Entrepreneur. Crisis manager. Coach.
I know responsibility from more than the observer's side of the table.
My perspective comes from companies, major projects, crises — and from a personal turning point that forced me to understand responsibility in a different way.
Adventure, silence and self-discovery
Between business and the wild.
My curiosity was always greater than any wrench. I founded and led a company with more than 200 employees, co-founded a construction corporation and served on its supervisory board. Later, I worked across very different business environments — from start-ups and established mid-sized companies to international corporations.
At the same time, I sought adventure in complete autonomy: crossing the desert in my own expedition truck, cycling alone through the Himalayas or spending nights beneath the stars in the Caucasus passes. Nature and silence became my counterweight to responsibility and decisions.
Balance? I thought I had it under control.
The turning point
The way back to myself.
My body pulled the emergency brake. The collapse was the result of many years — and it forced me to face the most honest question of my life: Do I want to continue like this, or do I want to find myself again?
The way back was neither an escape nor a romantic new beginning. From experience, I know that it is substantial and at times deeply emotional work. Two years of decision, three years of transition. Five years in which I learned to carry responsibility differently — not more heavily, but more consciously.
From survival to method
I did not turn my back on business.
I wanted to give something back that is often missing in leadership: rational dialogue instead of attrition. I know the “warrior mode” that can build companies while consuming founders, leaders and teams from within.
My collapse was not a defeat. It was the hardest and most honest audit of my life. What I learned from it now forms an essential part of my work.
Today
Coach, mentor and independent sparring partner.
My work draws on the precision of craftsmanship, the clarity of crisis management, the perspective of an entrepreneur and the humility of someone who knows how quickly a person can lose themselves.
Together with my partner Anja, I live and work between Germany and France. On our five-hectare nature property in the Var region of southern France, we are creating places of retreat for people who need to pause. There, I support them in reconnecting with what makes them strong: clarity, courage and themselves.
This is my journey.
And perhaps yours begins here.
Everything begins with people.