"startsocial" is a nationwide competition in Germany aimed at promoting voluntary social commitment. Since 2001, the competition has been under the patronage of the respective Federal Chancellor. True to the motto "Help for Helpers," startsocial awards annually 100 four-month consulting scholarships and honors the 25 outstanding social initiatives. As a juror, I evaluate social initiatives, so that 100 initiatives can be selected. After the jury phase, I work with a co-coach and a selected initiative for four months on their specific questions, challenges, and development needs in strategic, structural, and functional areas. Recently I supported the initiative "momo hört zu e.V.", which is promoting a listening culture in Germany. In a mobile ZUHÖRRAUM ("listening room") they created a protected place of listening, where every story, joy, sorrow, and person is listened to. Trained listeners do not give advice; they listen without judgment. This has an astonishing positive impact on both the storytellers and the listeners. To bring this positive contribution more strongly into society, we developed a comprehensive volunteer concept, addressing the high interest of potential listeners. This includes selection, training, inauguration, deployment planning, and support through intervisions and supervisions. Statistical recordings and qualitative impact assessments have been implemented to quantify the effect of non-judgmental listening. More info: momohoertzu.de. UPDATE (4 June 2024): Momo was selected by the StartSocial jury as one of the Top 25 nationwide best social, charitable and non-profit organization! These organizations and their coaches were invited to Berlin and honored on June 4, 2024 by the sponsor, Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Main sponsors of startsocial are Allianz SE, Amazon Germany, Deutsche Bank AG, SAP Germany SE & Co. KG, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, and McKinsey & Company. To date, around 2,000 projects have been supported.

Hospiz- und Sterbebegleiter*in: https://www.hospiz-da-sein.de/unsere-arbeit/hospizbegleitung/The non-profit hospice service of “DaSein e.V.” is devoted to take care of seriously ill and dying people and to support and relieve their relatives at home and in inpatient care facilities. The purpose is to enable people to lead a dignified life to the very end. In order to achieve these goals, full-time doctors, palliative care specialists - from the fields of nursing and social work - work together with trained volunteer hospice helpers in various teams. Volunteer hospice helpers are an indispensable part of this overall offering. The qualified men and women who work on a voluntary basis take the time to talk to patients and their families, to be on guard around the clock and at night, for practical help, to read aloud or go for walks - all services that are often perceived as a significant relief and help.Vorbereitung zur ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeit als Hospiz- und Sterbebegleiter*in:https://www.hospiz-da-sein.de/bildungsangebote/hospizbegleiter-vorbereitung/

After founding and globally leading the CFO practice at BCG (9 years as Partner, 19 years altogether) and then joining McKinsey to push the CFO service line (4 years as Partner), I work now as an independent CFO Advisor to help building “The Future of Finance”. This can cover the overall role definition, strategy, organization, and processes, and it can include investor strategy, portfolio management, strategic/scenario/operative planning and (predictive) forecasting, KPI’s and value drivers, (digital) reporting, and incentive systems; everything with the opportunities “Digital Finance” can offer.Being independent, I have the privilege and luxury to work with ambitious CFO’s and their teams where I feel I can help to make a difference and create real impact.

Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice: CFO Service LineI was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, based in Germany. I was a leader in the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice with a focus in the CFO Service Line. In particular I served as the German Co-Leader of the CFO Service Line, the EMEA Leader for Finance Digitization / Automation, the Global Topic Co-Leader for Planning and Performance Management, and the Global Topic Leader for Finance Function Excellence. In addition, I was a member of the Editorial Board of "McKinsey on Finance". My content specialities are Capital Market Strategy, Value Management, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Strategy, Capital/Resource Allocation, Controlling, Strategic Planning, Operative Planning, Forecasting, Reporting, Incentive Systems, Performance Management, CFO Role, CFO Organization, Digital Finance.

During my 19 year tenure at BCG I served in a variety of roles with increasing responsibilities in locations around the world, such as Munich, Hong Kong, Shanghai. During the period from 2010 to 2016 I served as the founder and global leader of BCG's topic for "Office of the CFO" (now: "Center for CFO Excellence"). In addition I worked from 2014 to 2016 as BCG's leader for the Corporate Development practice (Corporate Strategy, Shareholder Value, Corporate Transactions, Office of the CFO, Restructuring & Turnaround) in Germany & Austria.

Worked for the Ariel detergent product group

Deutsche Bank Group Asia Pacific, Tokyo: Global Strategy Research for Professor Kenneth S. Courtis (Strategist and Chief Economist)

Deutsche Bank Capital Markets (Asia) Ltd., Tokyo Branch: Sales & Trading, Research Department

Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo: Treasury Department

KPMG Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Frankfurt: Financial Services

Ausbildung zum BankkaufmannWährend dieser Zeit: Vorsitzender der Jugend- und Auszubildendenvertretung der Deutschen Bank AG in Hamburg