created.
I love to build, develop and spearhead new initiatives; to identify root causes; to overcome challenges and to inspire people and organisations to leave the status quo behind, explore new routes and continuously evolve. I’m known for mastering complex, new and unfamiliar topics very quickly and turning them into action with speed and strategic clarity.
I look forward to hearing about your challenges!
Many organisations struggle not because of lack of ideas, but because clarity, speed & decision-making break down in moments of change:
62% of leaders cite lack of clarity & alignment is a key barrier
75% of executives say their biggest regret is not acting faster on new opportunities
Teams with high cognitive diversity solve problems 3x faster and are 5x more likely to deliver transformation outcomes
Entrepreneurial leaders are 2.5x more likely to drive successful transformation
Yet, only 13% of organizations can quickly reallocate talent and capital in response to shifts.
Some of the key painpoints I can help to overcome
Sources: BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte, Gartner, HBR, Bain, MIT Sloan
Some of the situations I’m brought in to solve
When strategic direction is unclear, alignment is missing,
and a neutral, independent outside perspective is needed to cut through the noiseWhen something new must be built or repositioned
(market entry, new ventures, strategic resets)When leadership gaps or transitions require fast, trusted judgement
whether as interim cover, fractional support, or senior sparring partnerWhen teams are stuck between analysis and execution
and need clarity, prioritisation and hands-on momentum
“I help ambitious leaders & teams to regain clarity and build momentum in pivotal moments & transitions”
Functional Competence areas
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Strategic Marketing | Brand Strategy | Positioning & Narratives
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Market Research | Consumer Insights | Behavioural Science
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Corporate Strategy | Change & Business Transformations
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Go-to-Market | Business Development | New Ventures | Scale-Ups
Why me?
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Unique blend of long-term corporate, consulting & founder life
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Depth & breadth of functional & industrial experiences
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High degree of intercultural & relationship building competence
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Strategic mind coupled with entrepreneurial speed, energy & decision guts
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Ability to master new, unknown & complex topics with very fast turn-around
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Open, honest & curious Changemaker mindset
What I offer - Engagement models and use cases
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Corporate, Brand & Sustainability Strategy
Audits, Readiness & Discovery Phases
Change & Business Transformation initiatives
Strong Automotive, Retail and B2B industry knowledge
No vetted interests, hidden agendas & no Tech to sell on the back
For companies: Your honest second opinion & neutral sparring partner “Your outsourced In-house consultant”
For agencies: Your external advisor and expert to support your pitches and client projects
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SME’s, agencies & smaller consulting companies
Privately owned or Investor-led
Overall or Partial Lead
Kickstart & Spearhead
Open for co-founding opportunities
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3+ months duration
Clear mandate, responsibility, budget (if applicable)
Remote or Hybrid
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Strategic (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, Narrative)
Operational Introducer (i.e. for foreign agencies) or local representative / contact / bridge helping companies to grow
External Advisor and Expert for agencies and institutes to support pitches and client projects
No “Telesales” function
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Vacant positions (i.e. no one fits the Brief yet, illness, maternity leave, etc.)
Clear mandate, responsibility, budget (if applicable)
Opportunity to change legacy ways of working
Initiation of Change & Business Transformation initiatives
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I’m open & flexible if you are too! :-))
My way of working together with you
Clarity under ambiguity
I cut through noise, identify root causes and frame decisions clearlyEntrepreneurial speed
I move fast without losing judgment - Testing, learning and adjusting in real timeHands-on leadership
I don’t just advise. I step in, build and execute alongside and together with your teamsContextual & cultural fluency
Experienced across corporate, consulting and founder environments and across international, regional & local contextsCross-functional fluency
Comfortable between strategy, marketing, insights, operations and leadershipTrust & sparring partnership
Valued as a calm, direct & honest counterpart in high-stakes situations
A modular approach to support you depending on your needs
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Clarity
(Think)
Deep dive into your world, your customers, your past & your desired Future with a fresh & neutral Outsider view
- Sort, Discover & Advice
- Question, Observe & Immerse
- Structure the unstructured
- Develop strategic hypothesis & plans
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Kickstart
(Build)
Spearhead projects and activities, get stuff going, setting foundations, doing groundwork, establish a base & progress
- Initial recruits, partners, target customers, target market
- Test & Learn your hypothesis
- Marketing, PR & Events
- Setting Culture & Mindset
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Momentum
(Drive)
Scale the ship, don’t sleep, constant cycles from customers to recruitment to creative problem-solving and back
- Execution power
- Clarity what works / doesn’t
- Enlarge Team capabilities
- Early structures and processes
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Embed
(Handover)
Ensuring what has been built survives and has lasting, sustainable effect
- Knowledge transfer
- Successor search
- Strategic back-casting
- Leadership & Organisational Coaching support
What are your Pivotal Moments? Let’s talk!
Alongside my advisory and leadership work, I write as 'The Liminalist' on Substack, exploring how leaders and organisations can best navigate transitions, uncertainty and identity shifts in the age of AI, climate and systemic change.
As part of this work, I’ve developed Liminal Fluency™ - A framework describing the human and organisational ability to recognise, inhabit and navigate the transitional spaces between what was and what will be and I’m currently developing its underlying tools, methods and approaches. So if you’re curious mind too, then follow the link below!